Mardi Gras in Baton Rouge has had a long and spotty history. For the most part, it wasn’t really celebrated here. The earliest celebrations were a mix of Mardi Gras and celebration of the Washington Fire Company’s organization in 1836.…
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Bynum receives travel grant for IACAL Conference
Shaleesa Bynum, LSU Libraries’ Student Supervisor of Access Services, was recently awarded a travel grant to attend the Identity, Agency, and Culture in Academic Libraries Conference. The conference is aimed at understanding how issues of identity and agency contribute to access, inclusivity,…
Reading Room exhibit features recently processed collections
Visitors to the reading room at Hill Memorial Library can now view a selection of materials from several recently processed collections. These collections, while small, contain a wealth of information for researchers, and provide an example of the many new…
Posted in Exhibitions, Special Collections Tagged with: Diversity, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, Manuscripts, World War I
LSU Libraries receives national recognition
LSU Libraries received national recognition at the annual Book & Media Awards Ceremony at the midwinter meeting of the American Library Association (ALA) on Sunday. “Free People of Color in Louisiana: Revealing an Unknown Past,” a collaborative digital project led…
Posted in Announcements, Digital Collections, Resources, Special Collections Tagged with: Awards, Diversity
Comics symposium explores race, gender, and the future of superheroes
On Tuesday, September 22, 2015, LSU Libraries Special Collections hosted a symposium entitled “New Faces under Old Masks: Race, Gender, and the Future of Superheroes.” Recent years have seen increasing attention from critics, readers, and publishers to issues of diversity…
Posted in Announcements, Events, Exhibitions, Special Collections Tagged with: comics, culture, Diversity, gender, race, symposium
Digital project offers access to the history of free people of color in Louisiana
The award-winning 2013 movie 12 Years a Slave about Solomon Northrup, a free man of color from New York who was sold into slavery in Louisiana, brought unprecedented attention to the history of free people of color in the United…
Posted in Digital Collections, Special Collections Tagged with: Diversity, Free People of Color, Grants, Louisiana History, Open Access
Lunch with a Legend: A discussion with A.P. Tureaud Jr.
On Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at 12:00 pm, A.P. Tureaud Jr. visited LSU campus’s Hill Memorial Library to talk about LSU, Louisiana, and the Civil Rights Movement. During his visit, he spoke to a group of students studying the Civil…
Posted in Announcements, Digital Collections, Special Collections Tagged with: African and African American Studies, Civil Rights, Diversity, LSU History, Oral History
Smith Griffin receives award
Linda Smith Griffin, head of cataloging at the LSU Libraries, received the Nia Award at the African American Cultural Center’s (AACC) third annual Jazz Brunch and Awards Program on Saturday, February 21, 2015. The program is held during February to…
Black History Month: Afternoon in the Archives, February 24
In recognition of Black History Month, the LSU Libraries’ Special Collections’ next Afternoon in the Archives will feature a sampling of publications, documents, and photographs that span over 200 years of African American history. The event, to be held 3:30-5:00…
Posted in Announcements, Events, Special Collections Tagged with: Afternoon in the Archives, Diversity
Political Strategist Donna Brazile donates her papers to LSU
Though she has made her name and home in Washington D.C. for the past three decades, distinguished LSU alumna, veteran political strategist and commentator, author, and Democratic Party official Donna Brazile makes no secret of her pride in being a…
Posted in Announcements, Resources, Special Collections Tagged with: 21st century collections, alumni, Diversity, Giving, Manuscripts, politics
Civil Rights program to conclude with Panel Discussion
LSU Libraries and Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church are collaborating on a closing event for the Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle program, which will feature a panel discussion of the films shown in the Created Equal series, including Signpost to…
Collection Spotlight: The papers of civil rights leader Dr. Dupuy Anderson
World War II veteran, dentist, civil rights activist. Dr. Dupuy Anderson’s biography reads like that of many African American civil rights leaders of the mid-20th century. That common history, however, does not diminish his extraordinary contributions and accomplishments, and his…
Posted in Resources, Special Collections Tagged with: Anniversaries and Observances, Diversity, Giving, Louisiana History, LSU History
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