Volume XXI, Number 2/3 Spring/Summer 2003

F I V E H U N D R E D Y E A R S O F M A P S

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The following excerpts are from Dr. John R.Hébert’s introduction to Charting Louisiana.(For ordering information, see page 15.)

wo centuries ago, a chapterended for European designs onthe North American continent,while a new chapter opened for

a youthful United States. The occasionwas the historic purchase, in 1803, of thevast province called by the French "LaLouisiane" and by the Spanish, "LaLuisiana." American diplomats in Paris,at the request of visionary PresidentThomas Jefferson, successfully negoti-ated the purchase of the immense terri-tory extending from the Gulf of Mexicoto Canada, and from the MississippiRiver to beyond the Rocky Mountains.For the price of $15 million, the youngnation had suddenly doubled its size.This moment, a watershed event in theannals of American history, marked thebeginning of the westward thrust in thecountry’s formation and a correspondingshift in national attention from theAtlantic seaboard to the mostly unchartedinterior of the continent. The Purchasealso represented a cultural shift, asAmerica’s Anglo-Protestant society nowfound itself aligned with Louisiana’spost-colonial Latin and Roman Catholicculture.

In order to celebrate this significantmilestone, The Historic New OrleansCollection has pursued for several yearsthe ambitious goal of publishing an atlasthat depicts Louisiana’s history through

Top, Vista lateral de un navio francés [La Salle’s Ship La Belle?], ca. 1684, courtesy of the Archive of the Indies,Seville, Spain. This view may depict one of the French ships wrecked near La Salle’s doomed colony on the Texascoast; below, Le Missisipi ou la Louisiane Dans l’Amerique Septentrionale by François Chereau, [ca. 1720](1959.210). This richly illustrated printed map provides a curious and obviously inaccurate bird’s-eye view ofLouisiana’s gulf coast. Waterways, islands, settlements, forts, and Indian villages are numbered and keyed to anindex below the image. Marauding natives brandish bows and arrows. New Orleans is prominent, though on thewrong side of Lake Pontchartrain and very close to the Gulf of Mexico. Chereau probably intended to gratify aEuropean community thirsting for information about Louisiana. Such an audience would possess little informa-tion to confirm or deny the accuracy of his presentation.

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maps. Portions of that history are welldocumented in textual records, books,newspapers, and countless journal arti-cles. Equally valuable—but less well-known, understood, and used—are thou-sands of maps found in archives in theUnited States and abroad. These docu-ments trace the discovery, colonization,and development of the region from itsfirst charting in the 16th century. Thecartographic record makes clear the geo-graphical, historical, economic, and cul-tural importance of Louisiana, from thepre-colonial explorations of Soto and LaSalle to a 20th-century offshore oil sur-vey. Early maps show us the initialEuropean conceptions of the land and itspeople and point to the influence ofNative American language and descrip-tions in the names of places and geo-graphical features. These maps also speakto the diffusion of information acrossEurope, as rival cartographers strove topresent the very latest news about theAmerican continent to an eager public.In the decades and centuries that fol-lowed, generations of mapmakerssketched and inked the story ofLouisiana as settlers flocked into theMississippi Valley, founded towns and

cities, connected them with roads, rails,and telegraph wires, and cultivated thesurrounding lands. Not only do thesemaps contain an extraordinary amountof information, they are often breathtak-ing works of art. Yet despite their value ashistorical documents and the widespreadgeneral interest in and appreciation ofmaps, there was no existing atlas thatreproduced the important maps ofLouisiana and its many distinctive parts.Several noteworthy cartographic worksregarding Louisiana have been published,but they are limited in size and scope.Accordingly, we saw the need for a newwork that explores this epic history byusing maps as focal points.

�The Historic New Orleans Collectionhas extensive holdings of significant

manuscript and printedmaps, many of whichwere originally collectedby the institution’sfounder, General L .Kemper Wi l l i ams .Charting Louisiana: FiveHundred Years of Mapspresents 104 maps fromThe Collection that rep-resent the full range ofthe institution’s carto-graphic treasures.

Also featured in thisvolume are manyimportant works fromthe Geography and MapDivision of the Libraryof Congress, custodianof the largest and mostcomprehensive carto-graphic collection in theworld. Thousands ofmaps at the Library of

Congress pertain to Louisiana, and thiseditor has chosen 67 examples to illus-trate particular historical and cartographicdevelopments. Other U.S. repositorieswith Louisiana map collections alsocontributed to this volume, including theLouisiana State Museum in New Orleansand the Newberry Library in Chicago.Archives in France, Spain, Great Britain,and Mexico generously provided thebalance of maps, as befits Louisiana’sinternational history. As a result of thiscooperation, Charting Louisiana: FiveHundred Years of Maps features anunprecedented compilation of 193significant manuscript and printedmaps illustrating the development ofLouisiana from the early 16th century tothe present.

The maps are presented in roughchronological order. Each group isarranged from general maps of the regionto maps of specific places. Furthermore,each example is accompanied by adetailed caption that provides relevantdescriptive data and places the map in itshistorical context. A separate cartobibli-ography at the end of the volume givesinformation regarding each map’s physi-cal description and location.

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Carte Très Curieuse de la Mer de Sud, Contenant des Remarques Nouvelles et Très Utiles non Seulement sur les Ports et Iles de Cette Merby Henri Abraham Chatelaine, 1719 (1976.148.1-2). Chatelaine’s two-sheet map of the world was printed the year after the founding ofNew Orleans.

Our printer in Milan, Italy,informs us that shipping ofCharting Louisiana: Five HundredYears of Maps has been delayedbecause of stricter freight regulationsbrought about by the uncertainty ofthe world situation. The atlas isnow scheduled for fall delivery. Weappreciate your patience.

