Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy They are still currently on display in front of LSU's Military Science/Aerospace Studies Building. On October 15, 1869, the college's building was lost in a fire. On November 1, 1869, classes were resumed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In March 1870 the school's name was changed to Louisiana State University (l'Universite' de l'Etat de la Louisiane). Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy was the former name of the current university now known as Louisiana State University (LSU). The original legislation creating the Seminary of Learning of the State of Louisiana (l'Universite'
State Library of Louisiana was negatively affected by the Civil War due to decreased funds. The lack of funding lasted long after the war had ended and greatly impaired development of the collection. The library remained in New Orleans until 1904. After years of neglect, the library was closed in 1911. The Law Library Society, which later became the Louisiana Law Library, added what remained of the collection to its own. In 1920, the Louisiana Legislature created the Louisiana Library Commission, a forerunner of the State Library of Louisiana. In 1925, the Commission joined with the philanthropic Carnegie Corporation to create a network of