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IllustratIoN credIts Nearly all illustrations not credited below are out-of-copyright or are otherwise in the public domain—e.g., those from newspapers or ephemeral publications of the 1920s. I have used a few that may be protected by copyright without permission when I was unable to locate the possible rightsholders . Anyone who knows that a copyright has been violated should get in touch with me. page credit 2 Courtesy of the Brodsky Collection, Center for Faulkner Studies, Southeast Missouri State University. 15 (top) Courtesy of the William Faulkner Archives, Rowan Oak, Oxford, Mississippi (bottom) THNOC, accession number 1970.22.1.6. 16 Vertical Files, “Arts. Artists. Spratling, William P.,” LaRC. 19 Courtesy of the Brodsky Collection, Center for Faulkner Studies, Southeast Missouri State University. 23 Jacket cover by Lou Glanzman copyright © 1953 by Dell, a division of Random House, Inc., from Mosquitoes by William Faulkner. Used by permission of Dell Publishing, a division of Random House, Inc. 32 (bottom) Courtesy of the Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University . 35 Courtesy of Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carré. 37 THNOC, accession number 2009.0103.1. Gift of Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carré. 38 THNOC, T110727.766.1, Le Petit Theatre Program, 1927, “A La Creole.” 46 THNOC, accession number 1958.85.145. Gift of Mr. Boyd Cruise. 48 (bottom) THNOC, MSS 247, F. 68. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John McCrady and Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Kelleher. 323 324 | Illustration Credits 50 THNOC, MSS 247, F. 438. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John McCrady and Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Kelleher. 52 Courtesy of CHRC. 54 From Genevieve Munson Trimble, “Le Petit Salon 1924–1974: A History,” in Vertical Files, “Organizations. Le Petit Salon,” LaRC. Used courtesy of Le Petit Salon. 57 From Arts and Crafts Club brochure, in Vertical Files, “Arts. Societies. Arts and Crafts Club,” LaRC. 58 Courtesy of Lorraine Fletez-Brant. 61 Courtesy of CHRC. 62 THNOC, accession number 1959.156.12. 63 (right) André, oil painting, Caroline W. Durieux, 1933. Courtesy of the Collections of the Louisiana State Museum. 64 Conrad Albrizio (Am. 1894–1973), Jordan, 1935–1937, oil on panel. Collection of the Louisiana Art and Science Museum, Baton Rouge. Used by permission . 70 University Archives, Special Collections, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University. 73 Detail from “[Unloading bananas, New Orleans, Louisiana],” 1900–1910. Photograph, Washington, D.C., Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/det.4a17030 (accessed October 24, 2011). 80 Photograph by Eugene Delcroix. Collection of the author. 82 John W. Scott collection, LaRC. 83 (right) Vertical Files, “Organizations. Junior League of New Orleans. Junior League Review,” LaRC. 87 (right) Detail from Frances Benjamin Johnston, photographer, “1301 Royal St., New Orleans, Orleans County, Louisiana,” 1937–1938. Photograph, Washington , D.C., Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/csas.01329 (accessed 24 October 2011). 89 Vertical Files, “Arts. Galleries. Green Shutter,” LaRC. 100 Lyle Saxon collection, M4, box 14, folder 2, LaRC. 101 THNOC, accession number 1977.312. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Labouisse. 105 Flora Field collection, Vorhoff Library and Newcomb Archives, Newcomb College Center for Research on Women, Newcomb College Institute of Tulane University. 108 (right) THNOC, accession number 1978.122.7. 113 (right) Courtesy of the University of North Carolina General Alumni Association . page credit Illustration Credits | 325 116 (right) Courtesy of the Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University . 118 Courtesy of Dex One Corporation. © 1933 RHD Co. 119 (right) THNOC, accession number 1995.103.1. Gift of Mrs. Laura Simon Nelson . 121 Courtesy of the Edith Garland Dupré Library, University of Louisiana at Lafayette . 126 (left) John W. Scott collection, LaRC. (center) “Pops” Whitesell collection, LaRC. (right) “Pops” Whitesell collection, LaRC. 127 Vertical Files, “Arts. Artists. Spratling, William P.,” LaRC. 131 Courtesy of the Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University. 134 (right) Samuel Louis Gilmore Jr. collection, M695, box 1, folder 14, LaRC. 142 (right) Courtesy of Milton G. Scheuermann Jr. 145 (right) Courtesy of Lorraine Fletez-Brant. 147 Courtesy of Lorraine Fletez-Brant. 148 (right) “Pops” Whitesell collection, LaRC. 151 (right) THNOC, accession number 1979.179.1. 152 THNOC, accession number 1993.71.75. Gift of Mrs. Edmund B. Richardson. 153 Courtesy of State Library of Louisiana. 155 (right) “Pops” Whitesell collection, LaRC. 158 (right) Roark Bradford collection, M20, box 1, folder 3, LaRC. 159 Lyle Saxon collection, M4, box 1, folder 6...

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