Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

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Volume XXIV, Number 1 Winter 2007

From the Director: A Year in Review The Historic New Orleans Collection Survives the Storm and Looks to the Future

ore than a year has elapsed colleagues at the Alexandria Museum of Art October–January: Reopening, reassessing, since Hurricane Katrina’s fate- agreed to provide temporary storage space, and reaching out Mful landfall. As we rebuild our as circumstances recommended transport- By early October, the majority of the staff devastated community, our unique cultural ing priceless collections to a facility outside had returned permanently to New Orleans. heritage remains a rallying point. The His- the city. Staff members traveled from far- Many grappled with damage to, or complete toric New Orleans Collection has spent de- flung evacuation spots to join the convoy loss of, their homes and possessions. Their cades preserving the legacy of the men and from New Orleans to Alexandria in early jobs, however, were safe. The Collection was women whose cultural contributions make September. the first museum in the city to reopen—on the city what it is today. Now more than ever, The Collection recognizes its duty to preserve the past while recording history in the making. With the publication of our first print Quarterly after Katrina, we pause and look back on the experiences of the past year.

August 2005: Preparing for the storm Whenever a hurricane approaches the Gulf Coast, The Collection turns to an Emergency Preparedness Plan to protect its buildings and collections. The plan calls for progressive stages of preparation keyed to the strength of the storm and its proximity to New Orleans. Collections are moved away from exterior walls, down In the spring of 2006, The Collection mounted a major international loan exhibition—Common Routes: from top floors, and up from ground floors. St. Domingue • Louisiana. The exhibition’s opening on March 14 was marked with a press conference and ribbon cutting. Pictured here are Spanish Consul General Ramon Saenz de Heredia, Ernest Collins Windows are shuttered or boarded, and, of the New Orleans Mayor’s office, Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson, Monsignor Crosby Kern, and Priscilla depending on the storm strength, sandbags Lawrence. are secured as a defense against rising water. Such were the preparations made on Satur- day, August 27, 2005.

August–September: Safeguarding collections in the storm’s aftermath In the days after Katrina passed, our ini- tial relief quickly dissipated with news of breached levees and extensive flooding. Al- though we were optimistic about the con- dition of The Collection’s buildings and contents—after all, the French Quarter had proved a safe haven in times past—we had to see for ourselves. State officials, recogniz- ing the importance of the patrimony held by The Collection, granted us permission On May 31, 2006, First Lady Laura Bush visited The Collection and viewed Common Routes. Pictured to reenter the city under Louisiana State Po- with Mrs. Bush are, left to right, Bettie Pendley, Mary Lou Christovich, Martha and John E. Walker, and lice escort. And, on very short notice, our Priscilla Lawrence.

Caribbean Festivities On the morning of March 14, Rudy & the Caribbean Funk Band performed while students from O. Perry Walker High School danced in celebration of the opening of Common Routes. Following the press conference, the high school students received the first exhibition tour. Festivities continued into the night with a street party that drew more than 700 people. Tuesday, October 11, 2005. At a welcome back party on November 13, hundreds of locals gathered in the Royal Street complex to toast the rebirth of New Orleans. Staff and visitors alike could take solace in the fact that The Collection had weathered the storm without serious damage. But with an altered local landscape, we recognized the need to reassess museum operations. For more than a year before the storm, curators had been developing plans for an exhibition celebrating the ties between Louisiana and St. Domingue (Haiti). Without hesitation, the board of directors affirmed its commitment to Common Routes: St. Domingue • Louisiana. Perhaps no group contributed more to the cultural development of Louisiana in the decades following the Louisiana Purchase than émigrés from St. Domingue. In tell- Celebrating Haitian Culture ing the émigré story, The Collection sought The Haitian folk dance and drum troupe to illuminate Louisiana’s complex cultural Neg Diaspora performed in the courtyard landscape. Furthermore, in mounting a on May 17 in honor of Haitian Flag Day. major international loan exhibition so soon The group also conducted school and dance after Katrina, we hoped to serve as a model workshops and performed at Ashé Cultural Arts Center during its weeklong residency for the revitalization of our beloved region. in New Orleans, which was sponsored in The months of October and November saw partnership with Ashé. curators confirming symposium arrange- At Family Day on June 18, children ments, registrars conferring with domestic learned the art of tying tignons (authentic and international lenders, and photogra- Caribbean head wraps). phers and editors preparing an illustrated exhibition catalogue. Meanwhile, with so many of our neighbors still struggling to recover, The Collection reached out to the community with a number of initiatives, some short- term, others long-ranging. A series of Res- toration Road Shows featuring area con- servators provided expert advice to flood victims dealing with damaged photographs, furniture, and art. A comprehensive oral history project, spearheaded by manuscripts curator Mark Cave, documented the experiences of first responders—fire fighters, police officers, and other rescue workers who helped save lives and property in the

storm’s aftermath (see pages 6–7). And a February–June 2006: Common Routes: the five-month run of Common Routes pro- visuals archive took shape throughout the St. Domingue • Louisiana gramming offered something for everyone. fall and winter as the photography depart- From a symposium to a groundbreaking ex- Kicking off the celebration on February 4, ment—Jan White Brantley (head), Keely hibition; from a string quartet performance 2006, the 11th annual Williams Research Merritt, and Teresa Kirkland—systemati- to Haitian folk dancing and drumming; Center Symposium brought together seven cally photographed the city, neighborhood from scholarly lectures at the research center distinguished scholars who traced the his- by neighborhood, to record Katrina’s effects. to family day in the Royal Street courtyard: torical and cultural ties between Louisiana and Haiti for nearly 400 captive audience members. On March 14, Caribbean rhythms and steel drums, school children dancing in the street, and accolades from government officials marked the opening of the Common Routes exhibition. Although the city’s di- minished population and tourism market challenged attendance, the exhibition was heralded by those who viewed it, including First Lady Laura Bush. Highlights included Taino Indian artifacts; diplomatic treaties marking the division of Hispañola between Spain (Santo Domingo) and France (St. Domingue); relics of the slave trade and the plantation economy it fed; historical and contemporary portraits of revolution- ary leaders such as Toussaint Louverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines; and memoirs, musical compositions, architectural plans, and other evidences of the émigré presence in Louisiana. An accompanying show, The Toussaint Louverture Series, on view in the Williams Gallery, presented Jacob Lawrence’s remarkable commemoration, in tempera, of the Haitian Revolution. The Lawrence series was on loan from the Amis- tad Research Center—one of many partner- ships forged between The Collection and community groups to enrich the Common Common Routes Volunteers Routes experience.

The Collection extends special thanks to the Common Routes: St. Domingue • Louisiana exhibition volunteers. They were honored at a reception and private viewing of City of Hope: New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina on Tuesday, July 18.

Greta Acomb Alice Dantro Shirley Moseley Louis Smith Marthell Adams Duffy Dufour Marie O’Neal Donna Sorenson Patti and David Marion Ecuyer Angel Parham Jamie Temple Averbuck Dr. Ina Fandrich Blanc Parker Carolyn Thalheim Suzanne Bagwill Julie Forsythe Mert Parker Carol Thornton Gwen Bordenave Rosemarie Fowler Kathleen Pilie Diane Walmsley Lori Boyer Mary Gehman Margot Pleasants Merlyn Weilbaecher Jim Bryant Lisa Gourgues Marta Rivera Audrey Westphal Lolita Cherrie Steve Kress Townsley St. Paul Jeanne Williams Carol Chiocchio Joyce LaNasa Norma Sandoval Lois Willoz Loretta Clark Juliane Lansing Pat Schexnayder Adrian Zeno Marjorie Colomb Helene Lopez Roland Schexnayder Rita Zeno Shirley Colomb Doris Menezes Linda Schoenfeld Local Haitian artist Ulrick Jean-Pierre contributed Carole Daley Margit Merey-Kadar Laura Sitges his portraits of revolutionaries Toussaint Louverture, Henri Christophe, and Alexandre Pétion to the Common Routes exhibition. Mr. Jean-Pierre is pictured here with the portrait of Louverture. City of Hope The exhibition City of Hope: New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina paired historic photographs, prints, maps, and books with contemporary photographs, oral histories, video footage, and ephemera to trace New Orleans’s perseverance through 300 years of periodic flooding and natural disasters. Left, Dupre and Baudin Streets in Mid-City during the 1927 flood (1989.116.2); below, 3633–35 Franklin Avenue at the corner of Acacia Street in Gentilly by Jan White Brantley.

