| Rare color
photograph of Earl Long, giving a speech during his 1959 race for lieutenant governor of
Louisiana. Click for
more. David R.
McGuire Memorial Collection |
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| Hebert Hall, home of the Tulane History Department. Click for more. |
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| This tribute
roll from Hidalgo, Mexico, (1569) records payment for goods and services provided by the
Indians to Manuel de Olvera, Corregidor de Mizquiahuala. A record of sale of zacate
(green corn stalks used as fodder for horses), days shown by colored circles (yellow -
weekdays, red - Sundays), and pesos (small circle inside white circle attached to bundles
of corn). Click for more. Courtesy Tulane Latin American Library |
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| One of the
thousands of Mississippi riverboat photographs preserved in the world's largest
Mississippi River historical research collection at Tulane. Click for more. Joseph Merrick Jones Memorial Collection of the papers of Donald
T. Wright, Tulane Manuscripts Department. |
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| Tulane preserves a small but exquisite collection of medieval illuminated manuscripts so students can experience this art form first hand. They are regularly used by art history, medieval history, and literature students. They are also helpful for students seeking practice with Latin paleography. |  |
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| 1854 map of Louisiana from Tulane's extensive antique map collection. Click for more. |  |
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