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Collections

Special Collections

In addition to those listed below, special collections include:

  • Faculty-authored works
  • Alumni-authored works
  • Materials related to the history of Baptists in Louisiana
  • Rare books of special interest published before 1865 with intricate or fragile binding

Robert MacGimsey Collection

The MacGimsey collection spans the years 1928 to 2002 and contains primarily audio recordings, printed music, and miscellaneous papers related to MacGimsey’s work as a performer, composer, and preservationist of Negro spirituals.

W. C. Beall Family Papers

The Beall Family Papers collection spans the years 1862 to 2017 and contains primarily biographical sketches of, newspaper clippings about, and correspondences of family members.