July and Beyond: Hope for the Future Culinary Traditions of the Crescent City, On July 18, 2006, The Collection unveiled opens on Tuesday, January 16, and expands City of Hope: New Orleans after Hurricane on the award-winning culinary history proj- Katrina. Originally slated for a four-month ect (“A Dollop of History in Every Bite”) run, City of Hope was extended due to pop- developed in 2005 by curator of education ular demand and remained on view through Sue Laudeman. A symposium on January January 6, 2007. The exhibition marked 20 kicks off a host of culinary- the beginning, not the end, of The Collec- themed programming (see pages tion’s efforts to record and interpret such an 10–11). And on March 3, French unprecedented natural disaster. With City dignitaries will unveil Four Hun- of Hope, and auxiliary initiatives, we hope dred Years of French Presence in to provide future generations with tools for Louisiana: Treasures from the reflection, interpretation, and renewal. National Library of France in the Looking ahead, in the coming months The Collection’s history galleries The Collection’s programming will center (see page 9). Please join us as we on Louisiana’s French heritage and long- toast a new year and a renewed standing love affair with food. A new city. Bon appetit! exhibition, What’s Cooking in New Orleans?: —Priscilla Lawrence

Katrina Anniversary On August 29, 2006, The Collection hosted a full day of programming commemorating the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The day’s events included panel discussions by reporters and photographers from the Times-Picayune and book signings. In the evening The Collection honored first responders at a ceremony led off by the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard (left). The following representatives, above, were recognized: Chief Thomas Stone, St. Bernard Parish Fire Department; Superintendent Charles Parent, New Orleans Fire Department; Sheriff Marlin N. Gus- man, Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office; Colonel Win- ton Vidrine, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; Captain Kenneth Curlee, Louisiana State Police Troop B Commander; Captain Frank Paskewich, Sector New Orleans Commanding Officer, United States Coast Guard; and Major General Bennett C. Landreneau, Louisiana National Guard.

John Bryson Oral History Project Commander 5th District, NOPD Honors “What Is Your Circumstance?” On Tuesday morning, August 30, Com- First Responders mander John Bryson received one of his last radio communications. He stood looking out over the Lower 9th Ward when a voice on the radio asked, “What is your circumstance?” He could not find words. The neighborhood had literally been blown apart by wind and water. People were clinging to rooftops; some were swimming for safety down city streets. Commander Bryson counted as many as 10 bodies float- ing in the water and watched as someone floated the remains of a loved one through the flooded neighborhood. None of his planning had prepared him for this scene. More than 90 percent of the district’s police vehicles had been destroyed, and Com- mander Bryson, like many of his men, had not slept since reporting to work on Sunday morning. “What is your circumstance?” the voice on the radio repeated. Commander Bryson struggled to find words to describe the situation, but then answered simply, “We have a major flood.” In retrospect, he thinks “catastrophe” would have been a more appropriate reply. Since relocating the majority of his command from the district station to the third floor of Bywater Hospital on Sunday, Commander Bryson and his men had been The three photographs in this spread are courtesy of Chris E. Mickal, district chief, Second District, New Orleans Fire Department and the NOFD Photo Unit. Chief Mickal joined the NOFD in 1971 and working nonstop. They responded to 911 established the Photo Unit in 1973 to document fire scenes and other official departmental functions. calls throughout Sunday night and into the He is currently vice president of the International Fire Photographers Association. early morning hours on Monday, stopping only when high winds made it impossible to navigate the streets. Approximately 40 n the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, pants to date include the New Orleans Police special-needs patients, most of whom were manuscripts curator Mark Cave launched Department, New Orleans Fire Department, bedridden and about half of whom needed Ian expansive oral history project, “Through St. Bernard Parish Fire Department, Orleans the assistance of a respirator to breathe, had Hell and High Water: New Orleans, August Parish Criminal Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Coast been brought to the hospital before the 29–September 15, 2005,” to capture and hon- Guard, Arkansas National Guard, WWL-TV, storm. When floodwaters rose, the genera- or the experiences of Katrina’s first responders. and staff members attached to Louisiana’s con- tors on the first floor failed; without power, During the crucial two-week period immedi- gressional delegation. air had to be hand pumped into the lungs ately following the storm, most residents of the As a centerpiece of City of Hope and a of those on respirators. Some of the officers greater metropolitan area were doing their ut- permanent part of the Williams Research Cen- commandeered U-Haul trucks to move the most to leave town. Some, however, were duty- ter archives, “Through Hell and High Water” patients out of the hospital. They carried bound to stay. “Through Hell and High Wa- serves both educational and therapeutic pur- the patients down three flights of stairs and ter” centers on these first responders: the police poses for area residents. The accounts that fol- through the floodwater, loading them onto charged with keeping order; the fire and rescue low, excerpted from interviews by Mark Cave, U-Hauls for the treacherous ride to other personnel trolling flooded neighborhoods for were among those featured at the New Orleans area hospitals. They worked throughout survivors; Coast Guard units plucking people Police and Justice Foundation Prayer Breakfast the night on Monday, and then on Tuesday from rooftops; doctors and nurses providing ser- Honoring First Responders on the one-year an- confronted the crisis that was to consume vice and succor to desperate patients. Partici- niversary of Hurricane Katrina. their energies for weeks to come.

Monday morning, August 29, 911 dispatchers started to receive call after desperate call: “They could not swim”…“the water is up to my neck.” Allison watched the addresses scroll across the dispatchers’ screens, street after street, as the floodwaters rose. The experience was emotionally overwhelming, but most of the dispatchers kept going—and Sergeant Allison provided what comfort he could. Callers were encouraged to get to the roof, to bring an axe with them to the attic, to shoot their way out of the attic if they had a gun. So long as there is breath Melinda Guerra saw countless hand lights emanating from in someone’s body, Allison reminded the dis- Emergency Medical Technician rooftops. “It looked like little stars in the patchers, there is still hope. “Signal 29” sky,” Meagher recalled. The scene would Later in the crisis, Sergeant Allison was Melinda Guerra heard the dispatcher call the have been beautiful, were it not for the called to preach to NOPD staff at the Royal dreaded Signal 29—a call reporting a pre- shrieks and cries in the darkness. Not know- Sonesta Hotel. The source for his mes- sumed death—over and over in the weeks ing how high the water would rise, residents sage that Sunday was Psalm 55, a prayer in following the hurricane. One call stands out were panicking. Some jumped in the water persecution: in Guerra’s mind. It was two to three weeks and swam towards the boat. As overwhelm- after the storm, and most of the water had ing as the situation was for some members of My heart aches in my breast, been pumped out of the city, but the crisis was Meagher’s flying squad, they worked franti- Death’s terrors assail me, far from over. When Guerra heard “Signal cally through the night and rescued nearly Fear and trembling descend on me, 29,” she felt an all-too-familiar sinking sad- 350 people by daybreak. Horror overwhelms me. ness. Arriving at the house, she was greeted During the daylight hours, Meagher by a young man who said he knew “she was briefly left his boat to acquire a pry-axe or And I say, gone.” Guerra made her way through the chain saw and returned to find a cameraman Oh for the wings of a dove jumble of rotting objects and came upon the from a national media service sitting in his To fly away and find rest. young man’s mother, lying face up with her boat. Meagher demanded that he get out; How far I would take my flight, legs perfectly straight and her arms stretched if he let the cameraman come along for the And make a new home in the desert! out to either side. Although she knew the ride that was one less person he could rescue. position was random, Guerra observed that About four days into operations, Mea- There I should soon find shelter the woman appeared to be making the sign gher encountered an old man in a kayak From the raging wind, of the cross with her body. paddling near Tulane Avenue. Meagher And from the tempest, Lord, that destroys, Death had clearly come weeks earlier, helped him pull the boat to dry ground. And from their malicious tongues. so there was no need to go through the pro- The old man got out of the kayak, pulled I can see how Violence cess of attaching cardiac leads to the victim. out a collapsible walker, and started walk- And Discord fill the city; Guerra called Medical Control and waited ing. Meagher stopped him: “Pops, where are Day and night they stalk together with the son for the arrival of the body recov- you going, man?” “Out of town,” the man Along the city walls. ery team. She tried hard not to cry—and she replied. Meagher asked if family or friends tried to offer comfort, but what words could were coming to meet him. “No,” the man serve? The two waited together until the responded, “I’ve got two sons, but they both body recovery team, dressed up in “space- live in Houston.” Meagher borrowed a cell man” suits, arrived to take the body away. phone—one of the few that was still work- Much of Guerra’s Katrina experience is a ing—and called one of the old man’s sons. blur. Events seemed to blend together, and Arrangements were made to transport the everyone was exhausted, but images like this man to a hotel in Baton Rouge, where his one still stubbornly haunt her thoughts a son could meet him. year later. Gervais Heath Allison Sr. Thomas Meagher Sergeant, NOPD Captain, NOFD “911” “Walking to Houston” As pastor of two churches in New Orleans, As Thomas Meagher’s boat passed down Sergeant Gervais Allison was accustomed to Carrollton Avenue on Monday evening, he providing comfort to those in crisis. Early Now On Display

