New Orleans Historical
A project by The Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies at the University of New OrleansNew Orleans Historical is a web and mobile platform for sharing stories and scholarship about New Orleans and the surrounding area. A project of the Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies at the University of New Orleans, New Orleans Historical is a free app available on your Android or iPhone smartphone or tablet as well as on the web.
Featured Stories
New Orleans Tribune Office and the Herriman Family
This peach-colored commercial building is a landmark of both journalism and the struggle for civil rights in 19th Century New Orleans. Here were the original offices of the New Orleans Tribune, first Black-owned daily newspaper in the United States…
The Lyle Saxon House
In 1891, Lyle Saxon was born in Baton Rouge and, after attending Louisiana State University, moved to New Orleans to become a newspaper reporter. He played a pivotal role in the French Quarter Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s. When Saxon moved to…
Streets on the Table Episode 3: Margaret Elizabeth
In 2019, the New Orleans City Council launched a city-wide effort to change the names of streets honoring white supremacists. While the city implemented its renaming efforts, a clear need for an educational component to give context to the changes…
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Shadow Steeds of the Crescent City
10 Locations ~ Curated by Lacar Musgrove, University of New OrleansCity Park
12 Locations ~ Curated by Kimberly Jochum, Amanda Knight, and University of New Orleans History DepartmentWriters' Blocks: Literary History in the French Quarter
7 Locations ~ Curated by UNO History StudentsSupport Our Work
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