Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies
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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 pmÂ
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 pmÂ
Contact Us
Center for Southeast Louisiana StudiesÂ
Sims Memorial Library, Room 306Â
1211 SGA Drive
SLU Box 10730
Hammond, LA 70402
(985) 549-2151
selahistory​@southeastern.edu
Professor / Director
Samuel Hyde, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.