New Orleans celebrated it’s Tricentennial in 2018 with a year of events, exhibits and a celebration of the City’s History. The City Archives contributed to the celebration and helped to share how our collections have impacted the City.
Learn more about who was committed to the City Insane Asylum, why they were admitted, and what happened to them after their commitment.
Learn how to search the Archives’ collection of newspapers in digital format through Newsbank and Newspapers.com.
Tips on researching naturalization records including types of records, naturalization of women and minors, where to find additional information.
Hall Talk – City Government in 1979 Hall Talk was a City Publication that ran from 1971 to 1984 and discussed the goings on in
From Robert E. Lee to Mama D “Beginning in 2019, the New Orleans City Council Street Renaming Commission began the process of replacing the names
Louisiana Landmarks Society’s Executive Director Stacey Pfingsten leads a journey through the history of the Pitot House for its 225th anniversary.
Table of prominent New Orleans musicians and their final resting place.
With our inaugural GenFest in 2024, the City Archives brought together southeastern Louisiana genealogical, preservation, historical, and cultural organizations to share their mission and story with festival attendees and each other.
Microform materials contain significantly shrunken images or documents and may be stored on a translucent or opaque medium. There are a variety of types of microform materials, common ones include microfilm and microfiche.
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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