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The Acquisition of Julia Dorn’s The Legend of the Dew Drop Inn Documentary
Last year, filmmaker Julia Dorn donated 43 mini DV tapes of video interviews she conducted for her unfinished documentary, The Legend of The Dew Drop Inn, to the Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz. The unfinished film intended to incorporate oral histories to detail the historical, social, and cultural impact of the Dew Drop Inn, one of the foremost Black… (read more)
Libraries open with new plans and procedures
As Tulane’s libraries reopen for a new school year, librarians and staff are looking forward to welcoming the campus community back to our facilities. In line with the University’s phased restart of on-ground operations, the Libraries have been rolling out a multi-phase reopening plan that incorporates different hours, modes of service delivery, and policies adapted for our current public… (read more)
New library system to improve access to collections
On July 8th, Tulane University Libraries will implement a new library system, Alma, which will assist us in managing our print and online collections within a single platform. While this large-scale software implementation involves the entire community, we have made every effort to minimize disruptions to library users. If you have a question or need assistance, please … (read more)
New Online Exhibit: Spirit and Craft in Oaxaca
Spirit and Craft in Oaxaca: Clay Figurines of the Aguilar Family
https://exhibits.tulane.edu/exhibit/spirit-and-craft-in-oaxaca/
This exhibit presents modern clay figurines made by the world-renowned Aguilar… (read more)
TUSC acquires the papers of William Blanc (Bill) Monroe Jr.
Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) is honored to acquire the correspondence, speeches, writings, photographs, and other personal and professional papers of William Blanc (Bill) Monroe Jr. (July 17, 1920 – February 17, 2011). Born in New Orleans, Monroe graduated from Tulane University in 1942, served in the… (read more)
Alumni couple’s bequest to Tulane’s Latin American Library caps decades of giving
May 4, 2021 by Patrick. J Davis
A couple whose longtime philanthropy has helped solidify the Latin American Library (LAL) as one of Tulane University’s crown jewels is now making it the beneficiary of a large bequest.
The estate gift from Tulane alumni James Morrill (A&S ’69) and Dr. Penny Chittim Morrill (NC ’69) will bolster their two existing funds: the Jim and Penny… (read more)
The Lunch Tray Series: Noontime Poetry at the Library with Tiana Nobile
Last month, Tulane University Libraries (TUL) launched The Lunch Tray Series, a lunch time poetry reading and discussion event series, starting with poet and Tulane professor Karisma Price. This month, TUL is honored to host Tiana Nobile for the second Lunch Tray Series: Noontime Poetry at the Library event on Friday, May 14, 2021 at 12pm. Tiana Nobile will read her own poetry and then engage… (read more)
Neville Prendergast honored as a 2021 Medical Library Association President’s Award recipient
This April, Neville Prendergast, Director of the Rudolph Matas Library of the Health Sciences, was honored as a recipient of the Medical Library Association’s (MLA) 2021 President’s Award. The President’s Award is presented to an MLA member or group of members for significant contributions made during the past year to enhance… (read more)
Latin American Library offers Rare Book School course
The Latin American Library (LAL) offered a satellite summer course with Rare Book School (RBS), a leading educational institute for topics concerning old and rare books, manuscripts, and special collections, housed at the University of Virginia.
LAL librarians Hortensia Calvo, Christine Hernández, and Rachel Stein co-designed and taught the course, titled "Spanish American Textualities… (read more)
Collections Highlight: Conservation work on the Codex Tulane
In this spring season of renewal, the Codex Tulane, or Códice Huamelulpan, has had a rebirth of its own. A mid-sixteenth century Mesoamerican painted manuscript on deer hide, the codex consists of inscriptions, pictorial and otherwise, likely used in court proceedings for land litigation. Recorded pictorially is a mythological origin scene to begin the document followed by the genealogies of… (read more)