From 1941 to 1943, and again from 1947 to 1972, Congressman Hale Boggs represented Louisiana's Second Congressional District. While most southern political leaders led the 'massive resistance' to the civil rights movement, Boggs traveled throughout the South urging whites and blacks to work together peaceably toward abolishing racial segregation and prejudices. He used his position as majority whip and later as majority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives to implement federal programs to achieve economic, political, and social equality in America. Unlike most southern white politicians, he cultivated an official political relationship with blacks, advocated advancements and improvements for all Americans, particularly blacks, and avoided race-baiting. As his career developed, he increasingly sided with the national Democratic party rather than the southern delegation; even, on a couple of occasions, supporting civil rights legislation This study utilizes Congressman Boggs' personal and congressional papers housed at Tulane University, newspapers, secondary works, and oral histories to detail Boggs' relationship with blacks and whites in his district, state, the Deep South, and the nation / acase@tulane.edu

The study of the small place can illuminate larger issues in colonial Latin American history. Studies of colonial and modern communities reveal the variety of social and economic structures found in Spanish America Atrisco was founded on a grant of land to Don Fernando Duran y Chavez. After Don Fernando's death, the grant was divided into communal and privately held lands. Water was reserved as common and the community controlled access to irrigation and pond water. Common lands were for pasturage and foraging. Privately held lands were defined by access to irrigation Residents of Atrisco participated in New Mexico's sheep trade and engaged in subsistence agriculture. Eventually, they expanded communal land holdings to the banks of the Rio Puerco. Geographic expansion represented economic expansion. Patterns of land holding, marriage, and economy indicate a society defined by economic class and caste identity. Land-owning 'Spaniards' dominated. Mixed-castes and Indians served as day laborers and artisans / acase@tulane.edu

This thesis reports the results of the study of two Egyptian mummies housed at Tulane University since 1852. Background information includes an inventory of the Egyptian collection, as well as the results of research into the mummies' origin. The bodies were subject to a noninvasive, nondestructive study protocol, based on direct observation, stereoscopic microscopy and radiographic procedures Mummy 1 (Nefer Atethu, assigned name) was a subadult female who died from complications of childbirth between 12 and 16 years of age. An expansive disarticulation of the pelvic skeleton (dislocation of the symphysis pubis and symmetrical diastases of the sacroiliac joints), in the absence of any other sign of disease, supports the diagnosis. Her form of intentional mummification and degree of preservation are characteristic of the 21st dynasty (Third Intermediate Period) Mummy 2 (Got Thothi Aunk) according to the 19th century Egyptologists' research, was 'Chief of the Artificers of the Abode of Ammon,' and died during the rule of Osorkon III (23rd dynasty, 989 BCE). The unrolling of this mummy in Boston (1850) was a pivotal event that resulted in the arrival of the bodies in New Orleans a year later. Got Thothi Aunk died between 40 and 50 years of age from unknown causes. His body shows signs of osteoarthrosis, osteoporosis and chronic periodontal disease. The embalming of this body corresponds to the 21st dynasty. Further studies are recommended, with an emphasis on the preservation of these valuable bodies / acase@tulane.edu

The leaves of the Kells manuscript retain an important place in the Wake, performing a vital role in the key given to the reader to unlock not only Joyce's work, but any text requiring the reader to consider the innumerable layers of significance present in the most accomplished forms of communication. The text by nature of its definition, being ineffable, cannot be expressed in any more reductive fashion than the complex design-motif which merely directs the reader toward the sacred, inclusive of its delineation here. What lies beneath the text, once the reader has traveled through the language and its form, resists the chosen medium with which Finnegans Wake and the Book of Kells require to communicate: yet, the sacred text, in either a spiritual or literary state of reverence, may only express the margins of meaning where the real significance remains profound and ineffable / acase@tulane.edu

Caroline Spelman Wogan Durieux's contribution to printmaking has long been overlooked. During her almost sixty year career which included studies at Newcomb College and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and working with Diego Rivera, she created over four hundred known works of art. More importantly, she developed a new printing technique, electron printing and refined a nineteenth century form of printmaking--cliche-verre. These works are not only technically innovative but powerful in their emotional and aesthetic impact. She was a highly intelligent and sensitive person who always brought meaning and emotion to her work. Her work was well received by such art critics as Anita Brenner, Jose Grostiza, Rene d'Harnoncourt and Carl Zigrosser--all of whom praised her satiric wit. She continued to exhibit nationally and internationally, but fewer people seemed interested in her work. In the art world where Abstract Expressionism and the figurative paintings of the New York School were all the rage, there was little room for Durieux's small prints no matter how innovative. She received many awards for her work, yet national critics no longer took notice. This thesis will chronicle her long and productive career, re-examine and provide a more comprehensive picture of her accomplishments / acase@tulane.edu

Jacques Nicolas Bussiere de Pouilly (1804-1875) was perhaps the best-trained and most imaginative architect practicing in mid-nineteenth century New Orleans. In addition to several notable buildings, his legacy includes a sketchbook now owned by the Historic New Orleans Collection. Within this design repository are 130 designs for funerary monuments dated between 1834 and 1874. This paper analyzes de Pouilly's drawings and remaining tombs and traces the influences which shaped his character as a designer De Pouilly left Paris for New Orleans in 1833, obviously having encountered the ideas of young rebels at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts whose rejection of academic Classicism opened French architecture to eclecticism, historical revivalism, and architectural coloration and eventually gave rise to the style known as Neo-Grec. De Pouilly was also inspired by the work of other French architects, as well as by monuments in the famous Parisian cemetery Pere La Chaise. (Abstract shortened with permission of author.) / acase@tulane.edu

In this thesis I examine the significance of Mexico's first saint, San Felipe de Jesus, relative to the nascent movement toward independent Mexican statehood, as revealed in a close analysis of the murals in the Cuernavaca cathedral in which he appears. I place the murals within their historical context relative to contemporaneous artistic examples, and present an analysis of the murals with special attention paid to three complex issues: their authorship, style and date. Furthermore, I explore the socio-political importance of the cult of Felipe de Jesus in the history of creole colonial Mexico, relative to the murals' date. The Cuernavaca martyr murals, I conclude, reveal the profound nature of the muralist's application of artistic style to his subject, and the importance of 'nuestro joven' San Felipe de Jesus underlying their production / acase@tulane.edu

The ways in which the Maya people of Yucatan, Mexico use the plants surrounding them has been a subject of interest to outsiders for at least several hundred years. Existing information on the subject is quite different from that of Central Mexico, especially in that plant illustrations from the colonial period are almost non-existent. Illustrations for the flora of Yucatan are still scarce. This thesis is the result of two research trips to Yucatan. My goal was to illustrate as many plants as possible, collect information on their uses along with voucher specimens, and present the information in a reference book format. The specimens were identified by Tulane Herbarium Assistant Curator Anne S. Bradburn. I compare my collection to those of Ralph Roys and Morris Steggerda / acase@tulane.edu

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