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.
Listing of Library branch opening and closing dates, addresses, and impacts of Hurricane Katrina on branches.
Staff at the City Archives & Special Collections researched and wrote a report for the Streets Renaming Commission.
Hall Talk – City Government in 1979 Hall Talk was a City Publication that ran from 1971 to 1984 and discussed the goings on in
This exhibit explores the first years of the New Orleans Recreation Department, its facilities, programs, and accomplishments as recorded in 1946-1947.
This exhibit explores the history of Algiers, dating back to its pre-annexation days before Algiers was part of New Orleans proper.
An exhibit exploring the 200 year history of the New Orleans City Charter, from Governor Claiborne’s Act to Incorporate the City of New Orleans in 1805 to the current 1954 Home Rule Charter.
Archivist Amanda Fallis originally developed this exhibit in 2018 for a Black History Month program at the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission (NORD). In 2020,
Welcome to Our New Website Letter from the Director The City Archives & Special Collections is excited to share our new website with you. This
A national campaign to promote the drinking of milk comes to New Orleans in 1922. The Milk for Health Campaign captures the attention of schoolchildren and adults alike though curriculum and instruction, department store windows displays, and even a milk parade, presided over by King Milk himself.
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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