All New Orleans Public Library Locations including City Archives & Special Collections will be closed on December 24 - 25 and December 31 - January 1.

Newspaper Article Requests

Use the forms below to request a copy of a newspaper article. If you have a citation for a specific article, you may submit up to 5 article requests at one time. Where available, staff will make copies from our digitized collections. Otherwise microfilm copies will be used. If you do not have a specific article citation, then staff will search one topic in our online newspaper databases for up to 5 articles on your subject. Newspapers that can be searched online include:

  • Times Picayune (1837-Present)
  • New Orleans Item (1877-1958)
  • New Orleans States  (1916-1957)
  • States-Item (1960-1979)

 Fee: $2 per article searched and up to 1 page from 1 article copied from microfilm
$2 per additional page copied from microfilm

After submitting your form you will see a pop-up message confirming your submission. If you do not see that message, please review the required fields, marked with asterisks*.

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