One way in which Special Collections
makes its holdings more available to the general public is through online exhibits. These
exhibits showcase a tiny fraction of our holdings, offering viewers only
a hint of the vast resources available to researchers who visit our
department.
Current exhibits include:
 Reuter's
Seeds for the South
An exhibit featuring
catalog covers from 1915 - 1966 from the New Orleans supplier of seeds,
plants, and gardening products. The vibrant and often beautiful covers
reveal changing design styles, advances in hybridization (1927 brought
"the new Wondermelon!"), and new approaches to advertising. They are
nostalgic, colorful, and very entertaining.
Interiors:
Designs for Louisiana
 This
exhibit of drawings and watercolors features designs for interiors for
homes, shops, churches, and offices in Louisiana. Included are works by
architects Albert Bendernagel, James Gallier, Sr., Thomas Sully, and James
Lamantia; works by interior decorators Harry L. Moses,
and John Geiser. The works represented also reveal the changes that
occurred in drawing techniques and styles from the mid-nineteenth through
the twentieth century.
The original drawings in this exhibit are on view in the Architectural Archive's reading room,
Room 300, Jones Hall,
July through December, 2005, during normal hours.
Framing
Modernism: Selected Photographs
 by Frank Lotz Miller
Architectural
photographer Frank Lotz Miller (1923-1993) became interested in
photography in his teens. After graduating from Tulane, he worked in
the studio of C. Bennette Moore, and then opened his own studio at
1115 Washington Avenue, in 1953.
As well as architecture, Miller
photographed fashion, food, portraits, and events for many regional
businesses, organizations, and publications. The photographs,
arranged chronologically, were selected to show the range of
Miller's architectural work, from aerial views to details, and from
daylight to twilight and night shots.
Natalie Vivian
Scott,
1890-1957
A decorated war hero, a celebrated journalist, an award
winning playwright, a wilderness explorer, a Red Cross nurse,
translator, teacher and social worker, Natalie Scott lived and
worked among the poor, the war wounded, and the humble on four
continents while counting among her intimate friends many of the
twentieth century’s most noteworthy characters, its finest
writers, artists and scholars.
 Walking
Through New Orleans
Victor H. Schiro, 1904-1992
Victor Hugo Schiro served as Mayor of New Orleans from
1961-1969. This online tribute, taken from the Manuscripts
Department's Victor H. Schiro Papers, illuminates a few of the
turning points in his life and career.
Louisiana Political Ephemera
View
samples from the Special Collections Division's extensive holdings
of political ephemera (campaign cards, flyers, sample ballots,
etc.), which includes election materials from 1868 to the present.
The division's political ephemera collection was recently organized
and an index is now available in our Victor Schiro Reading Room.
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Collection
In recognition of Special Collections staff member Kenneth Owen's recent organization of the Special
Collection Division's Science Fiction and Fantasy Collection, we
invite you to view an online exhibit of selections from our
holdings. A full printed index to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Collection
is available in our reading room.
The Tulane
University Carnival
Collection
This exhibit showcases a selection of original float designs,
original costume designs, invitations, and dance cards from the Tulane
Manuscripts Department's extensive carnival collection.
Riverboats and
Jazz
Created by Bruce Boyd Raeburn, Ph.D., Curator of our Hogan Jazz
Archive, this online exhibit uses rare antique photographs from
Special Collections to explore the unique connection
between dance music and Mississippi riverboats.
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