News release Public Information Office   SLU 10880   Hammond, LA 70402   phone: 985-549-2341   fax: 985-549-2061 publicinfo@selu.edu     www.selu.edu/news Contact: Christina Chapple Date: 7/11/03 ARCHIVIST TO SPEAK ON LOUISIANA FLATBOATS AT MARITIME MUSEUM       HAMMOND -- Archivist and author Sally Reeves will examine the lives of the men who operated Louisiana flatboats in a guest lecture at the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum in Madisonville on Wednesday, July 16.       The public is invited to the free 7 p.m. lecture, a special feature of the museum’s quarterly general membership meeting, said Roy Blackwood, coordinator of Southeastern Louisiana University Education Initiatives at the museum.       Since 1988, Reeves has been archivist of the New Orleans Notarial Archives, which  currently is conserving its French and Spanish colonial records through a “Save America’s Treasures” grant from the Department of Interior.       A graduate of Tulane University and the University of New Orleans, Reeves is co-author of several volumes in the prize-winning “New Orleans Architecture” series, “Grand Isle of the Gulf–An Early History,” “Historic City Park: New Orleans,” “Legacy of a Century: Academy of the Sacred Heart in New Orleans” and several journal articles on New Orleans notarial records.       She also contributed an article to the award-winning “Adrien Persac: Louisiana Painter” published by LSU Press, and translated a French gardening manual published in New Orleans in 1938. She currently is working on a book on the contributions of free persons of color to New Orleans architecture.       The New Orleans native serves on the board of the Southern Garden History Society and is an avid gardener, historic preservationist and amateur astronomer.       For additional information about the lecture, contact Blackwood at 985-549-2662 or cblackwood@selu.edu. Return to News Releases