Louisiana State University - Paperback

by Barry Cowan (Author)

Louisiana State University began in 1860 as a small, all-male military school near Pineville. The institution survived the Civil War, Reconstruction politics, and budgetary difficulties to become a nationally and internationally recognized leader in resea

Author Biography

Author Barry Cowan selected images from the LSU Archives and the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections in the LSU Libraries' Special Collections at Hill Memorial Library. Cowan is the assistant archivist in the LSU Archives and is the coauthor of Historic Photos of LSU Football. He has also contributed articles to the New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture and KnowLA: Encyclopedia of Louisiana History, Culture, and Community and writes a column in LSU Alumni Magazine.