On view September 15, 2025, through May 22, 2026
Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, 6th floor

Presented by Tulane University Special Collections with Scholarly Engagement, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library
Sponsored by Tulane University Libraries

Starting September 15, 2025, in the Media Services area of the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library (H-TML, 6th floor), a selection of posters from the newly digitized collection of Black New Orleans Nightlife Posters, 1979-1980, will be on view through May 22, 2026.

Saturday, October 18, 2025
12:00 - 2:00pm (Doors at 12pm)

Dew Drop Inn Hotel & Lounge
2836 Lasalle Street, New Orleans

Free and open to all

A Prima Memorial Series Event

announce a digitized collection of Black New Orleans nightlife posters, 1979-1980, newly published via the Tulane University Digital Library. 

Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) is pleased to announce the processing and finding aid publication of the Tad Jones papers (HJA-056), part of the holdings of the Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz. 

Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) is pleased to announce an expanded mission and new name for its famed music archive. Previously known as the Hogan Jazz Archive, the reconceived Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz will expand the scope of its collections, including acquisitions that document late 20th century and 21st-century contemporary jazz, rhythm and blues, funk, hip hop and rock musicians in New Orleans and the surrounding region, as well as the industry and culture that fosters and supports those artists.

Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) is pleased to announce the processing and finding aid publication of the Walter “Fats” Pichon collection (HJA-023), part of the holdings of the Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz. 

Wednesday, March 19, 2025
3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Louis Prima Room, Jones Hall 306 (6801 Freret St.) at Tulane University
 
Registration is required. Capacity: 20 attendees
 
This hands-on introduction to archives allows attendees to engage with holdings from the Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz, a unit of Tulane University Special Collections.
 

Intentional Listening: Mardi Gras Indians
Monday, February 17, 2025
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Howard-Tilton Memorial Library - Room 430, 7001 Freret St.
Tulane University

RSVP required
Free and open to the public. Non-Tulane affiliates should bring a school ID or government-issued ID to enter the building.
For the security of the primary source materials on view, food and drink will not be permitted in the room.

Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) is pleased to announce that 14 additional photographs from the Ralston Crawford collection of New Orleans jazz photographs (HJA-098) have recently been digitized and are now available via the Tulane University Digital Library.

On February 17, the Intentional Listening series, presented by Media Services of the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library (H-TML), collaborated with Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC). This special edition celebrated Black History Month and Carnival in New Orleans by highlighting archival materials representing Black Masking Indian culture and the Wild Magnolias Mardi Gras Indians.