The Tulane Manuscripts Department

The Tulane Manuscripts Department makes a special effort to preserve the literary heritage of our region. Among its voluminous holdings of the papers of writers and the records of literary organizations are the following:

The illustration: John Kennedy Toole, author, Confederacy of Dunces, ca. 1945.

* Augustin, Wogan, Labranche Family Papers, 1803-1969 (bulk 1842-1936), 1 lin. ft., Manuscripts Collection 223. A collection of family papers, primarily of the Augustin family in Santiago, Cuba 1803-1809 and in New Orleans 1842-1923, with notes and papers of the Wogan family. A section is devoted to the writings of Louisiana author Jeanne Wogan Arguedas, who wrote Creole poems, stories and songs under the pen name, Anne Labranche.