MSS 122 - New Orleans Carnival Collection: Inventory

NEW ORLEANS CARNIVAL COLLECTION

(Mss 122)

Inventory

Earl K. Long Library

University of New Orleans

 

Summary

 

 

Size:                          

 

Geographic

locations:                 New Orleans, Louisiana

 

Inclusive dates:      ca. 1900, 1920-1979

 

Summary:                 An artificial collection consisting of taped interviews and memorabilia of the New Orleans Carnival.

 

Related

collections:              Carnival Ball Programs Collection (Mss 88); Telling-Grandon Collection (Mss 128); Judge John Minor Wisdom Collection (Mss 197); Charles A. Booth Collection (Mss 292)

 

Source:                     Gift, March, June 1979

 

Access:                     No restrictions

 

Copyright:                Physical rights are retained by the Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans.

 

Citation:                    New Orleans Carnival Collection, Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans

 

 

Container List

 

Interview with Joseph V. Guillotte III concerning a family and neighborhood oriented Carnival in the New Orleans Ninth Ward.  ca. 1900 together with an anthropological analysis of Mardi Gras.

 

The collection also includes souvenir programs and photographs of the Jefferson City Buzzards, a Carnival marching society, 1920 - 1977.

Index Terms

 

Carnival—Louisiana—New Orleans

Guillotte, Joseph V., III

Jefferson City Buzzards