The LDL Subject Guides offer curated tours of the LDL collections around a number of topics. Created for a wide variety of users, the topics are grounded in K-12 Louisiana Student Standards, as well as research questions from undergraduate students and professional researchers.
18th & 19th Century Maps
7 collections containing 18th and 19th century maps from 6 institutions.
Civil Rights Movement
7 entries related to the Civil Rights Movement in Louisiana, from 3 institutions.
Cultural Perspectives in the Arts
12 collections focused on visual art, literature, architecture, crafts, and performance, from 6 institutions.
Environment
9 entries related to natural disaster, climate, and conservation, from 3 institutions.
French Colonization & Early Statehood
13 collections and an additional 9 items related to French colonization and early Louisiana statehood, from 8 institutions.
Highway Systems & Infrastructure
2 search result pages highlighting items held by the State Library that document the state’s highway systems and other infrastructure.
Huey P. Long
10 entries related to Huey Long and 1930s Louisiana, from 7 institutions.
Mardi Gras
5 search result pages highlighting historic photos of Mardi Gras in Louisiana, and 7 documents related to Mardi Gras from the WPA Collection.
Mississippi River
5 entries highlighting photos and documents related to the Mississippi River, from 4 institutions.
Religion
17 entries related to various religions, including Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Voodoo, from 4 institutions.
Roaring '20s
6 entries directing to items from the 1920s, from 3 institutions.
Slavery & Civil War
15 entries related to slavery and the Civil War, from 6 institutions.
World War II
8 entries related to WWII, from 5 institutions.
Recommend a Subject Guide
Subject guide creation is ongoing, and is driven by researcher need. If you would like to recommend a new subject for the team to build a guide around, please let us know.
Institutional Credit
The guides highlight collections held at the following insitutions.
East Baton Rouge Parish Library
Historic New Orleans Collection
- Alfred and William Waud Collection
- Charles L. Franck and Franck-Bertacci Photograph Collections
- Clarence John Laughlin Photograph Collection
- Gulf South Decorative and Fine Arts Database
- Maps from the Historic New Orleans Collection
- Painting in Louisiana from The Historic New Orleans Collection
Law Library of Louisiana
Louisiana State Museum
- Louisiana State Museum Historical Map Collection
- Louisiana State Museum Hurricane Katrina Oral History Project
- Natchitoches Cane River Civil Rights Oral History
- New Orleans Jazz Museum Collection
- Records of the French Superior Council (1714-1769)
- Robert S. Maestri Photograph Collection
- Rowles Stereograph Collection
Louisiana State University
- Actors and Musicians Photographs, 1880-1920
- Caroline Wogan Durieux Works of Art
- Civil War Context and Conflict at LSU Libraries
- Civil War Photograph Album, 1862-1900
- Col. Joseph S. Tate Photograph Album
- Edith Dabney Doll Collection
- George C. Strong Photograph Album
- G.H. Suydam Photograph Album
- Gras-Lauzin Family Papers
- Joseph Watson Correspondence
- Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections
- Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Documents
- Louisiana Runaway Slave Advertisements, 1836-1865
- LSU Libraries Special Collections
- Maps of Louisiana
- Mississippi River Flood of 1927 Photograph Album
- Pintado Papers
- Postcard Collection
- T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History
- Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge Ivory Billed Woodpecker Records
Louisiana State University of Alexandria
Louisiana Tech University
Loyola University New Orleans
Southern University and A&M College
- Harper's Weekly Journal of Civilization and Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
- Verla Birrell Textiles and Designs
State Library of Louisiana
Tulane University
- American Missionary Association Photographs, 1887-1952
- Carnival Collection
- Charity Hospital Reports
- French Colonial, Spanish Colonial, and Nineteenth Century Louisiana Documents
- Hogan Jazz Archive Photography Collection
- Images from the Civil War and Reconstruction
- James Freret Architectural Drawings
- Long Civil Rights Movement: Photographs from the Ronnie Moore Papers, 1964 -1972
- Mapping Louisiana: Louisiana Maps from 1513 -1900
- Print Culture of the Civil Rights Movement, 1950-1980
- Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
- Slavery and the U.S. Supreme Court: The Amistad Case
University of Louisiana Lafayette
University of New Orleans
Multi-institutional projects are also highlighted in these guides, including:
Free People of Color in Louisiana
This collection brings together materials from LSU Libraries, The Historic New Orleans Collection, Tulane University, the Louisiana State Museum, and the Louisiana Division of the New Orleans Public Library.
Teaching American History in Louisiana (TAHIL)
TAHIL providers include the Louisiana State Archives, Louisiana State Museum, The Historic New Orleans Collection and Tulane University Library Special Collections.
The guides were created by the LDL Subject Guide Working Group. Special thanks to the following participants:
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Leah Powell, Digital Collections Librarian, LSU Libraries
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Charlene Bonnette, Head of the Louisiana Department, State Library of Louisiana
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Caitlin Cooper, Coordinator of Collection Development, Management, and Acquisitions, Delgado Community College
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Kure Croker, Special Collections Registrar & Archivist, Monroe Library at Loyola University
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Sarah Mazur, Head of Resource Management and Discovery, LSU Shreveport
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Angela Proctor, University Archivist, Southern University
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Heaven Smith, Archives Specialist, Louisiana State Archives
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Scott Ziegler, Head of Digital Programs and Services, LSU Libraries
