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Exhibition - Public Pathogens: Louisiana's Historical Struggle with Disease In-Person

The exhibition is organized into three sections that trace Louisiana’s encounters with disease across time. The first explores the response to Hansen’s disease and features the traveling exhibition, “Leprosy: The Separating Sickness” from the National Hansen’s Disease Museum in Carville, Louisiana. The second shares oral history interviews with staff from Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center about the institution’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. These interviews were conducted by the LSU Manship School of Mass Communication in partnership with the hospital and LSU Libraries’ T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History. The final section features historical materials from LSU Special Collections that range from the early nineteenth century through the 1970s.

Related LibGuide: Special Collections Exhibition Lagniappe by Leah Wood Jewett

Date:
Thursday, October 16, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
9:00am - 5:00pm
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Central Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
Hill Memorial Library
LSU Libraries:
Hill Memorial Library
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  Everyone     Faculty     Graduate Students     LSU Libraries Faculty & Staff     Public     Staff     Undergraduates  
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Leah Wood Jewett