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A History of New Orleans(1375 clicks)
By Donnald McNabb & Lee Madere. History of this unique American city.

Essays on New Orleans History(1494 clicks)

History of Mardi Gras(1504 clicks)
Information on this famous New Orleans celebration.

Huey P. Long(1398 clicks)
Biography of the infamous governor.

Huey P. Long(1345 clicks)

King of Louisiana, and Other Goverment Work(575 clicks)
A Biography of Major General Nathaniel Prentice Banks, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives by Raymond H. Banks

Louisiana Cajun Music from the 1920s-1970s(672 clicks)

Mardi Gras Indians(764 clicks)
Mardi Gras is full of secrets and the Mardi Gras Indians are as much a part of that secret society as any other carnival organization. The Mardi Gras Indians are comprised, in large part, of the blacks of New Orleans' inner cities. They have paraded for well over a century...yet their parade is perhaps the least recognized Mardi Gras tradition.

New Orleans(829 clicks)
PBS program

New Orleans Pharmacy Museum(1445 clicks)
"The New Orleans Pharmacy Museum is located in the historic 1823 apothecary shop of Louis Joseph Dufilho, Jr., America’s first licensed pharmacist (1816). Dufilho’s pharmacy opened as a museum in 1950 and is operated by the non-profit organization, Friends of Historical Pharmacy."

Southeastern Louisiana(342 clicks)
History and culture

Tulane University Special Collections(1415 clicks)
Here you will find information about our University Archives, Jazz Archives, Rare Books, Louisiana Collection, Architectural Archives, and Manuscripts Department.