Library Guides: History Library Guide: HISU 3100-01: New Orleans & Senegal, 1400-present

Published Materials

Use the subject headings below to locate published primary source materials in Howard-Tilton's collections.

Africa, West--Description and travel
Published accounts of travelers throughout West Africa.
See also Africa, West--Discovery and exploration.
Louisiana--Census
Published copies of various Louisiana censuses from the colonial period.
Louisiana--Description and travel
Published accounts of travelers in Louisiana from all historical periods.
Compagnie des Indes
French East India Company
Royal African Company
British slaving company

Baptismal Records - Archdiocese of New Orleans
Slave and Free People of Color Baptismal Records
Acts in these registers were recorded in Spanish.
Hogan Jazz Archive - Tulane University
Among its holdings are 2,000 reels of oral history interviews with musicians, family members, and observers that document the stories surrounding the emergence of jazz in New Orleans from the late 19th century forward.
Jones Hall, Room 304
New Orleans Notarial Archive
Indexes by notary, with dates of activity.

Online collections from French archives.

Images - Archives Nationales d'Outre Mer
Base Ulysse - a searchable database of images from the archives.

Gallica This link opens in a new window
The open access digital library of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Offers all types of media: print (monographs, periodicals and press) in image and text mode, manuscripts, sound recordings, graphic material, maps and plans. The gateway to digital collections in French.

Slavery Images: A Visual Record of the African Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Early African Diaspora
Over 1,200 images selected from a wide range of sources, most of them dating from the period of slavery.

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database
Includes documents from almost 35,000 slaving voyages between the 16th and 19th centuries.

Center for Research Libraries This link opens in a new window
Includes digitized content, including many rare books.
Try a SUBJECT search for "Senegal."