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Special Collections acquires papers of journalist Bill Monroe

Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) has acquired 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… (read more)

TUSC Director Named ARL Leadership Fellow

Jillian Cuellar, Director of Tulane University Special Collections, has been selected as a 2021-22 Leadership Fellow for the Association of Research Libraries. This is the first time Tulane… (read more)

TUSC Inaugurates New Graduate Archival Internship Program

This summer TUSC welcomed three interns to inaugurate our graduate archival internship program. The program continues into the fall with two more interns. While hailing from graduate programs in different parts of the country, they shared a love of archives and a curiosity about how we preserve and provide access to… (read more)

View Audubon’s Birds of America

Sotheby’s has called John James Audubon’s Birds of America “incomparably the most important and most beautiful color-plate book ever published.” Tulane University is fortunate to preserve three of the original five volumes and after a two-year Covid hiatus, TUSC has resumed “Flipping the Bird” — weekly turning a… (read more)

Hear Digitized Oral History Collections about Gospel, Rhythm and Blues, and New Orleans Music Legends

Enjoy recently digitized oral history recordings and historic radio broadcasts from collections in the Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz. They are available for online listening via the Tulane University Digital Library at digitallibrary.tulane.edu.  

Opening Reception for Special Collections New Exhibition - Absolutely Unpredictable: Anne Rice in the City of Transgression

From Carnival decadence to the macabre made ordinary, New Orleans is absolutely unpredictable and assuredly uncertain. As both a landscape and a collection of cultures, the Crescent City has long inspired transgression in the… (read more)

The Annual Open House at the Latin American Library

The Annual Open House at the Latin American Library is back after a three-year hiatus! 

We hope to see everyone on

Friday, September 16

Noon to 3pm

This is our yearly event to welcome new and returning faculty, students, staff and friends of the LAL.

As always, we will have an exhibit of recent acquisitions… (read more)

The Latin American Library Rare Books School Summer Course

In mid-June, 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, Drs. Hortensia Calvo, Christine Hernández, and Rachel Stein co-designed and taught the course, titled "Spanish… (read more)

Open House: The Matas Library (Downtown campus)

The Matas Library of the Health Sciences, located Downtown on the 2nd floor of the Hutchinson Building (1430 Tulane Avenue), will hold an open house for faculty, staff, and students on Tuesday, September 6 from 10:00 AM – Noon. This event is a great opportunity to meet our library staff, become familiarized with our suite of information services and resources, and… (read more)

This New Technology Will Locate Your Book on a Map of the Library

Tulane University Libraries has added a new feature to its library catalog where you can locate the item you're looking for using the "Map it" feature, saving you time and effort.

The “Map it” wayfinding feature comes from software developed by a San Francisco-based company called… (read more)