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DONORS April-J u n e 2 0 0 4
ACQUISITIONS
George L. Anderson, Jr.
Anonymous
Dr. and Mrs. Charles N. Aprill
Pamela D. Arceneaux
Arkansas Historical Association
Azalea Club
Noelle B. Beatty
Steve Bellas
Jack Belsom
Sydney J. BesthofFIII
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Bonner, Jr.
Barbara V. Broadwell
Margie Schwegmann Brown
Ann Maylie Bruce
E. John Bullard
Judith Fos Burrus
Cahn Family Foundation
Mimi C. Calhoun
Mr. and Mrs. Winslow Chadwick
Leah Chase
Elizabeth E. Cherry
Mrs. William K. Christovich
Collins C. Diboll Private Foundation
Linda J. Condit
Florence Cordell-Reeh in memory of Pierre Francis Meisner Cordell-Reeh Florence Cordell-Reeh and Danica Cordell-Reeh in memory of John Gehl III Janice Batte Craven
DeGolyer Library and Special Collections Maurice Denuziere Roger Drake for bookplate program in memory of Alice Mailhes Drake Linda Epstein Faulkner House Books Lea Filson
Jane Pharr Gage in honor of Betty Pharr Moran, Katherine Pharr Gage, Jane Pharr Stewart, Mims Gage, Jr., and John O. Gage Lorraine Gendron Terry Gerstner
Larry T. Gonzales for bookplate program in memory of Dona Mathilde Trevino Dr. Abbye E. Gorin
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission Mary Louise Hammersmith Hermann-Grima/Gallier Historic Houses David Alexander Hickey Patricia A. Hooley
Huntington Museum of Art Susan Pankey Ives
Robert Brewster James
Andrew Jardine
Kleinpeter Farms Dairy, Inc.
Charlotte Knipmeyer Florence D. Landry
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Lawrence for bookplate program in memory of John W. Lawrence JaneJ. LeBlanc M. Theresa LeFevre Dr. and Mrs. William Leon Dr. Ernest A. Liner
Stanley D. Loula for bookplate program
in memory of Colonel Lester Hopper (retired) Ralph Madison John T. Magill
Richard and Cindy McCurdy for bookplate program in memory of Ruth Tolmas MC Media, LLC Rose Milling Monroe Marie A. Moore
Una M. Moore for bookplate program in memory of Warren K. Wirth, Sr.
Mossy Motors L.L.C.
New Orleans International Music Colloquium New Orleans Television Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Patrick Jill Pellew Photoassist Diane W. Plauche Christopher Porchc-West Mrs. F. W. Raggio, Jr., for bookplate program in memory of F. Warren Raggio, Jr., M.D. Scott Ratterree
David Rodrigue in honor of Joan Vicknair Rodrigue Rye Historical Society Helen L. Schneidau School of Design Elizabeth Lee Scott Joy Segura
Seismic Exchange, Inc.
Leatrice S. Siegel Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Smith Dr. Joseph A. Smith in memory of Dr. Darrlyn A. Smith Patty Lemee Smith in honor of Ethan Scott and in memory of Kinga Perzynska Southern Garden History Society SpaceSaver Corporation in honor of Shelby Russ Shirley V. Stakelum The Stewart Museum at the Fort,
He Sainte-Helene Irma Stiegler Kathlene Thomas Michael J. Thompson Fred W. Todd Anthony L. Troyani Susan Tucker
Union Station Kansas City University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Department of History & Geography Ursuline Convent Archives and Museum Nancy Best Van Deuren for bookplate program Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Lovejoy Charitable Foundation for bookplate program WDSU-TV John G. Weinmann Mrs. Jacob M. Weisler WLAE-TV Wurtele Foundation WWL-TV WYES-TV
The Historic New Orleans Collection encourages research in the Williams Research Center at 410 Chartres Street from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday (except holidays). Cataloged materials available to researchers include books, manuscripts, paintings, prints, drawings, maps, photographs, and artifacts about the history and culture of New Orleans, Louisiana, and the Gulf South. While acquisitions by purchase have been temporarily discontinued, The Collection is pleased to report the following notable donations. Though only selected gifts are mentioned here, the importance of all gifts cannot be overstated. Prospective donors of Louisiana materials are invited to contact the authors of the acquisitions columns.
Absinthe House, Bourbon Street, photograph by Edward Everett Carlton Gibbs, 1902 (2004.0118)
CURATORIAL
For the second quarter of 2004 (April-June), there were 31 curatorial donations, totaling 471 items.
?	Vernacular photographs, those made by non-professional photographers, are valuable resources for documenting time and place. Traveler Edward Everett Carlton Gibbs compiled an album of 34 of his photographs taken along the banks of the Mississippi River beginning in 1902. After receiving the album from Elizabeth E. Cherry, Huntingdon County (Pennsylvania)
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