Louisiana Historical Society

Not to be confused with Louisiana Historical Association.

Louisiana Historical Society, established in 1835, is a historical society in Louisiana charged with documentation and protection of colonial records.[1] According to its website, it is the oldest historical organization in the state.

The society has a long history of publishings, including the Louisiana Historical Quarterly.[2][3] Physical items from their collection are frequently displayed at The Cabildo, whose preservation the Society was involved with.[4][5] Among the items in their collection are a souvenir program marking the centennial of the Louisiana Purchase, a Napoleon death mask made by his personal physician Francesco Antommarchi,[4] and items related to the centennial of steam service on the Mississippi River.[6][7]

Alcée Fortier served as the society's president from 1894 to 1912.[8][9]

  1. ^ "» About the Louisiana Historical Society Louisiana Historical Society". Archived from the original on 2022-03-03. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  2. ^ "Louisiana Historical Society | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu. Archived from the original on 2022-03-11. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  3. ^ "The Louisiana historical quarterly". The Louisiana Historical Quarterly. March 11, 1917. OCLC 1782268. Archived from the original on March 7, 2022. Retrieved March 7, 2022 – via Open WorldCat.
  4. ^ a b Pontchartrain, Blake (2020-10-26). "How the Cabildo ended up with a Napoleon Bonaparte death mask". Archived from the original on 2022-03-10. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  5. ^ Scott, Mike (2020-11-24). "Popular protests back in 1895 saved the Cabildo and Presbytere from the wrecking ball". nola.com. Archived from the original on 2021-01-19. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  6. ^ Louisiana Historical Society; Augustin, James M. (c. 1903). "Official souvenir programme of the transfer of Louisiana from France to the United States. Commemoration by the Louisiana Historical Society at New Orleans, La., December 18th, 19th and 20th, 1903. Historical and statistical data of Louisiana and New Orleans". Picayune Job Print. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  7. ^ Louisiana Historical Society (1911). "One hundredth anniversary of steam navigation on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Receprion to the steamboat "New Orleans" and entertainment of its passengers and officers". Archived from the original on 2022-03-10. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  8. ^ Society, Louisiana Historical (March 11, 1895). "Publications of the Louisiana Historical Society". Louisiana Historical Society. Archived from the original on August 4, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2022 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "Alcée Fortier Collection: Louisiana State Museum Record Group 65: Scope and Content" (PDF). Louisiana State Museum.