This week, we are excited to announce a new exhibit in the Jefferson Caffery Reading Room.

Our new exhibit features our new collections acquired last year when we were on a mission to increase our LGBTQ+ holdings. This display includes artifacts from the Acadiana Pride Collection, as well as a playbill, magazine, and multiple books that detail the history of the LGBTQ+ community in Acadiana and Louisiana.

Special Collections has released a digital exhibit of the Broussard and Trahan Families.

The Broussard and Trahan families are two prominent Acadian families with ancestral roots in Louisiana, Canada, and France. Photographs and genealogical information donated by Michael E. “Mitch” Conover were formatted from HTML documents to PDF for this exhibit.

The exhibit can be viewed under Digital Exhibits.

Today, we are celebrating Pride month.

Last year, Special Collections received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to expand out LGBTQ+ collections. We were able to acquire several new collections and purchase many new books that have been added to the Louisiana Collection. These collections include papers, photographs, and artifacts. These include but are not limited to, pins, mugs, and t-shirts.

Today, we are taking a look at one of our digital exhibits, the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.

The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 inundated 26,000 square miles of land in seven states and forced nearly 1 million people from their homes. It is estimated that it cost nearly $400 million in losses. In Louisiana, 10,000 square miles in 20 parishes were flooded. Due to the design and inadequate height and strength of the levee system, several levees failed, particularly at Melville and Bayou des Glaises.

What's the Best of the Best in Lafayette?

Name your favorite eateries, activities, outdoor spaces, spas, music venues, etc.

Tell us on the Library Therapy wall by the 1st floor stairwell.