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 The Twilight of Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign (1798-1801): Scenes from the Description de l'Égypte A student-curated exhibition researched and prepared by the participants of Professor Darius Spieth's Spring 2004 art history seminar on Colonialism, taught in LSU's School of Art. The Louisiana Purchase: A Heritage Explored The Louisiana Purchase in 1803 stands as the most significant event in the westward expansion of the United States and as an experiment to incorporate a substantially different culture. This LSU Libraries' Special Collections digital project emphasizes the diverse history of that pivotal event. A Grown Man Does That and Gets Paid for It An online/audio exhibition illustrating the life and career of LSU Professor Emeritus William Haag, based on the 2002 Haag Symposium presentation by T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History Assistant Director, Jennifer Abraham and Graduate Assistant Dominica Ramirez. AN EYE OF SILVER: The Life and Times of Andrew D. Lytle Presents an expanded digital version of the physical exhibition held in Hill Memorial Library, 12 June through 01 September, 2000. Published on the Web, February 2003, this digital exhibition includes copies of photographs created by Andrew David Lytle and other materials related to his life and times in Baton Rouge. Beyond FaceValue: Depictions of Slavery in Confederate Currency An online exhibition sponsored by the United States Civil War Center. Blue and Gray for Boys and Girls Selections from the Michael Lehman Williamson Collection of Civil War Books for Young People, an online exhibition of recent Civil War Center display at Hill Memorial Library. British Voices From South Asia Based on the 1996 exhibition at Hill Memorial Library, this online version features material from a series of taped interviews (by Professors Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan of the LSU English Department) with British citizens who lived and worked in India before that country's Independence in 1947.
Based on an exhibition held from August 20 through November 3, 2001 in Hill Memorial Library. The exhibition was a joint project of the Center for French and Francophone Studies and the LSU Libraries' Special Collections. This online exhibition was made possible by funding from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. From Red Stick To River Capital: Three Centuries of Baton Rouge History Based on an exhibition held in Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University, March 8 – July 2, 1999, commemorating the tricentennial of the first visit of French explorer Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville to the ceremonial "red stick" used as a boundary marker by Native Americans near the present location of Baton Rouge. This online exhibition features a sampling of manuscript materials and photographs recently acquired by LSU Libraries Special Collections relating to Natchez, Mississippi and the surrounding area. Based on an exhibition in Hill Memorial Library from October 1995 through February 1996. The Baton Rouge Bus Boycott of 1953...a Recaptured Past An online/audio exhibition sponsored by the T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History. 
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