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Though the maps are intended to bethe primary focus of the volume, theyare supplemented by six chapter essays.These essays, from a variety of writersspecializing in Louisiana history, pro-vide a broader context for looking atand understanding the maps by concen-trating on particular periods and themes

relating to the historical development ofLouisiana. The essayists include Paul E.Hoffman (Louisiana State University,Baton Rouge), Alfred E. Lemmon(THNOC), Ralph E. Ehrenberg (for-mer chief of the Geography and MapDivision, Library of Congress), Mark F.Fernandez (Loyola University New

Orleans), Jason R. Wiese (THNOC),and John T. Magill (THNOC). Alsoincluded is a list of selected readingsthat recommends additional works per-taining to Louisiana’s history, geography,and culture, as well as to the history of car-tography. All of these components—themaps, the essays, and the supportingmaterial—are calculated to make thestory of Louisiana come alive in theminds of our readers.

�The opening essay by Paul Hoffmanexamines the early competing ideas con-cerning the shape of the coast and thecourses of inland waterways such as theMississippi River. Manuscript andprinted maps from Spanish and Frenchexplorers are the focus of this chapter.At its heart is the notion that, in spite ofrepeated Spanish expeditions along theGulf Coast and into the interior of theMississippi Valley, no mapping effec-tively speaks to the area of Louisianadrained by the Mississippi River untilthe French explorations down the riverin the 1670s and until the Spaniardsattempted to find and dislodge La Sallefrom the Texas coast in the late 1680s.

�The 18th century in Louisiana was apolitically complex period duringwhich, at various times, the colony wasruled fully or in part by three Europeanpowers: France, Spain, and England.Alfred Lemmon’s essay describes thecontinuing evolution of the idea ofLouisiana, as expressed not only in mapsof the colony but also in the policies ofFrench and Spanish officials. Maps fromthis period dramatize the competingplans for controlling and developing theMississippi Valley and Gulf Coastregions, and in some instances cartogra-phers assumed the role of propagandistsfor their respective sovereigns.

�Chapter three concerns itself withthe period from the 1803 LouisianaPurchase to the establishment of themodern state boundaries just prior to1820. By necessity, Louisiana in thischapter has two definitions. One is thatvast region that France and later Spainhad claimed as La Louisiane or La

Top, America by Gerhardus Mercator, published by Jodocus Hondius between 1607 and 1638 (00.1).When the Williamses’ personal collection evolved into a museum collection, the first accessioned item wasMercator’s map of America; below, Carte de la Nouuelle France et de la Louisiane Nouuellementdecouuerte dediée Au Roy l’An 1683 in Louis Hennepin, Description De La Louisiane, NouvellementDecouverte au Sud’Oüste de la Nouvelle France, 1683 (73-988-L). Belgian missionary Louis Hennepin’scontinental map—the earliest published source to name the Mississippi Valley "La Louisiane"—appearedonly a year after La Salle had claimed the territory in the name of King Louis XIV. It shows theMississippi River (R. Colbert) from its headwaters south to the Mission des Recollects. A few NativeAmerican nations are noted. Hennepin, whose travel accounts invited speculation concerning fact and fic-tion, has been generally recognized as the first European explorer of the upper Mississippi.

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Luisiana. The other confines itself, moreor less, to the physical boundaries of thecurrent state of Louisiana. EssayistRalph Ehrenberg explores the geographicaluncertainty that attended the historicpurchase due to the treaty’s vague lan-guage concerning Louisiana’s boundaries.

�Political and economic ebbs andflows characterized the period from1820 to the beginning of the twentiethcentury. Louisiana and the rest of thenation experienced unprecedented eco-nomic and industrial growth in the earlydecades of the 19th century. Devel-opments in agricultural production, trans-portation, and communication had a hugeimpact on the fortunes of the young state.Mapmakers documented these dynamicchanges by showing navigational improve-ments to rivers, newly constructed rail-roads, and other specific, up-to-the-minuteinformation. Essayist Mark Fernandezweaves specific maps into a broad historicalnarrative that traces this tumultuous period.

�Throughout the 20th century andnow into the 21st, traditional map

forms continue to be created and pub-lished in Louisiana, particularly thoseshowing infrastructure features such asroads, railroad lines, waterways, andnew administrative divisions…. A con-stant interest in mapping, one that goesback to Louisiana’s beginnings, revolvedaround the impact and disposition ofthe major waterways, especially theMississippi River and the GulfIntracoastal Waterway system. WriterJason Wiese explores the ways that modernLouisiana has been affected geographicallyand politically by the Mississippi River andby a shrinking coastline, as well as thepositive and negative effects of globalizationon the state.

�The dominance of the city of NewOrleans in the history of Louisiana as acolony, territory, and state has made itnecessary to devote an entire chapter toits almost 300-year existence. JohnMagill discusses the city’s developmentfrom the earliest plans of La Tour andPauger to its modern status as the majorMississippi River port and an interna-tional tourist mecca. Maps selected for

this chapter show the city’s humble ori-gins as a wilderness outpost, the slowgrowth of the French and Spanish colo-nial capitals—twice rebuilt after devas-tating fires—and the later explosivegrowth that occurred during the first 50years of American dominion, which cul-minated in New Orleans’s status as"Queen of the South."

�The maps in this volume provideample opportunities for new interpreta-tions of not only the state’s, but thenation’s, history. With that very thoughtin mind, The Historic New OrleansCollection developed this compilationon the occasion of the bicentennial ofthe Louisiana Purchase. We hope thatyou will find Charting Louisiana: FiveHundred Years of Maps to be as fascinatingand thought provoking as did those of usfortunate enough to work on the project.

—John R. Hébert

Dr. John R. Hébert, consulting editor ofCharting Louisiana: Five Hundred Yearsof Maps, is chief of the Geography andMap Division of the Library of Congress.

Left, A Tourist Map of Louisiana by Wendt Andry, ca. 1950(1984.205.6 i,ii), gift of St. Mary’s Dominican College. By themid-twentieth century, with the proliferation of roads and auto-mobiles and inexpensive air travel, Louisiana had become anattractive tourist destination; below, 1890’s vs. 1988 [IslesDernieres] by the Louisiana Geological Survey, in Atlas ofShoreline Changes in Louisiana from 1853 to 1989, 1992(2001-176-RL). In the last century, roughly a million acres ofcoastal wetlands have disappeared into the sea. Barrier islandshave been eaten away by erosion and in some cases have van-ished entirely. This map clarifies the sobering extent of coastalerosion by providing a historical comparison of the TerrebonneParish coast in the vicinity of the Isles Dernieres.

