Greater New Orleans Archivists
Local Institution Directory
Amistad is an independent community-based archive in partnership with Tulane University. The Amistad Research Center is committed to collecting, preserving, and providing open access to original materials that reference the social and cultural importance of America's ethnic and racial history, the African Diaspora, human relations, and civil rights.
Tilton Hall, Tulane University
6823 St. Charles Ave
New Orleans, LA 7011
504-862-3222
Research Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday from 10:00am to 3:30pm
Wednesday from 11:00am to 7:00pm
The Dillard University Archives & Special Collections, focused primarily on Southern African American history and culture, is comprised of records, photographs, and material from New Orleans University, Straight College and Dillard University, Flint-Goodridge Hospital, the United Methodist Church Collection, Matthew Henson artifacts, and a rare book collection covering architecture, African American literature, and Southern history.
Will W. Alexander Library (2nd Floor)
Dillard University
2601 Gentilly Blvd
New Orleans, LA 70122
504-816-4960 (Office)
504-816-4786 (Circulation Desk)
By appointment
The Louisiana Historical Center, located in the French Quarter at the Old U.S. Mint, is one of America’s great archives. Since it opened in 1982, the Center has served thousands of researchers from around the world. In addition to its collections of Colonial-era manuscripts and maps, the Louisiana Historical Center houses a wealth of primary and secondary source materials in a wide range of media.
400 Esplanade Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70116
504-568-3660
Research Appointments
Tuesday - Friday
9:30am - 11:15am, 12:30pm - 2:15pm, 2:30pm - 4:15pm
The Monroe Library’s Special Collections and Archives primarily preserve materials related to the Society of Jesus, the history of New Orleans, Louisiana, and the South, and the history of Loyola University New Orleans. Building on its Jesuit identity, Special Collections, and Archives collections include materials relating to social justice, environmental activism, public affairs, literature, and the arts.
6363 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70118
504-864-7063
By appointment
Consists of materials relating to NOBTS and its faculty, staff, and students. Also contains some materials on the Louisiana Baptist Convention, the Southern Baptist Convention, and the World Baptist Alliance, as well as individual SBC churches and pastors. Also has rare books and rare hymnal collections.
John T. Christian Library
3939 Gentilly Blvd
New Orleans, LA 70126
504-816-8020
Open Monday - Friday from 8:00am to 4:00pm
Closed Tuesday and Thursday from 11:00am to 12:00pm
New Orleans Jazz Museum
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The Notarial Archives, a division of the Clerk of Civil District court, holds over 40 million pages of notarial contracts (1735 to date). The office also houses plans and blueprints including a collection of nineteenth century large-scale watercolor drawings.
Clerk of Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans
1340 Poydras Street, Suite 360
New Orleans, LA 70112
504-407-0106 (Research Center)
504-407-0150 (Archivist)
504-407-0000 (Orleans Parish Clerk of Civil District Court)
Open Monday - Friday from 8:30am to 5:00pm
Photographs and historical documents relating to Ochsner Health.
Ochsner Medical Library 1
1514 Jefferson Highway
New Orleans, LA 70121
504-842-3760
504-842-3197
Open Monday - Friday from 8:00am to 5:00pm
The Louisiana and Special Collections at the University of New Orleans library holds more than 550 collections of manuscripts and archival materials, including the official archives of the University of New Orleans, the Louisiana State Supreme Court, the Orleans Parish School Board, and The Chamber/New Orleans and the River Region. Collection strengths include post-nineteenth-century ethnic and business records that document the history and development of New Orleans and the surrounding region.
Earl K. Long Library, Room 401
2000 Lakeshore Dr
New Orleans, LA 70148
504-280-6544
By appointment, Tuesday - Friday from 11:00am to 3:00pm
The Historic New Orleans Collection is a museum, research center, and publisher dedicated to the stewardship of the history and culture of New Orleans and the Gulf South. The Williams Research Center offers researchers access to THNOC’s holdings, which comprise more than 30,000 library items, including books, pamphlets, sheet music, broadsides, theater programs, and periodicals; more than two miles of documents and manuscripts; a microfilm collection; and more than 500,000 photographs, prints, drawings, and paintings.
