Music
Emanuel Sayles
Emanuel Sayles was a New Orleans traditional jazz, blues, and rhythm and blues singer, banjoist and guitarist.
Long Era
Long Era Index
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.
Architecture
Emile Weil
Known for the vast range of buildings he designed, Emile Weil played an important role in Louisiana';s architecture in the first third of the twentieth century.
History
Emma Wilson Emery
Louisiana’s first and longest-serving poet laureate, Emma Wilson Emery wrote poetry about romance, nature, and anti-war sentiments.
Sports & Recreation
Emmett Toppino
Martin Emmett Toppino was a champion sprinter from New Orleans who won a gold medal at the 1932 Olympics as a member of the US 400-meter relay team.
History
Emy-Lou Biedenharn
Emy-Lou Biedenharn was a noted opera singer and philanthropist from Monroe.
Art
Enrique Alférez
Sculptor Enrique Alférez's life spanned almost the entire twentieth century, with much of it spent creating art works in Louisiana.
Music
Ernie Cagnolatti
Ernie Cagolatti was a trumpet player in the the New Orleans jazz scene for much of the twentieth century.
Music
Ernie K-Doe
The late New Orleans rhythm & blues artist Ernie K-Doe remains an iconic figure in Crescent City music and culture.
History
Essae Martha Culver
Essae Culver was a pioneering librarian and educator in an era when library service was beyond the ken of most rural Americans.
Art
Ethel Edwards
New Orleans born painter and instructor Ethel Edwards is known for her large-scale murals created during the New Deal era.
Art
Ethel Hutson
Ethel Hutson was a talented painter and pottery decorator and is recognized as a significant, well-connected figure in the New Orleans art world of the early twentieth century.
