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The Curse Of Lagniappe: Stamping Out A Quaint Custom Of Extortion, Michael Mizell-Nelson Dec 2012

The Curse Of Lagniappe: Stamping Out A Quaint Custom Of Extortion, Michael Mizell-Nelson

Michael Mizell-Nelson

No abstract provided.


New Orleans Historical, Michael Mizell-Nelson Feb 2012

New Orleans Historical, Michael Mizell-Nelson

Michael Mizell-Nelson

New Orleans Historical is a web and mobile platform for telling stories about New Orleans and the surrounding area. A project of the History Department of the University of New Orleans and the Communication Department of Tulane University, New Orleans Historical is a free app available on your Android or iPhone smart phone or tablet as well as on the web.


Streetcar Stories Dvd, Michael Mizell-Nelson Dec 2011

Streetcar Stories Dvd, Michael Mizell-Nelson

Michael Mizell-Nelson

This broadcast documentary explores the cultural history of New Orleans streetcars and the US streetcar industry. Having premiered in 1995 to commemorate the 160th anniversary of New Orleans’ St. Charles Avenue streetcar, Streetcar Stories looks beneath the nostalgic veneer of New Orleans’ “moving monuments” to reveal a dynamic series of stories about the past through the experiences of the men and women who worked on the city’s street railway system from the 1910s-1970s. Interviews recorded in the early 1990s afford insight into the world of conductors and “conductorettes,” motormen and “motorettes” as well as the passengers during some of the …


You Say Poor Boy, I Say Po-Boy: New Orleans’ Culinary And Labor History Sandwiched Together, Michael Mizell-Nelson Dec 2010

You Say Poor Boy, I Say Po-Boy: New Orleans’ Culinary And Labor History Sandwiched Together, Michael Mizell-Nelson

Michael Mizell-Nelson

No abstract provided.


New Orleans Research Collaborative, Michael Mizell-Nelson Dec 2008

New Orleans Research Collaborative, Michael Mizell-Nelson

Michael Mizell-Nelson

Founding Board Member and Developer, Creating online, interdisciplinary bibliographies for a wide range of New Orleans-related subjects, including: Music, Race, Tourism, Culinary, Urban Studies, and Labor. Partnered with Emory University’s History Department and Library.


French Bread, Michael Mizell-Nelson Dec 2008

French Bread, Michael Mizell-Nelson

Michael Mizell-Nelson

No abstract provided.


Not Since The 1930s: The Documentary Impulse Post-Katrina, Michael Mizell-Nelson Dec 2008

Not Since The 1930s: The Documentary Impulse Post-Katrina, Michael Mizell-Nelson

Michael Mizell-Nelson

No abstract provided.


Batista-Era Havana On The Bayou, Michael Mizell-Nelson May 2008

Batista-Era Havana On The Bayou, Michael Mizell-Nelson

Michael Mizell-Nelson

Review Essay: Kent B. Germany. New Orleans After the Promises: Poverty, Citizenship, and the Search for the Great Society. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 2007. J. Mark Souther. New Orleans on Parade: Tourism and the Transformation of the Crescent City. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2006. Anthony J. Stanonis. Creating the Big Easy: New Orleans and the Emergence of Modern Tourism, 1918–1945. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 2006.


Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, Michael Mizell-Nelson Oct 2005

Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, Michael Mizell-Nelson

Michael Mizell-Nelson

co-Principal Investigator: The Hurricane Digital Memory Bank uses electronic media to collect, preserve, and present the stories and digital record of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Partnered with George Mason University’s Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. Funded by two grants from the Sloan Foundation. 30,000+ individual image, text, audio, and video files submitted to date, 2005-present.


Selected Short Video Documentaries, Michael Mizell-Nelson Dec 2004

Selected Short Video Documentaries, Michael Mizell-Nelson

Michael Mizell-Nelson

Selected short broadcast video documentaries produced in association with PBS affiliate WYES-TV12 stream from the New Orleans Historical youtube channel.


Treated As Lepers: The Patient-Led Reform Movement At The National Leprosarium, 1931-1946, Michael Mizell-Nelson Dec 2002

Treated As Lepers: The Patient-Led Reform Movement At The National Leprosarium, 1931-1946, Michael Mizell-Nelson

Michael Mizell-Nelson

No abstract provided.