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| 1824, cartographers
Young & Delleker; published by A. Finley, Philadelphia. |
Along the bottom, the
longitude is given
from Greenwich; along the top, the
longitude is
given from Washington. |
Click on the map to see
a larger
version,
which makes an
excellent
desktop image.
Robinson
Atlas now online!
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The
Louisiana Collection,
a research library within Tulane University's Special
Collections Division,
preserves publications (books, pamphlets,
magazines) pertaining to all aspects of Louisiana from colonial times to the
present, from anthropology to zoology. It includes one of the best collections of pre-WWII Louisiana
publications in
the state.
You may search for Louisiana books
and magazines online through the library's catalog,
TulaNet
Voyager. Except for a small
ready-reference section in our reading room, Louisiana Collection holdings
are preserved in closed stacks. Instead of browsing along the shelves,
patrons must:
- Find items they
wish to view in Voyager.
- Fill out a request
form for the items at our
reading room desk.
- We will then bring
the items out to you.
All
Louisiana Collection holdings are non-circulating, so patrons must
use them in our reading room. However, there are often second copies of
Louisiana Collection books and journals in Howard-Tilton Memorial
Library that are usually available for check out. Our reading room is
located in Room 200, Jones
Hall.
In addition to its
general collection, the Louisiana Collection preserves three outstanding
special collections that
provide insight into the state:
| Louisiana
Ephemera Collection |
The Louisiana
Ephemera Collection preserves a wealth of information on all aspects of Louisiana.
"Ephemera" are brochures, pamphlets,
flyers, menus, sample ballots,
campaign cards, and similar brief printed items. When starting a
research project, the Ephemera collection is often a useful first place to
look.
The
Louisiana Ephemera Collection is especially strong in New Orleans art gallery flyers and
brochures dating
back to 1913. A special printed index to the art
ephemera is available in the reading room.
Another special strength of the ephemera collection is Louisiana political ephemera, such as campaign
cards
and candidate flyers. Printed indexes to the Louisiana Ephemera
Collection (with special indices for the art and political ephemera) are available in our reading room.
We invite you to view an
online description of the political ephemera collection and
an online exhibit of selections from it.
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The Louisiana Map Collection
preserves maps and charts not only of the present state of Louisiana but also the broader area of
the vast Louisiana Territory. |
| Louisiana
Image Collection |
The Louisiana
Image Collection contains images in many formats (photographs,
prints, clippings) from throughout the state. |
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Online Louisiana Research Tools |
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This online
index provides access to more than eighty popular periodicals
published in Louisiana from 1985 to the present. It is sponsored by
The Louisiana Library
Association
and the Edith Garland Dupre
Library of the
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and edited by Jean S. Kiesel. |
Atlas of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana, published
by E. Robinson in New York City in 1883 contains thirty maps
compiled from surveys conducted by New Orleans city surveyor and
architect John F. Braun. Braun most likely created the maps during
the latter part of the 1870s.
Originally created for the use of insurance companies, Robinson’s
Atlas is now a rich source of information that records existing
lots, buildings (noting whether wood or brick), and geographic
landmarks. Printed street names are contemporaneous to publication;
hand-written name changes were added at a later undetermined date,
making the Robinson Atlas an excellent source for tracing street
names.
The Robinson Atlas online is a gift to the research community of the
New Orleans Notarial Archives.
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The
Louisiana
Newspaper Project (a service of Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge) has traced over 1,700 extant and currently published
Louisiana newspapers. This webindex records title, publisher, dates
of publication, which libraries currently hold the title and what
dates they preserve, the format of the library's holdings (for
example, original paper copies or microfilm), and more. It is an
invaluable guide to finding and using Louisiana's newspapers. |
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HABS and HAER
are collections of documentary measured drawings, photographs, and
written historical and architectural information for over 35,000
structures and sites in the United States and its territories, including
Louisiana.
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Provides access
to more than 660,000 large-scale maps of more than 12,000 American
towns and cities. Founded in 1867 by D. A. Sanborn, the Sanborn
Map Company was the primary American publisher of fire maps for
over 100 years, repeatedly mapping towns and cities as they
changed. The maps provide a wealth of information, such as
building outline, size and shape, construction materials, height,
building use, windows and doors, street and sidewalk widths,
boundaries, house numbers, and more. The plans often include
information and shading for steel beams or reinforced walls, plus
symbols for stables, garages, warehouses, etc.
In electronic form, Sanborn Maps take on much
improved value over the microfilm versions of the same maps,
allowing for greater flexibility of use and improved viewing
possinbilities. Users have the ability to easily manipulate the
maps, magify and zoom in on specific sections, and layer maps
from different years. |
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Special Collections
is a division of
Howard-Tilton
Memorial Library |
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 Wednesday, January 11, 2006 04:07 PM
We welcome your comments and
suggestions. |
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