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Friends of NewsVolume 179, October–November 2016

GALLIVANT YOUR WAY TO SPIRITED STORIES Join us October 22 and 23 for the 30th Annual Ghostly Gallivant: Living History Courtyard Tours. Guests will go on a thrilling adventure to explore some of the ’s most hidden courtyards. Ghosts, such as Etienne de Bore, Frances Parkinson Keyes, Micaela Pontalba, Chep Morrison and Josie Arlington, will regale you with stories of the Crescent City’s colorful and illustrious history. For more details, see page 2.

friendsofthecabildo.org Events Second Thursday Lecture Series Wednesday, November 16 | 10 a.m. Ghostly Gallivant: Old U.S. , 400 Esplanade Ave. Irish Channel Tour Living History Courtyard Tours 6 p.m.–8 p.m. Saturday, November 19 | 10 a.m. October 22–23, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Free and open to the public. 1850 House Museum Shop Lower Garden District Tour $20 Members / $25 Non-Members Monday, October 10 | 10 a.m. Friday, November 25 | 10 a.m. Explore ’s colorful past — meet ghosts of Old in some of the Treme History Tour French Quarter’s most charming hidden Sunday, October 9 | 10 a.m. courtyards. Saturday, November 26 | 10 a.m. For more information or to purchase tickets Tour online, visit friendsofthecabildo.org or call Saturday, November 12 | 10:30 a.m. 504.523.3939. Tours depart every half-hour. 1850 House Book 3rd Annual Symposium Thursday, October 13 Signing Outside the Law: Piracy & the Illicit Laura D. Kelley, Ph.D. 523 St. Ann St. Slave Trade in the Gulf South Sanctuary in the Swamps: Survival by October 22, 2-4 p.m. Strategic Migration, Native American Author: Carolyn Opening Reception & Keynote: Communities in Southern Louisiana Morrow Long December 9, 6:30–9 p.m. | Cabildo ve Keynote speaker: Unbeknownst to many in the New “Famille V Paris neé William C. Davis | Virginia Tech Orleans metropolitan area, an hour and Laveau: The Tomb a half outside of the city, hidden in lower of Marie Laveau in St Lectures: Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes, there Louis Cemetery No. 1” December 10, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. | Old U.S. Mint exist an interrelated network of small, Presenters: still French-speaking Native American October 23, 2-4 p.m. Erin Greenwald | HNOC communities. Historian Laura D. Kelley Author: Mary LaCoste David Head | Spring Hill College will present a fascinating talk on how and “Death Embraced: Kevin Harrell | HNOC why these Tribes came to live in these New Orleans Tombs Dr. Robert Paquette | Hamilton College remote bayous and will explore what may and Burial Customs” Historians have discovered large amounts happen to these communities in this era FOC Concert of climate change, coastal erosion, and of information regarding the legal slave rising sea levels. Series trade and New Orleans as the most Old U.S. Mint, important slave trading market in the Thursday, November 10 400 Esplanade Ave. during the Antebellum Speaker and topic to be announced 7 p.m., doors open at 6:30 p.m. period. However, the illicit slave trade supported by privateers, pirates and For more information, contact November 4: Deacon John businessmen is less understood. Cody Scallions at [email protected] November 18: Grayson Capps or 504-568-2123. January 20: Kenny Neal Despite the banning of importing slaves March 10: Zachary Richard Cultural & Neighborhood by the federal government in 1808, a huge market for slaves existed in Louisiana and Walking Tours Created in 2013, the Friends of the Cabildo Concert Series has brought these networks provided access to cheaper See pages 6–7 for details. together some of the best musicians slaves and without documentation. Privateer Jean Lafitte and Jim Bowie are New Orleans Music History Tour from New Orleans and Louisiana to just two of the most well-known names Saturday, October 22 | 9 a.m. perform and archive their music for associated with this trade network. Saturday, November 26 | 9 a.m. the ’s Music Collection. Join us for a unique musical This symposium will explore this illicit Creole Neighborhoods Tour experience at the intimate 150-seat, slaved trade and some of the important Wednesday, October 19 | 10 a.m. state of the art Old U.S. Mint 3rd Floor figures of this period in American Sunday, October 30 | 10:30 a.m. Performance Hall.

