Special Collections
J. Edgar & Louise S. Monroe Library/Loyola University New Orleans
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Archival Collections
SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
- Louis J. Twomey, S.J., Papers. Documents the post-World War II social reform work of the founding director of Loyola's Institute of Human Relations.
- Joseph H. Fichter, S.J., Papers. Details the life's work of the great Jesuit sociologist.
- William Quigley Papers. Traces recent legal struggles in such areas as the death penalty, the School of the Americas, and environmental racism.
- Archives of the Ecology Center of Louisiana. Documents environmental activism in Louisiana.
- Darryl Malek-Wiley Papers. Personal papers of the Louisiana environmental activist.
LITERARY ARCHIVES
- Patrick Samway S.J., Walker Percy Collection. Research materials for Fr. Samway's biography of Percy.
- Robert Giroux Papers. Correspondence, annotated proof copies, photographs, and other memorabilia of one of America's foremost 20th century literary figures.
- Lafcadio Hearn correspondence. Letters to Page Baker, managing editor of the New Orleans Times-Democrat, describing Louisiana, the West Indies, and Japan.
- H.L. Menken Letters. Letters to Lou Wylie, a New Orleans journalist.
- New Orleans Review Collection. Archives of the Loyola-based literary magazine.
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS
- Joseph-Aurélien Cornet, F.S.C., Collection. Research materials including field notebooks and more than 20,000 photographs documenting Br. Cornet’s internationally acclaimed work on the artistic traditions of the Congo region
- Archives of the New Orleans Opera Association. Artist files (including photographs and contracts), programs, financial records, scrapbooks, and educational materials
- Archives of the Concert Choir of New Orleans. Programs. Scrapbooks, and financial records
- Stephen Dankner Collection. Manuscript compositions of distinguished composer and Loyola professor
- Robert Hayne Tarrant Papers. Programs, photographs, and printed material documenting New Orleans cultural activities between the World Wars, from the collection New Orleans impresario Tarrant.
- Papers of distinguished Loyola alumni including Norman Triegle, Marguerite Piazza, Lorena Dureau, and others.
PUBLIC POLICY, PUBLIC AFFIARS & JOURNALISM
- Moon Landrieu Collection. Documents Landrieu’s career as mayor of the City of New Orleans.
- Janet Mary Riley Papers. Covers the career of Loyola’s distinguished law professor, who crafted much of contemporary Louisiana law regarding property and gender
- WWL-AM-FM-TV Collection. Documents that history of one of the oldest broadcast operations in the nation, which first aired on radio in 1922 from the Loyola University Department of Physics.
- Phil Johnson Collection. Contains manuscripts of WWL-TV editorial commentaries, spanning 37 years, and award winning documentary scripts.
- Nash Roberts Hurricane Papers. Contains hurricane tracking charts and related material from the long career of New Orleans’ renowned television meteorologist
- Press Club of New Orleans Papers. Includes both written and photographic documentation of the professional association from 1957 to the
present.
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