Selected Talks from the Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Conference: A Joint Project of the Historic New Orleans Collection and the Louisiana Historica

This DVD package captures the 2003 Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Conference held in New Orleans. Filled with stimulating presentations, this production is a valuable addition to historians' collections. Featured highlights include Joseph Ellis's keynote address, "Jefferson and the Purchase"; John R. Hébert's reflections on The Collection's Charting Louisiana: Five Hundred Years of Maps; Peter H. Wood on "African Americans in the Purchase Territory"; Light T. Cummins on "Spanish- and English-Speaking Peoples in Louisiana before the Purchase"; closing remarks by John Boles; and selections from the conference's concert, "A Tribute to Louisiana's Musical Heritage."