Archives and Libraries provide large amounts of information for your research. The links below will provide you with some information and prepare you for a visit to a library.
Louisiana Archives
New Orleans City Archives
Official municipal archives for the City of New Orleans (1769 to date); repository for Orleans Civil (1804-1926) and Criminal (1830-1931) Courts; map and photograph collection; card indexes to obituaries and news items in local newspapers (1804-1972); non-archival manuscripts, rare books, genealogy, and carnival collections.
Historic New Orleans Collection, Williams Research Center
Collections reflect aspects of the history and culture of the Gulf South, Louisiana, and New Orleans. Research fields include colonial Louisiana, Louisiana Purchase, Civil War.
Louisiana Libraries
- Library of Congress
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- Search other Catalogs – 1,000’s of other Library catalogs at the Library of Congress
- Bibliographies, Research Guides and Finding Aids
- Alphabetical Index: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | PQ | R | S | T | U | V | W
- Divisional Index: Business – European – Digital Reference Section – Folklife – Geography & Maps – Hispanic – Humanities & Social Sciences – Law – Local History & Genealogy – Manuscripts – Microform – Newspapers – Periodicals – Prints & Photographs – Recorded Sound – Science
- Tulane University
- The Louisiana Research Collection (LaRC) supports the teaching, research, and community-building missions of Tulane University by collecting, preserving, and making easily accessible library and archival resources relating to the study of Louisiana.
- Louisiana Digital Library
The Louisiana Digital Library (LDL) is an online library of Louisiana institutions that provides over 144,000 digital materials. Its purpose is to make unique historical treasures from the Louisiana institution’s archives, libraries, museums, and other repositories in the state electronically accessible to Louisiana residents and to students, researchers, and the general public in other states and countries. The Louisiana Digital Library contains photographs, maps, manuscript materials, books, oral histories, and more that document history and culture. - Louisiana Historical Association
- Spanish-American War
- World Wars I and II
- State Library of Louisiana
- New Orleans Public Library
- New Orleans Public Library
- Louisiana Creole Heritage Center
- Louisiana Family History Centers