Letters from Longue Vue

Letters from Longue Vue serves as platform for current staff members to speak their minds. This content is not edited, and it does not necessarily reflect the stance of the institution as a whole.

I grew up an only child in small-town Ohio. One Saturday when I was 8…

Here at Longue Vue, we strive to be as environmentally friendly as possible. Plant-based food…

Federal marshals escorting 6-year-old Ruby Bridges into William J. Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans….

Edgar Stern (speaking at a Dillard graduation ceremony) helped to found both Dillard and its…

Gardener, Chris, with wagon of grapefruit. Harvested oranges in Walled Garden. Gardener, Mario, setting up…

Taken from the Main House stairs, this photo shows the lower hall in the 1950s….

The gardeners just spotted this newly-hatched baby eastern box turtle in the Discovery Garden!