410 Chartres St.
New Orleans LA 70130
504-598-7171
Open Tuesday - Saturday from 9:30am to 4:30pm
7887 Walmsley Ave
New Orleans, LA 70125-3496
504-861-6241
By appointment
The City Archives & Special Collections is the official repository of the records of the Municipal Government of the City of New Orleans. The division also collects materials relevant to the history of the city including, but not limited to photographs, maps, books, menus, and carnival items
219 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70112
504-596-2610
Open Monday - Friday from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Chalmette National Cemetery records, archaeological research, and documentation, historical studies, cultural diversity studies of the lower Mississippi delta, and natural history studies of the park’s land holdings.
419 Decatur St
New Orleans, LA 70130-1035
504-512-2558
Operating as a library since the 1920s, and a museum since the 1960s, the Jackson Barracks museum holds the material culture of the Louisiana National Guard and its predecessor state militia organizations. Collections include a 6,000-plus volume research library; state military historic records and documents; and over 12,000 objects and photographs. Two floors of exhibit galleries feature the military history of Louisiana from 1718 to current operations.
Jackson Barracks
Building 4209
6400 St. Claude Ave
New Orleans, LA 70117
504-278-8024
Museum Hours
Tuesday - Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Saturday from 9:00am to 2:00pm
The archives contains rare books, paper-based, and photographic materials representing individuals who experienced WWII, including civilians and all military branches, all theaters of war, and the Home Front.
1040 Magazine Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
By appointment
Documentation on the foundation’s programs and enterprises including the Jazz & Heritage Festival, Congo Square Lecture Series, Heritage School of Music and WWOZ radio station.
901 Toulouse St.
New Orleans, LA 70112
504-558-6138
By appointment
The Newcomb Archives collects, preserves, and makes available records that document the legacy of Newcomb College and the history of women and gender in the Gulf South. The Nadine Robbert Vorhoff Collection is a non-circulating special collections library devoted to women's education, prescriptive literature, culinary history, Newcomb authors, gender and sexuality, third-wave feminist zines, and other topics.
43 Newcomb Pl, Suite 341
New Orleans, LA 70118
888-327-0009
By appointment, Monday - Friday from 9:00am to 4:30pm
Records of Nunez Community College, St. Bernard Parish Community College, Nunez Vo-Tech Institute, Frank Fernandez papers, St. Bernard Parish history.
Arts, Sciences and Technology Building, 2nd Floor
3710 Paris Road
Chalmette, LA 70043
504-278-6232
By appointment
Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) encompasses the Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz, the Louisiana Research Collection, the Rare Books Collection, the Southeastern Architectural Archive, and the University Archives. Its holdings consist of nearly 2,500 archival collections, over 100,000 volumes of rare books that date back to the 13th century, and other rare and unique materials that document the history, culture, and communities of New Orleans and beyond. Among the strengths of TUSC are Louisiana literature, Carnival history, New Orleans music and New Orleans jazz, local LGBTQ studies, the history of the book, and the records of Tulane University.
Jones Hall
6801 Freret Street
New Orleans, LA 70118
504-865-5685
By appointment, Monday - Friday from 10:00am to 4:00pm
The Xavier University of Louisiana Archives & Special Collections maintains and preserves a unique collection of manuscripts, university records, photographs, ephemera, and rare books. In support of Xavier University’s mission “to contribute to the promotion of a more just and humane society,” the collections consist of a wide range of formats focusing on African Americans, Black Catholics, New Orleans Communities, Louisiana History, and the Gulf Coast Region.
1 Drexel Drive
New Orleans, LA 70125
504-520-7655
Open Monday - Friday from 8:00am to 4:00pm