Tulane University Special Collections

10/29/2026

We're hoping you have time to drop by for a spell! Archives After Dark runs from 5-7pm this evening in Jones Hall!

Here's our last sneak peek, complete with Weird Tales, a case of oddities, and of course, materials related to the legendary Anne Rice.

10/26/2026

While we don't want to give too much away, we're excited to share a sneak peek at this year's Archives After Dark! 👀

Come by Jones Hall this Thursday to peruse our collections, get your cards read by Madame Jen, collage at our crafting table, and watch the ever-creepy Nosferatu!

Oh and our giveaways this year? Simply to die for.

10/23/2026

We've got Halloween in the bag 🧛‍♀️

Join us next Thursday (October 29) for Archives After Dark, TUSC's annual Halloween pop-up exhibition, to snag one of these totes and more spooky souvenirs.

Four lucky attendees will win a copy of the 50th anniversary edition of Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire!

Stay tuned for more event sneak peeks next week! We can't wait to share some scares with you.

10/23/2026

06/15/2026

A Monday afternoon sneak peek into what our researchers are looking at this week 👀 Today we have a creative grab bag of ornamentation, customized mailing envelopes (for sending zines), and French Quarter photography.

Pictured 📷:
Plates from Owen Jones’ landmark design book The Grammar of Ornament, seven-volume edition, 1868

Decorated mailing envelopes from Factory Direct, a New Orleans zine collective and subscription service, n.d., Meredith Stern radical feminist zine archive, LaRC-1178

Contact prints of New Orleans buildings on Dauphine street (6&7) and Camp street (8) by Richard Koch, c.1930s-1960s, Richard Koch Papers and Photographs, SEAA-080

06/08/2026

Today, we have a sneak peek!

These marbling examples were found in books pulled for research for a special TUSC project in the works 👀

Pictured 📷 :
Emblemata D. A…. 1551. Alciati, Andrea.

Plan Topographique et Raisonné de Paris. 1788. Pasquier, J.J.

Manuel complet théorique et pratique du dessinateur et de l’imprimeur lithographie. 1834. Brégeaut, L. R.

Illustrations of the public buildings of London. 1825. Britton, John and Taylor, J.

05/28/2026

This we’re looking back on some of the summer jobs students have taken over the years! ☀️ 🕶️☀️
From laying new turf in the stadium to processing papers in the archives, students have found many ways to keep busy through the long New Orleans summer.

Pictured 📷:
Students working summer jobs- new turf, undated, University Archives

Students working summer jobs- archives, undated, University Archives

Students working summer jobs- auto mechanic, undated, University Archives

05/18/2026

For our Monday Sneak Peek into what our researchers are requesting, we looked through some of the interesting ephemera in the Lyle Saxon papers.

Saxon (1891-1946) was a journalist and author of fiction and nonfiction relating primarily to historical Louisiana and New Orleans. He was associated with the literary circle of the French Quarter throughout the early twentieth century.

Pictured 📷:
Painted sketch of a reclining woman by Muriel Moore, 1927, Lyle Saxon papers, LaRC-4

Three watercolor sketches of a woman in various poses, artist unknown, date unknown, Lyle Saxon papers, LaRC-4

Cutout print of the St. Charles Hotel, originally drawn and engraved for the Southern Ladies’ Book, undated, Lyle Saxon papers, LaRC-4

Handmade “Get Well” card addressed to Lyle Saxon, undated, Lyle Saxon papers, LaRC-4

Romantic postcard, undated, Lyle Saxon papers, LaRC-4

05/11/2026

Sepia selections from today’s Monday Sneak Peek into what our researchers are exploring this week 👀

Pictured 📷:
Mounted print of the Musson Residence, Esplanade Avenue, undated, attributed to Theodore Lilienthal, photographer. Louisiana Architecture Photographs, SEAA-097

Mounted print of the French Opera House, Bourbon Street, interior, undated, photographer unidentified. Louisiana Architecture Photographs, SEAA-097

Matted print (conserved in 2014), foot of Baronne Street, 1864, Reverend C. Booker, photographer. Louisiana Architecture Photographs, SEAA-097

Matted print of the second St. Charles Hotel, undated, J.D. Edwards, photographer. Louisiana Architecture Photographs, SEAA-097

Matted print of the Robb residence, Washington Avenue and Camp Street, undated, J.D. Edwards, photographer. Louisiana Architecture Photographs, SEAA-097

05/06/2026

“Florals? For spring? Groundbreaking” 💐

Today, we’re featuring illustrations from the Stella Henriques collection that would surely pass Miranda Priestly’s inspection!

Henriques studied painting, drawing, design, and sculpture at Louisiana State University, graduating with her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1973 and Master of Fine Arts in 1975.

She went on to work as a fashion illustrator for two New Orleans department stores before moving to New York City where she continued her art.

Pictured:
Various illustrations by Stella Henriques, c. 1982, Stella Henriques designs, LaRC-727