Louisiana State Museum

Louisiana State Museum, Historical Center
P.O. BOX 2448
The Old Mint
460 Esplanade
New Orleans, LA 70176-2448

Telephone number: (504) 568-8214
Fax: (504) 568-2678
Email: kpage@crt.state.la.us
Website: http://lsm.crt.state.la.us

Contact person: Kathryn Page

Access privileges: Open to the public

Hours: By appointment only, Monday - Friday

Repository Information:
The Louisiana Historical Center is an historical, cultural and educational institution whose primary purpose is to collect, preserve and make available records, manuscripts, maps and books that reflect the history, art and culture of Louisiana and its people from the late-sixteenth century to the present day. Although the most notable collections relating to women are listed below, women are represented throughout the Center's holdings.

Collection highlights:
The Louisiana colonial judicial archive houses the records of the French Superior Council (1714-1769) and the Spanish Judiciary (1769-1803). These criminal and civil records, which comprise the heart of the museum's manuscript collection, are an invaluable resource for researching Louisiana's colonial history. They record the social, political and economic lives of rich and poor, female and male, slave and free, African, Native, European and American colonials. They are a rich resource for the history of women in the State. Although the majority of the cases deal with attempts by creditors to recover unpaid debts, the colonial collection includes documents that contain a wealth of biographical information concerning Louisiana's colonial inhabitants

Finding aids: Available in the repository.

Facilities: Photocopying.

COLLECTIONS:

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