William Reeves

William Dale Reeves was born in New Orleans in 1941. He received a B.A. from Williams College, and a Ph. D. from Tulane University in 1968. He worked for eight years in a real estate investment trust and as president of an insurance company. Since 1990 he has been a full-time contract historian. His books include De La Barre: Life of a French Creole Family in Louisiana (1980); Historic City Park: New Orleans (1992); Westwego: From Cheniere to Canal (1996); Manresa on the Mississippi: for the...See more

William Dale Reeves was born in New Orleans in 1941. He received a B.A. from Williams College, and a Ph. D. from Tulane University in 1968. He worked for eight years in a real estate investment trust and as president of an insurance company. Since 1990 he has been a full-time contract historian. His books include De La Barre: Life of a French Creole Family in Louisiana (1980); Historic City Park: New Orleans (1992); Westwego: From Cheniere to Canal (1996); Manresa on the Mississippi: for the Greater Glory of God (1996); Paths to Distinction: Dr. James White, Governor E. D. White and Chief Justice Edward Douglass White of Louisiana (1999); Historic Louisiana: An Illustrated History (2003); From Tally-Ho to Forest Home: The History of Two Louisiana Plantations (2005); Le Pavillon Hotel: A Century of Triumph (2008); Hotel Monteleone (2011); His publications include an article on the Public Works Administration in the Journal of American History (1973); "A Transitional Plantation House in Louisiana Architecture" in Arris, the Journal of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians VIII (1997); and "Two Hundred Years of Maritime New Orleans: An Overview" in Tulane Maritime Law Journal (Winter 2010). See less