Tulane University Special Collections welcomes visitors to Archives Social Hour, October 20
Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) invites students, faculty, staff, alumni, and visitors to Archives Social Hour, an informal mixer and open house during Wave Weekend ’23 and American Archives Month. It takes place Friday, October 20, 2:30-3:30 p.m., on the 2nd floor (rooms 202 and 208A) of Jones Hall (6801 Freret St.).
View and learn about rare and unique archival materials from TUSC holdings, meet TUSC staff who can answer your questions about archives and special collections, and "visit the archives" just for fun. Free treats and giveaways available, while they last.
Featured:
- Crowd-sourcing activity celebrating the 60th anniversary of the desegregation of Tulane University. Visitors can view and ID photos of students circa 1960s-1970s, Tulane’s first decade of Black student life on campus.
- Documents from Herbert E. Longenecker’s Office of the President records (UA-RG2) and from the Katherine Settle Wright Papers (LaRC-1071) related to the student-involved legal case around desegregating Tulane in the 1960s. The president’s papers represent Tulane University as the defendant while Wright’s papers present an insight to the case from the plaintiffs’ side.
- Various archival materials related to Tulane University
- On view in the gallery: “I Shall Not Be Moved”: Black Student Life at Tulane, 1963-2023
Sponsored by Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC), which consists of the Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz, Louisiana Research Collection, Rare Books Collection, Southeastern Architectural Archive, and University Archives. Co-sponsored by Newcomb-Tulane College.
Email mweber3@tulane.edu with questions or to request accessibility accommodations in advance.
Published September 29, 2023
