LOUISiana Digital Library - http://louisdl.louislibraries.
Louisiana State Archives - http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/tabid/53/Default.aspx - from this page you can access the Research Library with its online indexes (New Orleans Ship Passenger List Online Index,January-July 1851; State Confederate Pension Applications Database; State Death Index; Orleans Parish Births and Marriages Databases); Multimedia Archives with some online material (television collections, oral histories, political history collection, Louisiana governors, Academy of Politics, and Black History Collection); as well as some images from some of the Events, Exhibits, and Collections (B.R. Art League Collection; WWI Collection; Freedom Train; and more)
Louisiana State Archives - http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/tabid/53/Default.aspx - from this page you can access the Research Library with its online indexes (New Orleans Ship Passenger List Online Index,January-July 1851; State Confederate Pension Applications Database; State Death Index; Orleans Parish Births and Marriages Databases); Multimedia Archives with some online material (television collections, oral histories, political history collection, Louisiana governors, Academy of Politics, and Black History Collection); as well as some images from some of the Events, Exhibits, and Collections (B.R. Art League Collection; WWI Collection; Freedom Train; and more)
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Armistad Research Center - http://www.
Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Online Resources - http://www.centenary.edu/
Dillard University Will W. Alexander Library Archives - http://books.dillard.edu/
Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge) Special Collections - http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/cc/ - while the majority of the university's digital collection is at the LOUISiana Digital Library (see above), the university's website contains digital university archives documenting the history of LSU with photos and printed materials. This site also contains the T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History and the resource-rich Louisiana Newspaper Project, a must-visit collection.
Louisiana State University (Shreveport) Special Collections - http://www.lsus.edu/library/Archives.htm - while this site does not have a lot of online material (their digital collection is at the LOUISiana Digital Library), they have excellent online finding aids and descriptions of their onsite collections. Online indexes include the Shreveport Times Index (1991-2009), North Louisiana History (1970-2005, searchable by author or subject), The Fighting Men of Louisiana, and Shreveport City Records (Indexes to the ordinances and regulations passed by the Shreveport City Council, 1974-1979; organized by date and subject). Also included are LSUS Faculty and Alumni Authors 2008-2009 Bibliographies.
Loyola University New Orleans Monroe Library Digital Collections - http://library.loyno.edu/services_collections/speccoll/digital_collections.php - electronic theses; Jesuit Scrapbooks from the new Orleans Province; Lafcadio Hearn Correspondence Collection; Loyola Maroon (student newspaper); Anthony J. Stanonis Pamphlet Collection; Fr. Louis J. Twomey, S.J.: Loyola's Voice for Labor; New Orleans, Race and the Catholic Church, 1947-56; Walker Percy Exhibit
McNeese State University Frazar Memorial Library Archives and Special Collections - http://www.library.mcneese.edu/depts/archive/index.htm - digital collections are at the LOUISiana Digital Library (see above), but the site includes online special projects and guides, including a map and bibliography of the Lake Charles' Fire of 1910, online books about Southwest Louisiana, and an interactive map of Lake Charles in 1948.
Newcomb College Center for Research on Women - http://www.tulane.edu/~wc/text/newarchives.html - online finding aids and exhibits chronicling the rise of women's issues and feminism in the nation and the South, as well as the history of the college.
Tulane University Special Collections - http://specialcollections.tulane.edu/ - online search tool for vertical files; Southeastern Architectural Archives online exhibits; Jazz Archives with the Jazz Archivist online publication; online finding aids for the Manuscripts Department; and the Lousiana Collection with the online political ephemera collection.
Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Online Resources - http://www.centenary.edu/
Dillard University Will W. Alexander Library Archives - http://books.dillard.edu/
Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge) Special Collections - http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/cc/ - while the majority of the university's digital collection is at the LOUISiana Digital Library (see above), the university's website contains digital university archives documenting the history of LSU with photos and printed materials. This site also contains the T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History and the resource-rich Louisiana Newspaper Project, a must-visit collection.
Louisiana State University (Shreveport) Special Collections - http://www.lsus.edu/library/Archives.htm - while this site does not have a lot of online material (their digital collection is at the LOUISiana Digital Library), they have excellent online finding aids and descriptions of their onsite collections. Online indexes include the Shreveport Times Index (1991-2009), North Louisiana History (1970-2005, searchable by author or subject), The Fighting Men of Louisiana, and Shreveport City Records (Indexes to the ordinances and regulations passed by the Shreveport City Council, 1974-1979; organized by date and subject). Also included are LSUS Faculty and Alumni Authors 2008-2009 Bibliographies.
