Government, Politics & Law
Edwin T. Merrick
Edwin T. Merrick served as the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1855 to 1865.
Bourbon Era
Bourbon Era Index
History
Eleanor McMain
Eleanor McMain was a settlement house worker and progressive reformer in early-twentieth-century New Orleans.
Art
Elemore Morgan Sr.
Photographer Elemore Morgan, Sr., made an important visual record of mid-twentieth-century folkways, rural life, indigenous architecture, and landscapes in Louisiana.
Literature
Eliza Jane Nicholson
Eliza Jane Nicholson was the first woman publisher of a major daily newspaper in the United States. She was also a published poet, writing under the pen name Pearl Rivers.
Literature
Eliza Ripley
Eliza Ripley recounts life in antebellum Louisiana, focusing on the habits and customs of typical upper-class New Orleans households.
Art
Elizabeth Catlett
Elizabeth Catlett served as head of the art department at Dillard University in New Orleans, where she is now an honorary citizen.
Government, Politics & Law
Ellen Dunn-Burch
Ellen Dunn-Burch was a politically engaged philanthropist credited with convincing her husband Oscar J. Dunn to accept the nomination for lieutenant governor of Louisiana, making him the nation’s first Black executive officer.
Art
Ellsworth Woodward
Louisiana artist Ellsworth Woodward was a pillar of the New Orleans art scene as a teacher and a promoter between 1890 and 1940.
Foodways
Elmer Candy Company
Elmer Candy Company, the oldest family-owned chocolate company in the United States, is known for its trio of egg-shaped chocolate confections as well as originating the line of CheeWees savory snacks.
Music
Emanuel Paul
Emanuel Paul was a traditional jazz and brass band saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist from New Orleans.
Music
Emanuel Sayles
Emanuel Sayles was a New Orleans traditional jazz, blues, and rhythm and blues singer, banjoist and guitarist.
Music
Emile Barnes
Emile Barnes was a ragtime, early jazz, and brass band clarinetist from New Orleans, perhaps best remembered for his distinctive, blues-inflected sound and performance style.
