01/23/2026
The Doris Stone LAL is thrilled to announce the publication of two new online finding aids for unique materials and 8 new maps added to our special collections!
French Press Photograph Collection, Image Archive Collection 076
This collection consists of press photographs produced by French news agencies between 1940 and 1993, documenting political, social, and cultural events across Latin America and the Caribbean. Representing more than twenty countries, the images capture moments of political transition, public protest, international diplomacy, and everyday life as seen through a global media lens.
The finding aid provides detailed descriptions and an organized framework to support research in Latin American studies, political history, journalism, and visual culture.
Consult the finding aid via ArchivesSpace to learn more: https://archives.tulane.edu/repositories/8/resources/3686
New Maps
New maps added to the special collections touch upon several important moments in American cartographic history and are visually impactful. Topics include: early renderings of the North American continent, piracy and privateering in the Caribbean, shifting colonial control and influence in North and Central America, transportation and commercial networks between the United States, Latin America, and Europe, and early 20th century tourism.
-America Nova Tabula (1630) – currently on exhibit, 4th floor of Howard-Tilton
-To The Right Honorable John Lord Sommers…This Map of North America According to Ye Newest and Most Exact Observations… (1719) – Hermann Moll’s “codfish” map (pictured)
-ADraught of the Windward Coast of the Mosquito Shore from Point Pattuck to St. Johns and Continued on the Spanish Main, to Escuda Veragua, with the Islands, Keys, and Shoals, from the latest Authorities. (1785)
-Plano General del Ferrocarril de Santamarta. Muestra la tierra cultivada con banano y la apropiada para el mismo. (1921)
-Father Neptune presenteth ye Grace Line fleet to ye olde Spanish Main (1933)
-Plano de Caracas monumental (1936)
-The World According to Standard (N.J.) (1940)
-Americas Served by Grace Line (1948)
Nicaragua Sandinista Archive, Manuscripts Collection 155
This extensive manuscript collection documents the activities of the Nuevo Instituto de Centro América (NICA) and the Nicaragua Network, organizations that supported educational exchange, political advocacy, and solidarity efforts related to Nicaragua and Central America from the late 1970s through the early 2000s. The collection includes organizational records, correspondence, newsletters, publications, photographs, and other materials reflecting grassroots activism, international solidarity movements, and U.S.–Central American relations during the Sandinista period.
The finding aid provides detailed descriptions and an organized framework to support research in Latin American history, political movements, social justice, education, and transnational activism.
Consult the finding aid via ArchivesSpace to learn more: https://archives.tulane.edu/repositories/8/resources/3649
For more information, email us at [email protected].
