Research Guides: Latinos in New Orleans & Louisiana: A Guide: Articles & More

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Welcome to the Latinos in New Orleans Research Guide where you can find tips and information to help you navigate LAL resources.

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Guide of interest: Spanish Language Press in New Orleans

Databases

America: History & Life
Historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.

American Census Bureau: Fact Finder
Major source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data.

Arte Público Hispanic Historical Collection: Series 1
A digital collection of historical content pertaining to U.S. Hispanic history, literature and culture since colonial times until 1960.
Chicano Database
A comprehensive index representing all types of material for information about Latinos/Hispanics in the US. Provides extensive coverage of Mexican Americans from the 1960s to the present, with selective coverage dating back to the early 1900s. Records added since 1992 include the broader Latino experience, including Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Central American immigrants. The Chicano Database also includes the Spanish Speaking Mental Health Database, covering psychological, sociological, and educational literature.

Hispanic Population of the United States (US Census Bureau)
A presentation that highlights past, present and future trends of the Hispanic population in the United States.

Manuscript Collection

Painter, Norman Wellington (1918- ) Thesis Research Material

1948-1949. Material gathered by Painter in interviews with 68 Latin Americans and used in his 1949 Tulane M.A. thesis, "The Assimilation of Latin Americans in New Orleans". It contains the identity and brief biographical sketch of each respondent, and answers to questions on first impressions, adjustments, work, marriage and children, religion, organizations, friends and recreation, food, prejudice, and nostalgia. 503 pieces.

Collection 52. The Latin American Library Manuscripts Collection.

Thesis: The assimilation of Latin Americans in New Orleans, Louisiana / by Norman Wellington Painter.1949. Sociology
Location: Jones Hall, University Archives (Theses)
Call Number: TT 1949v.12