What are…Reference Collections
Reference collections are supplementary materials housed in an archives, but are not archival records themselves.
November 13, 2024
Nutrias
Nutrias
November 5, 2024
Hidden from History: Unknown New Orleanians
An exhibit highlighting the lives of working class New Orleanians, their jobs, their struggles, and their run-ins with city government. Explore mugshots, city ordinances regulating individual behaviors, the treatment of arrestees and the mentally ill, and red-light district of Storyville.
October 15, 2024
Taking Programming on the Road
While we love doing programs at NOPL, staff is also happy to venture out and share with other groups as well. Here are a few examples.
October 4, 2024
Celebrate American Archives Month
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.
October 2, 2024
NOPL Locations
Listing of Library branch opening and closing dates, addresses, and impacts of Hurricane Katrina on branches.
October 1, 2024
Programs: BGR’s Property Tax Data Dashboard
Learn about property taxes in Louisiana—including how tax bills are calculated and how rates are set—via BGR’s powerful public data dashboard.
September 21, 2024
The Carceral City
Using research including City Archives records, Bardes reinterprets relations between slavery and prison development in American history.
September 7, 2024
Unique Items
Discover unexpected places to find a variety of interesting items in the Archives.
September 3, 2024
Street Renaming
Staff at the City Archives & Special Collections researched and wrote a report for the Streets Renaming Commission.
August 9, 2024
Nutrias.org
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.