LibGuides: History and Historical Research: Louisiana and Southern History

Reference Resourcs

A Dictionary of Louisiana biography by Conrad, Glenn R.
Call Number: CT237 .D53 1988 REF.
Publication Date: 1988

Most of the Louisiana titles can be found in both the reference department and the Cammie G. Henry Research Center. The Southern Titles are in the reference room only.

For journal articles, the same databases recommended in the United States History LibGuide will also provide Louisiana articles.

A Dictionary of Louisiana biography ten-year supplement 1988-1998 by Brasseaux, Carl A.
Call Number: CT237 .D53 1988 SUPPL. REF.
Publication Date: 1999.
Supplement to 1989 biographical resources.
A history of Louisiana by Fortier, Alcee,
Call Number: F369 .F74 REF.
Publication Date: 1904, c1903.
4 volume set
Bayou state periodical index by University of Southwestern Louisiana. Libraries.
Publication Date: 1985-
Online index to Louisiana topics including history. It may be accessed under Database Directory, Databases by Title or Under History
Bibliography of Louisiana parish history : a sourcebook for local history by Jordan, H. Glenn.
Call Number: F377 .A15 J67 1999 REF.
Publication Date: 1999
Biographical and historical memoirs of Louisiana;
Call Number: F369 .B62 REF
Publication Date: 1892
This two volume set is also available in the Cammie G. Henry Research Center
Charting Louisiana : five hundred years of maps by Lemmon, Alfred E.
Call Number: GA427 .C48 2003 REF.
Publication Date: 2003
Chronology and documentary handbook of the State of Louisiana by Vexler, Robert I.
Call Number: F369 .C47 REF.
Publication Date: 1978
Encyclopedia of forts, posts, named camps, and other military installations in Louisiana, 1700-1981 by Casey, Powell A.
Call Number: F367 .C37 1983 REF.
Publication Date: 1983
Encyclopedia of Southern culture by Wilson, Charles Reagan.
Call Number: F209 .E53 1989 REF
Publication Date: 1989
Encyclopedia of the antebellum South by Volo, James M.
Call Number: F213 .V65 2000 REF.
Publication Date: 2000
Historical atlas of Louisiana by Goins, Charles Robert.
Call Number: G1361 .S1 G6 1995 REF.
Publication Date: 1995
Also available as an EBook through NetLibrary
Historical dictionary of the Old South by Richter, William L
Call Number: F213 .R53 2006 REF
Publication Date: 2006
LOUISiana Digital Library
The LOUISiana Digital Library is an online depository of materials from many of Louisiana's libraries. Over 144,000 digital records can be accessed by Louisiana residents.
Louisiana history : an annotated bibliography by Jumonville, Florence M.
Call Number: F369 .J86 2002 REF.
Publication Date: 2002.
An annotated bibliography guides the user to other resources.
The American South; historical atlas by Morrison, Olin Dee.
Call Number: G1280 .M67 REF.
Publication Date: 1965
The encyclopedia of Louisiana
Call Number: F369 .E53 1999 REF.
Publication Date: 1999
The Encyclopedia of Southern history by Roller, David C.
Call Number: F207.7 .E52 REF.
Publication Date: c1979.
The Encyclopedia of the South by O'Brien, Robert,
Call Number: F207.7 .O27 1985 REF.
Publication Date: 1985
The historical encyclopedia of Louisiana by Davis, Ellis Arthur.
Call Number: F369 .D382 REF.
Publication Date: n.d.
The Louisiana Purchase : a historical and geographical encyclopedia by Rodriguez, Junius P.
Call Number: E333 .L69 2002 REF.
Publication Date: 2002