New Orleans Blue Books
History
Blue Books is the common name given to the various published directories of female prostitutes and houses of prostitution in Storyville, New Orleans' legally designated red-light district.
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Encyclopedia Entries
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Folklife, Music
Founded in 1970, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, known as Jazz Fest, draws hundreds of thousands of visitors a year to experience the music, cuisine, and cultural heritage of Louisiana.
New Orleans Pelicans
Business & Industry, History, Sports & Recreation
New Orleans’s basketball team is named for Louisiana’s state bird, the brown pelican.
Battle of New Orleans
The Battle of New Orleans, the last major conflict in the War of 1812, was fought between British and American forces on January 8, 1815.
Magazine Articles
One Night in Louisiana
Geographer's Space, Magazine, Winter 2019
Abe Lincoln’s bloody melee
Step into the Notre-Dame Cathedral
Historic New Orleans Collection, Magazine, Winter 2022
An augmented reality experience at The Historic New Orleans Collection
Investments in Royal Vestments
Fall 2004, Louisiana State Museum, Magazine
The regalia of New Orleans’s Mardi Gras debutantes is inspired by the monarchs of Europe
Banknote Bonanza
Fall 2016, Historic New Orleans Collection, Magazine
An exhibit surveys pre-Civil War currency in America with a special focus on Louisiana
Against the Flow
Coastal, Magazine, Spring 2018
The lessons of the West Bay Sediment Diversion.
The New Cartographers
Coastal, Magazine, Winter 2017
Coastal communities in Plaquemines Parish plot the future with LA SAFE
