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Find Digital Collections
Digitized holdings from TUSC are available via Tulane University Digital Collections in the Tulane University Digital Library and Tulane Inside and Out. Selected highlights include:
- Recordings and Photographs from the David Elliott Draper Collection on Mardi Gras Indians, with audio and photographs circa early 1970s
- Carnival Collection, featuring more than 5,500 original float and costume designs
- Hogan Archive Photography Collection, containing approximately 6,000 images documenting people, places, and events important to the study of New Orleans music
- Jambalaya and T-Wave Yearbooks, dating back to 1896
- James Freret Architectural Drawings
- John Kennedy Toole Papers, consisting of the personal and literary papers of the New Orleans novelist
- Louisiana Sheet Music, sheet music published in, or with topical relevance to, Louisiana (with an emphasis on New Orleans)
- Louisiana Menu and Restaurant Collection, documenting Louisiana's food and cooking culture
- Ralston Crawford Collection of New Orleans Jazz Photographs, including over 800 photographs, dating from 1947 to 1960, that document performances, locations, and people related to New Orleans
- Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (vol. I & II, New Orleans, 1876), representing the earliest and only known copies of forty fire insurance maps for this locality and era
- Tulane University Archives Historic Audiovisual Collection, including audio, visual, and printed materials that offer a glimpse into the history of Tulane University
Video Series: Collection Connection
In collaboration with the Digital Initiatives in Tulane University Libraries, TUSC launched a series of videos designed to introduce you to some of the most heavily accessed digitized collections in the Digital Library. This series, titled, Collection Connection, can be viewed on YouTube. A selection are featured below: