1. A few links to interesting pages:
New Orleans Historical: “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.”
Paper Monuments: “a public art and public history project designed to elevate the voices of the people of New Orleans, as a critical process towards creating new narratives and symbols of our city that represent our collective vision, and to honor the erased histories of the people, places, movements, and events that have made up the past 300 years as we look to the future.”
64 Parishes: A print and digital publication of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, the website includes an online Encyclopedia with links to articles about New Orleans and Louisiana in regard to Archaeology, Architecture, Art, Business, Natural (and Unnatural) Disasters, Folklife, Foodways, Geography, Government, History, Literature, Music, Religion, and Sports.
NOLA.com: Online home of the New Orleans Times-Picayune newspaper. To mark the city’s tricentennial, the paper has launched a series entitled 300 for 300 that throughout 2018 will highlight “300 people who have made New Orleans New Orleans.”
The Historic New Orleans Collection: “…a museum, research center, and publisher dedicated to preserving the history and culture of New Orleans and the Gulf South.”
Prospect New Orleans: “…a citywide triennial of contemporary art. Emphasizing collaborative partnerships, Prospect presents the work of diverse local, national, and international artists in unique and culturally exceptional venues, creating an optimistic cartography through the education and engagement of residents and visitors.”
Hogan Jazz Archive: “…the leading research center for the study of New Orleans jazz and related musical genres, including New Orleans ragtime, gospel, blues, rhythm and blues, and Creole songs.” The archive includes digital images, music, and oral history.
A Closer Walk NOLA: “…online guide to New Orleans’ authentic music history. Discover more than a century of the city’s greatest musical treasures…Follow the footsteps of legendary artists on your mobile device, or dig deep into videos, songs, archival photos, and curated links to other resources on the web.”
New Orleans Public Library Digital Photo Archive: “…includes thousands of photographic prints, negatives, slides, and born-digital images from individual photographers and New Orleans municipal government agencies.” For more photos, go to Shorpy, an archive of old photos, and search for “New Orleans.” The photos are very hi-resolution and reveal rich detail. A personal blog entitled Elephant in Tiger Skin also contains a number of interesting old photos of the city. The blog’s author, James Shaw, is a photographer; his website includes many contemporary photographs of the city and its residents.
2. An array of randomly listed items, any of which might send you on a Google spree and then spur some serious New Orleans research:
[*visual artist **writer ***musician]
Levees
Cemeteries
Second Line
Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs
Brass Bands
Marcus Christian**
Mitch Landrieu
Dialect & Vocabulary
Neighborhoods
Street Names
Dr. John***
John James Audubon*
Napoleon Bonaparte
Congo Square
Ruby Bridges
Marie Laveau
The Original Pinettes Brass Band***
Frank Relle*
Monique Verdin* **
Edgar Degas*
Deborah Luster*
Aaron Neville***
Bunny Matthews*
St. Joseph’s Altars
Charter Schools (Post-Katrina)
Zulu
Rex
Cuisine
Tignon Laws
Quadroon Balls
George Washington Cable**
Michael P. Smith*
The Mississippi River
Hurricane Katrina
Lillian Hellman
Storyville
E.J. Bellocq*
Jason Berry**
Lauren Hind*
Sister Gertrude Morgan* ***
Newcomb Pottery
Leslie Staub*
Ellen Gilchrist**
Shirley Ann Grau**
Harouni*
The Marsalis Family***
Ellis Marsalis***
Wynton Marsalis***
Baby Dolls
Buddy Bolden***
Pete Fountain***
Women in Jazz (See A Feminist Perspective on New Orleans Jazzwomen)
Enrique Alférez*
Professor Longhair***
George Rodrigue*
James Michalopoulos*
John Kennedy Toole**
Tom Piazza**
David Spielman*
The Angolite
The Angola Rodeo
Allen Toussaint***
Sidney Bechet***