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BOARD APPOINTMENTMary Louise Christovich, presidentof the Kemper and Leila WilliamsFoundation, announces the appoint-ment of John Kallenborn to thefoundation board, governing bodyof The Historic New OrleansCollection.

Mr. Kallenborn is president ofthe New Orleans Region of BankOne, NA. He earned a bachelor ofscience degree in business adminis-tration from the University of NorthCarolina at Chapel Hill. A native of

Wilmington, North Carolina, Mr. Kallenborn has been active in NewOrleans banking for 20 years. He manages Bank One’s commercialbanking group in New Orleans. Through his role as head of the NewOrleans market leadership team, he is responsible for the bank’s mar-ket share and image across all of its lines of business. Mr. Kallenbornserves on the executive committee of the Business Council of GreaterNew Orleans, the board of directors of the New Orleans RegionalChamber of Commerce, and the board of directors of the LouisianaBankers Association. Additionally, he is co-chair of the President’sCouncil of Xavier University and a board member of Tulane’s BusinessSchool Council, the UNO Foundation, Second Harvesters FoodBank, and WLAE-TV.

From January 22 through January 25, 2003, The Collection and the Louisiana Historical Association presented The Louisiana Purchase andIts Peoples: Assessing Historical Knowledge on the Eve of the Third American Century. Twenty-one scholars explored the significance of theLouisiana Purchase to the history of the United States.

Above, Pictured at theJanuary 14 event are JavierMorales Vallejo of thePatrimonio Nacional, curatorof A Fusion of Nations exhi-bition; John E. Walker, vice-

president, Kemper and Leila Williams Foundation; Priscilla Lawrence, executivedirector, The Historic New Orleans Collection; and Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson,New Orleans City Council; below, Heath Allen, WDSU-TV, interviewing JohnLawrence in the Fusions of Nations exhibition

January conference participants: Daniel H. Usner, Jr., Gene A. Smith, Johanna Miller Lewis, John R. Hébert, John Boles, Patricia Brady, Peter H. Wood, David P. Geggus, PeterJ. Kastor, Celia E. Naylor-Ojurongbe, Sylvia L. Hilton, Light T. Cummins, Jessie J. Poesch, Patricia Galloway, Glenn R. Conrad, Lucy E. Murphy, Alfred E. Lemmon, John H.Lawrence, Randy J. Sparks, Selwyn H. H. Carrington, Priscilla Lawrence, and Paul E. Hoffman. Not pictured: John L. Allen, Hans W. Baade, Andrew R. L. Cayton, JosephEllis, Mark F. Fernandez, Susan A. Miller, and Michael Sartisky.

John Kallenborn

PRESS CONFERENCE KICKS OFF

BICENTENNIAL YEAR

BICENTENNIAL CONFERENCE CELEBRATES THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE

AmSouth BankAssociated Office SystemsThe Azby FundCitigroup Asset ManagementLouisiana State University SystemMossy Motors L.L.C.Williams, Inc.Dorian M. Bennett, Inc. El Corte InglésK-Paul’s Louisiana Kitchen

Bank One

Department of Culture, Recreation andTourism

Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities

Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain’s Ministry ofEducation, Culture and Sportsand United States Universities

René BistrotSt. Denis J. Villere & CompanyAnselmo’s RestaurantCanadian Consulate GeneralEmbassy of Spain/Consulate General of SpainHôtel St. MarieKinko’sLaw Offices of Robert M. Becnel and

Diane Zink

Special thanks to the conference sponsors:Milling Benson Woodward L.L.P.Muriel’s Jackson Square RestaurantPrince Conti French Quarter HotelThe University of ChicagoAmerican Guild of OrganistsFrench-American Chamber of Commerce, Louisiana ChapterFrench Heritage SocietyJohnson Controls, Inc.Louisiana Binding ServicesOmni Royal Orleans HotelOrgan Historical SocietyPeter T. McLean, Ltd.Professional Translators and Interpreters, Inc.Villefranche and Beaujolais Chamber of Commerce

and Industry

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FROM THE DIRECTORIt is with great sadnessthat we mourn the loss ofG. Henry Pierson, Jr.Mr. Pierson served as aboard member of theKemper and LeilaWilliams Foundationfor 25 years and as an emeritus boardmember for the last five years. His legalexperience, no-nonsense attitude, and kindand supportive nature will be terriblymissed by all.

Twenty-four-hour television coverage ofthe war in Iraq with remarkable report-ing from the front lines allowed us to seeand experience the action firsthand.Through advances in communicationtechnology, we have grown accustomedto instant information from around theworld. But times were quite differentfive centuries ago when informationgathered by explorers and mapmakersabout the New World took months or

even years to reach the citizens ofEurope. Charting Louisiana: FiveHundred Years of Maps takes us back tothat time when communication traveledslowly but presented a world of wondersto the masses.

As we examine the early 16th-centurySpanish manuscript conjectures of thenorthern Gulf Coast and the most recentsatellite views of our region, the oppor-tunity arises to consider maps andmapmaking on many levels. A thirst forgeographic information drives both pro-ducers and consumers, but this thirst isonly part of the appeal and utility ofmaps. Historically, they were created toaid future discoveries, to establish real orspurious claims over territory, to exertpolitical influence, and to chart the after-math of military action and diplomacy.Contemporary maps of Louisiana, sadly,record the slipping away of coastlines,water resources, and forests.

The Collection is proud to presentCharting Louisiana: Five Hundred Years

of Maps, our most ambitious publicationproject to date and a centerpiece of ourLouisiana Purchase bicentennial activi-ties. We appreciate the patience of allwho have supported the project as ourshipping schedule has been delayed.

The Collection’s two bicentennialexhibitions have also served to uncoverthe history of Louisiana, examining theperiod prior to the Louisiana Purchase.The exhibition A Fusion of Nations,A Fusion of Cultures: Spain, France, theUnited States and the Louisiana Purchase,on view from January 14 through June 8,2003, produced record-setting atten-dance in our Royal Street galleries. Thecompanion exhibition, Napoleon’sEyewitness: Pierre Clément Laussat inLouisiana, 1802-1804, remains on viewthrough 2003. Dozens of supporters andsponsors assured the success of these twoexhibitions and have The Collection’swarmest appreciation.