Page 2 friendsofthecabildo.org Events History. The importance of tour are the 1850 House Museum, Louisiana and the Gulf South to Louisiana State Museum’s Pontalba the Atlantic Slave Trade will also apartment, Madame John’s Legacy, be explored as well. the Gallier House, Beauregard- Keyes House, and the Spring Fiesta To purchase tickets, visit House. Your Creole Christmas tour friendsofthecabildo.org or contact experience includes an entertaining 504.523.3939. Early-bird tickets: $75 presentation of Reveillon traditions Members / $90 Non-Members. Tickets and their Creole origins at the include both events. Reservations Spring Fiesta House as well as required, tickets are limited. an array of delicious holiday Creole Christmas Tours refreshments. December 27–29, 10 a.m.– 4 p.m. Tours begin at the 1850 House 1850 House Museum Shop Museum Shop located at 523 St. $20 Members / $25 Non-members Ann Street, on festive Jackson

Square. Louisiana archive Museum State Celebrate the holidays with the Friends of the Cabildo! Join us for a Advance tickets available at self-guided tour of six of the French friendsofthecabildo.org or 504-523- Quarter’s most cherished properties 3939. Day-of tickets available at the adorned in traditional Creole 1850 House Museum Shop. Final Christmas finery. Featured on the tours depart at 3 p.m.

Music Edition: Wednesday, October 19 | 6 & 7 p.m. Old U.S. Mint, 400 Esplanade Ave. $15 Members, $20 General Admission Some of the greatest musicians of all time can immediately be recognized by just a few notes. But few musicians have displayed this talent quite like New Orleans legend Sidney Bechet. A throbbing vibrato and passionate rhythmic attack combined to create Bechet’s signature sound. The cadence allowed him to outshine nearly every other musician on the bandstand. A sound so big and full of life, its only match was the personality of its creator. If the soul of a man ever revealed itself through an instrument, it was this charismatic, proud and sometimes erratic New Orleans jazz pioneer. Join the Friends of the Cabildo and Louisiana State Museum Music Curator David Kunian for this one night, behind-the-scenes look at the fascinating life and legendary music of Bechet. To order tickets online, visit our website at friendsofthecabildo.org or call 504.523.3939. Reservations required and tickets are limited.

facebook.com/friendsofthecabildo • twitter.com/cabildofriends • instagram.com/friendsofthecabildo Page 3 News Board of Louisiana Directors State Museum Ruth Burke, Curator Greg President Lambousy Tamra Carboni, has been hired Administration to direct the Charles Chamberlain, development Education of the New Robert Freeland, Orleans Jazz Membership Museum, Ariana Ganak, scheduled to Fundraising open in 2018 Wendy Lodrig, at the Old U.S. Secretary Mint. Jeffery Howard, Treasurer

