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New Orleans LA 70118 USA
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New
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CHAIRS: 125 Years of Design |
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Detail, Mark Lowery, Lemuel McCoy and James Lamantia’s design for the 1952 Chicago Tribune’s “6th Annual Better Rooms Competition” |
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CHAIRS: 125 Years of Design illustrates the profound aesthetic, cultural, societal and technological changes that have impacted modern chair design. Highlights include seating furniture by A.W.N. Pugin (1812-1852), Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969), James Lamantia (1923-), and Curtis & Davis (active 1947-1978).
On display in Jones Hall 300 through November 2010.
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About the Southeastern Architectural Archive
The Southeastern Architectural Archive, a unit of Tulane University’s Special Collections Division, is the largest repository of architectural records in the southern United States. Established in 1980, the SEAA has progressively sought to enhance the preservation and conservation of architectural records associated with the built environment of the southeastern Gulf Region. The SEAA is now regularly consulted by over 1200 researchers per year.
Specialized research collections include historic fire insurance atlases, city directories, and the records of architects and firms from 1819 to the 1980s. The SEAA also houses the
Garden Library of the
New Orleans Town Gardeners.
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Online Finding Aids
Access searchable finding aids to SEAA collections.
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NEW!
Special Collections
Vertical Files
Special Collections is pleased to announce an
online search tool
for our extensive vertical files.
Our vertical file collection preserves Louisiana flyers,
brochures, menus, and other small printed items going back to the
very early 19th-century and covering almost almost every aspect of
Louisiana society and culture. Subjects include neighborhood
organizations, parks, schools, churches and synagogues,
post-Katrina planning and renewal, and other aspects of
Louisiana's built environment, which may be beneficial in
architectural research.
Special Collections vertical files are located in the main Special
Collections reading room, Jones Hall, Room 202.
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Digital Sanborn Maps, 1885-1951
Provides
access to New Orleans and other Louisiana towns and cities.
Founded in 1867 by D. A. Sanborn, the Sanborn Map Company was the
primary American publisher of fire
maps for over 100 years, repeatedly mapping towns
and cities as they changed. The maps
provide a wealth of information, such as building
outline, size and shape, construction materials, height, building
use, windows and doors, street and sidewalk widths, boundaries,
house numbers, and more. The plans often include information and
shading for steel beams or reinforced walls, plus symbols for
stables, garages, warehouses, etc.
In electronic
form, Sanborn Maps take on much improved value over the microfilm
versions of the same maps, allowing for greater flexibility of use
and improved viewing possibilities. Users have the ability to
easily manipulate the maps, magnify and zoom in on specific
sections, and layer maps from different years.
*Accessing Sanborn Maps from off-campus
If you are on the Tulane campus, any computer linked directly to
the school's server will give you access to the Sanborns. If you
are off-campus,
click here
for information about accessing Tulane's online resources.
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Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic
American Engineering Record (HAER)
HABS and HAER are
collections of documentary measured drawings, photographs, and
written historical and architectural information for over 35,000
structures and sites in the United States and its territories.
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The Robinson Atlas
Atlas of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana,
published by E. Robinson in New York City in 1883 contains thirty
maps compiled from surveys conducted by New Orleans city surveyor
and architect John F. Braun. Braun most likely created the maps
during the latter part of the 1870s.
Originally created for the use of insurance companies, Robinson’s
Atlas is now a rich source of information that records existing
lots, buildings (noting whether wood or brick), and geographic
landmarks. Printed street names are contemporaneous to
publication; hand-written name changes were added at a later
undetermined date, making the Robinson Atlas an excellent source
for tracing street names.
The Robinson Atlas online is a service of the
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Website and online exhibits created by Kevin
Williams
The
Southeastern Architectural Archives a department within the
Special
Collections Division of Howard-Tilton Memorial Library. |
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 Tuesday, April 29, 2008 01:29 PM. We welcome your comments and
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