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Photo Credit: 1962 L'Acadien located in Special Collections
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The Special Collections Department brings together a wide variety of materials representing the south and southwest Louisiana experience. Special Collections supports research for undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and other scholars whose work relies on archival records, rare books, manuscripts, media, digital files, and other primary sources.
Special Collection's LGBTQ+ Archive collections will be presented at tomorrow’s Acadiana Pride Festival in the History Department’s “Museum on the Move.”
“Becoming Woman” is going to be a new added addition to our History Department in University Archives.
The collection includes vintage photographs taken in Crowley, Louisiana by Barnett Studio of Crowley, between 1910 and 1930, along with factual descriptions of what life was like for women during this time. All photographs were placed in Mylar to protect them from any potential damage.
The Military Student Activities Collection in our University Archives are currently being processed!
Here is another method used by Special Collections to safeguard the integrity of archival objects: Mylar.
Similar to phase boxing, Mylar can be utilized in archival settings to encase items such as letters, documents, maps, and prints. It is chemically stable, possesses strong durability, and maintains its shape well.
These Nursing Scrapbooks were recently found in our University Archives and will be re-processed in the following week!
The scrapbooks contain pictures from 1984 to 1999. The pictures depict students engaged in their nursing classes, studies, and activities, such as N 402 ‘Adventures in Reality,’ a learning program designed to foster personal growth and group development. There are also more photographs of Alumni breakfasts and luncheons throughout the years.
Here in Special Collections, we safeguard a wealth of rare books and artifacts that are desperately in need of preservation.
