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The Picayune's Map of New Orleans

Map of New Orleans in 1906 showing street layout of the city including parks and roads.

Date: 1906

Creator: The Picayune

Item Type: Map

Plan of the City of New Orleans and the Adjacent Plantations

Map of the city of New Orleans in 1798, including adjacent plantations (with property notes and the history of land ownership) and points of interest. Scale ca. 1:18,676 (ca. 280 toesas per inch).

Date: December 24, 1798

Creator: Trudeau, Carlos

Item Type: Map

[Letter from Joseph Graham to Thomas Westbrook, May 9th, 1862]

Letter from Jos. Graham to Thomas Westbrook movement of company that is camped 9 miles west of Clarksville and on its way to Little Rock, Arkansas. Fears that company may be dismounted and have to continue without horses. Asks about Rachel Kennard. Discusses successful battle at Yorktown and the enemies possession of New Orleans. Mentions leaving 9 men behind at Bonham because of illness.

Date: May 9, 1862

Creator: Graham, Jos. & Westbrook, Thomas

Item Type: Letter

[Transcript of Letter from W. H. Timmins to Charles B. Moore, August 25, 1861]

Transcript of a letter from W. H. Timmins to Charles B. Moore discussing low cotton prices, the blockade preventing shipments from New Orleans, and other financial hardships caused by the war.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from W. H. Timmins to Charles B. Moore, August 25, 1861]

Letter from W. H. Timmins to Charles B. Moore discussing low cotton prices, the blockade preventing shipments from New Orleans, and other financial hardships caused by the war.

Date: August 25, 1861

Creator: Timmins, W. H.

Item Type: Letter

[News Script: Baylor Bears Fly to New Orleans]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Baylor Bears, college football team, flying into New Orleans, Louisiana, for the Sugar Bowl.

Date: December 30, 1956

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

[News Script: Roy Rogers off on Red River jaunt]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Roy Rogers going on a week-long trip down the Red River and Mississippi to New Orleans.

Date: May 2, 1956

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

captions transcript

[News Clip: Super Sales (Super Bowl)]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the sales of Dallas Cowboy merchandise in Dallas during the ramp-up to Super Bowl XII in New Orleans, where the Cowboys played the Denver Broncos. Various stores selling t-shirts, hats, televisions, and cars, all branded with the Cowboys' logo. The story aired at 10:00 P.M. Karen Parfitt reporting.

Date: January 12, 1978

Duration: 1 minute 55 seconds

Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

captions transcript

[News Clip: Southwest]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6:00 P.M.

Date: March 21, 1979

Duration: 1 minute 51 seconds

Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

[Letter from Don Baker to Abby Rubenfeld]

A typed letter written by Don Baker to Abby Rubenfeld thanking her and LAMBDA staff for meeting with him as he was preparing to speak at a New Orleans conference.

Date: October 20, 1985

Item Type: Letter

transcript

Culture Seminar

Sound recording of Richard B. Allen and Jack Hurley speaking during the 6th annual colloquium in New Orleans during a culture seminar.

Date: 197X

Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 56 seconds

Creator: Oral History Association

Item Type: Sound

transcript

[Culture Seminar]

Sound recording of Richard B. Allen and Jack Hurley giving talks during the 6th Annual Oral History Association Colloquium.

Date: 1971

Duration: 1 minute 47 seconds

Creator: Oral History Association

Item Type: Sound

[News Script: Hurricane]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the preparations for the landfall of Hurricane Hilda, which threatens the coasts of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas; evacuations, securing buildings, moving boats out of the way and reinforcing levies are among the preparations which may destroy the Louisiana sugarcane crop. An addition to the story includes information about Southwestern Bell Telephone Company operators from Fort Worth leaving Love Field t… more

Date: October 2, 1964

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

[News Script: Hilda]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Hurricane Hilda making landfall, and initial damage done in Lake Charles, New Orleans, La Rose, Morgan City, and other sites; tornadoes came along with Hilda, and caused the deaths of 28 people in La Rose.

Date: October 3, 1964

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script