Government, Politics & Law
E. A. Burke
Edward Austin Burke, known as Major E. A. Burke, was a Louisiana politician during the Reconstruction era.
Reconstruction Period
Reconstruction Period Index
Architecture
East Louisiana State Hospital
The East Louisiana State Hospital in Jackson was the state's first major permanent facility to provide behavioral healthcare to patients.
Art
Edgar Degas
French impressionist painter Edgar Degas stayed with his Creole relatives in 1872 and 1873, and did some of his important works in New Orleans.
Music
Edmond Dédé
Edmond Dédé was a prominent African-American musician and composer in born in New Orleans in the nineteenth century.
Government, Politics & Law
Edward Bermudez
Edward Bermudez served as the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1880 to 1892.
Government, Politics & Law
Edwin T. Merrick
Edwin T. Merrick served as the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1855 to 1865.
History
Eleanor McMain
Eleanor McMain was a settlement house worker and progressive reformer in early-twentieth-century New Orleans.
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
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.
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.
