Newly published archival collection on early 1970s New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians provides access to digitized field recordings and photographs

Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) announces the processing and finding aid publication of the following collections of the Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz:

Al and Doris Kershaw collection of George Lewis Band correspondence and ephemera (HJA-105)

Melissa A. Weber, curator of the Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz at Tulane University Special Collections, recently contributed to RAMPART: A Legacy Planning & Readiness Guide for Musicians, a new publication from the New Orleans nonprofit The Ella Project. The guide offers practical advice to help musicians and their families protect creative legacies, intellectual property, and personal archives.

Revisit the exhibition, “Music IS the Scene”: Jazz Fest’s First Decade, 1970-1979, with a new teaser video available on the Tulane University Libraries YouTube channel.

Previously on display in the Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) Gallery during spring 2022, the exhibition can now be viewed online via Tulane Online Exhibits.

Written by Melissa Weber

Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) is pleased to announce the processing and finding aid publication of the following collections of the Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz:

On Saturday, October 18, 2025, the historic Dew Drop Inn opened its doors to a full house of community members eager to explore the intersection of New Orleans music history and archival preservation.

Thursday, January 29, 2026 

12:30-1:30 pm 

Louis Prima Room (room 306) in Jones Hall, 6801 Freret St., Tulane University 

RSVP required. Capacity: 20 attendees.

Join us for a hands-on introduction to archives through the lens of Mardi Gras culture, featuring materials from the Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz at Tulane University Special Collections. 

The winter 2024 issue of Tulanian magazine features a new article highlighting Louis Prima and the Hogan Archive at Tulane University Special Collections.

Click here to read "The Prima Papers."

The Prima Memorial Series
featuring
Louis Prima: The Wildest documentary screening
+
Q&A talkback with film producers Joe Lauro and Don McGlynn. Moderated by Anthony J. Sylvester, Gia Maione Prima Foundation

Tuesday, October 22, 2024
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Monday, September 15, 2025
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Howard-Tilton Memorial Library*, 7001 Freret St., at Tulane University
Room 603 (6th floor)