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
May 20, 2024
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From Robert E. Lee to Mama Dee
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
May 9, 2024
New Orleans Incorporated
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
February 28, 2024
Mardi Gras Dates
Mardi Gras Dates New Orleans’ BIG annual event, Mardi Gras, is always the day before Ash Wednesday which itself is always forty days before Easter (excluding Sundays). But
February 6, 2024
African Americans in New Orleans City Government
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,
February 1, 2024
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
Programs: History of the New Orleans Fire Department with Nikki Caruso
History of the New Orleans Fire Department The Formative Years, 1771-1922 Presented by Nikki Caruso, founder of Crescent City Stations About the Program Nikki Caruso
October 13, 2022
Finding Isabelle “Ma Belle” Jefferson
Join researcher and historian Gaynell Brady and the City Archives and Special Collections at New Orleans Public Library for a Zoom presentation of her genealogical
January 16, 2021