The New Orleans Arts and Crafts Club: An Artistic Legacy, an From 1922 to 1951, the Arts and exhibition now on display at the New Orleans Museum of Art, Crafts Club of New Orleans played mul- marks the beginning of a unique collaborative venture between The tiple roles in shaping the Crescent City’s Historic New Orleans Collection and NOMA. The partnership culture. Author Lyle Saxon and painter will include the sharing of the Louisiana art collections of THNOC Alberta Kinsey are credited with establish- Head of a woman (Clayre and NOMA, both for temporary exhibitions and long-term loans; ing the club, but its roots date to the turn Barr) by Enrique Alférez, ca. the sharing of curatorial expertise and research; and joint educa- of the 20th century, when artists Ellsworth 1939 (00.48) tional programming. Woodward and Will Henry Stevens advo- cated the formation of a group centered in the French Quarter to attract artists and revitalize the oldest part of the city. Several years would pass and the Quarter would experience significant decay before such an organization materialized. Housed in several locations throughout the French Quar- ter, including the Brulatour House at 520 Royal Street, the Arts and Crafts Club hosted exhibitions; opened and operated the New Orleans Art School; provided scholarships for students; and created an arts community sustained by both artists and patrons. The organization supported members who maintained traditional styles, while introducing New Orleans to modern art through instruction at the school and exhibitions of local, national, and international works. The New Orleans Arts and Crafts Club: An Artistic Legacy com- memorates the 85th anniversary of the organization’s founding and will remain on display at NOMA through May 31. The exhibition The Spring Fiesta Art Show by Clarence Millet,1930s (1996.122.1), gift of Laura Simon Nelson includes works in a variety of media by more than 40 artists, including Josephine Crawford, Leonard Flettrich, Morris Henry Hobbs, Clarence Millet, Paul Ninas, William P. Spratling, Enrique Alférez, rintmaking in ew rleans P N O and Daniel Webster Whitney. The show is free to Louisiana resi- Now Available! dents, Wednesdays–Sundays, 10:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.. Printmaking in New Orleans has arrived! A visually stunning book, spanning cultural strata from highbrow to pop, Printmak- ing in New Orleans offers the first in-depth examination of the printmaker’s art in Louisiana. Co-published by The Historic New Orleans Collection and the University Press of Mississippi, Printmaking in New Orleans is edited with an introduction by Jessie J. Poesch, professor emerita of art history at Newcomb College of Tulane University. Taking its place among the defini- tive works of southern art history, Printmaking in New Orleans is available now from the Shop at The Collection for $50.00. For ordering information, see page 19. Children playing by Leonard Flettrich, 1950s (1997.120.7), gift of Laura Simon Nelson Four Hundred Years of French Presence in Louisiana Treasures from the National Library of France March 3–June 2, 2007 ffirming France’s commitment to Sidney Bechet taken during his perfor- the preservation of New Orleans mances with Josephine Baker in “La Revue A culture in the aftermath of Nègre”; and programs from the French pre- Hurricane Katrina, French Minister of miere of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Culture Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres; Named Desire. President of the National Library of France Four Hundred Years of French Presence Jean-Noël Jeanneney; and French Consul in Louisiana coincides with Femme, femme, General to New Orleans Pierre Lebovics femme: Paintings of Women in French proudly present Four Hundred Years of Society from Daumier to Picasso from the French Presence in Louisiana: Treasures Museums of France, on view at the New from the National Library of France at The Orleans Museum of Art from March 3 Historic New Orleans Collection. Opening through June 2, 2007. Together, the exhi- March 3, the exhibition will be on view in bitions will turn spring in New Orleans the Louisiana History Galleries, 533 into a fête of the city’s French Heritage. Royal Street, Tuesdays-Saturdays, 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. The first exhibition to focus Detail, Carte exclusively on the National de l’Amérique septentrionale The Historic New Orleans Library’s extensive collections by Bernou, ca. Collection and relating to Louisiana, Four 1681, courtesy of the Louisiana Philharmonic Hundred Years of French Presence in the Bibliothèque Orchestra Louisiana explores the strong cultural nationale de France ties between France and its former col- present Gold coin issued by the ony, from the 17th through the 20th cen- Company of the Indies, ca. “A New Orleanian in tury. Items from 13 of the National Library’s 1717, courtesy of the Bibliothèque divisions, many of them never exhibited nationale de France. The Company of the Indies Paris: Ernest Guiraud, before, are complemented by a selection of issued gold coins to be distributed to the company’s Friends, and Students” artifacts from The Historic New Orleans directors and important investors. This coin was presented to Louis XV. Wednesday, February 7, 2007 Collection and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Opening with the era of exploration, The free evening of education and Four Hundred Years of French Presence in entertainment will explore the life and Louisiana presents a range of objects—from work of Ernest Guiraud, New Orleans early drawings of Louisiana wildlife to native and distinguished composer. manuscript maps, rare books, and plans The program begins at 6:30 p.m. with for New Orleans. Of particular interest a lecture by Jack Belsom and Daniel are Guillaume Levasseur’s 1601 “Carte de Weilbaecher at the Williams Research l’océan Atlantique”; a manuscript account Center, 410 Chartres Street. At 7:30 of the visit of Indians to Paris in 1725; and p.m., the LPO will continue Guiraud’s Benjamin Dumont de Montigny’s 1744 story with a concert at St. Louis views of the Gulf Coast. Moving into the Cathedral. post-colonial era and beyond, the exhibi- The event complements Four tion surveys the cultural exchange between Hundred Years of French Presence in France and Louisiana. Nineteenth-century Louisiana and marks the beginning of artists such as Frederic Chopin, Ernest a partnership between The Collection Guiraud, Alfred Mercier, and Victor Séjour and the LPO designed to highlight are featured, as are 20th-century jazzmen, the contributions of New Orleans and photographers, and authors. Highlights its residents to the world of classical Poster for performance of Sidney Bechet at the Vieux Colombier Club, Paris, 1952, by Pierre of this section include playwright Séjour’s music. Merlin, courtesy of Departement Arts du Spectacle La Mulâtre, the first published short story of the Bibliothèque nationale de France by an African American; photographs of Culinary Traditions of the Crescent City January 16–July 7, 2007

ew Orleans is defined by its fascination with food. A new Multimedia components of What’s Cooking in New Orleans? exhibition at The Historic New Orleans Collection, What’s include culinary research stations; an interactive recipe exchange; and NCooking in New Orleans?: Culinary Traditions of the Crescent a documentary by local filmmaker Kevin McCaffrey, We Live to Eat: City, will document a three-century-long culinary love affair. From New Orleans’s Love Affair with Food, featuring interviews with area the earliest interactions between Native Americans and European chefs and food experts. settlers to the multifaceted, multiethnic culinary customs of today, What’s Cooking in New Orleans? traces the unique and colorful art of Creole cooking. On view in the Williams Gallery, 533 Royal Street, the exhibition is free and open to the public and will be on display Tuesdays–Saturdays, 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Visitors to the exhibition will find a smorgasbord of cookbooks, kitchen implements (both antique and contemporary), menus, and memoirs. The Collection’s incomparable archive of visual images yields scenes of public markets and private kitchens, restaurants and groceries, vendors and diners. And at the heart of the exhibition are representations—some documentary, others fanciful—of food, glori- ous food. Colonial-era engravings, 19th-century advertisements, and 20th-century product labels illustrate both the native and introduced staples that undergird the region’s cuisine. Vendor in Place d’Armes (now Jackson Square) by C. H. Edwards, 1800s (1965.91.1)

The oldest market in New Orleans, the French Market traces its roots to the Butchers’ Market, or Halle des Boucheries, designed by Jacques Tanesse and erected on Decatur Street between Dumaine and St. Ann Streets in 1813. This structure stands today and continues to house the French Market’s oldest tenant, Café du Monde. From this site, the market expanded downriver, its rented stalls and wandering street vendors forming the core of Crescent City marketing for over a century. Through the late 19th and early 20th centuries, smaller markets sprang up across the city. By the time the last went up in 1911, New Orleans boasted over 30 publicly owned markets, more than any other large American city. The plan, left, depicts the fruit market of the French Market, located at the intersection of Decatur and North Peters Streets. The plan was executed by surveyor William H. Bell in 1871 (1950.5.100). Charles L. Franck Photographers captured the image of French Market fruit vendors, below left, in the 1930s (1979.325.3963). Below right is Clarence Millet’s ca. 1920 depiction of the market (1961.75).

