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Groove @ The Library: A Celebration of Vinyl Records and Popular Music History
Join us for Groove @ The Library on Monday, September 15—a full day celebrating vinyl, album art, and popular music history. Highlights include LP listening (10am–4pm), a hands-on album art design with Adobe Express (12pm–1pm), and a workshop connecting archives with hidden hip hop histories (4pm–5pm), alongside two exhibits and a special book display.
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Workshop: In the Archives: Posters and New Orleans Hip Hop History
Monday, September 15, 2025
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Howard-Tilton Memorial Library*, 7001 Freret St., at Tulane University
Room 603 (6th floor)
Registration is required: https://tulane.libcal.com/calendar/instruction/inthearchives-fall2025 … (read more)
Cut from a Different Cloth: Fashion Selections from Tulane Special Collections
Tulane University Special Collections announces a new exhibition:
TUSC’s Summer Graduate Interns Put Theory to Practice
TUSC was excited to host two MLIS graduate students for hands-on training and processing projects this summer. TUSC resumed the Special Collections paid internship program in 2022 as part of our commitment to support the next generation of archivists.
Christine Garaudy and Mary Larson are both in the Master of Library and Information Science program… (read more)
Laptop Lending Program for Students Expands
We are pleased to announce that, in partnership with Newcomb-Tulane College and the Office of Retention & Student Success, Tulane University Libraries now offers an additional 10 Dell laptops available for student use.
Tulane students may borrow a laptop for up to 7 days from the 1st… (read more)
Collection Spotlight: The Wonder Club
Archivists believe that, ideally, Louisiana documents should remain in Louisiana, archival collections created in France should remain in France, etc. This helps preserve unique local cultural histories, community identities, historical context, local knowledge, and can greatly simplify research.
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Restoring a Forgotten Volume of Edward S. Curtis’s The North American Indian
Agnieszka Czeblakow, Curator of Rare Books and Head of Research Services
On a high shelf in the rare book vault, a brown, unassuming cardboard box has sat quietly since 1995. In 2023, while preparing the rare book collection for a two-year… (read more)
Newly Discoverable “Hidden” Collections
Kure Croker, Processing Archivist
Samantha Schafer, Collection Management Archivist
The Hidden Collections Project, a crucial initiative, involves surveying our collections to produce a list of resources that require… (read more)
In Memoriam
By Ann Case, Tulane University Archivist
TUSC regretfully acknowledges the passing of two Special Collections pioneers, former Director of Special Collections, Dr. Wilbur “Bill” Eugene Meneray (February 22, 2025) and former Rare Book… (read more)
Cut from a Different Cloth: Fashion Selections from Tulane Special Collections
Tulane University Special Collections announces a new exhibition:
Cut from a Different Cloth: Fashion Selections from Tulane Special Collections … (read more)