Topic Guide to Louisiana State University
The information and links below include search tips and a selection of articles covering this topic in the digitized Louisiana newspapers. The dates and suggested search terms can help to further explore this topic on Chronicling America. For the most search results, try the search terms in different combinations, in proximity, and as phrases.
Significant Dates
1853 - Seminary of Learning of the State of Louisiana is established with legislation for a state institution of higher education
1860 - Seminary opens at Pineville with Col. W. T. Sherman as superintendent, name changes to Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy
1861 - Louisiana secedes from Union, and students and faculty (including Col. W.T. Sherman) resign in order enlist as soldiers; Seminary closes June 31
1862 - Seminary reopens
1863 - Seminary closes after invasion of Red River Valley
1865 - Civil War ends and Seminary reopens with David F. Boyd as superintendent
1869 - Fire burns Pineville campus, prompting move to Baton Rouge where the Seminary is re-established at the Louisiana School for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind
1870 - Seminary is renamed The Louisiana State University
1874 - Louisiana State Agricultural & Mechanical College is established in New Orleans
1876 - Louisiana State University merges with Louisiana Agricultural and Mechanical College
1877 - Louisiana State University and A&M College becomes a land-grant institution
1884 - William Carter Stubbs hired as director of the Sugar Experiment Station in Kenner
1886 - LSU campus moves to the federal garrison grounds in Baton Rouge
1893 - LSU plays first football game, losing 34-0 to Tulane
1897 - Audubon Sugar School becomes integrated into an LSU degree program requiring two years in Baton Rouge, and two years at New Orleans
1904 - Olivia Davis becomes LSU’s first female student, graduating in 1905
1906 - Seventeen women enroll as freshmen; Law school opens
1918 - Gartness Plantation is purchased by a group of LSU affiliates, later becomes site of present day campus
Suggested Search Terms
louisiana state university, l.s.u., louisiana seminary of learning, louisiana seminary of learning and mechanical college, louisiana state university and a&m, D.F. Boyd
Sample Articles
- “Title VII Public Education” New Orleans Daily Crescent, August 12, 1852, Image 1
- “The Louisiana State Seminary” Sugar Planter, November 19, 1859, Image 2
- “State Seminary of Learning” New Orleans Daily Crescent, June 16, 1859, Image 4
- “Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy” New Orleans Daily Crescent, March 30, 1866, Image 2
- “Closing Exercises at the State Seminary” The Louisiana Democrat, July 07, 1869, Image 2
- “The Destruction of the State Seminary” The Ouachita Telegraph, October 30, 1869, Image 1
- “The State Seminary” The Louisiana Democrat, May 25, 1870, Image 2
- “Louisiana State University” The Louisiana Democrat, November 02, 1870, Image 3
- “Laws of the State of Louisiana” New Orleans Daily Democrat, June 01, 1877, Image 6
- “Concerning a Public University” The New Orleans Daily Democrat, July 26, 1879, Image 13
- "Louisiana State University Agricultural and Mechanical College"The Opelousas Courier, August 07,1897, Image 1
- “Louisiana State University” The Southern Sentinel, September 14, 1903, Image 4
- “Farmers at College” The Donaldsonville Chief, December 17, 1910 Image 1
- “The Summer School is a Disctinctive Feature at L.S.U.” The Era-Leader, September 07, 1911, Image 10
- "How L.S.U. Teaches 'Practical Things'"The Comrade, September 8, 1911, Image 2
- "Positions for Graduates"The Madison Journal, June 14, 1913, Image 1
- “Variety of Subjects on Program”The True Democrat, December 26, 1914, Image 1
- “Good Drainage is Important Factor in Crop Production” The Donaldsonville Chief, March 03, 1917, Image 4
- “University Session Opens”The Era-Leader, August 17, 1917, Image 2
- “Louisiana Club Members Learn New Lesson”Tensas Gazetter, October 26, 1917, Image 6
- “Co-eds Part at the Louisiana State University” Woman's Enterprise, November 18, 1921, Image 18
- “Choosing a Profession” Woman's Enterprise, June 01, 1922, Image 12