Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: ULM

  • Selecting the Site of Ouachita Junior College

    Back in 1930, the Ouachita Parish School Board and Police Jury decided to bring higher education to the Parish. The first problem, was selecting a site. A July 18, 1930…

  • The First Gulf War

    I just wanted to share my perspective as a teenage college student at NLU when the First Gulf War broke out. Watching the coverage this past weekend of the strike…

  • Olin Hall

    In late 1966, a large, 11 story dormitory for men was built at Northeast Louisiana State College. The contracted builder was Jesse Heard and Sons. The $2.8 million dorm was…

  • A 1994 Interview with Dr. George Brian

    Dr. Brian was an integral part of the area theatre scene. He taught theatre at NLU for many years. This is an interesting interview with him about his life and…

  • Northeast Louisiana State College – Circa 1968

    I am guessing this aerial shot of the college was taken in the late 60’s since the back mentions being an “…Entertainment center of the Gulf Southwest.” That gives me…

  • The First African-American That Tried to Integrate ULM

    The first African-Americans to integrate ULM were Sarah McCoy (Abakwue) and Bobby Saucier in 1964, and the first to graduate was Donald Wayne Smith in 1967, but did you know…

  • ULM Photo Archives

    One of the ULM Library’s projects is the digitization of their photos in their collection. As they are done, they are available at this website: https://repository.ulm.edu/apc/ There are photos from…

  • The Pow Wow Online

    How many of you former NLU/ULM students remember the student newspaper called the Pow Wow? Did you ever want to go back and read some of the articles? Maybe you…

  • Coursework at Ouachita Parish Junior College 1931-32

    This little rare gem from the library’s collection shows what courses you could take at the brand new college that had just opened! https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-orv%3A110 ULM now offers hundreds of classes…

  • Northeast Louisiana State College Postcard

    I had never seen this postcard before! These buildings are all still there.