Robert Applebaum Lauren Brower Ella Camburnbeck Louisiana State Museum curator named Robert Cangelosi Jeannine Chance Director of Richard Crawford Greg Lambousy has been hired to direct the renowned New Orleans Collections Michael M. Davis development of the New Orleans Jazz Museum, of the Louisiana State Museum. Collected over Marie Delaune which is slated to open at the Old U.S. Mint in 2018. several decades by the New Orleans Jazz Club, Jackie Graff Prior to accepting this position, Lambousy was this extraordinary assemblage of jazz artifacts was Mignonne Mary Hammel Director of Curatorial Services for the National donated by the club to the LSM in the late 1970s. Stephanie Haynes World War II Museum. He began his career Since that time, the Museum has expanded Harry Hardin at the New Orleans Museum of Art and its jazz-related holdings at the Old U.S. later moved to the Louisiana State Museum. Mint, laying the for an all-new Lary Hesdorffer During his twenty-year tenure at the Jazz Museum. The New Orlweans Jazz Ann Irwin LSM, Lambousy managed the institution’s Museum will showcase the world’s largest Martha Irwin collections of more than 500,000 artifacts collection of early jazz instruments, as well Nairne Frazar and other historical items, directed as its extensive collection of photographs, Beth Landry improvements to collections storage at the Greg Lambousy artifacts and other ephemera focused Megan Layman , developed conservation on the origins, evolution and continuing Barry Mabry and digitization projects across collections and relevance of New Orleans jazz. within the Louisiana Historical Center archives, The opening of the New Orleans Jazz Museum Mick McIlwain conducted oral histories and guided the selection will be a major event in conjunction with the Grey Perkins and accession of materials related to Hurricane Tricentennial of the founding of New Orleans. Leslie Perrin Katrina. In addition, Lambousy helped establish The Museum will beautifully and permanently Robi Robichaux the annual Mighty Downriver Festival, remake the Old U.S. Mint building, as well as the Craig Schexnayder developed the operational plan for the Mint surrounding grounds, and include 8,000 square Larry Schmidt Performing Arts Center and expanded the LSM’s feet of exhibition galleries, a visitor orientation music holdings by collecting a wide variety of theater, a youth and family education center, and Beth Sheridan artifacts related to jazz and other genres. rotating exhibitions. In combination with a state- Nancy Sorenson Strategically located at the intersection of the of-the-art live music performance venue located Debbye Vosbein city’s French Quarter and live on the Old U.S. Mint’s third floor, the New Orleans Tee Zimmerman music corridor — the New Orleans Jazz Museum Jazz Museum will have strong, multigenerational will place on permanent display the world- appeal.

Page 4 friendsofthecabildo.org Recommended 1850 House Reading Gifts by Louisiana Artists Welcome to Recommended Reading, For unique Louisiana-themed gifts, stop by the 1850 House Museum Shop a featuring on Jackson Square. FOC members, take advantage of your 15% discount. great reads Open daily 10 a.m.–5 p.m. It’s never too early to shop for the history buff on your available at the holiday gift list! Feel free to ask any of our knowledgeable staff at the 1850 House 1850 House Shop for advice on finding your ideal selections. Museum Shop. Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America by John M. Barry Did the flood of 1927 change America? Yes, because the changes are, as always, the people of America. New Orleans kitchen towels | $14.50 each For the people impacted, good became bad, Jewelry by Grace George up became down, and race became a larger Each design is an original creation issue, reminding the reader that the old handmade in the artist’s Baton south was not dead and buried. The poor, Rouge studio. These elegant and both white and black, became oppressed at unique pieces complement any the hand of the affluent white population, wardrobe, and are made using and the monied interests exercised a only the best materials and the dominant role that had not been seen since highest level of craftsmanship. the end of the Civil War. Many poor became poorer and many rich Oysters on a half shell by local maintained their position, but very little candlemaker In-Habit | $11 each remained unchanged. Social, political and Check out these new literary additions to the 1850 House Shop collection! economic forces converged to make many uncertain new beginnings. “Rising Tide” is Germans of Louisiana by a complex story simply told with foresight Ellen C. Merrill; Tulane into the 21th century ­— our century. University by Ann E. Smith Case, Seat Yourself: The Best North America’s largest natural of South Louisiana’s Local catastrophe to date exposed a dark side of Diners, Lunch, Houses, people affected, and became the catalyst of and Roadside stops by a mass diaspora from South to North. Alex V. Cook; and Other Characters by Jim Along the way the reader will meet a few Bradshaw; True Stories From familiar characters and many new ones South Louisiana, Hispanic ­— some local and some from afar. All the and Latino New Orleans mentions in this book have had a hand in by Andrew Sluyter, Case the America of today and Old Man River Watkins, James P. Chaney & rolls on, oblivious to all. Annie M. Gibson; and Lift —John Catledge Your Spirits: A Celebration History of Cocktail Culture If you’d like to submit a review or in New Orleans by Elizabeth recommend a book you’ve enjoyed, Williams & Chris McMillian email [email protected]. facebook.com/friendsofthecabildo • twitter.com/cabildofriends • instagram.com/friendsofthecabildo Page 5 Tours Neighborhoods and Cultures

