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December 27, 2024
By Jessica Dorman, director of publications

Nine Louisiana poets visited the landmark exhibition on the history of incarceration and created original work based on their experiences.




November 21, 2024
By John Corley, associate editor of the ‘Angolite’

John Corley, associate editor at Louisiana State Penitentiary, discusses the history and operations of the award-winning periodical.




November 15, 2024
By Evelyn Strope, 2024 DAGS intern

The clever construction of a 19th-century maternity dress




October 10, 2024
By Craig Fuchs, interpreter

How Louisiana Creoles used fashion to declare and express their identity.




September 25, 2024
By Kerry Woodard, summer 2024 Archives and Special Collections Practicum intern

HNOC's diverse archive shows how restaurants preserve history and heritage through their menus.




September 13, 2024
By Lydia Blackmore, decorative arts curator

A census of portraits tells us who is—and isn't—represented in HNOC's holdings.




July 18, 2024
Nick Weldon, Editor

A new exhibition explores the historical links between the institutions of slavery and mass incarceration in Louisiana.




June 17, 2024
By Nicholas Paskert, 2023 DAGS fellow

A rare type of wooden mortar and pestle illuminates the history of food, culture, and labor in Louisiana.




April 5, 2024
Craig Fuchs, Visitor Services interpreter

As the national conversation stirred up by Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter has shown, Black musicians have played an important role in the evolution of country music at every stage of its development.




February 1, 2024
Molly Reid Cleaver, senior editor

The rich world of Masonic emblems and aesthetics, and the history of fraternal organizations behind them.




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