Tulane holds a rich array of archives and special collections pertaining to the history of Jewish institutions and individuals across multiple repositories on campus:
The strongest and most wide-ranging holdings for Jewish history, especially Jewish New Orleans, are at TUSC.
Keep scrolling for information on each repository and its holdings, as well as Rare Books and digitized collections--or use the menu to the left to jump to the repository or material type of interest.
For a listing of archives and special collections in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, see the Louisiana Information Sources Library Guide.
Amistad Research Center is an independent repository located on Tulane University's uptown campus in Tilton Hall. Amistad's mission is to collect, preserve, and provide open access to original materials that reference the social and cultural importance of America's ethnic and racial history, the African Diaspora, human relations, and civil rights.
Amistad has at least 50 collections that pertain in some way to Jewish individuals and institutions, and/or antisemitism. Some noteworthy collections are:
For information on how to schedule an appointment to consult materials, see Researching at Amistad.
The Latin American Library has a few archival collections relating to Jews in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as holdings in Rare Books.
The Newcomb Archives acquires, preserves, and makes accessible rare, valuable, or unique materials documenting the history of women and gender in the Gulf South. The Archives are also home to the administrative and student records of the former Newcomb College and the Nadine Robbert Vorhoff Collection, a non-circulating special collections library devoted to research on women and gender.
Newcomb Archives hold the papers of several Jewish individuals, including:
See this page for information on how to schedule a research visit.
One of the strengths of Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) is Louisiana and New Orleans Jewish history. Below you'll find an extensive, though not complete, listing, of the more than 30 collections at TUSC that center on Jewish institutions and individuals.
Institutional and Organizational Records
Personal and Family Archives
Rare books, journals, pamphlets, and newspapers housed at Amistad Research Center, The Latin American Library, Newcomb Archives, and Tulane University Special Collections are all cataloged and discoverable in Tulane University Libraries' general Library Search - Library Catalog.
When searching in Tulane's Library Catalog, you'll come across rare books books in closed stacks with locations like these:
To consult these books, you will have to make an appointment with the respective archive or special collection to consult the rare item in their reading room.
If the item location starts with... | ...go here for appointment information |
Jones Hall Howard-Tilton Rare Books |
Tulane University Special Collections |
Amistad Research Center | Amistad Research Center |
Latin American Library (Rare ____) | The Latin American Library Special Collections |
Vorhoff Collection | Newcomb Archives and Vorhoff Collection |
All archives and special collections at Tulane University Special Collections, the Latin American Library, and Newcomb Archives that have been digitized can be found on Tulane University Libraries' Digital Collections page.
Amistad Research Center's digitized collections are migrating to the Louisiana Digital Library, which also includes materials from institutions throughout the state.