—Priscilla Lawrence

The Kemper and Leila WilliamsFoundation mourns the loss of boardmember emeritus Guthrie HenryPierson, Jr., who died on May 16,2003. Mr. Pierson served as a mem-ber of the board of directors of thefoundation from 1973 to 1998 andas an emeritus board member untilhis death.

Henry Pierson was born inNatchitoches, Louisiana, and received a B.A. from LouisianaState Normal College (now Northwestern State University).After graduating from Tulane University Law School, hebecame an associate of Milling, Godchaux, Saal and Millingand in 1941 married Marie Philomene Norman. Later that yearMr. Pierson joined the navy and soon was commissioned anensign in U.S. Naval Intelligence. At the end of World War IIhe returned to the Milling law firm and in 1948 became a part-ner. He practiced law with that firm until his official retirementon January 1, 2000.

Mary Pierson, Mr. Pierson’s daughter-in-law, captured himperfectly in the eulogy read by his granddaughter KimrickDolson, from which we quote:

When my grandfather was an honor student at NatchitochesHigh School, he won first place in the state oratory contest with adramatic reading from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Brutus spoke ofhis friend when he said:

As Caesar loved me, I weep for him;As he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; As he was valiant, I honour him;

Family, friends, and colleagues of Guthrie Henry Pierson,Jr., are gathered here to rejoice in a life lived with great zeal,passion, and devotion. Like his oft-quoted Shakespeareanstanza, as he honored us, we now honor him.

Henry Pierson was a respected attorney, who supported hisfamily, community, and church. His endless generosity, hon-esty, and tenacity earned him the respect of those with whomhe worked and those who worked for him. He modeled himselfafter his own father whose legacy of community service, honestbusiness, and family devotion continues….

To honor my grandfather is to honor his beloved Marie,"Miss Pretty." He often said that the days he spent courtingher were his most miserable, and the days spent caring for herhis happiest….

That generosity of heart will long be remembered by allwhose lives were touched by Henry Pierson. He will be dearlymissed by the board of directors and The Collection’s staff andtheir families.

The Collection has established the G. Henry Pierson, Jr., HistoricPhotograph Acquisition Fund in Mr. Pierson’s memory. Should youlike to make a donation to the fund, please send your gift to the Officeof Development, The Historic New Orleans Colleciton, 533 RoyalStreet, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70130. For further information, callJack Pruitt at (504) 598-7173.

IN MEMORIAM: GUTHRIE HENRY PIERSON, JR.

Guthrie Henry Pierson, Jr.

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n response to the need fora comprehensive survey ofthe buildings in the VieuxCarré, the Louisiana

Landmarks Society underwrotethe cost of an experimental studyof one square block in 1960.From this study, the Vieux CarréSurvey, an extensive pictorial andtextual index of materials per-taining to the French Quarter,emerged. Now contained in 136binders, the Survey was largelycreated during two separatephases.

The first phase began in1961 when the Edward G.Schlieder Educational Foundationgranted to the School ofArchitecture at Tulane Universitya total of $95,000 to fund theVieux Carré Survey over a six-year period. General L. KemperWilliams supplemented theSchlieder Foundation’s grantwith additional funding, workspace, and supplies. In 1966researchers completed the firstphase of the project—an inven-tory of the buildings in theVieux Carré from the beginning of theFrench colony to the current time. Duringthat period, the entire French Quarter wasphotographed. The second phase, spon-sored jointly by architect Collins C. Dibollof the firm Diboll Kessels & Associates andThe Collection, took place from 1977through 1979. During those years, a photo-graphic update, including interiors andcourtyards when possible, and a record ofchanges of ownership that occurred afterthe completion of the initial study wereadded to the Survey. In addition to theseperiods of relatively intense activity,THNOC staff members updated theSurvey on a regular basis for a period ofnearly 20 years, from the late 1960sthrough the late 1980s.

The resulting Vieux Carré Survey,arranged by square block and then by cur-rent street address, contains informationabout every piece of French Quarter prop-erty. Each Survey binder begins with infor-mation about the square as a whole, includ-ing a modern city map showing the outlineand footage of existing city lots, a profile

drawing of each side of the square, an eval-uation chart indicating the historical signifi-cance of each structure, Sanborn InsuranceCompany maps of 1876 and 1896, andwhen available, copies of early land-grantmaps and other plans and drawings.

At the conclusion of this introductorymaterial, the body of the volume begins,providing information about individual lotsand structures. The record of each propertycontains photographs, nearly always includ-ing one taken in the early 1960s and anotherin 1979 and whenever possible adding asmany old documentary photographs as sur-vey researchers could discover. Followingthe photographs is a chain of title tracingthe history of ownership of each lot, begin-ning with the most recent transaction at thetime of the survey work and proceedingbackward in time until the record trails offinto oblivion, usually in the early 19th orlate 18th century. Each chain of title isabstracted from records in the ConveyanceOffice and the Notarial Archives.

In addition to photographs and a chainof title, material about each property

includes the following when available: refer-ences to building contracts, brief descrip-tions of structures on the lot, copies of orquotations from relevant newspaper andmagazine clippings and books, photographsof plan-book drawings from the NotarialArchives, and ephemera. The quantity andnature of such material varies from onebuilding to another. Housed at theWilliams Research Center of TheCollection, the Vieux Carré Survey is thesingle most intensively used resourceserviced by the WRC staff.

In April 2002, the Collins C. DibollPrivate Foundation pledged support for thedigitization of the Vieux Carré Survey.Currently under way at The Collection, theCollins C. Diboll Vieux Carré DigitalSurvey will convert the paper-based VieuxCarré Survey into an electronic format,allowing it to be simultaneously accessedby multiple users via the Internet and atwork stations located in the WRC readingroom. Additionally, the conversion willmake the Survey data independent of itscurrent organizational arrangement, thereby

I THE VIEUX CARRÉ SURVEYGOES ELECTRONIC

400 block of Royal Street, ca. 1905 (Vieux Carré Survey, square 39)

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COLLINS C. DIBOLL, JR.

