History
Edith Garland Dupre
Edith Garland Dupre was a leading intellectual, civic, and religious leader in Lafayette in the early twentieth century.
Long Era
Long Era Index
Music
Edward "Noon" Johnson
Edward Noon Johnson was a New Orleans musical personality, multi-instrumentalist, and inventor.
History
Eleanor McMain
Eleanor McMain was a settlement house worker and progressive reformer in early-twentieth-century New Orleans.
Art
Elemore Morgan Jr.
Elemore Morgan, Jr. was an internationally recognized landscape painter and longtime advocate of the visual and performing arts in Louisiana.
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.
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.
History
Ella Brennan
Ella Brennan was the matriarch of the family that owns many restaurants in New Orleans, including Commander's Palace.
Music
Ellis Marsalis
Modern jazz pianist and leading jazz educator Ellis Marsalis was the patriarch of the musical New Orleans family that includes his sons trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and saxophonist Branford Marsalis, both internationally acclaimed modern jazz artists.
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.
Literature
Elmore Leonard Jr.
Louisiana author Elmore Leonard, Jr. writes crime fiction and westerns.
Music
Emanuel Paul
Emanuel Paul was a traditional jazz and brass band saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist from New Orleans.
