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

October 7, 1976: Free Gary Tyler, Teacher Pay and Regional Transit, Fatal Car Accident
Capital Punishment, Petitions, Education Political aspects, Taxation, Automobile Accidents
(00:01-02:28) Protesters present petitions to Governor Edwards to free Gary Tyler who is on death row for the murder of 13 year old Timothy Weber during a 1974 racial disturbance at Destrahan High School when someone shot a gun out of a school bus....
WAFB Newsreel Films

500 Block of North Street
Streets--Louisiana--Baton Rouge.
500 Block of North Street looking west. State Department of Education building (demolished in 2003) is seen on the right. November 1971
Baton Rouge Room Collection

500 Block of North Street
Streets--Louisiana--Baton Rouge.
500 Block of North Street looking west. State Department of Education building (demolished in 2003) is seen on the right. November 1971
Baton Rouge Room Collection

"Design for Action 1984-1985" Greater Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce
Baton Rouge Area Chamber of Commerce, Printed ephemera
"Design for Action 1984-1985" Greater Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce. Objectives and goals for the 1984-1985 year for the Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce. Governmental Affairs, Economic and industrial development, education, communications and...
East Baton Rouge Parish Library Historic Photographs

Monument to Education
Baton Rouge (La.), Public sculpture
"Monument to Education" an avant garde sculptor built ca. 1985, formerly located on the corner of Clay Cut Road and Jefferson Highway. The sculpture was dismantled and moved to storage by the Baton Rouge Department of Public Works in 2009.
East Baton Rouge Parish Library Historic Photographs

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

Gordon Theatre, Baton Rouge, La.
Baton Rouge (La.), Theatres
Baton Rouge, La. Downtown. Gordon Theatre, 412 N. 4th. St. St. Joseph Cathedral. State Education Building, North St. (now demolished). November, 1972. Color slide.
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Campanile at Louisiana State University
Postcards,Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.)
Campanile, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La. "The Louisiana State University ranks among the foremost educational institutions and one of the few places which can boast free public education form beginners' days to university post...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Entrance to Leland College, Baker, La.
African Americans--History, Leland College (Baker, La.)
Entrance to 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...
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection

Leland College Reunion, 1980
African Americans--History, Printed ephemera, Leland College (Baker, La.)
First Reunion of Leland College June 27-29,1980. 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...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Miss Fire Prevention, 1961
Fire departments, Fire prevention
Fran Watson of Alexandria, a Junior in English Education at LSU is named as an honorary firefighter for the Fire Prevention Week, 1961
The Robert E. Bogan Fire Museum Collection

Greater Baton Rouge Education
East Baton Rouge Parish (La.) , Schools
Greater Baton Rouge Education. An overview of education in Baton Rouge. Public, Private, Colleges and Universities. Published by the Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce, 1978. Original in Baton Rouge Room Vertical Files
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Leland College
African Americans--History, Leland College (Baker, La.)
Leland College Baker, La. Campus circa 1940. 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...
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

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 University 1899-1900 Catalog
African Americans--History, Printed ephemera, Leland University (New Orleans, La.)
Leland University 1899-1900 catalog, 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...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Leland College 1937 Annual Ministers Institute
African Americans--History, 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 education among the people...
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection

Leland College, New Orleans Campus
African Americans--History, 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 education among the people...
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection

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