Tulane University's
Louisiana Research Collection

Mary Elizabeth Sanders Family Memorabilia, 1862-1957 (Manuscripts Collection 275) is primarily about the political career of Mary's grandfather, Jared Young Sanders, governor of Louisiana from 1908 to 1912.  But Mary Sanders, like many or most individuals and families in Louisiana, preserved Carnival ephemera along with other personal mementos.  This will be found especially among the more influential citizens' papers, as they were often participants or royalty in the parades and balls, at some point in their lives. A rich source for research on New Orleans Carnival, the Louisiana Research Collection holds the massive physical  Carnival Collection, 1857-     (Manuscripts Collection 900), large selections of which have been digitized in the Louisiana Digital Library, and accessed freely online .    But additionally, LaRC's archival collections widely contain Carnival keepsakes from the nineteenth through twenty-first centuries.   Searching th...

LaRC’s Robert G. Polack Papers, 1764-1984 (Manuscripts Collection 231) contains personal papers of New Orleans lawyer, Robert Goodhart Polack (d. 1984), as well as Polack and Lemann families papers and his collection of genealogical and historical documents primarily relating to New Orleans.  This archival collection includes typed and handwritten correspondence, partially printed legal documents, certificates, telegrams, invitations, post cards, greeting cards, travel diaries, drawings, prints, maps, photographs, petitions, land grants, military papers, campaign items, newspaper clippings and other printed items. Much of the twentieth-century correspondence is between Robert "Bobby" Polack and his wife, Dorothy Prentiss Polack, including letters written by both. Caption: Collection 231, Box 1, Folder 12:  Valentine telegram sent by Bobby Polack to his future wife, Dorothy Prentiss.    The back of the paper is stamped: 1932 Feb 14  AM 12:58 "ONE ...