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.
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.
Today, in we are excited to bring you another new collection we have recently processed, the Collection 522 - Louisiana State Penitentiary Museum Photograph Collection.
This week, we are happy to announce the acquisition of another new collection, Collection 529, the Nehrbass Architecture Collection.
Today, we are going to look at several programs and press dossiers from past festivals.
Festival International de Louisiane has been held every year since 1987. In the first year, the festival was held over the Fourth of July weekend, but by the following year had moved to its current weekend, the last weekend of April.
The photographs attached to this post show some of the programs housed in the Jefferson Caffery Reading Room from past years.
This week, we are excited to share a collection with you that we have recently reprocessed. This collection is Collection 260A, The Glenn Conrad Personal Papers.
Today, we are celebrating the addition of two new collections to the archives.
This week, we are going to talk about a fashion icon from here in Lafayette whose fashion line lasted until 2019: Henri Bendel.
Today we are celebrating Womens History Month.
Women’s History Month began in 1981 with the declaration of Women’s History Week before changing to Women’s History Month in 1987. It is a time to celebrate the contributions women have made to the United States and recognize specific achievements women have made over the course of American history.
Here in Special Collections, are several collections that celebrate the contributions of women to the university. Collections such as:
