LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION RG #A5000 Inventory Compiled by Barry Cowan Revised by Michelle Melancon Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections Special Collections, Hill Memorial Library Louisiana State University Libraries Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University 2020 LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERISTY PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION RG #A5000 1862-1997 SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, LSU LIBRARIES CONTENTS OF INVENTORY CONTENTS OF INVENTORY ......................................................................................... 2 SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................ 3 BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL NOTE .......................................................................... 4 SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE ....................................................................................... 4 LIST OF SUBGROUPS AND SERIES ............................................................................. 6 SUBGROUP AND SERIES DESCRIPTIONS .................................................................. 7 INDEX TERMS ................................................................................................................ 10 CONTAINER LIST .......................................................................................................... 12 Use of manuscript materials. If you wish to examine items in the manuscript group, please place a request via the Special Collections Request System. Consult the Container List for location information. Photocopying. Should you wish to request photocopies, please consult a staff member. Do not remove items to be photocopied. The existing order and arrangement of unbound materials must be maintained. Reproductions must be made from surrogates (microfilm, digital scan, photocopy of original held by LSU Libraries), when available. Publication. Readers assume full responsibility for compliance with laws regarding copyright, literary property rights, and libel. Proper acknowledgement of LLMVC materials must be made in any resulting writing or publications. The correct form of citation for this manuscript group is given on the summary page. Copies of scholarly publications based on research in the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections are welcomed. Page 2 of 66 LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERISTY PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION RG #A5000 1862-1997 SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, LSU LIBRARIES SUMMARY Size 11.25 linear feet, 2 oversize folders Geographic Locations Louisiana Inclusive Dates 1862-1997 Bulk Dates 1870-1980 Languages English. Summary Photographs of students and their activities, classes, cadet drill and training, faculty, University buildings and grounds, and photographs from exhibits held at Hill Memorial Library. Access Restrictions Box 19 contains negatives. DO NOT PAGE. Due to their age and fragility, photographs in boxes 1 through 14B and the photograph albums in boxes 42 through 45 have been digitized and are denoted by a digital file number. These photographs should not be paged. Please use the LSU Photograph Collection in the Louisiana Digital Library: https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/lsu-ua-uap:collection Copyright Physical rights are retained by the LSU Libraries. Examination and reproduction are governed by state and federal public records laws. Related Collections Louisiana State University Office of the Chancellor Records, A0001 Louisiana State University Office of Public Affairs Records, A0020 Citation Louisiana State University Photograph Collection, A5000, Louisiana State University Archives, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La. Stack Location(s) AA:29-35; AA:OS; 83:; VAULT:83 Page 3 of 66 LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERISTY PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION RG #A5000 1862-1997 SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, LSU LIBRARIES BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL NOTE The Louisiana State University (LSU) Photograph Collection is comprised of images commissioned by LSU for use in catalogs, photograph albums, and other publications. The photograph albums were created as promotional tools for LSU and were sent to Louisiana high schools. Some images formed a part of the exhibits in the LSU Historical Museum formerly in the Memorial Tower, and other images were reproduced for exhibits at Hill Memorial Library. The exhibition catalog for “A Golden Century: One Hundred Years of LSU Football” is cataloged within LSU Special Collections holdings, location GV958 .L65 G65 1993. Many of the images throughout this collection are of indeterminate origin. SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The photographs in this collection are chiefly from the 1886-1925 period and document life on the downtown campus. Also included