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Friday, January 19 6:00 pm Reception Meet the speakers and view the exhibition: What’s Cooking in New Orleans? Culinary Traditions of the Crescent City The Historic New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal Street Saturday, January 20 Grand Ballroom • Wyndham Hotel at Canal Place 100 Iberville Street 8:00 am Registration 9:00 am Welcome and Introduction Priscilla Lawrence, Executive Director Crate label for Louisiana Maid Syrup by Walle and Co. Ltd., between 1915 and 1930 Gerald Patout, Head Librarian (1974.25.1.184) The Historic New Orleans Collection

9:15 am Dr. Jessica Harris, Symposium Moderator welfth nnual illiams esearch enter ymposium T A W R C S Professor, Author, and Culinary Historian, New York Three is a Magic Number: Pathways to Culi- nary New Orleans 9:45 am Tom Fitzmorris Saturday, January 20, 2007 New Orleans Restaurant Critic and Food Wyndham Hotel at Canal Place Writer New Orleans Restaurants and Public Culinary he rich culinary traditions of New Orleans will be the subject of the Traditions 12th annual Williams Research Center Symposium. Symposium registra- 10:30 am Break T tion includes a reception and private viewing of What’s Cooking in New Orleans?: Culinary Traditions of the Crescent City on the evening before the sympo- 10:50 am Jan Longone sium. The registration fee is $60. A student rate of $40 and scholarships are also Curator, American Culinary History, Clements Library, University of Michigan available. To register, please visit www.hnoc.org or call (504) 523-4662. What Is a New Orleans Cookbook? 11:45 am Lunch 1:15 pm Invitation to Symposium 2008 1:20 pm Susan Tucker Curator of Books & Records, Newcomb College Center for Research on Women The Story of Bread Pudding 1:40 pm Wendy A. Woloson Curator of Printed Books, The Library Company of Philadelphia Sugar: America’s First Junk Food 2:00 pm Sally K. Reeves Historian and Archivist; President, Louisiana Historical Society Making Groceries: Markets and Market Folk in 19th-Century New Orleans 2:45 pm Break 3:00 pm Poppy Tooker Founder, New Orleans Slow Food Let’s Eat It to Save It: New Orleans’s Endan- gered Foodways

3:45 pm Moderator’s Comments and Questions The tradition of fine dining in New Orleans is steeped in history. Antebellum banquet menus, such as the one above from the St. Charles Hotel (1981.263.10), indicate a preference for French The Collection thanks this year’s sponsors to date: and Anglo-American fare. Galatoire’s, Commander’s Palace, Arnaud’s, Broussard’s, and Antoine’s Associated Office Systems are among the outstanding restaurants established in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Other villere & Co. celebrated places such as Fabacher’s (ca. 1910 menu above, 94-743-RL), Child’s, Kolb’s, and milling Benson Woodward l.l.p. Maylie’s are now only fond memories, while nearly a century has passed since the original Begué’s laPorte Sehrt Romig Hand served its last Sunday breakfast. More recent menus reveal the ongoing appeal of classic French k-Paul’s Louisiana Kitchen and Creole cuisine, but also an influx of other ethnic influences. 11 Supporting the City’s Cultural Core eep devotion to the New Orleans community and faith in its “The Historic New Orleans Collection, with its Drebirth emanate from Michael Valentino. What instilled such affection extensive holdings documenting our culture, has and dedication in the local hotel entrepre- become our meridian—our touchstone for rede- neur? The answer lies in a family history steeped in community involvement, a child- fining who we are, why we’re still here, and why hood rich with cultural influences, and a we’re still important.” long and fruitful career in a family business Michael Valentino with deep roots in the city. A third-generation New Orleanian, Valentino brothers hunkered down in the you are. We’ve got to be about the business Michael Valentino grew up in a family with three French Quarter hotels. The story of of putting this place back together.” a strong musical bent. His grandmother the harrowing days that followed mirrors A longtime supporter of The Historic played piano in silent movie houses, both the nightmares experienced by so many New Orleans Collection, Michael rejoiced of his parents studied music at Loyola Uni- New Orleans residents who grappled with when he heard that the institution had sur- versity, and his father was the bandmaster breached levees, catastrophic flooding, and vived the storm virtually unscathed and that at Warren Easton High School for 20 years. the need to evacuate to higher ground. the administration had decided to reopen as The third of seven children, Michael was Michael ended up in Baton Rouge, Louisi- soon as possible. “I’m grateful that The Col- raised on Jeannette Street between Broad- ana, on Wednesday, August 31, but imme- lection had a staff who instantly understood way and Carrollton Avenues. diately felt an “instinctive need to return.” how important it was to recover and to open Green Street Cemetery anchored the After setting up an office in Baton Rouge, the doors. We had to start things working neighborhood, and Michael recalls observ- he began making daily excursions into New again. And then, not only to open, but to ing jazz funerals there almost once a month. Orleans as early as mid-September. put a new exhibition together!” Following along by bike, young Michael Over the months of recovery, Michael For Michael, The Collection’s role in was unaware of the unique cultural tradi- has never faltered in his belief in the impor- the rebuilding of New Orleans cannot be tion in which he was taking part. Another tance of rebuilding New Orleans. In his overstated. “When a community suffers of his favorite childhood activities was words, “It would be a travesty for us to an insult of the profound proportions that caravanning with neighbors to City Hall diminish or abandon the rich cultural heri- Katrina inflicted upon this community, our on Sunday evenings to watch the neigh- tage that defines who we are and what we are. very survival is tied to knowing who we borhood band, the Counts, compete in the And there is no place in America of which I are and why we’re here. The Historic New battle of the bands held in the basement. am aware that can define itself in nearly as Orleans Collection, with its extensive hold- While Michael was attending St. Rita’s rich terms as we are able to do. Therefore, ings documenting our culture, has become grammar school and later Jesuit High there is no excuse that anyone can offer to our meridian—our touchstone for redefin- School, his father was establishing construc- say that you shouldn’t make significant con- ing who we are, why we’re still here, and tion and hotel businesses to support the tributions back to the community that gave why we’re still important. The Collection is growing Valentino family. After graduating you life, that gave you the character of who our cultural core.” from Louisiana State University in 1973, Michael joined the hotel business, taking on management of Le Petit Motel on Tulane Jules Cahn Collection Receives Grant from Avenue—the first of the Valentino hotels. In GRAMMY Foundation time Michael took over the business, which today includes the Place d’Armes and Prince he GRAMMY Foundation was established in 1989 to cultivate awareness of Conti Hotels and the Hotel St. Marie. A and appreciation for the influence of recorded music on American culture. true family operation, Valentino New In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the foundation designated funds to Orleans Hotels employs four of Michael’s six T be awarded to institutions involved in the archiving and preservation of the recorded siblings, as well as his son Chris. According music of the Gulf Coast area. The Jules Cahn Collection at The Historic New Or- to Michael, “the business interest has been leans Collection—film and sound recordings documenting 40 years of jazz funerals, the glue that has kept the family very, very second-line parades, Mardi Gras Indian gatherings, Zulu events, and the New Or- close.” leans Jazz and Heritage Festival—was one of three local collections selected to receive As Hurricane Katrina approached New the funds. A selection of Mr. Cahn’s film and audio recordings was screened during Orleans, Michael immediately thought of GRAMMY Week 2006 in Los Angeles and also at New Orleans Rising, a GRAMMY- his family and the business. After evacuat- produced event at Harrah’s Casino, New Orleans, celebrating local music culture. ing family members and hotel guests, the 12 Donors April 2005 – september 2006