New Orleans native Collins C. Diboll,Jr., had a real affinity for the VieuxCarré. He maintained the office for hisarchitecture practice in Pere AntoineAlley for many years and in the mid-1960sdesigned and became the owner of theHoliday Inn French Quarter in the firstblock of Royal Street. Mr. Diboll residedat the hotel in a penthouse apartmentuntil his death in 1987.

Born on June 20, 1904, to architectCollins C. Diboll, Sr., and singer MaryJesse Diboll, Mr. Diboll, Jr., grew up inuptown New Orleans and studied archi-tecture at Tulane University. After gradu-ating in 1926, he joined his father’s archi-tectural firm, Diboll and Owen, laterrenamed Kessels-Diboll-Kessels. A lead-ing member of the New OrleansChamber of Commerce, Mr. Dibollserved terms as president of both theVieux Carré Commission and the NewOrleans Athletic Club. In accordancewith the terms of his will, the majority ofMr. Diboll’s estate went toward the estab-lishment of the Collins C. Diboll PrivateFoundation. For almost 20 years, thefoundation has contributed to commu-nity organizations in New Orleans andthe surrounding area, particularly thosesupported by Mr. Diboll during his lifetime.

Binders from the Vieux Carré Survey

Sanborn Insurance Company map of square 41, 1876 (Vieux Carré Survey)

making it possible to present the data inways that allow other intellectualapproaches. While the existing arrange-ment of data by square within the Surveyprovides the most commonly neededaccess mode, conversion to electronic for-mat will allow searching and grouping of

information by variables such as propertyowner, value, and time period. Finally, byputting the Survey into a database for-mat, The Collection will gain a datastructure that will allow other holdings tobe accessed in the same highly useful,geographic format as the Survey.

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Adams and Reese LLPAIDS Law of LouisianaMrs. David W. Aiken, Sr.Algiers Point Properties AccountAmSouth BankMr. and Mrs. Allain C. Andry IIIAnonymous in honor of the French

Heritage SocietyJane AprillMr. and Mrs. Robert D. ArmstrongArts Council of LouisianaMelissa G. AshurstThe Azby FundBank OneBanner PressMarilyn BarnettFrances H. Bayon in memory of Maurice

M. BayonRobert M. Becnel and Diane K. ZinkBellSouthMr. and Mrs. William Mente BenjaminDorian BennettHenry Bernstein and Jerry W. Zachary in

memory of Dr. Bernard L. JacobsSydney Besthoff IIIBetty and Ira Kohn FoundationAdolph C. BilletConnie BirabentMr. and Mrs. James D. BirchfieldCorinne Claiborne BoggsRobert H. BoltonBouligny FoundationDr. and Mrs. Gary W. BradleyJan White Brantley and Robert S. BrantleyBarbara BroadwellBarbara Broadwell in memory of James G.

Viavant Eric J. BrockMary A. BrogdenMr. and Mrs. Hugh C. Brown, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Dale BuchananMrs. Arthur P. BurdonMr. and Mrs. William CahillMrs. Jules Cahn in memory of Jules CahnCanadian Consulate GeneralRaul CanizaresCarol Ann Roberts Dumond Landmark

SchoolJimmy CarrereCenter for Southeast Louisiana StudiesHelen Chalstrom in memory of Dr. Horace

ChalstromMr. and Mrs. William K. ChristovichCitigroup Asset ManagementMrs. Charles ClarkFrank C. CockinosMr. and Mrs. Hersh CohenDotty and Jimmy ColemanCollins C. Diboll Private FoundationConsular Corps of New OrleansWilliam C. Cook Florence Cordell-Reeh in memory of Pierre

Francis Meisner Cordell-ReehLouis Costa

"We admire The Historic New OrleansCollection for its level of excellence in mak-ing the history of New Orleans available tothe public," say Frances Howard Bayon andher daughter, Suzanne Bayon de Neufville.The preservation of the city’s history is acause to which the Bayons are especiallydedicated, as is evidenced by their recentdonation in honor of Maurice M. Bayon toTHNOC’s publication Charting Louisiana:Five Hundred Years of Maps. A leader inLouisiana’s on- and off-shore oil and gasindustries, Mr. Bayon was a modern-daytransportation and navigation pioneerwho built on the cartography and experi-ence of those whose work is featured inthe atlas. According to Suzanne deNeufville, "By supporting The HistoricNew Orleans Collection, we are able topreserve the unique cultural origin of ourfamily in New Orleans. The atlas projectfits in well with the history of my father’sbusiness in Louisiana."

PRESERVING HISTORYTHROUGH PHILANTHROPY

The legacy of philanthropy, long a tra-dition in the Bayon family, has been passedon by Maurice and Frances Bayon to theirdaughter, who lives with her husband Johnde Neufville in Mendham, New Jersey, andgrandsons, Peter, Thomas, and John H. deNeufville, who reside in New York City.The Bayons believe that "historic objectsare best given away instead of sold, so theycan be enjoyed by all." The Collection isfortunate to be among the institutions thatthe Bayon family supports. In 1974, Mr.and Mrs. Bayon donated an 1851 portraitof Emma Olivier, Olivia Olivier, andZulme Maspero—Maurice Bayon’s greataunt. A signature piece in THNOC’s hold-ings, the portrait hangs prominently in theCounting House.

The family "enjoys being associated withTHNOC and looks forward to maintaininga relationship with the institution and inturn with its city of origin."

