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Tulane now has access to newspapers.com

Tulane Now Has Access to Newspapers.com

Newspapers.com is the world’s largest digital newspaper archive, and Tulanians can now access it for free! Tulane University Libraries (TUL) has set up a subscription to this trove of 4,000+ newspapers published from the early 1700's into the 2000's. Dive into civil-rights era issues… (read more)

A business card for musician Percy Humphrey (1905-1995), autographed on the back, the George G. and Jacqueline V. Mallinson collection, HJA-096, Tulane University Special Collections.

Open for research: The George G. and Jacqueline V. Mallinson collection

Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) is pleased to announce the processing and finding aid publication of the George G. and Jacqueline V. Mallinson collection (HJA-096).

This collection contains materials intended for an unfinished 1972 documentary film about New Orleans jazz elders. It includes reel-to-reel… (read more)

New open access journal added to Tulane University Journal Publishing: Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law

New Open Access Journal: Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law

We are pleased to announce that the Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law, founded at Tulane University Law School and published twice a year since 1993, is now available as an open access journal hosted at … (read more)

A Distinctive Trajectory: Reshaping Histories at the Latin American Library

“A Distinctive Trajectory: Reshaping Histories at the Latin American Library”, a major exhibit at the Latin American Library (LAL)

On June 10, the Latin American Library (LAL) inaugurated “A Distinctive Trajectory: Reshaping Histories at the Latin American Library”, a major exhibition commemorating a century of Tulane University’s… (read more)

SALALM 69 Exhibit Hall, New Orleans Marriott

The Latin American Library Hosts SALALM 69!

On June 8-12, the Latin American Library (LAL) hosted the 69th Annual Conference of the Seminar for the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM) in New Orleans. SALALM is the foremost… (read more)

Materials from the New Orleans Music and Entertainment Association records include organization newsletters and promotional ephemera, HJA-024, Tulane University Special Collections.

Open for research: New Orleans Music and Entertainment Association records and Thomas A. Sancton collection of New Orleans jazz oral histories

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:

New Orleans Music and Entertainment Association records (HJA-024):
This collection contains… (read more)

From the Austin M. Sonnier Jr. papers: A photograph of Sonnier, and a detail of his handwritten draft of the theatre production, The End of a Perfect Death

Hogan Archive acquires Austin M. Sonnier Jr. papers

The Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz, a unit of Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC), has recently acquired the Austin M. Sonnier Jr. papers (HJA-100). The archival collection contains materials created or collected by Austin Matthew Sonnier Jr. (1939-2019), the Lafayette, Louisiana-based author, ethnomusicologist, musician, and playwright whose works include the… (read more)

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Tulane Archivists Publish New Inclusive and Reparative Guidelines

It is with great excitement that Tulane University Libraries announces the publication of its Guide to Inclusive and Reparative Archival Description, written by staff at Tulane University Special Collections and Newcomb Archives and Vorhoff Collection. This document provides guidance on applying inclusive and equitable… (read more)

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Women Leading Change: Case Studies on Women, Gender, and Feminism

The open access journal Women Leading Change: Case Studies in Women, Gender, and Feminism has just published two new issues via the libraries’ open access, peer-reviewed journal publishing… (read more)

Cassettes (detail) from the Scott Jordan interview collection, HJA-099, Tulane University Special Collections.

Scott Jordan interview collection is open for access

Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) is pleased to announce the processing and finding aid publication of the Scott Jordan interview collection, part of the holdings of the Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz.

The archival collection includes 120 audio cassettes and 23 microcassettes of… (read more)