Daniel G. Abel John M. Bruton Thomas D. Dossett Gail Wiley Adams Bryan Chevrolet, Inc. William Lake Douglas Gustaf Westfeldt McIlhenny Family Mr. and Mrs. H. Mark Adams E. John Bullard Dr. Ralph Draughon Foundation Kenneth Adams Bethany Ewald Bultman William Dukelow Roy F. Guste Jr. Lee R. Adler Edith Sides Burbage Carol Ann Roberts Dumond in memory of Cathryn Guyler Mr. and Mrs. Warwick Aiken Jr. Virginia F. Burke Eleanor Landry Holleman and Dr. Robert D. Guyton James B. Akers Harold Burns Marie Alice Monrose Jaubert Charlene M. Haik Shirley D. Alexis Judith Fos Burrus Mr. and Mrs. Brooke H. Duncan Darlene Dauth Haik William Allin The Cahn Family Foundation Stephen Duplantier Dr. Virginia V. Hamilton Ambassadors New Orleans, LLC Mr. and Mrs. John W. Calhoun Wilson G. Duprey Harbridge Petroleum Corp. Lois Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Terrence Callan Pat Dupuy Thomas G. Hardie Royd Anderson Raymond Calvert Dolores M. Durden Allain F. Hardin Henry R. Aparicio Canadian Consulate General Mr. and Mrs. T. Windle Dyer Ira Brown Harkey III Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Apffel Mr. and Mrs. Carlo Capomazza Barbara Eckstein Dione R. Harmon Dr. and Mrs. Charles N. Aprill Dr. and Mrs. Michael E. Carey Mr. and Mrs. Marion D. Edwards HarperCollins Publishers Pamela D. Arceneaux Anne Carmichael Eighth Coast Guard District External Affairs Leslie Gonsoulin Harrington Stephen Archacki Anita Louise Crozat Cassilly Frederic Lee Eiseman Rubie M. Harris Paul Archinard Mark Cave Elizabeth Elmwood Charlotte Hayes Helen M. Arlt John Donald Celentano Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Elmwood H.C. Productions, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Armstrong CenLA Focus Kurt D. Engelhardt Marsha L. Heien Associated Office Systems Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Robert Klein Engler Tracy M. Hendrix Jr. Dr. Jorge I. Auñón Louisiana at Lafayette Harry Eskew Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hermes Ruth B. Autin Grace R. Charbonnet David Estes Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hernandez The Azby Fund Mr. and Mrs. Judson R. Chase Lee Estes Mr. and Mrs. George A. Hero III Mr. and Mrs. Charles Babington Charles Chassaignac Lawrence B. Fabacher Lary Hesdorffer Mr. and Mrs. James A. Babst Joan E. Chauvin Mr. and Mrs. S. Stewart Farnet Maclyn Le Bourgeois Hickey Suzanne M. Bagwill Manuel Olmedo Checa Gervais Favrot Jr. Robert P. Hicks Charles F. Baker III Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Chesson Jeannette Fehner Hillman Law Firm in memory of Baptist Community Ministries matching Children’s Bureau Dan Fendlason Richard Cheatham Plater Jr. grant for Drew Jardine donation Children’s Hospital Natalie Fielding Ysonde Hobbs Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Mrs. William K. Christovich Mr. and Mrs. Ron Filson Edwin Hoffa Program Eugene D. Cizek and Lloyd Sensat Sean Finnegan Louise C. Hoffman Ann Wood Barnes Mr. and Mrs. John F. Clark III First Bank and Trust Mr. and Mrs. Roland Hoffman Marilyn Barnett Loretta Clark Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fischer Charlotte S. Hoggatt Björn Bärnheim J. Kenneth Clay Frank P. Fischer Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Jack D. Holden Romeo R. Barrera and Denise M. Majnerick Robert Clepper Rillius P. Fitch III Mona H. Hollier Carol O. Bartels Catherine M. Cobb Grace M. Flanagan C. Robert Holloway Mr. and Mrs. Beauregard Bassich Isabel Hillery Cobb Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Flatau Joan Holmes Stephanie Baudot Frank C. Cockinos Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Flurry Karl Holzmuller José Manuel de Molina Bautista James O. Coleman R. Ann Ford Linda L. Hoppe Robert M. Becnel and Diane K. Zink Collins C. Diboll Private Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Larry Foreman Marc S. Horowitz Earl E. Beelman Marjorie M. Colomb Mr. and Mrs. William H. Forman Jr. Lee Horvitz Mr. and Mrs. Steve Bellas Mr. and Mrs. Cecil K. Colon Richard L. Forstall Susan Hoskins BellSouth Keith Colvin John Fowler Mr. and Mrs. Harley B. Howcott Jr. Jack A. Belsom Blanche M. Comiskey Larry D. Franke Colleen Hukle Mr. and Mrs. Edward Benjamin Jr. Harry Connick Sr. Freeport-McMoRan Foundation Sue Hymel Mr. and Mrs. Jack C. Benjamin William C. Cook French Antique Shop, Inc. Newton E. Hyslop Jr. Mary Louise Benson Gayle M. Cosgrove French Art Network LLC, DBA Galerie D’Art IAP World Services David Berman Donald M. Costello Français ImagineLouisiana, L.L.C. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Bernard Dorothy L. Counce French Quarter Festival Isidore Newman School Benay Bernstein Patricia G. Cox Mrs. Gore Friedrichs The Jaffe Family/Preservation Hall Henry Bernstein and Jerry Zachary Cox Communications Channel 10 Maurice L. Frisell Jefferson Parish Public Schools Col. and Mrs. William J. Berridge Orleans and Jefferson Dr. Rusty Frye Mr. and Mrs. Jon Jelenko Mr. and Mrs. Dixon B. Betz Richard S. Crichton James W. Fuller Jewish Children’s Regional Service Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Beyer Mr. and Mrs. Bill Crumb Phyllis Fullerton Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans The Bienville House Hotel William R. Cullison III Harry Fuselier and Gerald F. Patout Jr. John Quincy Adams Middle School Bitsie Werlein Piano Co., LLC Hugh C. Curtis Jacqueline Gamble Mrs. Douglas Johnson Kate Black H. Edward Dacus Jr. Dorothea G. Garrett Margaret Jones Edwin Blair Mr. and Mrs. Marvin D. Danford Mr. and Mrs. Richard Garrett Rebecca H. Jordan Dr. Diane Blalock Mr. and Mrs. Joe Darby Dana M. Garvey Dr. Florence M. Jumonville Charles L. Blockson E. A. (Tony) Dardeau Jr. Joan B. Garvey Mrs. Melvin J. Jung Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Bonner Jr. Dr. Alicia G. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence D. Garvey Kabacoff Family Foundation Dominick F. Bonura Glynis Foley Davis Robert Gassiot Margie Doskey Katz William E. Borah Jan E. Davis Dr. and Mrs. William L. Geary Bette J. Kauffman Bruce Bordes Faith Dawson Honorable John Geiser III Mr. and Mrs. Norman R. Kerth Andrew Borowiec Eileen M. Day Mr. and Mrs. Stewart J. Gilchrist Estate of Raymond and Josephine Kierr Joan Bostick Gerald Day Anne Charbonnet Goliwas Elisabeth Kilbourne Laurie C. Boswell Eugene C. Daymude Mr. and Mrs. John Goodwin II Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Killeen Gayle Boudousquie Cynthia Rivera DeBruin Mrs. Kappy Goodwin Kitree Corp. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bourgeois DeGolyer Library Drs. Steven and Abbye Gorin Charlotte Klasson Owen R. Bourque Mr. and Mrs. Longer L. de la Gueronniere The Grammy Foundation Thomas W. Klein David Bowman De La Salle High School Greater New Orleans, Inc. Charlotte Knipmeyer Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Brantley Katherine De Montluzin Robert S. Greene Cassandra Knobloch Maedell H. Braud George Denegre Dr. Donald L. Greer Elaine J. Kolp Dr. and Mrs. Robert Bray Maurice Denuzière William K. Greiner Dr. Dana Kress Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Brinkley Department of the Army, New Orleans Dr. Andrew Griffin Krewe du Vieux Marianna C. and Scott Broaddus District, Corps of Engineers Mr. and Mrs. George Griswold II Maria G. Kron Barbara V. Broadwell Mr. and Mrs. Richard Derbes Edward Gros Jr. Karen LaCour Mary Alidge Brogden Nancy La Fonta de Saintegeme Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Grundmeyer Elizabeth F. Lacroix Harvey Brooks Russell Desmond Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence C. Guice La Rochelle, Direction des Musées d’Art et Betty Graves Brown Nathalie H. Dessens James L. Guilbeau d’Histoire, France Bruce Brown Caroline Dong Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission Francis E. Landreaux Mr. and Mrs. Hugh C. Brown Jr. Laurie Dorrance Dr. Drewey Wayne Gunn Kelly Landrum-Hammell 13 Donors April 2005 – september 2006