Maurice M. and Frances Howard Bayon

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DONORS: OCTOBER 2002-MARCH 2003William CullisonMichael J. CussenThe Darwin and Mary Jane Fenner Family FundMr. and Mrs. Mark DauerGerald DayRebecca de BoisblancDebbie de la Houssaye and Lake DouglasMaurice DenuzièreMarie-France de SibertDorian M. Bennett, Inc.Teresa H. Makuakane-Drechsel and

Emanuel J. DrechselBrooke Duncan IIIFidelity Homestead AssociationMr. and Mrs. Dudley D. FlandersEleanor Ingalls FochesatoMr. and Mrs. Jude N. ForetRichard L. ForstallElizabeth L. FranklinThe French Heritage SocietyFrench Quarter HotelsMr. and Mrs. Larry D. GarveyJohn Geiser IIIDr. Stephen J. GergatzJohanna Dingeldein GloedeMr. and Mrs. John M. Goodwin IIDoris Ann GormanShirley Ann GrauThe Greater New Orleans Foundation from

the Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Garvey FundGeorge Griswold IIJohn D. HallDaniel B. HeardJean HeidMr. and Mrs. John H. HernandezMr. and Mrs. George Hero IIIDr. Sylvia HiltonMr. and Mrs. H. Jack HinrichsLouise C. HoffmanDr. and Mrs. Jack D. Holden in honor of

Dr. Jessie J. Poesch The Hyatt FoundationMr. and Mrs. Richard L. Johnson, Jr., in

memory of Mrs. Thomas DonelsonFoster, nee Sara Eliza Amelia CarolinaManning

Margaret B. JonesDr. and Mrs. Robert C. JudiceDr. Florence M. JumonvilleGloria and Lester E. Kabacoff in honor of

Mary Louise ChristovichMrs. Robert Joseph KilleenDr. Steven O. KimbroughMary G. KlaasenCarolyn KrackDorothy S. KrotzerMr. and Mrs. Louis A. Lanaux, Jr.Mrs. J. M. LapeyreMrs. W. Elliott Laudeman IIILaw Offices of Robert M. Becnel and

Diane ZinkMr. and Mrs. John H. LawrenceFrederick Lee LawsonPaul Leaman, Jr.Sharon and Michael Ledet

M. Theresa LeFevreDr. Alfred E. LemmonAlex LiggettL. M. Lippman, Jr.Fred L. LoganAudrey LowmanMarie LowmanAntoine and Margie LukeM. S. Rau AntiquesMr. and Mrs. Kevin George MackeyJoseph N. Marcal IIINancy MarksF. Lestar MartinJaneth McKendrickMegan McKinneySuzanne and Michael MestayerMetropolitan Crime Commission of New

Orleans, Inc.Milling Benson Woodward LLPNadia St. Paul MöiseMr. and Mrs. David MonroeAvis R. Moore in memory of Rita Stem

ReynickDr. Barbara B. Morgan in honor of Fred R.

KolbMadeline MorrisMossy Motors L.L.C.Mr. and Mrs. Roy J. MossyThe Napoleon House CorporationLaura Simon NelsonNew Orleans Chapter of the American

Guild of OrganistsNew Orleans International Music

ColloquiumPaul C. Newfield IIIOffice of Alumni AffairsOmohundro Institute of Early American

History and CultureDoris OrazioOrgan Historical SocietyAngele M. Parlange in honor of John

MagillGerald Patout, Jr.Patrick F. Taylor FoundationEuphemie Tobin PhelpsJohn G. PhillipsMr. and Mrs. G. Henry Pierson, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. R. Hunter PiersonJean-Pierre PiquéDavid D. PlaterAndrew L. Plauché, Jr.Eugene PreausLa PrensaScott RatterreeRault Resources, Inc.William D. and Sally K. ReevesDr. and Mrs. James L. ReynoldsMr. and Mrs. Sidney RideauAnne Desaix RobertsonDr. and Mrs. J. William RosenthalRuth & Jacques Sartisky FoundationSt. Andrew’s Episcopal SchoolSt. Denis J. Villere & CompanySt. Tammany Art AssociationSam Carey Lumber Co.

Mr. and Mrs. John Robert SarpyDr. Michael SartiskyGeorge SchmidtRobert J. SchoenMr. and Mrs. Milton G. Scheuermann, Jr.The Schon Charitable FoundationShare the WealthGreg and Jennifer SherwoodThe Shop at the CollectionFranklin H. Sinclair and Shirley SinclairMr. and Mrs. Fred SmithMr. and Mrs. Joe D. Smith, Jr. Lydia L. SmithMr. and Mrs. Charles A. SnyderMr. and Mrs. Charles A. Snyder in honor

of Mr. and Mrs. Alton Doody, Jr.Spanish Consul GeneralDr. Rowena SpencerJames M. SpiroAlexandra StaffordMr. and Mrs. Frederick M. StaffordDr. and Mrs. S. Frederick StarrEllen Kierr Stein in honor of J. N. and

Raymond Kierr from their childrenArthur P. SteinmetzStewart Enterprises, Inc.–Lake Lawn MetairieMr. and Mrs. Frank B. Stewart, Jr.Irma StieglerAudrey Moulin StierFern StineMiss Effie StocktonMr. and Mrs. Bruce H. SutterHarriet SwiftHenry G. TaliaferroThornhill Foundation (created by the

Hardie family) in memory of LeilaHardie Moore Williams

Roulhac ToledanoPeter TrapolinTim TrapolinMr. and Mrs. Samuel A. TrufantKeith TwitchellUniversity of Alabama School of LawUniversity of Louisiana at LafayetteBaldwin Van BenthuysenWalter Watson Van BenthuysenDoreen A. VillaMr. and Mrs. St. Denis J. VillereMr. and Mrs. John E. WalkerMrs. Merlyn WeilbaecherJohn G. WeinmannJason WieseDonald R. Wightkin Mrs. Hugh Miller Wilkinson, Jr., in memory

of Hugh Miller Wilkinson, Jr.Williams, Inc. Betty WilliamsRobert E. Williams, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Robert John A. Williams Walter WilliamsRev. Richard WilsonYA/YA, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Zemurray III Harold Zeringer Victor D. Ziminsky

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■ Laura Simon Nelson ofBaton Rouge has added sixworks of Louisiana art toTHNOC’s holdings. Thedonation includes four worksby Ellsworth Woodward,including The Lotus Fountainpainted on the old GardenDistrict campus of NewcombCollege in 1917, and oneeach by Howard ChandlerChristy and Arnold E. Turtle.■ Mr. and Mrs. Richard L.Johnson, Jr., have donatedan 1891 landscape paint-ing of the north Louisiana countryside byCharles Wellington Boyle.

