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Howard-Tilton Memorial Library


  • [The Howard-Tilton Memorial Library is the main library of Tulane University, in New Orleans, Louisiana, opened in March 1941.] As an academic and research library, it supports undergraduate and graduate programs in the humanities, social sciences, and science and engineering, as well as serving as a resource for researchers within and beyond Tulane. It was formed from the merger (agreed upon in 1938) of the Howard Memorial Library, Tulane's F.W. Tilton Memorial Library, and Tulane's Newcomb College Library. The Howard-Tilton Memorial Library moved into its current building location in 1968.
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    • Tulane University of Louisiana. Howard-Tilton Memorial Library
    • Tulane University Library
    • Tulane University. Howard-Tilton Memorial Library
    • Howard-Tilton Library
    • H-TML (Howard-Tilton Memorial Library)
  • Additional Information

    • Has Affiliation

        • Affiliation Address: 7001 Freret Street, Tulane University , New Orleans , Louisiana 70118
        • Affiliation Address:
        • City: New Orleans
        • State: Louisiana
        • Post Code: 70118
    • Descriptor

        Libraries
    • Associated Locale

        United States
    • Associated Language

        English
    • Field of Activity

      Education, Higher

      Research

      Learning and scholarship

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  • Earlier Established Forms

    • Tulane University of Louisiana. Howard-Tilton Memorial Library
  • Sources

    • found: Cullison, W.R. Architecture in Louisiana, 1983:CIP t.p. (Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA; Tulane University Library)
    • found: LC data base, 12/6/83(hdg.: Howard-Tilton Memorial Library) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Tulane University of Louisiana. Howard-Tilton Memorial Library)
    • found: Howard-Tilton Memorial Library website, Oct. 23, 2002(created by the merger in 1941 of the Howard Memorial Library, the F.W. Tilton Memorial Library and the Newcomb College Library)
    • found: Howard-Tilton Memorial Library website, 7 August 2015:main page (Howard-Tilton Memorial Library; Howard-Tilton; ARL [Association of Research Libraries] member; Tulane University; 7001 Freret Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70118) Blog: Howard-Tilton Memorial Library Build-Back and Hazard Mitigation Project (H-TML; the current building was constructed in 1968) - http://library.tulane.edu/
    • found: Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Louisiana Research Collection Archival guides, 17 August 2015:finding aid for 1850 George Stannard letter to F.W. Tilton (the Howard-Tilton Library)
    • found: Tulane University website, 7 August 2015:Libraries (Howard-Tilton Memorial Library; Tulane University's main library; supports the university's undergraduate and graduate programs in the humanities, social sciences, and science and engineering; also a major cultural resource for researchers and scholars; unique collections in areas such as Latin American studies, jazz, and New Orleans history)
    • found: The Times-picayune, April 29, 1938, viewed online 21 August 2015:Tulane-Howard library merger pact announced by two leaders, p. 1 (the Howard Memorial Library will be combined with the libraries of Tulane University and Newcomb College by October 1, 1940; agreement between the heirs and family of the late Miss Annie T. Howard, the trustees of the Howard Memorial Library Association, and the board of trustees of the Tulane Educational Fund)
    • found: Dyer, John P. Tulane, 1966:p. 109 (in 1901, a new library building was under construction as a result of gifts in 1900 and 1906 totaling $77,500 by Mrs. Frederick W. Tilton, who wished to perpetuate the memory of her deceased husband) p. 130 (Tilton Memorial Library) p. 145 (reference library, the privately endowed Howard Memorial, on Howard Avenue near Lee Circle [in New Orleans], opened in 1889; built and endowed by Mrs. Annie Howard Parrott in memory of her father, Charles T. Howard) p. 259-260 (in 1938, the decision was made to consolidate the Newcomb College and Tilton libraries, and the Board of Trustees of the Howard Memorial Library agreed to merge this reference library with that of Tulane; in 1939, construction of the present building was begun; in January and February 1941, the Newcomb, Tilton, and Howard libraries were moved into the new building, and in March 1941, the consolidated libraries were opened)
  • General Notes

    • [The Howard-Tilton Memorial Library is the main library of Tulane University, in New Orleans, Louisiana, opened in March 1941.] As an academic and research library, it supports undergraduate and graduate programs in the humanities, social sciences, and science and engineering, as well as serving as a resource for researchers within and beyond Tulane. It was formed from the merger (agreed upon in 1938) of the Howard Memorial Library, Tulane's F.W. Tilton Memorial Library, and Tulane's Newcomb College Library. The Howard-Tilton Memorial Library moved into its current building location in 1968.
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  • Change Notes

    • 1984-03-14: new
    • 2015-08-26: revised
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