Fun Fact Friday with Special Collections

Today we are spotlighting newly acquired collections reflecting Louisiana's LGBTQ+ community.

This is thanks in part to a grant from the American Library Association's American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grants for Libraries and funding through the National Endowment for the Humanities.

These collections consist of papers, photographs, newspaper clippings, artifacts, and books based on Acadiana and Louisiana’s LGBTQ+ community. Refer to the LGBTQ+ Archives Project Research Guide for more information.

Collections include:

• the Club My-O-My Collection
• the Mardi Gras Collection with LGBTQ+ krewes
• an original Take Me Out Playbill (the star, Daniel Sunjata, is a UL Lafayette alum)
• an “Entertainment Weekly” issue spotlighting Ellen DeGeneres
• the Van Cliburn Photographs

We have also acquired collections from UL Lafayette's GLASS (Giving Love, Acceptance, Safety, and Support) and Acadiana PRIDE.

To discover these or any of other collections stop by Special Collections on the 3rd floor.

View more photos on the Special Collections Facebook Page.

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