—John H. Lawrence

For the fourth quarter of 2002 (October-December) and the first quarter of 2003(January-March), there were 74 libraryacquisitions, totaling 1,073 items.■ Frederick Lawson, an ardent collector ofbooks and ephemera relating to the FrenchQuarter, has donated his extensive libraryto THNOC. Gifts of this nature afford theinstitution an opportunity to fill in gaps incollecting areas, to acquire valuableinscribed and signed copies, and to add

For the fourth quarter of 2002 (October-December) and the first quarter of 2003(January-March), there were 50 curatorialacquisitions, totaling 422 items.■ New Orleans native and currentCalifornia resident Walter Williams hasdonated a videotape and DVD of his docu-mentary New Orleans, The Natural History.Through interviews, live footage, and his-torical still images, the program traces theformation of southern Louisiana geologyand the effects of weather on the state’scoastal areas. ■ Jimmy Carrere’s donation of approxi-mately 60 real-estate maps detailing landsubdivision in mid-20th-century NewOrleans supplements THNOC’s extensiveholdings of regional land-tenure records.The donation includes a base map and abound volume of Lakeview-area maps. ■ Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hernandez havedonated a pocket watch, complete withpresentation case and winding keys, ownedby Louisianian John S. McIlhenny.Manufactured by Breguet et Fils of Francebetween 1820 and 1823, the quarter-repeater, gold and silver watch sounds everyquarter hour. Abraham-Louis Breguet(1747-1823) is regarded as one of history’sgreatest mechanical watchmakers. ■ A photograph of the 1903 LouisianaPurchase centennial ball by John Teunisson,a donation from George Schmidt, befitsthis year of bicentennial celebrations.

duplicate copies of frequently used,out-of-print materials. For example,two books by Frank Yerby, Floodtideand The Girl From Storyville, sup-plement the library’s holdings ofbooks by that author. Rare items inthe donation include a copy of the1951 edition of Using Books andLibraries, illustrated by NewOrleanian John Chase, and an 1890edition of the French Opera Librettoand Commercial Guide. The latter, atheater program and advertisementcircular, documents the musicaltaste of the community and con-tains numerous advertisements forlocal businesses.

Mr. Lawson’s collection of approx-imately 200 books either about theFrench Quarter or by Louisianaauthors runs the gamut of literary

genres, including fiction, nonfiction, mys-teries, and romance novels. Additionally,the donation comprises several thousandperforming arts and theater programs, as wellas thousands of ephemeral items includingannouncements, brochures, invitations,pamphlets, programs, and publicity piecesfor the library’s vertical file.

—Gerald Patout

For the fourth quarter of 2002 (October-December) and the first quarter of 2003(January-March), there were 40 manu-scripts acquisitions, totaling approximately13 linear feet.

LIBRARY

MANUSCRIPTS

ACQUISITIONST H E H I S T O R I C N E W

ORLEANS COLLECTION

encourages research in theWilliams Research Centerat 410 Chartres Street from10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Tuesday through Saturday(except holidays). Cata-loged materials available toresearchers include books,

manuscripts, paintings, prints, drawings,maps, photographs, and artifacts about thehistory and culture of New Orleans,Louisiana, and the Gulf South. While acqui-sitions by purchase have been temporarilydiscontinued, The Collection is pleased toreport the following notable donations.

CURATORIAL

San Francísco de la Espada, Texas by Ellsworth Woodward(2002.112.2)

Interior of the French Opera House from the French Opera Libretto andCommercial Guide, 1890-91 season (T03121.0048.1.65)

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Katharine Cornell from the coverof the Civic Theater program for theFebruary 2-8, 1953, performance of The Constant Wife (2002-74-L, folder 11),J. Parker Schneidau Theater and CinemaMemorabilia Collection

On March 28 The Collection hosted a reception honoring Festival patrons and participants. Clockwise from left,Christina Vella; Diane McWhorter; Peggy Scott Laborde, Mary Lou Christovich, Priscilla Lawrence,and John Walker

Left, Roger Kennedy, former director of the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, spokeat The Collection and signed his most recent book, Mr. Jefferson’s Lost Cause: Land, Farmers, Slavery, and theLouisiana Purchase; right, Butch Thompson and John Lawrence at the fouth annual Bill Russell lecture. Mr. Thompson,a recognized authority on the music of Jelly Roll Morton and other early New Orleans jazz masters, gave a musicallyillustrated lecture on Bill Russell and “Fess Manetta” and their work together.

■ J. Parker Schneidau’s position as a volun-teer usher at the Municipal Auditorium inNew Orleans fostered in him a passion forthe theater. After serving in World War II,Mr. Schneidau returned to New Orleans andworked as an amusements writer for theTimes-Picayune — a job that entailed hostingmovie stars in town to film or promotemotion pictures. He remembers havingbreakfast at the Roosevelt Hotel with GaryCooper and Marlene Dietrich and walkingin Lafayette Square with Katharine Cornell.Mr. Schneidau has donated a taped inter-view about his career and a collection of pro-grams and playbills from such theaters as theCivic, the Poché, and the Saenger. ■ During World War II a group of NewOrleans citizens, including Nadia St. Paul,organized a gathering place for military per-sonnel as an alternative to Bourbon Street.Nadia Möise, Mrs. St. Paul’s daughter, hasdonated a scrapbook tracing the center’shistory and a taped interview that docu-ments her mother’s work during the war.John St. Paul, Nadia Möise’s father, com-piled the scrapbook as a tribute to his wife.■ In 1954, Rowena Spencer became thefirst female surgeon on staff at LouisianaState University. As a leader in the field ofpediatric surgery, she won acclaim for herwork on the separation of conjoined twins.Ms. Spencer has donated a collection ofher scientific papers related to that subjectand a taped interview in which she dis-cusses the difficulties of being a pioneerwoman surgeon.

—Mark Cave

SEVENTEEN AND COUNTINGANOTHER TERRIFIC YEAR FOR THE TENNESSEE WILLIAMS FESTIVAL

AT THE COLLECTION

CHANGES

Johnnie Harrell, maintenance staff;Mary Mees, associate editor.

IN MEMORIAM

The Collection mournsthe loss of Robin Drake,photographic assistant,who died on May 13,2003.

PUBLICATIONS

Judith Bonner, New Orleans Art Review;Jason Wiese, short story, French QuarterFiction.

