The New Orleans Bee Explained

The New Orleans Bee French: L’Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orléans
Type:	Daily newspaper
Format:	Broadsheet
Language:	French, English, Spanish
Headquarters:	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

The New Orleans Bee^[1] (French: '''L’Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orléans'''^[2]) was an American broadsheet newspaper in New Orleans, Louisiana, founded on September 1, 1827, by François Delaup and originally located at 94 St. Peter Street, between Royal and Bourbon.^[3] The newspaper ceased publication on December 27, 1923.

Publication

Initially published three times a week in French, an English-language section was added on November 24, 1827,^[4] and in this form it was the most successful of New Orleans daily newspapers in the middle of the nineteenth century.^[5] The English section was abandoned in 1872 because of increased competition from English-language newspapers^[6] but later restored. A Spanish-language section (Abeja) was published in 1829–1830.^[7]

Until at least 1897 L'Abeille remained "almost certainly the daily newspaper of choice" for French officials in New Orleans.^[8] The title was purchased in 1921 by The Times-Picayune and was published weekly until it closed in 1923.^[5] It was by some accounts the last French-language newspaper in New Orleans, ceasing publication on December 27, 1923, after ninety-six years;^[9] others assert that it was outlasted by Le Courrier de la Nouvelle Orleans,^[10] which continued until 1955.^[11]

See also

• List of newspapers in Louisiana
• Literature of Louisiana
• List of French-language newspapers published in the United States

External links

• Archives of The New Orleans Bee - Jefferson Parish Library

Notes and References

1. The New Orleans Bee. Wednesday January 16, 1861. Volume XVII, Whole No. 11,882. 1. Retrieved on September 19, 2010.
2. The New Orleans Bee. May 1, 1830. Spanish page 1. Retrieved on September 19, 2010.
3. Book: Time and place in New Orleans: past geographies in the present day . Richard Campanella . Pelican Publishing Company . 2002 . 978-1-56554-991-3 . 148 .
4. Web site: About this Newspaper: L'Abeille. . . 2009-10-10.
5. Book: New Orleans City Guide . 89–90 . Works Progress Administration . Garrett County Press . 2009 . 978-1-891053-08-5 .
6. Web site: Creole Echoes - The Institutions . . 2009-10-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090427135557/http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/exhibits/creole/Institution/institution.html . April 27, 2009 .
7. Web site: New Orleans Bee Home . Jefferson Parish Library . 2009-10-11.
8. Book: No Spark of Malice: The Murder of Martin Begnaud . William Arceneaux . 221 . LSU Press . 2004 . 978-0-8071-3025-4.
9. French, Cajun, Creole, Houma: A Primer on Francophone Louisiana by Carl A. Brasseaux Louisiana State University Press, 2005. pg 32
10. New Orleans City Guide. The Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration: 1938 pg 90
11. Language Shift in the Coastal Marshes of Louisiana by Kevin James Rottet. Peter Lang Publishing: 2001. pg 60^{https://books.google.com/books?id=YXRcAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Le+Courrier+de+la+Nouvelle+Orleans%22+1955}