Loyola University New Orleans Monroe Library Digital Collections - http://library.loyno.edu/services_collections/speccoll/digital_collections.php - electronic theses; Jesuit Scrapbooks from the new Orleans Province; Lafcadio Hearn Correspondence Collection; Loyola Maroon (student newspaper); Anthony J. Stanonis Pamphlet Collection; Fr. Louis J. Twomey, S.J.: Loyola's Voice for Labor; New Orleans, Race and the Catholic Church, 1947-56; Walker Percy Exhibit
McNeese State University Frazar Memorial Library Archives and Special Collections - http://www.library.mcneese.edu/depts/archive/index.htm - digital collections are at the LOUISiana Digital Library (see above), but the site includes online special projects and guides, including a map and bibliography of the Lake Charles' Fire of 1910, online books about Southwest Louisiana, and an interactive map of Lake Charles in 1948.
Newcomb College Center for Research on Women - http://www.tulane.edu/~wc/text/newarchives.html - online finding aids and exhibits chronicling the rise of women's issues and feminism in the nation and the South, as well as the history of the college.
Tulane University Special Collections - http://specialcollections.tulane.edu/ - online search tool for vertical files; Southeastern Architectural Archives online exhibits; Jazz Archives with the Jazz Archivist online publication; online finding aids for the Manuscripts Department; and the Lousiana Collection with the online political ephemera collection.
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Caddo County Marriage License Index, 1937-present - http://webserver.caddoclerk.com/General/marriage_public.shtml
Jefferson Genealogical Society New Orleans Obituary Index, 1994-2005 - http://www.jgs25.com/obits/deathnx.htm
Jefferson Parish Library Obituary Database - http://www.jefferson.lib.la.us/obit/ObitSearch.asp
The Historic New Orleans Collection - http://www.hnoc.org/ - this is a must-visit site if you have New Orleans ancestors. While there certainly are not a lot of online resources, there is information on their collections as well as online exhibits, podcasts, videos, a downloadable Quarterly, and photos.
New Orleans Notarial Archives - http://www.notarialarchives.org/ - from this site, you can search current and historical land records and other contracts recorded in Orleans Parish. Historical indexes can be searched for free; accessing current records and historical documents requires a fee.
New Orleans Public Library Louisiana Division City Archives and Special Collections - http://nutrias.org/spec/speclist.htm - from this page you can access finding aids and inventories, photos, early recordings, early sheet music, oral histories index, Louisiana Scrapbook collection, maps, online pamphlets, vertical files, a list of WPA materials at the library, the Louisiana Biography/Obituary Index, marriage indexes, indexes to Sanborn maps for New Orleans, newspaper indexes, and much, much more!
New Orleans St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 Tomb and Marker Survey - http://cml.upenn.edu/nola/Searchpgs/L0Introtombsrch2.asp - a project of the University of Pennsylvania
Washington Parish Library System Obituary Index - http://www.washington.lib.la.us/obituaries.htm
Jefferson Genealogical Society New Orleans Obituary Index, 1994-2005 - http://www.jgs25.com/obits/deathnx.htm
Jefferson Parish Library Obituary Database - http://www.jefferson.lib.la.us/obit/ObitSearch.asp
The Historic New Orleans Collection - http://www.hnoc.org/ - this is a must-visit site if you have New Orleans ancestors. While there certainly are not a lot of online resources, there is information on their collections as well as online exhibits, podcasts, videos, a downloadable Quarterly, and photos.
New Orleans Notarial Archives - http://www.notarialarchives.org/ - from this site, you can search current and historical land records and other contracts recorded in Orleans Parish. Historical indexes can be searched for free; accessing current records and historical documents requires a fee.
New Orleans Public Library Louisiana Division City Archives and Special Collections - http://nutrias.org/spec/speclist.htm - from this page you can access finding aids and inventories, photos, early recordings, early sheet music, oral histories index, Louisiana Scrapbook collection, maps, online pamphlets, vertical files, a list of WPA materials at the library, the Louisiana Biography/Obituary Index, marriage indexes, indexes to Sanborn maps for New Orleans, newspaper indexes, and much, much more!
New Orleans St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 Tomb and Marker Survey - http://cml.upenn.edu/nola/Searchpgs/L0Introtombsrch2.asp - a project of the University of Pennsylvania
Washington Parish Library System Obituary Index - http://www.washington.lib.la.us/obituaries.htm
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Check out my Louisiana Online Historical Directories and Louisiana Online Historical Newspapers pages.
4 comments:
This is such an excellent series. I really appreciate your hard work.
Thanks, Amy!
Nice La. roundup. Will post a link on my "Resources" tab of my blog for other La. researchers.
Thanks, Liz!
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