LAL Past News
New Orleans and Latin America Colloquium Series
Beginning this spring, The Latin American Library will host a colloquium series featuring faculty whose research considers relationships between Latin America and New Orleans.
Marilyn Miller, Professor of Spanish and Sizeler Family Professor in Judaic Studies, Tulane University, will present new research on a mid-century New Orleans beautification project that immortalized Latin… (read more)
Staff Spotlight: Hortensia Calvo, Christine Hernández, and Rachel Stein
This summer, The Latin American Library (LAL) offered a satellite course for the University of Virginia’s Rare Book School (RBS)—a milestone in expanding the RBS curriculum to incorporate forms of writing, recording, and printing from Mexico and Central and South America. Dr. Hortensia Calvo, Doris Stone Librarian and Director of LAL; Dr. Christine Hernández, Curator of Special Collections at… (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)
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)
Tulanian Spring 2021: Family Papers
4/12/21 by Amanda Morlas, photo by Sally Asher
The Latin American Library at Tulane has acquired by donation the Chamorro Barrios Family Papers (1767–1997), one of Latin America’s most influential families and key players in the national life of Nicaragua since the 18th century.
“The collection is rich in previously unexplored documents which will add new insights on the… (read more)
Latin American & Caribbean Carnival 2021: Resources from The Latin American Library
The cancellation of carnival in 2021 due to COVID has been a huge disappointment to the crowds of revelers who line the streets in the company of family and friends. But it is also dealing a heavy economic toll in cities who depend on welcoming crowds of locals and tourists alike, and more specifically to musicians and dancers, to artists who produce the floats, to street vendors, restaurant… (read more)
Finding Latin American News and Newspapers
The Latin American Library's Research & Instruction Librarian, Rachel Stein, is offering a workshop on March 9, 2021, 12pm-1pm, on finding Latin American news and newspapers. Attendees will learn about key resources and strategies for locating and accessing both contemporary and historical Latin American, Caribbean, Hispanic-American, and Latinx newspapers and news sources in print,… (read more)
The Day of the Dead at The Latin American Library
Every year, The Latin American Library puts up a Day of the Dead offering to remember the deceased who live on in our memories. In 2020, we dedicated our offering to those who lost their lives due to the COVID-19 pandemic around the world.
In this video, LAL staff member Verónica Sánchez gives us an overview of Day of the Dead traditions in… (read more)
Pan-American Life in New Orleans
Pan-American Life in New Orleans unveils the Pan-American Life Insurance Group (PALIG) Collection, generously donated to The Latin American Library. The PALIG Collection documents the company’s 109 years connecting New Orleans with Latin America. The exhibit features photographs, manuscripts, and other materials from the PALIG archives as well as other holdings from the LAL that shed… (read more)