Re: [ARSCLIST] Any feedback on the status of Hogan Archive at Tulane University (in New Orleans)

[Parker Dinkins <parker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm glad the newspaper is wrong; it was always on the third floor in that
building when I was there.



on 9/19/05 8:11 AM US/Central, Matthew Snyder at msnyder@xxxxxxxx wrote:

>> There is a report on page B-1 of today's Times-Picayune that
>> "Much of Tulane's Uptown campus was flooded after Hurricane Katrina,
>> including the basement of Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, where a jazz music
>> archive is stored."
> 
>> If this is true, then this collection was moved recently to the basement,
>> and this would be a very bad situation.
> 
>> I hope this report is not correct.
> 
> It is, and is not. It is possible the basement was flooded, but Bruce Boyd
> Raeburn, who at last report was still in Oakland, has reported that the
> Hogan Archive is housed on the third floor of the building. So long as the
> roof and windows were not damaged, the main worry is lack of power for air
> conditioning and ventilation. But he won't know for sure until he can
> return to N.O.

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