Community Projects & Resources
Explore resources developed in partnership with community organizations, including heirloom conservation guides, local histories, and annual events.
Collections Care
Caring for Your Collection
Explore in-person and online workshops with museum professionals to help you preserve your family heirlooms, research your genealogy, and more.
Genealogy Resources
Our experts at the Williams Research Center are available to help you dive into your family history.
Black Masking Indian Preservation Guide
Read our guide to caring for ephemera tied to this unique New Orleans tradition, created in collaboration with Big Chief Howard Miller of the Creole Wild West and other members of the Black Masking Indian community.
Local Histories
Dancing in the Streets: Social Aid & Pleasure Club Narratives
Told in the voices of the interviewees themselves, new narratives shed light on the lineages of parading organizations and the neighborhood traditions and practices of second-line parades.
Viet Chronicle
An oral history project that documents New Orleans’s Vietnamese American community, which continues to profoundly influence the city and its culture.
Lost Friends Database
A database of more than 2,500 advertisements placed in the decades following the Civil War chronicles individuals searching for loved ones lost in slavery.
More Resources
Vieux Carré Survey
HNOC’s Collins C. Diboll Vieux Carré Digital Survey contains detailed property data about every building and lot in the French Quarter from the French colonial period to the present. Begun in 1960 to bolster local historic preservation efforts, the survey incorporates maps, major site plans, old drawings, engravings, sketches, paintings, newspaper clippings, property records, and more.
New Orleans Cemetery Database
Created in collaboration with Tulane University and Save Our Cemeteries, the New Orleans Cemetery Database provides digital access to data contained in the Survey of Historic New Orleans Cemeteries, which covers St. Louis No. 1 and St. Louis No. 2. Entries include names engraved on tombs, historical and contemporary condition reports, and photographs.
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