Photo Caption: Audio cassette tapes of interviews with Irma Thomas (1985), Ernie K-Doe (1981), Allen Toussaint (1983), and Juvenile (undated; cassette label reads “Juvinile”), Jeff Hannusch interview collection, Tulane University Special Collections.

Several recently processed collections are available at Tulane University Special Collections

Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) is pleased to announce that the following recently processed collections are now open for access:
 

Emile "Stale Bread" Lacoume and spasm band collection (HJA-115)

This collection contains materials created between 1899 and 1938, including photographic prints, negatives, copy negatives, and glass plate negatives of Emile "Stale Bread" Lacoume and associated music groups and spasm bands, such as the Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band, the New Orleans Jazz Babies, Newsboys Spasm Band, and the Original Dixieland Jazz Band.

Hogan Archive sound recording collection (HJA-122)

This collection contains noncommercially released recordings that are not associated with other named collections at TUSC. It currently contains an independently issued souvenir LP commemorating the 1953 White House Correspondents Association Annual Dinner, featuring Oscar “Papa” Celestin and His Original Tuxedo Band. Additional recordings will be added over time.

Selected recordings from this collection will be digitized and added to the companion digital collection at https://libguides.tulane.edu/DigitalCollections/HoganSoundRecording, which currently includes the White House Correspondents Association recording. 

Jeff Hannusch interview collection (HJA-119)
This collection contains 124 audiocassettes of interviews conducted between 1981 and 2002 by music historian Jeff Hannusch, primarily with figures in New Orleans R&B. The recordings feature musicians, record producers and engineers, recording studio and record label owners, nightclub proprietors, radio disc jockeys, festival directors, and others. The collection also includes interviews related to New Orleans rap, blues, and gospel, as well as a small number of interviews with non–New Orleans artists. Interviewees include Johnny Adams, Eddie Bo, James “Sugarboy” Crawford, Lee Dorsey, Dr. John, Skip Easterling, Barbara George, Shirley Goodman, Juvenile, Earl King, Dorothy LaBostrie, Bobby Marchan, Cosimo Matassa, Earl Palmer, Marshall Sehorn, Irma Thomas, Sherman Washington, and Vernon “Dr. Daddy-O” Winslow, among many others.

Because these audiovisual materials require reformatting prior to access, users interested in listening to one or more interviews may request digitization via the TUSC AV Digitization Form. More information about AV digitization requests is available on the “Duplication, AV Digitization & Permissions” page of the TUSC website.

Milne Boys Home ephemera (HJA-120)

This collection documents the history of the Milne Boys Home in New Orleans and institutions founded by Scottish philanthropist Alexander Milne. It also includes materials related to the Colored Waifs' Home for Boys, which merged with the Milne Boys Home in 1932 and was once home to a young Louis Armstrong, who played cornet in the institution's brass band. Materials include photographs, correspondence, ephemera, and institutional publications.

Mona MacMurray photographs of New Orleans musicians and events (HJA-106)
This collection contains a photo album of over 500 color snapshots taken by photojournalist Mona MacMurray, circa 1970s-1980s. The photographs include candid shots of New Orleans jazz and R&B musicians and various event attendees at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, a 71st birthday party for George “Kid Sheik” Colar, jazz funerals, and other events and informal gatherings in New Orleans.

For more information, contact Tulane University Special Collections at specialcollections@tulane.edu. To learn more about TUSC, visit library.tulane.edu/tusc and follow them on Facebook and Instagram.