Flora T. Landwehr Mississippi Library Commission Lewis P. Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Tansey Dr. William Lang Kathryn G. Modenbach Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Rosen in memory of Dr. and Mrs. Leon R. Tarver II Bonnie C. Langford Nadia St. Paul Möise Leon Irwin James L. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Langguth Mary Moore Dr. and Mrs. Irving L. Rosen Phyllis M. Taylor Mary Langlois Elizabeth Moran Bill Ross Anice P. Temple Mrs. James M. Lapeyre MOROCH Rotary Club of New Orleans Elaine R. Terranova Harriet Larson Mr. B’s Bistro, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rougon Ellen B. Terrell William M. LaSalle Mrs. Arnold Muller Michael J. Rouillier Dr. and Mrs. Tom Tews Susan R. Laudeman Kathy Mulroy Virginia Dare Rufin Thigpen Construction Co., Inc. Mrs. Clarence John Laughlin Geraldine Murphy Eva Rumpf Linda Thomas Mr. and Mrs. John H. Lawrence Patricia R. Murray Estate of Paul Frederick Ruth Jr. Jo Ann Thompson Mrs. Thomas B. Layton Dr. M. Bert Myers and Mrs. Joel G. Myers St. Bernard Parish Fire Department Emily Thornton Paul J. Leaman Jr. National Film Preservation Foundation St. Denis J. Villere & Company Mr. and Mrs. James W. Thornton Jane J. LeBlanc Teresa Neaves Mr. and Mrs. Townsley St. Paul Dr. Nancy M. Tischler Jesse Ledet Laura Simon Nelson Frances Salvaggio Fred W. Todd Michael Ledet J. T. Nesbitt Thomas Sancton Mariana Flowers Tomeny M. Theresa LeFevre and Dr. Joseph LeFevre Mary Gayle Nevinger Justin Sarafin J. Thomas Touchton Dr. Alfred E. Lemmon in honor of New Orleans Auction Galleries, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. John R. Sarpy Timothy Trapolin for the Trapolin Family Fred W. Todd New Orleans International Music Colloquium Dr. Michael Sartisky and Kathleen Slimp Olga and Yvonne Tremoulet Justice Harry T. and Judge Mary Ann New Orleans Museum of Art Frank Saucier Lucile Bernard Trueblood Lemmon in memory of New Orleans Podcasting Elizabeth Gentry Sayad Dr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Trufant Mr. and Mrs. George Brugier and New Orleans Police Department Kirby Scelfo Tulane Summer Lyric Theatre Ronald Robert Sr.; and in memory of New Orleans Television Donald F. Schenk Tulane University T. Windle Dyer Cynthia Nobles Mr. and Mrs. Milton G. Scheuermann Jr. Ashbrooke Tullis Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Lennox Betty Noe Craig J. Schexnayder Christine Moe Tuttle David Julian Leonard NOETC, Access 6 for College and University Roland J. Schexnayder Mr. and Mrs. John J. Uhl Dr. Alan T. Leonhard Campuses The School of Design U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicki Gold Levi Mr. and Mrs. Steve Noorda Rebecca J. Scott The University of Texas at Austin Richard Levich Karen W. Oakes Dr. Robert L. Seegers Valentino New Orleans Hotels Dr. Ernest A. Liner Roger H. Ogden Dr. Milton W. Seiler Jr. David Van Horn Mr. and Mrs. Juan J. Lizarraga Omohundro Institute of Early American Seismic Exchange, Inc. Carroll Van West Gary Lloyd History and Culture Betty-Carol Sellen Lesle N. Veca Amber E. Lockhart Orléans Club Mr. and Mrs. Leland Selvey J. B. Vella Fred Logan Other Press Lloyd Sensat Verges Rome Architects Mariz E. Longoria Parkside Foundation on behalf of Mr. and John Sewell Mr. and Mrs. Walton Vetter Ms. Aura Díaz López Mrs. Linton L. Young Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Sherwood Vieux Carré Property Owners, Residents and Jacquelyn S. Lothschuetz Lynne Parmenter The Shop at The Collection Associates, Inc. Louisiana Architects Association Lewis C. Parrish Nancy Sickmann Mr. and Mrs. St. Denis J. Villere Louisiana Binding Service, Inc. Patrick F. Taylor Foundation Leatrice Siegel Brenda Vorhoff Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Patrick Mr. and Mrs. R. Hugh Simmons W French Quarter New Orleans Hotel Louisiana Public Broadcasting Eric Paulsen Yvette Sirker William F. Wagner Louisiana Supreme Court Pearson Foundation Sisters of Mount Carmel Darlene Walk Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Loula in memory of Ms. Chadwick Pellerin Dorothy B. Skau Mr. and Mrs. John E. Walker in memory of Col. Lester Hopper Rev. Gregory Y. Pembo Robert F. Smallwood Warrene Hayne Suthon Mr. and Mrs. Brian Lowe Allison Pena Diana Smith Mr. and Mrs. James Walsh Lucullus Bettie Pendley Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith Walton-DeFuniak Public Library Mr. and Mrs. Antoine Luke Louis Peneguy Mr. and Mrs. Joe D. Smith Jr. William J. Warren Michaele Lux Pensacola Historical Society Dr. Joseph A. Smith in memory of Kevin Watson Douglas MacCash Peter A. Mayer Advertising, Inc. Dr. Darrlyn A. Smith Elizabeth B. Wauchope Christine MacDonald Philip Werlein, Ltd. Linda T. Smith WBRZ-TV Mr. and Mrs. Kevin George Mackey Gary Phillips Ruth Hightower Smith WDSU-TV 6 Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Madison Adrienne Pierce Steven R. Smith Mrs. Merlyn Weilbaecher Madisonville Museum Mr. and Mrs. R. Hunter Pierson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Snyder in memory of Dr. and Mrs. Richard D. Weilburg John T. Magill Mr. and Mrs. Alan S. Pincus Marie Pierson, Haskell Cohen Ambassador and Mrs. John G. Weinmann Marilyn M. Malone Mr. and Mrs. Andrew L. Plauché Jr. and Donna Contois; in honor of the David S. Weiss Mrs. E. Dameron Manard Mr. and Mrs. Shepard Pleasants Jr. retirement of Robert Whann; in memory of Elfriede Westbrook Jacob Manguno Oakes A. Plimpton T. Windle Dyer; and in honor of WGNO-TV Cindy Manto Dr. Jessie J. Poesch Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith Lynn F. White Phyllis J. Marquart Frank S. Pons Jeanette Arbitter Solomon Charlotte T. Wightman F. Lestar Martin Poydras Home Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Soniat Frederick F. Wilbert III Louise B. and Edward F. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Eugene R. Preaus Donna Sorensen Jeanne Williams Elsie B. Martinez Jack Pruitt Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) Trudy Williamson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Masek Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Pupo Southern Foodways Alliance David Wills Molly Matthews Donald E. Pusch Mr. and Mrs. David Speights Jane Bordes Wills Eugene H. Mauberret III Judy B. Quinn E. Alexandra Stafford Roberta L. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. James M. McArthur Jeanne P. Rabig Anthony J. Stanonis Jack B. Wise Anne McCall and Myles Robichaux Mrs. F. W. Raggio Jr. in memory of F. Warren Doris Starnes Marilyn Wise Graham J. McDougal, Ph.D. Raggio Jr., M.D. Frances Swigart Steg WLAE-TV 32 Katherine McGinnis R. A. Industries, LLC Anne Steinfeld WNOL-TV Sarah McHardy Scott M. Ratterree Arthur P. Steinmetz Estate of Dianne Audrey Woest Virginia Nell Fox McKenzie Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Rault Jr. Mr. and Mrs. René J. Stelly H. L. Dufour Woolfley MC Media, LLC Alice N. Rayer Patricia L. Stevens Workman Publishing Co. Samuel S. McNeely Mr. and Mrs. Henry James Read Alice F. Stewart WVUE-TV 8 Patricia A. McWhorter-Broussard Eileen Reed Irma M. Stiegler WWL-TV Ken Mentel Elizabeth M. Reed Micki Beth Stiller WYES-TV 12 Mrs. Henry A. Mentz Jr. Regions Bank Gail M. Stoddart YA/YA, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Ross Mestayer Dr. Joachim Reppmann Jackie L. Stouse Henry Eugene Yoes III Mrs. Warren J. Milan Dr. and Mrs. James L. Reynolds Timothy Strain Susan Loper Wiggins Zamora Donald Miller Gillian C. Richardson and Henry Sullivan Dr. and Mrs. Wayne Stromeyer Rodney Zenke Milling, Benson, Woodward, LLP Mr. and Mrs. R. Randolph Richmond Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce H. Suter Sherrian Zetzmann Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, Direction Kevin R. Roberts Steven Mark Sweet Mrs. Leo Zinser des Archives Rockefeller Institute of Government Harriet Swift Floyd M. Zula 14 Be a Part of Louisiana’s Future by Helping to Preserve Its Past… Become a Member of The Historic New Orleans Collection Your generous support funds research, educational outreach, award-winning publications, and internationally renowned exhibitions.

