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"How can my students benefit?"

  1. Working with original sources can be an invaluable learning experience.

  2. The Tulane Special Collections Division is a major archival and rare books repository with internationally significant holdings.

  3. Few Tulane students are aware that such important resources are available on campus.

  4. The opportunity for students to work with such significant materials is rare, and one of the special advantages Tulane has to offer.

Therefore...

...introducing your students to original sources will allow them to experience first-hand the excitement of working with actual archival documents and rare books, and introduce them to one of Tulane's important advantages.

We would be pleased to speak to your class about the various Special Collections departments and about using archives in original research.

Our talk would be tailored to your class and could include:

  • our holdings pertaining to your class or discipline

  • ways we can help your students find and use archival resources for their projects 

  • tips on safely handling archival documents

  • guidelines for using our holdings

  • what an archives is and how archivists work to preserve and make available the documents in their care

  • and any specific topics you would like covered for your class.

We will be happy to put together a selection of documents from our holdings pertaining specifically to your course for your students to view, along with archival boxes, files folders, access forms, and the like, so they will know what to expect when they do research on their own in an archives. Given enough time, we can sometimes even prepare an exhibit of documents from our holdings pertaining to your class.

To schedule a speaker to visit your class or civic group, or to arrange for your class or group  to tour Special Collections, please contact:

      Wilbur E. Meneray
      Assistant Library Dean for Special Collections
      Special Collections, Jones Hall
      Tulane University
      New Orleans LA 70118-5682
      Ph: 504/865-5685
      Fax: 504/865-5671
      meneray@tulane.edu
"Now I know why I came to Tulane."

Comment from a student after hearing our short talk.
 
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