For the thirteenth annual Bill Russell lecture, Bruce Boyd Raeburn, Curator at the Tulane University’s Hogan Jazz Archive and drummer, presents Reflections of Bechet, A New Orleans Jazz Original: The Man and the Music. Recorded in 2012.

For the thirteenth annual Bill Russell lecture, Bruce Boyd Raeburn, Curator at the Tulane University’s Hogan Jazz Archive and drummer, presents Reflections of Bechet, A New Orleans Jazz Original: The Man and the Music. Recorded in 2012.

For the fourth annual Bill Russell lecture, Butch Thompson, Jazz pianist and clarinetist, presents Old New Orleans Blues: Bill Russell and “Fess” Manetta. Recorded in 2003.

For the third annual Bill Russell lecture, James Dapogny, performer and Professor Emeritus of Music Theory at University of Michigan, presents Jelly Roll Morton’s Piano Music: The Known and Unknown. Recorded in 2002.

For the second annual Bill Russell lecture, Barry Martyn,a drummer, and Bruce Boyd Raeburn, Curator at Tulane’s Hogan Jazz Archive, present Drumming New Orleans Style. Recorded in 2001.

For the first annual Bill Russell lecture, Dr. Michael White, Professor of Spanish and African Music at Xavier University and historian of New Orleans jazz and performer, presents Millennial Reflections on the Impact of Jelly Roll Morton. Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941) was a jazz pianist and composer who was born and raised in New Orleans. Recorded in 2000.

Erin Greenwald historian and curator of the exhibition Pipe Dreams:Louisiana under the French Company of the Indies, 1717—1731 discuses colonization, John Law, the Mississippi Bubble and the dreams of a tobacco empire in French Louisiana.

Lawrence presents information on some of the visual treasures in the exhibition.

The exhibition Seeking the Unknown: Natural History Observations in Louisiana, 1698—1840 presents objects that provide a broad historical background for the study of Louisiana’s natural history—from taxidermied animals, specimens in jars, and pressed plants to lavishly illustrated folios.

Langlois discusses aspects of this scientific friendship between Charles-Alexandre Lesueur and Joseph Barabino, centered in New Orleans about 1830.

The exhibition Seeking the Unknown: Natural History Observations in Louisiana, 1698—1840 presents objects that provide a broad historical background for the study of Louisiana’s natural history—from taxidermied animals, specimens in jars, and pressed plants to lavishly illustrated folios.

The curators share some thoughts on Thomas Jefferson and science, including his connections to France and his official sponsorship of expeditions to gather information about Louisiana.

The exhibition Seeking the Unknown: Natural History Observations in Louisiana, 1698—1840 presents objects that provide a broad historical background for the study of Louisiana’s natural history—from taxidermied animals, specimens in jars, and pressed plants to lavishly illustrated folios.