Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies

Announcement

The Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies will be closed September 19, 2025 for the Teachers Symposium.

Mission

The Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies preserves and promotes the history and the cultures of Louisiana’s Florida Parishes, southwestern Mississippi, and surrounding areas as an archival depository and through scholarly research, lectures, conferences, film work, and publishing.

Hours of Operation

Spring Semester Hours

Monday – Thursday: 8 am – 5 pm
Friday: 8 am – 12 pm 

Closed for Spring Break

Intersession Hours
Monday – Thursday: 9 am – 1 pm
Friday: Closed

Open: May 19 – 29
Closed: Memorial Day (May 26)

Summer Semester Hours
Monday – Thursday: 8 am – 5 pm
Friday: Closed

Beginning: June 2
Closed: Memorial Day, Juneteenth, and Independence Day (July 7)

Fall Semester Hours
Monday – Thursday: 8 am – 5 pm
Friday: 8 am – 12 pm 

Contact Us

Location

Campus Address

Linus Sims Memorial Library, Room 306
SLU Box 10730
Hammond, LA 70402

Street Address

1211 SGA Dr
Hammond, LA 70402

Phone

(985) 549-2151

Email

selahistory​@southeastern.edu

Director

Professor / Director
Samuel Hyde, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.