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The Historic New Orleans Collection encourages research in the Williams Research Center at 410 Chartres Street from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday (except holidays). Cata- loged materials available to researchers include books, manuscripts, paintings, prints, drawings, maps, photographs, and artifacts about the history and culture of New Orleans, Louisiana, and the Gulf South. Each year The Collection adds thousands of items to its holdings. Though Walker Percy by Rhoda Faust, ca. 1980 (2006.0157) only selected gifts are mentioned here, the St. Bernard Parish. In an effort to aid in Florida; Jonesboro and Little Rock, Arkan- importance of all gifts cannot be overstated. preservation efforts, The Collection acquired sas; Columbia, South Carolina; Dallas, Prospective donors are invited to contact the a group of important documents related to Houston, and San Antonio, Texas; Atlanta, authors of the acquisitions columns. the parish’s early history, including a Span- Georgia; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Flint ish land survey of Bayou San Bernardo; a and Detroit, Michigan. Manuscripts July 12, 1810, report regarding the need for —Mark Cave For the second quarter of 2005 through a canal with a sluice gate or lock to bring the third quarter of 2006 (April 2005– fresh water into the parish to control the Library September 2006), there were 138 manu- spread of disease; a March 28, 1808, docu- For the second quarter of 2005 through scripts donations, totaling approximately ment detailing the rules governing the par- the third quarter of 2006 (April 2005– 213 linear feet. ish police; and a July 17, 1809, document September 2006), there were 204 library n Walker Percy (1916–1990), whose relating to the construction of a canal. acquisitions, totaling 822 items. works include The Moviegoer (1961) and n Gretchen and Dr. Richard Weilburg n In addition to staging Common Routes: The Last Gentleman (1966), was one of of Fredericksburg, Texas, donated a jour- St. Domingue • Louisiana, The Collection the region’s most celebrated writers. In an nal documenting the 1858 yellow fever is dedicated to the continued support of effort to expand its holdings documenting epidemic. The manuscript identifies the Caribbean studies through expanded hold- the literary arts in Louisiana, The Collec- names of attending doctors, the names of ings. Augusta Elmwood—genealogist, lection has acquired the Maple Street Book- those “cured,” the cases sent to infirmaries turer, and founder of the Saint-Domingue shop Walker Percy Collection. Assembled and Charity Hospital, and the names of by the shop’s proprietor, Rhoda Faust, the those who died, along with data indicating material comprises correspondence, photo- nationality and religion. graphs, books, manuscripts, and ephemera n Several recent acquisitions augment dating from 1961 to Percy’s death in 1990. The Collection’s archive relating to Katrina. Highlights of the collection include a sub- The United States Coast Guard has donated stantial correspondence between Percy and digital video footage of helicopter and boat Faust, centered on publishing projects and rescue operations. District Chief Chris related promotional activities. The Faust Mickal, in his role as photographer for the Publishing Company issued a number of New Orleans Fire Department, has donated limited-edition books by Percy in the 1980s, more than 700 digital images taken imme- including Diagnosing the Modern Malaise diately following the storm (see pages 6–7). (1985) and Novel Writing in an Apocalyptic And in order to document the experiences Time(1986). The collection also includes of dispersed New Orleanians, The Collec- a large number of photographs of Percy tion has purchased local broadcast news taken by Ms. Faust. coverage for September 2005 from cities n Hurricane Katrina inflicted immea- across the country, including Birming- The Key of Heaven, 1913 (2006.0011), gift of surable damage to the cultural heritage of ham and Mobile, Alabama; Jacksonville, Mrs. Robert Killeen 16 Special Interest Group—has donated 21 depicts Madame Edmond Jean Forstall and siana artists, including Selena Bres, Angela issues of the Caribbean Historical & Genea- her son Eugène; the other is of Edmond Gregory, and James Lamantia. logical Journal, a quarterly publication focus- Forstall and his daughter Desirée. Both will n A drawing of the St. Louis Cathedral ing on historical and genealogical research be featured in The Collection’s forthcoming doorway by William Woodward has been relating to the Caribbean Islands. biography of Vaudechamp, to be published donated by Louise B. and Edward F. Martin. n Ten volumes of Southern Magazine, this summer. Also included in the dona- Executed in Rafaelli crayon, the work dates a recent gift from Mr. and Mrs. Cecil K. tion is an 18th-century portrait of Celeste from 1939, the year of the artist’s death. Colon Jr., is a notable addition to the library’s de Lavillebeuvre by José Salazar, the earliest n Elizabeth Laughlin has made a gift of collection of post–Civil War periodicals. known portrait painter in Spanish colonial portrait photographs of her late husband, The issues date from 1871 to 1875. Louisiana. Clarence John Laughlin, by his photo- n The Key of Heaven, a prayer book pub- n A bronze holy-water stoup dating from graphic contemporaries. lished in New Orleans in 1913, has been the 18th century and a religious medal are n Greater New Orleans Incorporated donated by Mrs. Robert Killeen. The vol- gifts of Anita Crozat Cassilly. The stoup was donated portraits of the organization’s past ume’s ornate binding with shell-relief deco- excavated in Louisiana on the River Road presidents dating from 1914 through 2002, ration is particularly unusual. The prayer between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. as well as additional materials pertaining to book complements others in THNOC’s n William R. Cullison III has donated six the group’s operations. Ursuline Collection. works by late 19th- and 20th-century Loui- —John H. Lawrence n Austerlitz Plantation, a broadside produced in Pointe Coupee Parish in 1951, was donated to the library by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rougon of Oscar, Louisiana. Issued by Col- onel Henry A. Rougon, the broadside serves as a history of Austerlitz, a False River plantation designed by “a noted architect from Santo Domingo” and constructed between 1832 and 1836. n Authors and publishers who make use of THNOC materials generally provide the library with complimentary copies of their works. Of particular interest is Jelly Roll Morton: The Complete Library of Con- gress Recordings by Alan Lomax donated by the Alan Lomax Collection in New York. The boxed set comprises eight compact discs, Alan Lomax’s biography of Jelly Roll Morton, and an 80-page book that includes rare photographs and documents from the William Russell Jazz Collection and the Jeanne Ford Jelly Roll Morton Papers, both housed at the Williams Research Center. —Gerald Patout

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For the second quarter of 2005 through the third quarter of 2006 (April 2005– September 2006), there were 104 curatorial donations, totaling 1,826 items. n Two double portraits by Jean-Joseph Vaudechamp, considered the foremost portrait painter in New Orleans during the 1830s, are the gift of Olga and Yvonne Tremoulet. The paintings, both executed in 1836, are especially important because Edmond and Desirée Forstall by Jean-Joseph Vaudechamp, 1836 (2005.0345.3), gift of Olga and Yvonne of their large size and multiple sitters. One Tremoulet

