Louisiana State University of Alexandria
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LSUA’s Central Louisiana Collections document the history of Central Louisiana, with a special focus on Rapides Parish and the city of Alexandria. Materials date from the mid-nineteenth century through the twentieth century and consist of local business records, records of civic organizations, and records of various families and individuals considered to have historical value. The records are in the form of manuscripts, photographs, and oral histories on audio tape. Also included are local publications contemporary to the archival collections. Collections of note are the Bolton Family Papers, the Manning-Compton Collection, City Park Players Papers, the papers of the Ameritas Italian-American Club, Garden Club Papers, Ashton Plantation Papers, Exchange Club Papers, and the archive of The Town Talk.
Central Louisiana Collections also holds the papers of former faculty member Professor Sue Lyles Eakin. Eakin researched, collected, and published on the topic of Central Louisiana history. Her interests included Solomon Northup; African-American schools, churches, and leaders Eddie Jones, Elizabeth Johnson, Calvin Peter Thompson; Louisiana socialists; plantations and plantation life; and the painter Clementine Hunter. The World Plantation Conference records, organized by Eakin, are among the papers donated.
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The Louisiana Digital Library (LDL) is composed of collections from many different institutions. Permission to publish and acquire images or requests for more information about materials that you find in the LDL should be directed to the institution that contributed the item to the LDL. To find the contact who can help you, find the field called "Contact Information" next to the image of interest to you. The Louisiana Digital Library is a service provider only and has no authority to grant permission to publish or supply high-resolution images.
- Louisiana State Museum: lsm@crt.state.la.us
- Louisiana State University: diglib@lsu.edu
- Louisiana State University Shreveport: libarchives@lsus.edu
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center: digitalarchives@lsuhsc.edu
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- Louisiana Tech University: specialcollections@latech.edu
- Loyola University New Orleans: archives@loyno.edu
- McNeese State University: archivesdept@mcneese.edu
- Nicholls State University: http://nicholls.libguides.com/archives
- Northwestern State University of Louisiana: wernet@nsula.edu
- Southern University: archives@subr.edu
- State Library of Louisiana: lacoll@state.lib.la.us
- The Historic New Orleans Collection: louisquery@hnoc.org
- Tulane University: digitallibrary@tulane.edu
- University of Louisiana Lafayette: archives@louisiana.edu
- University of Louisiana Monroe: http://ulm.edu/library/archives/
- University of New Orleans: libspec@uno.edu
- Vermilionville Living History Museum and Folklife Park: curator@bayouvermiliondistrict.org
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About the Louisiana Digital Library (LDL)
The Louisiana Digital Library (LDL) is the front door to Louisiana's digital cultural heritage. Members include public libraries, academic libraries, museums, and archives from arcross the state.
Currently, there are 25 participating institutions in the LDL. Each institution contributes the digital items and the descriptive text for their collections.
- Calcasieu Parish Public Library
- Delgado Community College
- East Baton Rouge Parish Library
- Law Library of Louisiana
- Louisiana State Archives
- Louisiana State Museum
- Louisiana State University
- Louisiana State University at Alexandria
- Louisiana State University at Shreveport
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport
- Louisiana Tech University
- Loyola University New Orleans
- McNeese State University
- Nicholls State University
- Northwestern State University
- Southern University
- State Library Of Louisiana
- The Historic New Orleans Collection
- Tulane University
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette
- University of Louisiana at Monroe
- University of New Orleans
- Vermilionville Living History Museum & Folklife Park
- Webster Parish Library
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Information about the Louisiana Digital Consortium can be found here: http://louisianadigitalconsortium.org