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Orleans Parish Location
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Orleans Parish

While Orleans Parish offers all of the business amenities and services which appeal to commercial establishments, it also affords its residents a high quality of life with good schools, low crime rates and abundant recreational opportunities.
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Communities of Orleans Parish


The Incorporated city limits of New Orleans is the same as the boundaries of Orleans Parish.



NEW ORLEANS



Unincorporated areas of interest in the parish include Algiers, Chef Menteur, Green Ditch, Lake Catherine, Little Woods, Recovery, Rigolets, Stanton and Venetian Isles.
This space will soon be connected to the neighborhoods of New Orleans.

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Historical Markers

Historical Markers
Allard Plantation
Battle of New Orleans
West Side

Bienville’s Plantation
Boré Plantation
Edgar Degas
(Edgar Germain Hilaire Degas)

Fort St. Charles
Fort St. John
Spanish Fort

Garden District
Goldsmith - Godchaux House
Jefferson City
Lake Pontchartrain
LaSalle Claims Louisiana
Metairie and Gentilly Ridges
New Orleans
The Old Mortuary Chapel
The Old Portage
Pitot House
The St. Charles Line
The Steamer New Orleans
Storyville
...to a point called Chef Menteur
Town of Carrollton
Vieux Carré Forts

History of Orleans Parish

1805
When the Territory of Orleans is divided into counties the present-day Washington Parish is part of Spanish West Florida
1811
November 4
Representatives from the County of Orleans to the Constitutional Convention that adjourns January 28 1812
- J. D. Degoutin Bellechasse, J. Blanque, T. J. LeBreton D'Orgenois, Mgre. Guichard, Stephen Henderson, Denis Delaronde, F. Livaudais. Bernard Marigny, Thomas Urquhart, Jacques Philippe Villere, John Watkins, Samuel Winter.
At this time The County of Orleans included areas of present day parishes Jefferson, Plaquemines and St. Bernard.
1828
November 4
Fort Pike is completed near Slidell to defend Rigolets Pass, approach through Lake Pontchartrain to New Orleans. Named after Brigadier General Zebulon Montgomery Pike.
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Schools and Libraries

Schools
 
Vocational
 
Higher
Education

 
Libraries
New Orleans Public Library
Simon Hirshheim and Fisk Libraries

Director - Gertiana C. Williams
219 Loyola Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70112-2044


504-596-2602      FAX 504-596-2609
Email - nopl@gnofn.org    
www.gnofn.org/~nopl


14 Branches - Algiers Point, Algiers Regional, Alvar, Broad, East New Orleans Regional, Gentilly, Martn Luther King, Jr, Latter, Childrens Resource Center, Nora Navra, Nix, Robert E. Smith.

Amistad Research Center

Director -Donald E. Devore
Tulane University, Tilton Hall
New Orleans, LA 70118

504-865-5535      FAX 504-865-5580
Email - arc@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu
www.tulane.edu/~amistad    


Bureau of Government Research Library

Director -James C. Brandt
225 Baronne St. Ste.610
New Orleans, LA 70112

504-525-4152      FAX 504-525-4153
Email - jimbrant@bgr.org
www.bgr.org
   


Delgado Community College
Moss Memorial Library


Director -Lenora C. Lockett
615 City Park Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70119

504-483-4119      FAX 504-483-1939
Email - llocke@ dcc.edu

   
Campus Libraries - City Park, Varnado, Westbank Campus

Dillard University
Will W. Alexander Library


Director -Dr. Theodosia T Shields
2601 Gentilly Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70122-3097

504-286-4784      FAX 504-286-4787
Email - tshields@dillard.edu

   


Herman Grima House Library

Director -Lee Warner
820 St. Louis St.
New Orleans, LA 70112

504-286-4784      FAX 504-286-4787
Email - hggh@gnofn.org
www.gnofn.org/~hggh

   


Louisiana International Trade Center

Director -Rupert Chavarri
2 Canal St. Ste. 2926
New Orleans, LA 70130

504-568-8222      FAX 504-568-8228
Email - litc@uno.edu; litc@eapl.net.nlu.edu
www.awsg.com/litc

   


Louisiana State Museum
Louisiana Historical Center


Curator Maps Kathryn Page
400 Esplanade Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70176-2448

504-568-8214      FAX 504-568-2678
Email - kpage@crt.state.la.us


   


Loyola University Library

Director -Mary Lee Sweat
6363 St. Charles Ave.
P. O. Box 198
New Orleans, LA 70118

504-865-3346      FAX 504-865-3347
Email -
www.lib.loyno.edu

   


New Orleans Botanical Garden Library

Director -Paul Soniat
City Park
One Palm Dr.
New Orleans, LA 70124

504-483-9386      FAX 504-483-9485
Email -
www-

   


New Orleans Museum of Art
Felix J. Dreyfous Library


Director -Carl O. Penny
One Collins Diboll Circle City Park
P. O. Box 19123
New Orleans, LA 70179-0123

504-488-2631      FAX 504-484-6662
Email -
www-

   


Our Lady of Holy Cross College Library
Blain S. Kern Library


Dir of Learning Resources Sr. H Fontenot
4123 Woodland Dr.
New Orleans, LA 70131

504-394-7744      FAX 504-391-2421
Email -kernlib@bellsouth.net or carverpl@tiac
www.olhcc.edu

   


Southern University in New Orleans
Leonard S. Washington Memorial Library


Director -E. W. Young
6400 Press Dr.
New Orleans, LA 70126

504-286-5224      FAX 504-865-6773
Email -
www.

   


Tulane University
Howard Tilton Memorial Library of Louisiana


Director -Philip E Leinbach
7001 Freret St.
New Orleans, LA 70118-5682

504-865-5131      FAX 504-865-6773
Email -leinbach@mailhost.tsc.tulane.edu
www.tulane.edu/~html or /html/arch.htm

   


University of New Orleans
Earl K. Long Library


Director -Jill B. Fatzer
Lake Front
New Orleans, LA 70148

504-280-6556      FAX 504-280-7277
Email -
www.uno.edu/liad/

   


Williams Research Center
Historic New Orleans Collection


Head Librarian - Gerald F. Patout Jr.
410 Chartres St.
New Orleans, LA 70130-2102

504-598-7171      FAX 504-598-7168
Email - hnocinfo@hnoc.org or wrc@hnoc.org
www.

   


Xavier University of Louisiana Library

7325 Palmetto St.
New Orleans, LA 70125

504-483-7304      FAX 504-486-2385
Email - rskinner@mail.xula.edu
www.

   


American Library Directory 1999-2000, R. R. Bowker
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