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St. Louis I and II Tombstone Collection: In the 1980s, The Historic New Orleans Collection and Save Our Cemeteries joined forces to collect the hundreds of fragmented tombstones scattered throughout St. Louis I and II Cemeteries. After extensive research to return as many pieces as possible to the correct tombs, the remainder of the tombstone were placed in storage. What follows is a database of inscriptions collected from these tablets that were unable to be returned to their tombs. If you find an ancestor here, contact Save Our Cemeteries at 504-525-3377 so the tombstone can be placed in your care. Many thanks to The Historic New Orleans Collection for their role in saving and documenting these important pieces of New Orleans history.
The
Division of Historic Preservation
- The Division of Historic Preservation encourages the
preservation of Louisiana's significant historic sites and buildings,
such as plantation homes, lighthouses, log cabins, battlefields and
cemeteries.
For more information, contact prc@prcno.org
or visit their website.
Preservation
Resource Center, The Preservation Resource Center is a private
non-profit organization that promotes the preservation of New Orleans
architecture and neighborhoods through a variety of
initiatives and programs. For more information, contact prc@prcno.org
or visit www.prcno.org.
www.SandraRussellClark.com
- Fine art photographer Sandra Russell Clark, a native
of New Orleans, has been published in Vogue, Mirabella, Traveler and
American Artists. Her original photographs can be found in private,
corporate and museum collections including the Museum of Fine Arts in
Houston, the New Orleans Museum of Art,Memphis Brooks Museum and the
Guild Hall Museum in East Hampton, New York. In 1997, L.S.U. Press published
Ms. Clark's collection of photographs "Elysium-A Gathering of Souls-New
Orleans Cemeteries". An exhibition of photographs from "Elysium"
is available for travel and is sponsored by Save Our Cemeteries, the
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, and Stewart Enterprises. For
more information contact sandra@sandrarussellclark.com.
Lafayette Cemetery No. I Tomb Search - Created by Fred
Hatfield, a Save Our Cemeteries member and volunteer tour
guide, has created this thoroughly researched website, which presents
"An Inventory and Cross-index to Plaques and Tombs" in Historic
New Orleans Cemetery Lafayette #1. Searches can be done for surnames,
dates of death, military reference or by lot sequence. This database
is also available for purchase on CD-ROM. For more information contact
hatfield@bellsouth.net or
visit his website.
Heather
Elizabeth Designs, creator of handmade New Orleans
photographic jewelry featuring images of tombs, angels, crosses
and historic
architecture.
Every pendant
is
bound with a 100 year old love letter written by the artist's great-grandparents
in Louisiana. For more information, please visit the website.
Tulane
University School of Architecture students present their
measured drawings of tombs in St. Louis Cemetery No. I (1789). The
drawings were completed in conjunction with a grant from the Louisiana
State Office of Historic Preservation and the project involves the participation
of The University of Pennsylvania, School of Architecture and Save Our
Cemeteries. Visit the website.
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St.
Louis Cemetery No. I Tomb Search -
is an amazing survey of St. Louis Cemetery No. I which includes an
image of each tomb. This site is sponsored by a grant form the National
Park
Service, Department of the Interior through the Louisiana Department
of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, Office of Cultural Development,
Division of Historic Preservation, Save Our Cemeteries, Inc., and the
Archdiocese of New Orleans under the direction of the University of
Pennsylvania and Tulane University. www.NOLADeadSpace.org
For
cemetery research, visit the Historic New Orleans Collection
Discover the Shops at Canal Place at the foot of Canal Street, near the Aquarium of the Americas. It's a quick walk from most downtown New Orleans hotels, the Central Business District and historic French Quarter.
Lake
Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemeteries
Louisiana
Life Magazine -
Louisiana's only statewide, four-color, glossy magazine whose
target audience is people who love Louisiana!
Chaux
Vive serves the need for professional preservation and conservation of
the built environment in New Orleans and beyond, with a respect for, and
utilization of, historic materials and techniques, combined with a 21st
century perspective and approach. For more information, contact inquiries@chauxvive.com or www.chauxvive.com.
The Howard-Tilton Memorial Library's Special Collections Division preserves the library's rare or unique holdings. As one of Louisiana's major cultural resources, Special Collections is Tulane University's greatest link with the research community and helps others benefit from the international cultural treasures they preserve.
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