GenFest 2025
Thank You for making GenFest 2025 a success! Please view our photograph collections and take the survey!
May 13, 2025
Nutrias
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
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
Program: The Trail They Blazed
Join us for The Trail They Blazed featuring civil rights legends in conversation with the Historic New Orleans Collection
July 30, 2024
Program: ASC 35: The History of McDonogh 35
Join Wanda Herbert-Romain for a rousing history of McDonogh 35 from its beginning to present day!
July 25, 2024
Looking Back on GenFest 2024
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.
May 20, 2024
Program: The Pitot House: 225 Years of History and Legacy
Louisiana Landmarks Society’s Executive Director Stacey Pfingsten leads a journey through the history of the Pitot House for its 225th anniversary.
May 9, 2024
Programs: Dispelling the Myth of Black Pantherism
Dispelling the Myth of Black Pantherism With the Louisiana Black Panther Party and Dr. Angela Allen-Bell About the Program Learn about the history and journey
October 31, 2023
Programs: Double Victory: Examining the Life of an African American World War II Soldier with Gaynell Brady
Double Victory Examining the Life of an African American World War II Soldier Presented by Gaynell Brady of Our Mammys About the Program Gaynell Brady
October 13, 2023
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.