17 Since Hurricane Katrina, the education • In August, curator of department has been developing innovative education Sue Laudeman projects involving children in the preserva- worked with a curricu- tion of local history. lum constructionist to • The Teaching American History Alli- plan workshops for teach- ance was formed to connect local schools ers in the use of primary with institutions interested in history sources in their curricula. education. The Gilder-Lehrman Insti- Primary source materi- tute for American History, the Louisiana als from the Williams Endowment for the Humanities, and Research Center will be The Historic New Orleans Collection integrated with those of • The education department worked with have joined together to help teachers other institutions to develop lesson plans “Fetch,” a PBS children’s program pro- replace materials lost to Katrina and will demonstrating Louisiana’s role in major duced by WGBH Boston and aired develop workshops for teachers. events in American history. throughout the country, on an episode about New Orleans in which children Dianne Woest Fellowship in “fetch” the ingredients for a gumbo cook- off contest, symbolizing the diversity of the rts and umanities A H New Orleans’s population and, in turn, The Historic New Orleans Collection is pleased to announce the first two classes of its cooking traditions. Filmed in early Dianne Woest Fellows: August 2006 and set to air this sum- 2006 mer, the episode features local chef Leah Jessica Lepler, Doctoral Candidate, History Chase, jazz musicians, and vendors from Brandeis University the Crescent City Farmers’ Market. “1837: Anatomy of a Panic” • The start of the 2006 school year saw the renewal of the education department’s Greg O’Brien, Associate Professor of History award-winning culinary history preser- University of Southern Mississippi vation project, “A Dollop of History in “The Man Who Saved New Orleans: George Towers Dunbar Every Bite.” In the project’s inaugural and the New Orleans Flood of 1849” year (2005), approximately 500 New Orleans students participated in the 2007 project’s four phases: Creole immer- Nathalie Dessens, Professor, Department of Anglo-Saxon Studies University of Toulouse-Le Mirail, France sion, journal keeping, field work, and “Jean Boze, Chronicler of New Orleans” commercial Creole cooking. First Lady Laura Bush was so impressed with the Vanessa Mongey, Doctoral Candidate, History preservation project that she invited 10 University of Pennsylvania students to participate in the national “Cosmopolitan Republics: The Gulf South between 1783 and 1836” youth summit held during the Preserve America Summit, October 18–19, 2006. Gautham Rao, Doctoral Candidate, History Mrs. Bush led the students in a brain- University of Chicago storming workshop on how to preserve “Visible Hands: Customhouses, the National Market, and Federal Power regional traditions and make history in Antebellum America” more interesting and relevant to all students. Former Lusher Middle School The annual fellowship supports scholarly research on the history and culture of Louisiana and the Gulf South. Applications for the 2008 Woest Fellowship, due students Jerry Reese (pictured above in August 1, 2007, may be downloaded at www.hnoc.org. blue shirt) and Kaitlin Guerin presented the ideas of the youth summit to the general assembly of government leaders on The Historic New Orleans Collection gratefully acknowledges the generosity of Dianne Audrey October 20. Their presentation received Woest (1935-2003), a graduate of Southeastern Louisiana University, former president of the New Orleans Council for International Visitors, and true friend of the arts. Through a a standing ovation from the assembly. planned giving arrangement, Woest designated The Collection as a beneficiary of her estate. 18 Staff

In the Community director of development and external affairs, receptionist; Warren Zeno, maintenance Goldie Lanaux, treasurer, Southeastern Reg- left The Collection in October 2006 to serve staff. istrars Association; Alfred Lemmon spoke as director of development for the Ameri- at an international conference on tsuna- can Society of Interior Designers; Teresa Volunteers mis and archives presented by the National Kirkland, photographic assistant; Elsa Anke Broszio, manuscripts; Jacquelyn Archives of Indonesia and the Interna- Schneider, advertising manager; Steve L. Milan, library; Larry Barthe, Rachel tional Council on Archives in Jakarta, Sweet, webmaster/new media; Jason Wiese, Schillaci, and Bettie Pendley, Katrina oral Indonesia, in July 2006; Sue Laude- assistant director of the Williams Research history project; Suzanne Bagwill, Jim Bry- man, 2005 Woman of the Year Award Center; Terry Weldon, head preparator. ant, Gabriella Cannon, Lolita Cherrie, from CityBusiness; Priscilla Lawrence, Loretta Clark, Marjorie Colomb, Shirley 2006 Woman of the Year Award from New Staff Colomb, Duffy Dufour, Marion Ecuyer, CityBusiness; Warren J. Woods, chair, Geneva Brice, maintenance staff; Julie Forsythe, Undra Gilbert, Joyce Southeastern Registrars Association. Melissa Carrier, photo collections project LaNasa, Jean Langlois, Doris Menezes, personnel; Coaina Delbert, develop- Kathleen Pilie, Marta Rivera, Norma Changes ment assistant; Lynn Demeure, financial Sandoval, Pat Schexnayder, Roland Lynn Adams, editor, retired from The assistant; Teresa Devlin, associate editor; Schexnayder, Laura Sitges, Donna Collection in August 2006; Carol Bar- Elizabeth Elmwood, catalog maintenance Sorenson, Carolyn Thalheim, Carol tels, data standards administrator; Jessica project assistant; Michelle Gaynor, shop Thornton, Merlyn Weilbaecher, Jeanne Dorman, director of publications/market- manager; Amie Hubbell, museum pro- Williams, Adrian Zeno, Rita Zeno, docent ing; Stasia Griffin, manuscripts cataloger, grams assistant; Brian Lavigne, manuscripts department. Daniel Hammer, manuscripts processor/ processor/warehouse projects; Mitchell special projects; Goldie Lanaux, registrar; Long, assistant preparator; Howard Margo, Interns Anne McCall, publications researcher; Vieux Carré Survey technical processor; Christine MacDonald, Arizona State Mary Mees, marketing manager; Diane Margit Merey-Kadar, shop sales assistant; University, Tempe; Stephanie S. Baudot, Plauché, shop manager, retired from The Toy O’Ferrall, assistant editor; Becky Southeastern Louisiana University, Mat- Collection in January 2006; Jack Pruitt, Smith, curatorial cataloger; Lisa Werling, thew Davis, University of Pennsylvania THE SHOP PLEASE SEND 1878 Hardee Map of New Orleans Sheds Light Quantity Amount ______Printmaking in New Orleans, $50.00 ______on Katrina’s Flooding ______Hardee map, $25.00 ______The 1878 Topographical and Drainage Map of New Orleans and ______pendant, $64.00 ______lapel pin, $47.00 ______Surroundings from Recent Surveys and Investigations by Thomas ______lapel pin, $36.00 ______Hardee (printed by Lewis Graham) has gained popularity since Katrina as a resource for engineers, FEMA officials, reporters, Tennessee Williams Annual Review and homeowners attempting to place Katrina’s flood pattern in please circle the issue(s) you are purchasing ______(2005, 2006), $15.00 each ______historical perspective. The map ______(1999, 2000, 2001), $10.00 each ______reveals that much of the area in- Taxes as applicable filtrated by floodwaters following 9% Orleans Parish ______the hurricane was low-lying marsh- % other La. residents ______land in 1878. The original map is Subtotal ______housed at the Williams Research Shipping and Handling Printmaking, $6 each ______Center. Facsimile copies, mea- Hardee map, $9 each ______suring 27" x 28", are available for jewelry, $7 ______sale in the Shop for $25.00. Tennessee Williams Annual Review, $5 each ______Total Amount Due ______Handmade Sugarcane Jewelry Created exclusively for The Collection by Name______New Orleans artist Gerald Haessig, the Address______Shop’s sterling-silver sugarcane jewelry City, State, Zip______symbolizes Louisiana and its Caribbean Telephone______heritage. __ Visa __ MasterCard __ Amex __ Discover __Check or money order Account Number______Pendant Lapel Pins Exp. Date______1.5 inches high 1.25 inches high .75 inches high $64.00 $47.00 $36.00 Signature______19 The Tennessee Williams Annual Review

he publication of the 2006 Tennessee Williams Annual an editorial board of internation- Review marked the second year of partnership between The ally respected Williams scholars T Historic New Orleans Collection and journal founder Dr. to select articles for publication. Robert Bray. Showcasing scholarship by such noted Williams spe- In early 2004 The Collection cialists as Philip Kolin, John Bak, Allean Hale, and Nancy Tischler, formed a partnership with Dr. the 2006 Annual Review was released in March in conjunction with Bray to produce both print and the 20th annual Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival. electronic versions of the journal. All print issues (1999–2001, 2005–06) are available at the Shop at The Collection (see page 19 for ordering information), while electronic editions may be accessed at www.tennesseewilliamsstudies.org.

Launched in 1998 by Dr. Bray, the Annual Review remains the only regularly published journal devoted exclusively to the works of Tennessee Williams. The journal includes scholarship on Williams’s plays, fiction, and poems and on the film adaptations of his works. Each issue also showcases at least one previously unpublished work Tab Hunter, Stephanie Zimbalist, and Rex Reed were among by Williams. The 2006 issue includes The Pretty Trap, a previously those in attendance at the 20th annual Tennessee Williams/New unpublished one-act version of The Glass Menagerie. Dr. Bray, a pro- Orleans Literary Festival reception held at The Historic New Orleans fessor of English at Middle Tennessee State University, works with Collection on Friday, March 31, 2006.

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