Put on your best walking shoes, bring a bottle of water and a good camera, and join us Treme History Creole Neighborhoods Irish Channel for an FOC special Sunday, October 9 | 10 a.m. (Formerly Marigny/Esplanade) Saturday, November 19 | 10 a.m. walking tour! Saturday, November 26 | 10 a.m. Wednesday, October 19 | 10 a.m. Sunday, October 30 | 10:30 a.m. Most New Orleanians have enjoyed Tickets are limited The Friends of the Cabildo Wednesday, November 16 | 10 a.m. a sloppy roast beef poboy at a to 15 spots for each walking tour of Treme provides legendary Irish bar off Magazine a rich, detailed perspective on Did you know that New Orleans Street, or caught cabbages, potatoes tour, and no tickets one of the city’s oldest and most used to have streets named and carrots at the annual St. are sold the day of storied neighborhoods. Originally “Love,” “Craps,” and “Good Patrick’s Day Parade. But not known as “back of town,” the Children?” These fanciful names everyone has stopped to consider the tour. Don’t miss old Creole feel of Treme makes it were designated by the colorful the history of the immigrant out. Reservations easy to imagine the early 1800s Bernard de Marigny when he populations who lived and worked multicultural community formed subdivided his plantation in the near the docks along the are required. by immigrants, free people of early 1800s to form the city’s first , their culture and color, and refugees from Saint- primarily residential subdivision, traditions forming the foundation To purchase tickets online Domingue. An important center . Join us as of the area we now know as the visit friendsofthecabildo. of the city’s African-American we explore this fascinating area Irish Channel. The Friends of the org or call the FOC office and Creole culture, Treme is the adjacent to the French Quarter. Cabildo’s Irish Channel Tour at 504.523.3939. cherished home of fourth and fifth Listed on the National Register explores this diverse home of Members $20 generation residents who strive to of Historic Places, and a city- working class immigrants, natives Non-members $25 maintain the area’s cultural and designated historic district, and free people of color. From social traditions. We will trace the Faubourg Marigny has many famous churches to Irish bars, origin and development of Treme well-preserved nineteenth century unique architecture, famous through the amazing nineteenth Creole cottages, a style popular historic figures and notable century architecture (including with immigrants from Saint- festivals, the Irish Channel Tour Creole cottages, townhouses, and Domingue, Creoles and free reveals the many facets of this shotgun houses), geography, and people of color who flocked to neighborhood beloved by locals urban influences dating from the the new faubourg. We will also and visitors alike. subdivision of this land by Claude tour Esplanade Avenue, originally Treme in the 1790s to the present the site of fortifications built by Meeting Location: day. the French and Spanish colonial St. Vincent’s Guest House governments, was transformed (1507 ) Meeting Location: Basin Street after the Louisiana Purchase to a Station (501 Basin Street) grand European-style boulevard with palatial townhouses and mansions flanking a wide neutral ground with stately live oaks. Meeting Location: Old U.S. Mint (Esplanade Avenue Gate)

