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My Favorite Things: Selections by Tulane University Special Collections Staff
My Favorite Things: Selections by Tulane University Special Collections Staff
March 13, 2025 – June 13, 2025. Opening Reception March 13, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
“What is your favorite item in the collection?” It’s a question every archivist, curator, and librarian has heard countless times—from colleagues, researchers, and visitors alike. For many of us, selecting… (read more)
Guardian of Progress: Bernette Joshua Johnson – A Talk by Dr. Nghana Lewis
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 | 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Howard-Tilton 430
Tulane University Libraries is honored to host Dr. Nghana Lewis for a compelling discussion on the legal and political legacy of… (read more)
Tibetan Sacred Arts Tour Returns to Tulane with Green Tara Sand Mandala
The Rudolph Matas Library of the Health Sciences is honored to host the Tibetan Sacred Arts Tour by the esteemed monks of the Drepung Gomang Monastery. From March 10 to March 14, 2025, attendees are invited to witness the meticulous creation of the Green Tara (Dol Jang)… (read more)
Navio Negreiro Poetry Reading and Latin American Library Collections Display
Join us for the annual Tulane University poetry reading of "O Navio Negreiro" ("The Slave Ship"). “O Navio Negreiro” is a classic piece by Brazilian abolitionist Castro Alves describing the middle passage. The reading will be done in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and—for the first time this year—Haitian Creole. The event will include a display of materials from the collections of The Latin… (read more)
Missed the Intentional Listening: Mardi Gras Indians event on February 17? Access the Guide to Materials
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.
Newly discovered prints added to digitized Ralston Crawford collection of New Orleans jazz photographs
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… (read more)
Sabina da Cruz: Life and Strategies of a Freed African in Slave-Holding Bahia
The research focuses on the story of Sabina da Cruz, a freed African woman who denounced the Malês Revolt, an insurrection by Muslim Africans, which occurred in Bahia, Brazil, in January 1835. This character's trajectory allows us to reflect on sociability, agency, and legal restrictions imposed on freed African women, as well as the strategies they deployed to remain free and autonomous in… (read more)
Invention and Innovation in the Altiplano of the Andes, 1587-1620: The Roots of Legacy Mercury in our Environment?
Invention and Innovation in the Altiplano of the Andes, 1587-1620: The Roots of Legacy Mercury in our Environment?
Of the six refining recipes for silver ores implemented on an industrial scale prior to the end of the 19c, three were the product of an extremely fruitful period of invention and innovation that took place around Potosi, in present day Bolivia, during the two… (read more)
Work-in-progress talk: Invention and Innovation in the Altiplano of the Andes, 1587-1620: The Roots of Legacy Mercury in our Environment?
Invention and Innovation in the Altiplano of the Andes, 1587-1620: The Roots of Legacy Mercury in our Environment?
Of the six refining recipes for silver ores implemented on an industrial scale prior to the end of the 19c, three were the product of an extremely fruitful period of invention and innovation that took place around Potosi, in present day Bolivia, during the two… (read more)
The Undergraduate Research Forum 2025
The Undergraduate Research Forum (March 31, 2025 | 4:00pm-6:00pm), co-hosted with the Office of Undergraduate Research & Fellowships, is an opportunity for undergraduate students across all disciplines to practice their presentation and scientific communication skills in a 3-minute research talk. If you are interested in presenting at the forum,… (read more)