This exhibit celebrates the contributions of women by describing the lives and achievements of several dozen female property and business owners in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century New Orleans.
Visit “All Things Carnival” to view carnival history, photographs, drawings, and ephemera in the Archives. See the list of Library Closures for the current carnival season, and the date of every Fat Tuesday from 1947-2050!
A collection of interesting and miscellaneous facts about New Orleans.
Archives in the Media See the City Archives & Special Collections featured in the media! From news segments and interviews to radio spots and podcasts,
Discover tools for determining the age of a house in New Orleans.
How to: Find Pictures of my House One of the most popular questions at The City Archives & Special Collections is how to find pictures
A list of portraits of prominent local citizens featured in the New Orleans city directories of 1852-1856.
A selection of holiday images from the City Archives & Special Collections.
Mayoral Nicknames New Orleans is a colorful city with a history of leaders that lives up to that reputation. Some 20th century mayors are better
Reference collections are supplementary materials housed in an archives, but are not archival records themselves.
In 1995, archivists Wayne Everard and Irene Wainwright created the New Orleans Public Library’s first website, the beloved www.nutrias.org. In an effort to pay homage to our original web presence, we present to you the City Archives & Special Collections’ blog: Nutrias.
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