Athénée Louisianais

Founding members were P. G. T. Beauregard, Oliver Carrière, Paul Fourchy, J. G. Hava, Auguste Jas, Sabin Martin, Alfred Mercier, Armand Mercier, Léona Queyrouze, and Charles Turpin.

[1] It published a magazine, Comptes-Rendus de l'Athénée Louisianais, and began an essay contest in 1878.

[2] It organized lectures by Eugène Brieux, Hughes Le Roux, Henri de Régnier, and Firmin Roz [fr], among others.

[2] Around 1913 the group operated from headquarters in the Hibernia Bank Building on Gravier Street.

[2] Records of Athénée Louisianais at The Historic New Orleans Collection