To celebrate, we will be featuring some How To’s, Explanations about Archival Practice and some of the ways we have been involved in the Community. In addition you can check out some of our new photo collections and featured materials. Check back to this blog post throughout the month for all the content.
Listing of Library branch opening and closing dates, addresses, and impacts of Hurricane Katrina on branches.
Learn about property taxes in Louisiana—including how tax bills are calculated and how rates are set—via BGR’s powerful public data dashboard.
Using research including City Archives records, Bardes reinterprets relations between slavery and prison development in American history.
Discover unexpected places to find a variety of interesting items in the Archives.
Staff at the City Archives & Special Collections researched and wrote a report for the Streets Renaming Commission.
Learn about notable events that happened in New Orleans by using this timeline and researching them in the newspapers.
Join us for The Trail They Blazed featuring civil rights legends in conversation with the Historic New Orleans Collection
Join Wanda Herbert-Romain for a rousing history of McDonogh 35 from its beginning to present day!
In the last quarter of the 20th century, the Central Business District changed as radically as it did when it was developing during the 1820s and 1830s. Many of the old structures have been preserved and converted for new uses. Today this section of the city bustles with commercial, business, governmental, educational and recreational activities.
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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