THANK YOUTERRY GERSTNER

The Collection grateful-ly acknowledges TerryGerstner’s 20 years ofservice as "the voice" forThe Collection’s publicservice announcements,which are shown on all

local television stations as well as on hoteltelevision. Mr. Gerstner’s association withTHNOC began during his tenure as morn-ing news director at WDSU-TV. After themorning news, Mr. Gerstner would comeacross the street to The Collection to doresearch for "I Remember New Orleans:The Movies," the four-part TV series he wasproducing. In 1983, the series was incor-porated into an exhibition on New Orleansmovie houses at The Collection. In appreci-ation for The Collection’s fine researchfacilities, Mr. Gerstner offered to producethe institution’s public service announce-ments and has been doing so ever since.Retiring this year from doing the voicework, he will continue to produce anddirect the PSAs with William Johnson,research director at WDSU-TV, serving as"the voice" and Ralph Madison, also ofWDSU-TV, serving as videographer.

Gerald Patout hasjoined the board ofdirectors of Save OurCemeteries and hasbeen appointed to theLibrary Services andConstruction Act StateAdvisory Council on

Libraries. John Magill, radio and televisioninterviews, WGNO, WWL, and WYES;John Lawrence, radio and television inter-views, WGSO, WQNZ, WWL, WHBY,WYES, A&E, BBC, and NPR; JasonWiese, Alfred Lemmon, and JohnLawrence, interviews, Natchez Democrat;Jason Wiese, interview, Washington Post;Sue Laudeman, Mark Cave, and ElsaSchneider, bicentennial publicity trips.

MEETINGSAND WORKSHOPS

Alfred Lemmon, conducted SoutheasternLibraries Network disaster preparednessworkshop, San Juan, Puerto Rico; instruc-tor, SOLINET designing libraries andarchival facilities workshop, Atlanta; JudithBonner, Southern American StudiesAssociation; John Lawrence, LouisianaHistorical Association; Chuck Patch,Museum Computer Network board ofdirectors meeting; Diane Plauché,Museum Store Association; Carol Bartels,Society of Southwest Archivists; WarrenWoods received a full scholarship to attendthe American Law Institute-American BarAssociation’s legal problems of museumadministration course.

LECTURES ANDPRESENTATIONS

Jason Wiese, Alfred Lemmon, JohnLawrence, and Mark Cave, NatchezLiterary and Cinema Celebration; JohnLawrence, Le Petit Salon, ExxonMobilRetirees, Daughters of the AmericanRevolution, Franklin, La., and Society forPhotographic Education, Austin; PamelaArceneaux, Algiers Historical Society,Smithsonian Institution, Thursday Literary

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STAFF

IN THE COMMUNITY

Robin Holladay

Beth Brakebill

Coralie Davis

Rowan Metzner April Woods

Mary Mees

Molly St. Paul

Maggie BealSarah Smith

Johnnie Harrell

Guild, and Friends of the Cabildo; JohnMagill, Gretna Historical Society, MetairieSunrise Rotary Club, Le Petit Salon, andSons of the American Revolution; GeraldPatout, Baton Rouge Genealogical andHistorical Society, Pike/Walthall CountyMississippi Genealogy Society, andLouisiana Library Association; JudithBonner, Daughters of 1812; Jason Wiese,Nicholls State University, LafourcheHeritage Society, Decorative Arts Trust,Tulane University Women’s Association,and National Association of DocumentExaminers.

INTERNS ANDVOLUNTEERS

Coralie Davis, Mireille McNamara,Molly St. Paul, Sarah Smith, and MaggieBeal, volunteers, docent department; BethBrakebill, Robin Holladay, and RowanMetzner, interns (Tulane University); AprilWoods, intern (Loyola University).

Mireille McNamara

Gerald Patout

Robin Drake

In the spring, staff from The Collection andthe New Orleans Museum of Art traveledby bus to Shreveport, Monroe, LakeCharles, Alexandria, Lafayette, and BatonRouge to publicize the bicentennial eventstaking place at both institutions. The pre-sentations promoted A Fusion of Nations, AFusion of Cultures: Spain, France, the UnitedStates and the Louisiana Purchase (January 14-June 8, 2003) and Jefferson’s America —Napoleon’s France (April 12-August 31, 2003),the exhibitions at THNOC and NOMA.Additionally, education staff membersled teacher workshops introducingThe Louisiana Purchase Story: Jefferson,

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THNOC AND NOMA JOIN INPROMOTION OF BICENTENNIAL

EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVESNapoleon, and the Letter That Bought aContinent, the video co-produced by theinstitutions, and the accompanying teacherguide. Every school in the state of Louisianawill receive a free video and teacher guide,which features standards-based lesson plansand activities using primary sources to bringthe people and events surrounding theLouisiana Purchase to life for students. Thelessons and activities prepare students forfield trips to the exhibitions where they willsee the actual documents and historical arti-facts that tell the multifaceted story of theLouisiana Purchase.

EditorsLouise C. Hoffman

Lynn D. Adams, Mary C. Mees

Head of PhotographyJan White Brantley

Additional photography byRobin Drake

The Historic New Orleans CollectionQuarterly is published by The Historic NewOrleans Collection, which is operated by the Kemper and Leila WilliamsFoundation, a Louisiana nonprofit corpora-tion. Housed in a complex of historic build-ings in the French Quarter, facilities are opento the public, Tuesday through Saturday,from 10:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Tours of thehistory galleries and the Williams Residenceare available for a nominal fee.

Board of DirectorsMrs. William K. Christovich, President

John E. Walker Fred M. SmithCharles A. Snyder John Kallenborn

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Order Charting Louisiana:Five Hundred Years of Maps

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Detail, Plan de la Nelle Orléans… by Joseph Antoine Vinache, ca. 1803 (1987.65), showing Pierre Clément Laussat’s residence in New Orleans, the Marigny planta-tion house.

In the Williams Gallery, Napoleon’s Eyewitness: Pierre Clément Laussat in Louisiana, 1802-1804 showcases the Laussat Papers, which documentLaussat’s tenure in Louisiana as the French colonial prefect for the transfer of the territory from Spain to France and then to the United States.

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