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The Louisiana Digital Media Archive ( LDMA) is an archive containing both the Louisiana State Archives ' Multimedia Collection and the Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB) Digital Collection. It endeavors to preserve as well as provide public access to both collections. The LDMA is the first media collections collaboration between an American ...
Louisiana State Archive and Research Library. Coordinates: 30.414461°N 91.097331°W. The Louisiana State Archives, established 1956, is the agency under the Secretary of State of Louisiana "designated to fulfill the function of directing a program of collecting, preserving, and making available for use the state's historical records" [1 ...
The Louisiana State Library was created in 1838. It was originally located in New Orleans, which was the state capital at the time. In 1849 the capital was moved to Baton Rouge, and the library also moved. [2] During the Civil War the library was moved back to New Orleans to protect the collection. Only part of the collection was taken, and ...
LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network is a library consortium made up of 47 college and university libraries in the state of Louisiana. LOUIS was founded in 1992 by library deans and directors at both public and private institutions in the state. [1] LOUIS is governed by the Louisiana Board of Regents; an executive board made up of consortia ...
The East Baton Rouge Public Library was established in 1939 with the donation of second-hand collected books from the city. Quick to expand, the library had eight branches within its first three years as a system. [4] Since 1986, the library has been funded by a 10-year dedicated property tax.
Leprosy in Louisiana. Although leprosy, or Hansen's Disease, was never an epidemic in The United States, cases of leprosy have been reported in Louisiana as early as the 18th century. The first leprosarium in the continental United States existed in Carville, Louisiana from 1894-1999 and Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the home of the only ...
The Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz is an academic repository located at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. The archive specializes in Dixieland Jazz, gospel, blues, rhythm and blues, Creole songs, and related musical genres. Its collection includes oral histories, audio and video recordings, photos and other ...
The Terrebonne Parish Library System (TPLS) is the public library system that serves the residents of Terrebonne Parish with headquarters in Houma, Louisiana. The system is made up of seven locations, with a main library in central Houma and six branches throughout the Terrebonne Parish. [1] Library staff also reach the community through the ...