Center for Louisiana Studies

With over 100 titles currently in print, the Center is the largest publisher of exclusively Louisiana-related books in the world.

Begun in 1967, the Collection attempts to draw together available microfilmed copies of any and all primary source records focused on the discovery, exploration, settlement, and development of the Mississippi Valley between 1682 and 1803.

Together with the Library of Congress and the University of Memphis, the Center is one of only three repositories for the colonial documents of France in the United States.

Another important impetus for the founding of the Center was the creation of The University of Southwestern Louisiana History Series (U.S.L.

The Center received a significant boost with the publication of The Courthouses of Louisiana and The Cajuns: Essays on their History and Culture.