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Faubourg St. Mary New Orleans Music History Lower Garden District Battle of New Orleans Check friendsofthecabildo.org Saturday, October 22 | 10 a.m. Monday, October 10 | 10 a.m. Saturday, November 12 | 10:30 a.m. for times and dates. Saturday, November 26 | 10 a.m. Friday, November 25 | 10 a.m. The Battle of New Orleans was Walking along the busy When someone says “history Nineteenth century residential a defining event in America’s concrete sidewalks of the of New Orleans,” do you life in New Orleans comes national identity. The Friends Central Business District immediately think “history of alive through the Friends of of the Cabildo Battle of New today, it is difficult to imagine jazz?” The FOC’s New Orleans the Cabildo Lower Garden Orleans tour offers a fascinating that the streets now shaded by Music History tour will excite District Tour! The district’s look at the battle away from the skyscrapers were originally part both aficionados and novices extensive collection of 1800s battlefield, from lost locations of Belair, the plantation of city alike, exploring locations that residences—primarily side hall, of forts that protected the city, founder Bienville—part of his have defined the New Orleans double-galleried homes in the to Jackson’s headquarters, to 1719 land grant which stretched music scene for generations. Greek Revival and Italianate events in the French Quarter to the present-day Jefferson Walk in the footsteps of Louis styles—will capture your related to the unfolding Parish line. The Friends of Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, imagination with both the battle. First developed for the the Cabildo Faubourg St. George Lewis, and Danny romance and realities of life in Bicentennial of the Battle of Mary walking tour reveals the Barker to venues including these grand homes in the age New Orleans, the tour continues history behind the present day Preservation Hall and the Palm before modern conveniences. to draw historians, locals, and commercial district, from the Court Jazz Club. Understanding Bounded by the Mississippi guests for a unique perspective plantation beginnings through the music of New Orleans River Bridge, the Mississippi on this turning point in the explosive American growth begins with experiencing its River, Jackson Avenue, and American history. during the peak years from birthplace. Join us for this St. Charles Avenue, the Lower 1830–1860, to the present day. unique and popular tour! Garden District was developed Meeting Location: Old U.S. Marvel at historic buildings on as six different faubourgs, Mint (Esplanade Avenue Gate) Lafayette Square, St. Charles Meeting Location: Old U.S. and it is known for its many Avenue, Julia Street, , Mint Barracks Street Gate irregularly shaped parks. You and more! This tour provides (across from Louisiana Pizza will gain a new understanding a historic backdrop for a new Kitchen) of the history and culture of appreciation of the American the area through a review of its Sector. architecture, geography, and famous residents. Meeting Location: World War II Museum Main Entrance (945 Meeting Location: Muses Statue Magazine Street) at Prytania and Terpsichore Streets

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FRIENDS OF THE CABILDO CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2016-2017 OCTOBER 18 FOC Concert Series: Grayson Capps 9 Treme History Tour 19 Irish Channel Tour 10 Lower Garden District Tour 25 Lower Garden District Tour Yoga at 13 Second Thursday Lecture: 26 New Orleans Music History Tour Laura D. Kelley, Ph.D. Treme History Tour the Cabildo Native American Communities in Southern Louisiana DECEMBER 1 Member Holiday Party 19 Hidden Treasures: Music Edition: Sidney Bechet 8 Second Thursday Lecture: Creole Neighborhoods Tour Speaker and topic to be announced 22 Ghostly Gallivant Tours 9 Symposium 2016 | Day 1: New Orleans Music History Tour Outside the Law: Piracy and the Illicit Book Signing: “Famille Vve Paris neé Slave Trade in Louisiana Laveau: The Tomb of Marie Laveau 10 Symposium 2016 | Day 2: in St. Louis Cemetery No. 1” by Carolyn Morrow Long 12 Battle of New Orleans Tour 23 Ghostly Gallivant Tours 27 Creole Christmas Home Tours 30 Creole Neighborhoods Tour 28 Creole Christmas Home Tours 29 Creole Christmas Home Tours NOVEMBER JANUARY 2017 Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays 4 FOC Concert Series: Deacon John 8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m. 20 FOC Concert Series: Kenny Neal 10 Second Thursday Lecture: Cabildo 2nd Floor Gallery Speaker and topic to be announced MARCH $12 Non-Members, $8 FOC/LMF 12 Battle of New Orleans Tour 10 FOC Concert Series: Zachary Richard

For more information on these events, visit friendsofthecabildo.org or call the FOC office at 504.523.3939. Follow us on social media at: facebook.com/friendsofthecabildo • twitter.com/cabildofriends • instagram.com/friendsofthecabildo