Tulane University Special Collections Exhibition Opening Reception
Tulane University Special Collections announces a new exhibition:
My Favorite Things: Selections by Tulane University Special Collections Staff
March 13, 2025 – June 13, 2025
“What is your favorite item in the collection?” It’s a question every archivist, curator, and librarian has heard countless times—from colleagues, researchers, and visitors alike. For many of us, selecting just one object feels impossible. With thousands of documents, artifacts, and books under our care, each holding its own unique historical significance, how do we choose?
For the exhibition My Favorite Things: Selections by Tulane University Special Collections Staff we invited Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) staff to embrace this challenge. Each participant selected up to five objects that hold personal significance—items that captivate them, that they return to time and again, whether for the item’s historical importance, the stories they tell, or the sheer joy they inspire.
Featuring materials from TUSC’s archival, printed, and audiovisual collections, this exhibition reflects our individual and collective passions. Through these selections, we hope to spark curiosity, nostalgia, and a deeper connection to the past. We invite you to explore these treasured pieces and discover the stories behind our favorite things; including Special Collections’ very first donation of a letter from Thomas Jefferson to M. duPlantier concerning draining land near New Orleans owned by the Marquis de Lafayette, jazz musician Danny Barker’s grocery list, an 1836 watercolor panoramic view of New Orleans, and Paul Tulane’s Act of Donation (and the pen used to sign it).
Curated by Agnieszka Czeblakow and Kevin Williams, My Favorite Things: Selections by Tulane University Special Collections Staff opens March 13, 2025 and runs through June 13, 2025 at the Tulane University Special Collections 2nd Floor Gallery, 6801 Freret Street, Joseph Merrick Jones Hall, on Tulane University’s Uptown campus. Hours are 10am–4pm Monday-Friday. Admission is free and open to the public.
Opening reception March 13, 5:00pm – 7:00pm. Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
For more information contact:
Kevin Williams, Coordinator for Exhibits & Outreach,
Tulane University Special Collections
(504) 247-1836