are images of the present campus from 1922 to 1997. These include portraits of students and graduating classes; portrait and group photographs of faculty and administrators; images of campus buildings and grounds on the downtown campus and the present campus; sporting events and teams; the bands; classes; student life and activities; and special events. Student portraits include cadets in uniform and “town” students wearing civilian clothes. Graduating classes include those of 1872-1874, 1882, 1883, 1888-1889, 1897, 1898, and 1906. Portraits of faculty and administrators include William Tecumseh Sherman, David Boyd, Thomas Boyd, James Nicholson, Charles Coates, William Dodson, William Dalrymple, James W. Dupree, Louise and Mercedes Garig, Arthur Prescott, Robert Himes, Thomas Atkinson, and others. Group photographs of faculty include the faculty of 1888-1889 and 1898-1899. Images of campus buildings and grounds pertaining to the downtown campus (1886-1925) include aerial views and views of new buildings under construction and completed. Among these are Foster Hall, Hill Memorial Library, Heard Hall, Robertson Hall, Garig Hall, and Alumni Memorial Hall. Also included are the Pentagon Barracks, the President’s Residence, the “Colony,” “Pest House,” and the old agriculture and chemistry buildings. Images of sporting events and teams include the 1902 LSU-Auburn game played on the downtown campus, football teams from 1894 to 1915, baseball teams, the 1909 basketball team, track and field teams, and fencing teams. Images of the bands include those from circa 1897-1916. Classes and student activities include classes in mathematics, botany, English, veterinary science, agriculture, chemistry, and civil engineering. Student life and activities include images of cadet drill, firing artillery and rifles, studying in barracks rooms, group photographs of fraternities, the Debaters and Orators, the Hobo Gang, and the annual fancy dress stag ball. Images of the present campus (1926-present) include the campus dedication ceremonies; photographs of campus design proposals by the Olmsted Brothers and Theodore Link; images of athletic events and teams, such as the Civilian Rifle Team; football players such as Charles Alexander, Billy Cannon, Tommy Casanova, Wendell Davis, Bert Jones, and Jerry Stovall; cheerleaders; the band; homecoming festivities; baseball and basketball games; Pete Maravich; and Homecoming of 1941. Other photographs include agriculture exhibit trains, library staff, Freshman Day festivities form the early 1940s, President Troy Middleton, and Schwing lecturers from the 1960s and 1970s. Views of the campus include Coates Hall, Prescott Hall, and other buildings around the quadrangle; the Memorial Tower; the law building; Middleton Library; Pan American House (now Acadian Hall); the Music and Page 4 of 66 LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERISTY PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION RG #A5000 1862-1997 SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, LSU LIBRARIES Dramatic Arts Building; and aerial views of the campus during the 1930s. Other images include an aerial view of Huey Long’s funeral on the state capitol grounds, construction of the new state capitol and razing of the downtown campus, the Seminary and grounds, and the Crowley Rice Station. Also included are photographs from two exhibits held in Hill Memorial Library: “A Golden Century: One Hundred Years of LSU Football” (1993) and “Troy H. Middleton: Soldier, Educator, Citizen” (1995). Page 5 of 66 LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERISTY PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION RG #A5000 1862-1997 SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, LSU LIBRARIES LIST OF SUBGROUPS AND SERIES Subgroup 1. LSU Photograph Collection / bulk dates 1886-1915 / inclusive dates 1862-1929 Series I. Athletics, 1896-1915 Range AA:29: Box 1 Series II. Audubon Sugar School, 1887-1910 Range AA:29: Box 2 Series III. Downtown Campus Buildings, 1896-1929 Range AA:29: Box 3-4 Range AA:30: Box 5; Range AA:33: Box 14A Range AA:35: Box 14B Series IV. Faculty, 1866-1924 Range AA:30: Box 6-7 Range AA:33: Box 13 Range AA:34: Box 22 Series V. Scenes of the Downtown Campus, circa 1890-1909 Range AA:30: Box 8 Range AA:34: Box 22 Series VI. Students - Individuals, circa 1862-1899 Range AA:30: Box 9-10 Series VII. Students - Individuals and Groups, 1899-1914 Range AA:30: Box 11 Series VIII. Students - Groups and Activities, 1871-1917 Range AA:30: Box 12 Range AA:33: Box 14A Range AA:35: Box 14B Range 83: Folder 1 Subgroup 2. LSU Photograph Collection / bulk dates 1926-1980 / inclusive dates 1910-1997 Range AA:31: Box 15-17 Range AA:32: Box 18B, 19 Range AA:33: Box 18A Range AA:OS: Folder 2 Subgroup 3. Exhibit Photographs / inclusive dates 1993, 1995 Series I. “A Golden Century: One Hundred Years of LSU Football.” 1993 Range AA:35: Box 20 Series II. “Troy H. Middleton: Soldier, Educator, Citizen.” 1995 Range AA:32: Box 21 Subgroup 4. Photograph Albums / inclusive dates circa 1890-1905 Vault:83: Box 42-45 Page 6 of 66 LOUISIANA