Fall
Library Special Collections
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE
2009
Archaeology Month in Special
Collections
Dr. George Avery, Ph.D.,
RPA, Cultural Heritage
Resource Coordinator,
Center for Regional Heritage Research, Anthropology and Archaeology
Laboratory, Stephen F.
Austin State University,
will present a talk, Dating
Old Bottles: Fort Miro
Site Artifacts.
An exhibit of Fort Miro
history and artifacts is
also on display during
October, Archaeology
Month. Fort Miro was
completed in 1791 after
Jean Baptiste Filhiol received a commission to
establish a post in the
northwestern part of the
Louisiana colony.
of locations and artifact
findings; and the Fort
Miro site today.
The basics of dating old
bottles will be presented
using examples from the
Fort Miro site. A handout
will also contain a list of
references and websites
related to dating and identifying bottles. Visitors
are encouraged to bring
bottles that they wish to
have dated. Archaeological interpretation of bottles will be discussed.
The exhibit shows a
sketch of Fort Miro based
on the plan provided in a
letter by Filhiol. The display also shows the location of Fort Miro according to John Humble based
on property records;
scenes from the 1973-74
Louisiana Archaeological
Society excavation including the beam trench,
spikes, the cistern, maps
Special Thanks to Dr.
Diana Greenlee, Poverty
Point Archaeologist, Dr.
Joe Saunders, Northeast
Regional Archaeologist,
ULM, and Dr. George
Avery for making this
talk and exhibit possible.
Artifacts on display include ceramics, pottery,
stone, iron and bone. Of
particular interest are the
horse and mule shoes and
the spikes and nails.
Highway 80 in Print
November 3, 2009 6:00 p.m.
A public exhibit and program showcasing the
works of documentary
photographer Lee Estes,
will be held in the Special
Collections Department
of the University of Louisiana at Monroe Library.
The kickoff program will
be November 3, at 6:00
p.m. in the Passman
Room of Special Collections. The exhibit will be
on display through December 17, 2009.
Mr. Estes documented on
film, the people, build-
ings, landscapes and culture of Highway 80 in
North Louisiana. This
program and exhibit is
funded through an Outreach Grant by the Louisiana Endowment for the
Humanities.
Normal Operating Hours
7:30—5:00 Monday - Thursday 7:30—11:30 Friday, 5th Floor Room 502.
Please contact Special Collections at crobertson@ulm.edu or 342.1054 for more information.
Griffin Flood Photo Digitization Project
ULM Library Special Collections was
awarded a grant from the Louisiana
Board of Regents that will enhance
student engagement and curriculum
support through the availability of electronic resources. The grant will provide for on-line access to many resources held by Special Collections and
to hopefully, acquire digital copies of
resources held by members of the community. Equipment and software has
been ordered that will be used to make
digital copies of photographs, photographic negatives, microfilm and microfiche. Storage for electronic copies
is being explored and plans are underway for a University of Louisiana at
Monroe presence on the Louisiana
Digital Library. The first collection to
be digitized is the Griffin Flood Collection. This collection contains over 300
images taken by Durwood Griffin during the 1932 Ouachita River Flood.
These photographs provide first hand
glimpses of rising
water around homes
and businesses, aerial photos of
Ouachita parish,
photographs of Red
Cross workers, men
patrolling the levees
and filling sandbags,
and of workers lining
up for meals and for
pay at the Ouachita
Parish Courthouse,
motor vehicles,
trains ,and horse drawn wagons. Outreach is being planned that will include
site visits to libraries and museums in
the area.
University Archives
University Archives include print copies of materials published by the University of Louisiana at Monroe. The most widely used
of the archives include Chacahoula yearbooks, the Pow Wow and Hawkeye newspapers and undergraduate and graduate catalogs.
The above caption was taken from the first Pow Wow and is dated December 15, 1931.
Manuscripts Collections
Manuscript Collections include print originals, copies, photographs, microfilm, microfiche and published materials. The
collection contains political papers, diaries, journals, ledgers,
letters, photographs and books.
While processing books from the Passman Political Papers
Collection, a business card signed Jack Kennedy was found.
The image was scanned so that it could be shared.
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