Archives and Manuscripts Department
Earl K. Long Library
University of New Orleans
Lakefront
New Orleans, LA 70148

Telephone number: (504) 280-6544
Fax: (504) 280-7277
Email: fjumonvi@uno.edu
Website: http://library.uno.edu

Contact person: Florence M. Jumonville

Access privileges: Open to the public.

Hours: Monday - Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Friday 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sunday 12:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Repository information: The Louisiana and Special Collections Department of the University of New Orleans collects material of and relating to the history and development of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana. Materials include the archives of the Louisiana State Supreme Court, the Orleans Parish School Board, and the University of New Orleans as well as the archives of many organizations and businesses and the papers of leading individuals and families.

Collection highlights: The records of the Supreme Court of Louisiana include more than 50,000 case files (1813-1921). They are an important resource for the study of women in their various guises as business people, guardians, wives, widows, slaves and slaveholders and in other roles.

Finding aids: Available in the Louisiana and Special Collections Reading Room. There is a general subject guide to the holdings of the Special Collections Department on the repository's web site.

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