When you walk into the grocery store and buy a banana, you might not think about Tulane University, Lil Wayne, Honduran immigrants, or New Orleans’ cruise terminal. But you should.
Celebrated each year on March 19, St. Joseph Day honors the patron saint of workers and families. But in New Orleans, the tradition takes on a life all its own through the creation of St. Joseph Day Altars.
In honor of American Archives Month, the City Archives & Special Collections staff dug out some of their favorite treasures.
The Library’s City Archives & Special Collections helped one McDonogh 35 alum find the untold stories of her legendary alma mater.
Local historian, educator, and founder of Our Mammy’s, Gaynell Brady, will moderate a panel at GenFest, a genealogy festival at the Library.
The New Orleans Public Library’s City Archives & Special Collections houses hundreds of manuscripts that you can explore this summer.
Descendants of 19 Louisiana Black Homesteaders shared their family histories with author Bernice Bennett for her new book.
Take a ride back in time to an analog world, where Library staff needed to catalog, organize, archive, and track down information before computers or the internet.
From 1952 until the mid 1980s, New Orleans Public Library cardholders could check out framed art prints to bring home for weeks at a time.
To celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the City Archives at the New Orleans Public Library, staff created an exhibit to feature the contributions of nine City Agencies to the collections held at the City Archives. Each exhibit will show the historically significant, impactful, and interesting materials the agencies have transferred to the Archives.