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Participate in the Bookplate Program
In 2010 more than 3,000 patrons utilized the resources at the Williams Research Center, including middle and high school students, university and graduate students, teachers and professors, independent scholars, and casual researchers. Books are among the valuable reference tools they consulted. The holdings of The Collection’s ever-expanding library range from rare publications such as Les Cenelles(\845), the first volume of African American poetry to be published in the United States, to recently published sources such as Bienville’s Dilemma: A Historical Geography of New Orleans by Richard Campanella.
Since 2004 The Collection’s Bookplate Program has supported the purchase of such books for the library. Participation in the Bookplate Program offers individuals the opportunity to provide vital resources while honoring a family member or loved one. Your donation of SI00 will be used to purchase a book, which will be marked with a commemorative bookplate. To participate, visit www.hnoc.org and click the Support Us link, or call the Office of Development, (504) 598-7109.
Membership Benefits
All members ofThe Collection enjoy
the following benefits for one full year:
•	Complimentary admission to all permanent tours and rotating exhibitions
•	Complimentary admission to the Concerts in the Courtyard series
•	A 10 percent discount at The Shop at The Collection
•	A subscription to The Historic New Orleans Collection Quarterly
•	Special invitations to events, trips, receptions, and exhibition previews
BECOME A MEMBER
Membership Levels
FOUNDER $35 Full membership benefits
MERIEULT SOCIETY $100 Full membership benefits plus:
•	a special gift
MAHALIA SOCIETY $250 Full membership benefits plus:
•	a special gift
•	private, guided tours (by appointment)
JACKSON SOCIETY $500 Full membership benefits plus:
•	a special gift
•	private, guided tours (by appointment)
•	free admission to all evening lectures
How to Join
LAUSSAT SOCIETY SI,000 Full membership benefits plus:
•	a special gift
•	private, guided tours (by appointment)
•	free admission to all evening lectures
•	invitation to annual gala evening
BIENVILLE CIRCLE $5,000 Full membership benefits plus:
•	a special gift
•	private, guided tours (by appointment)
•	free admission to all evening lectures
•	invitation to annual gala evening
•	lunch with the executive director
Join Online
www.hnoc.org
To become a member of The Historic New Orleans Collection, visit www.hnoc.org and click the Support Us link, or complete the form on the enclosed envelope and return it with your gift. Membership at each level carries benefits for the entire household (a single individual or couple and any children under age 18).
12 Volume XXVIII, Number 1 — Winter 2011