On the 22nd of December 1811, Governor William Claiborne declared by proclamation the formation of four new Louisiana parishes in the county of Feliciana in the former territory of the short-lived West Florida Republic that had been recently annexed to the United States. Among the new divisions established was Saint Tammany Parish. As to why Claiborne…
Calendar Origins
It is near the end of January, the first month of a new year. By now we should all have our new calendars hanging up, which will soon be marked up and down and scribbled with all our plans. The calendar we use is something ubiquitous in our day-to-day activities. By this we plot out…
An Old New Orleans Christmas
Christmas in Old New Orleans was an uproarious celebration.
The Choctaw
The Choctaw are one of the country’s largest American Indian tribes and although they were originally centered in Mississippi, their language and culture are ingrained in Louisiana.
Natchez
In early autumn throngs of travelers descend upon a small town up on the bluffs of the east bank of the Mississippi River about an hour’s drive north of Baton Rouge. This is Natchez, a picturesque town rich in history. Its name came from a local tribe based in the area who were among the…
Picturing Old Saint Tammany
A picture says a thousand words or so the old adage goes. Photographs, postcards, and other pictures offer a fascinating window into the past and serve as a rich source for investigating how our physical and cultural environments have changed over time. The following books all feature local pictures from the late 19th and early…
The Sibyl of the Rhine
September 17th marks the anniversary of the death of Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th century German author and abbess. Born to a noble family in Bermersheim, Germany in 1098, she was sent at a young age to live with the nuns at the monastery of Disibodenberg, where she learned how to read and write. She…
Investigating Louisiana Architecture
This month we highlight two series of books investigating Louisiana architecture.
Books for Stargazing
Astronomy might be a science, but it also one of humankind's oldest pastimes. For our distant ancestors the unblotted night sky was a heavenly tapestry woven with the stories of gods and heroes, and we still call the planets by the Roman names of the Olympians. Over centuries, astronomers studied the stars and speculated about…
001.9
If you have browsed nonfiction, you may have noticed that at the end of general knowledge (Dewey Decimal 001) and right before books about books (002) there are some titles on unusual topics. You might encounter Atlantis, Area 51, bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, and other subjects worthy of The X-Files under the call number…
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