New Orleans Public Library Records

New Orleans Public Library

With origins dating back to 1843, the New Orleans Public Library has grown from a single French Quarter house with a few volumes into a city-wide system serving all of Orleans Parish with locations spread across the City. The Library has a long and rich history of serving the public by providing access to a wide range of educational, informational, and recreational materials , programs, and activities for all ages. An expanded timeline of the Library’s history is available on the Library’s website.

Records of the New Orleans Public Library

A full list of the library's records in our collection, including subject files, administrative files, library branch files, photographs, and scrapbooks.

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Booklists and Bibliographies

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Jambalaya Program

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NOPL Annual Reports

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NOPL Photo Collection

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Records of City Librarians, 1893-1980
Subject Files, 1835-2000
Departments of the Main Library

Files from now closed departments of the Main Library, including: the Business and Science Division, Art and Music Department, Juvenile Division, Foreign Language Division, and the African American Resource Center.
City Archives Department

Records created by the City Archives Department before the archives came under the purview of the New Orleans Public Library.

Friends of the New Orleans Public Library

The Friends of the New Orleans Public Library is a nonprofit that provides financial support to the New Orleans Public Library.

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Library Board of Directors

Historic records of the Library Board. Meeting minutes from 2013-2023 are available digitally.

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