Watching America Grow: New Orleans Celebrates the 250th Birthday of America explores the city’s unique role in the American story, beginning long before the founding
“Lost New Orleans: Echoes of the Crescent City” explores the places, events, institutions, and infrastructure that once defined life in the Crescent City through photographs, maps, documents, and artifacts from the New Orleans City Archives & Special Collections.
This exhibit celebrates Carnival Ephemera from the Old Line Carnival Krewes, showcasing invitations, dance cards, bulletins, and admittance cards.
Learn more about the scale of the Yellow Fever epidemic in New Orleans, and the City’s response to it.
New Orleans Ghost Stories As an old city with a sometimes sordid history, a multitude of myths, legends, ghost stories, and tales of people who
“Weathering the Storm: Reflecting on New Orleans’ Past” explores the City’s experience and response to major hurricanes through municipal action, emergency preparedness, and community resources.
Reflecting on twenty years of renewal and change at New Orleans Public Library after Hurricane Katrina.
In New Orleans, we know how important it is to be ready for hurricane season. In addition to hurricane kits, it is crucial to have important documents gathered and ready as well. Explore tips from the City Archives & Special Collections to Ready Those Records for the upcoming hurricane season!
Explore the records, photographs, and ephemera of the Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO).
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.
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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