Bennett H. Wall papers, 1968-1976 | Louisiana Research Collection

Scope and Contents: The collection focuses on the period in Bennett H. Wall's career while he was working at Tulane University as a professor and director of the Center for Business History Studies. While at Tulane, he established himself as a major Louisiana historian, serving as president of the Louisiana Historical Association in 1974. The collection contains Tulane University Graduate School minutes, resolutions, correspondence, proposals, as well as other committee materials. In addition, there is biographical material about Wall. He was also a member of the executive committee of the Louisiana American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, and the collection contains records of planning meetings as well as published pamphlets and papers.