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Transformative Lenses: Four Contemporary Brazilian Photographers
This September, the Doris Z. Stone Latin American Library and Research Center at Tulane University will host Transformative Lenses: Four Contemporary Brazilian Photographers, an… (read more)
Album Cover Art for Your Story Competition
The Album Cover Art for Your Story Competition is an opportunity to celebrate creativity, practice design skills, foster reflection, and showcase your talent! You'll create a digital project exploring one of the following themes. Your challenge is to create an album cover art that embodies the selected theme and… (read more)
Pop-Up Exhibit - “Jam Jam Jam”: Black New Orleans Nightlife Posters, 1979-1980
On view September 15, 2025, through May 22, 2026
Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, 6th floor
Presented by Tulane University Special Collections with Scholarly Engagement, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library
Sponsored by Tulane University Libraries
Starting September 15, 2025, in the Media Services area of the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library (H-TML,… (read more)
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)