The Baton Rouge Digital Archive from the East Baton Rouge Parish Library

Leland College Baker, La.
African Americans--History, Leland College (Baker, La.)
Leland College Baker, La. Leland University was established in New Orleans, La. in 1870. Primarily a school for African Americans, the university was open to all races. Leland originated and was carried on for the purpose of promoting Christian...
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection

Leland College Baker, La.
African Americans--History, Leland College (Baker, La.)
Leland College Baker, La. Leland University was established in New Orleans, La. in 1870. Primarily a school for African Americans, the university was open to all races. Leland originated and was carried on for the purpose of promoting Christian...
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection

Leland College Baker, La.
African Americans--History, Leland College (Baker, La.)
Leland College Baker, La. Leland University was established in New Orleans, La. in 1870. Primarily a school for African Americans, the university was open to all races. Leland originated and was carried on for the purpose of promoting Christian...
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection

Leland College Baker, La.
African Americans--History, Leland College (Baker, La.)
Leland College Baker, La. Leland University was established in New Orleans, La. in 1870. Primarily a school for African Americans, the university was open to all races. Leland originated and was carried on for the purpose of promoting Christian...
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection

August 9, 1976: Deck and Lily Schlaudecker's Life in Amite, La.
Broom and brush industry, Automobiles, Blind persons, Amite City (La.)
Deck and Lily Schlaudecker of Amite, La. Blind broom maker and his wife discuss their broom and mop making business, life in Amite, La. overcoming Deck's disability. Views of Amite as Lily drives Vernon Roget around in her 1936 Coup. (8:56)...
WAFB Newsreel Films

Moonlight on the Mississippi River, Baton Rouge, La
Postcards, Mississippi River, Steamboats
Postcard: "Moonlight on the Mississippi River, Baton Rouge, La." Reverse reads "The Mississippi River, 'Father of Waters' 2459 miles long, and the longest river in the world, 4200 miles, when taking the Missouri as the trunk stream, 250...
Elizabeth Nichols Collection

Third Street, circa 1940
Postcards, Streets
Third Street, Baton Rouge, La. Baton Rouge Louisiana was founded over 200 years ago and its present population with suburbs is over 100,000. It is the capital of Louisiana, then nation's nineteenth ranking port and the home of Louisiana State...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Carlos Spaht and a Chinese General
Portraits, World War II--China
Carlos Spaht and a Chinese General. Written on photo "Chinese General and Wife. This is the general I made the long pack trip with last April and May, October 1944".
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Introducing The Prince of the Blues Kenny Ray Neal
Neal, Kenny, Blues (Music)--1971-1980
Introducing The Prince of the Blues Kenny Ray Neal. 45rpm record. "Kenny Ray Neal has been singing and playing guitar since age 6. He has performed throughout the United States, Canada and Europe with Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Eddy Vinson,...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Sadie Connor Keel
African Americans, Teachers
Sadie Connor Keel and a student in 1964. Keel (October 20, 1914-February 6, 2010) was a long time educator with the East Baton Rouge Parish Schools serving as a teacher and principal at the Reddy Street Elementary School for 29 years, retiring in...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Members of the Spinsters Club and the Southern Club
Clubs and Organizations
Members of the Spinsters Club and the Southern Club at the Annual Summer party for both organizations. Held at the American Legion Hall August 31, 1968 l. to r. Diane Charlton, Ken D. Valentine, Judy Simons and Rusty Blix. Original located in...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Advertisement for American Art Week Celebration, 1958
American Artists Professional League, Community arts projects, Printed ephemera
Advertisement for American Art Week Celebration at the Old Governor's Mansion. Celebrated annually in the first week of November. Sponsored by the American Artists Professional League beginning in 1930. Each year, hundreds of applicants from all 50...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Belle Helene Plantation Home
Historic buildings
Belle Helene. Construction on the house began in 1840, and completed by 1842. It was first named "Ashland" after U.S. statesman Henry Clay's plantation in Kentucky. In March 1889, the estate sold to George B. Reuss, an Ascension Parish planter....
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Mrs. Betty Toepfer
Baton Rouge (La.)--History, Teachers, World War II, United Service Organizations (U.S.), Catholic Church, Diocese of Baton Rouge (La.), Historic buildings, Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.)--History
An oral history with Mrs. Betty Toepfer. She describes growing up in the Edgewood Lawn neighborhood of Baton Rouge and participation in the Sacred Heart Church and other Catholic Churches in Baton Rouge. Mrs. Toepfer lived in several historic...
Oral Histories

1922 Map of Baton Rouge and Suburbs
Baton Rouge (La.), Maps
1922 Map of Baton Rouge and Suburbs compiled by A.G. Mundinger and J.J. Mundinger. Baton Rouge, La. February 1, 1922 "Courtesy of the State Times--Corrected to October 1, 1922". Includes real estate advertisements. 45 cm x 45 cm
Baton Rouge Room Maps

Lloyd's Map of the Lower Mississippi from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River, Maps
Lloyd's Map of the Lower Mississippi from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico. Compiled from Government Surveys in the Topographical Bureau, Washington D.C. Revised and corrected to the present time by Captains Bart and William Bowen. Exhibiting the...
Baton Rouge Room Maps

Mayor's Office Press Release Addressing Racial Tensions
Baton Rouge (La.), Mayors, Race relations
August 6, 1969 Press release from the Office of the Mayor-President addressing recent racial tensions in Baton Rouge. The tensions were the result of the shooting of James Oliney in July of 1969 by Officer Ray Breaux. The night of Oliney's...
Woody Dumas Collection

Mayor's Office Press Release Addressing Racial Tensions
Baton Rouge (La.), Mayors, Race relations
August 11, 1969 Press release from the Office of the Mayor-President addressing recent racial tensions in Baton Rouge. The tensions were the result of the shooting of James Oliney in July of 1969 by Officer Ray Breaux. The night of Oliney's...
Woody Dumas Collection

Woody Dumas and Betty Brown
Baton Rouge (La.), Mayors
Mayor Dumas and Betty Brown at Ms. Brown's retirement party. Betty was administrative Assistant and Appointment Secretary for the Mayor and worked for him for 15 years. Date: March, 1980
Woody Dumas Collection

"Paint the Town Rouge!" Baton Rouge Arts and Humanities Council
Arts and Humanities Council of Greater Baton Rouge, Printed ephemera
"Paint the Town Rouge!" Baton Rouge Arts and Humanities Council. In Baton Rouge, the arts are part of the action. A booklet describing the structure of the organization and some of its accomplishments.
East Baton Rouge Parish Library Historic Photographs

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