AMISTAD RESEARCH CENTER, Tilton Hall, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Ave, New Orleans LA 70118, 504-865-5535, fx: 504-865-5580, http://www.arc.tulane.edu; 8:30-5:00 M-F, 1-5 Sat.; Brenda Square, Reference Archvist. The center is a manuscripts library for the study of race relations and ethnic history and culture. Houses over ten million documents, 20k volumes and significant art holdings.

ARCHDIOCESAN ARCHIVES, Archdiocese of New Orleans, 1100 Chartres St, NewOrleans LA 70116-2596; 504-529-2651, fx: 504-529-2001; Charles Nolan, Archivist; by appointment. The archives has four main sections: sacramental and cemetery records (1718 - ca.1900); archdiocesan historical records (Spanish colonial period - present); several manuscript collections (e.g. Baudier Collection); and a small research library. The archives serves as the archdiocesan records management office.

ARCHIVES OF THE DOMINICAN CONGREGATION OF ST. MARY, 580 Broadway, New Oreans LA 70118; 504-861-8155, dmdawes@accesscom.net; Sr. Dorothy Dawes, O.P., Archivist; by appointment; Dominican Sisters records from 1860.

ARCHIVES OF THE SISTERS OF MERCY, 301 N. Jefferson Davis Pky, P.O. Box 19024, New Orleans LA 70179, 504483-5000; Sr. Mary Hermenia Muldry, archivist; by appointment. Records of the order and Southern branch convents.

CARMEL ARCHIVES, 420 Robert E. Lee Blvd, New Orleans LA 70124-2596; ph & fx:504-283-5600; Sr. Hyacinth Breaux, Archivist. Records of the congregation, 1833 to present.

CITY ARCHIVES, New Orleans Public Library, 219 Loyola Ave, New Orleans LA70112-2044; 504-596-2610; fx: 504-596-2609; nopl@gnofn.org, http://gnofn.net/~nopl/ ;Wayne Everard, Archivist; 11:00-6:00 M-Th, 11:00-5:00 Sat. Official municipal archives for the City of New Orleans (1769 to date); repository for Orleans Civil (1804-1926) and Criminal (I 83 0-193 1) Courts; map and photograph collection; card indexes to obituaries and news items in local newspapers (1804-1972); non-archival manuscripts, rare books, genealogy, and carnival collections.

HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION, WILLIAMS RESEARCH CENTER, 410 Chartres St, New Orleans LA 70130, 504-5987171, fx: 504-598-7168, http://hnoc.org; 10:00-4:30 Tu-Sat. Collections reflect aspects of the history and culture of the Gulf South, Louisiana, and New Orleans. Research fields include colonial Louisiana, Louisiana Purchase, Civil War, cartography, plantations, urban development, Louisiana artists, architecture, jazz, French Quarter, and Mardi Gras.

JACKSON BARRACKS MILITARY LIBRARY, Office of the Adjutant General, Building 53, Jackson Barracks, New Orleans LA 70146-0330, 504-278-8241, fx: 504-278-6554;Sherrie Pugh; appointment preferred; 7:303:30 M-F. State of Louisiana military history.

JAZZ & HERITAGE FOUNDATION ARCHIVE, 1205 No. Rampart St, New Orleans LA 70116; 504-522-4786, nojhf@communique.net, http://www.nojazzfest.com. MonifaJohnson, Program Director; by appointment. Documentation on the foundation's programs and enterprises including the Jazz & Heritage Festival, Congo Square Lecture Series, Heritage School of Music and WWOZ radio station.

JEAN LAFITTE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AND PRESERVE, 365 Canal St, Suite 3080, New Orleans LA 70130-1142, 504-5893882 x 114 fx: 504-589-3851; Kathy Lang, Curator; by appointment. Chalmette National Cemetery records, archeological research and documentation, historical studies, cultural diversity studies of the lower Mississippi delta, natural history studies of the park's land holdings.

LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM HISTORICAL CENTER, P.O. BOX 2448,751 Chartres St, New Orleans LA; 70176-2448, 504-5688214, fx: 504-568-2678; Kathryn Page, Curator of Maps and Manuscripts; appointment required. French Superior Council (1704-1769) and Spanish judicial records (1769-1803). Also social, political, economic, medical conditions of Louisiana, 18th-century to the present.

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, 433 Bolivar St, New Orleans LA 70112, 504-568-6105; by appointment. Institutional records and faculty personal papers.

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVES, University Library, 6363 St. Charles Ave, New Orleans LA 70118, 504-865-3186, fx: 504-865-3347; acarpntr@beta.loyno.edu; Art Carpenter, Archivist; 8:30-4:45 M-F. Documents the university, New Orleans Province of the Society of Jesus, social justice, and environmental activism.

NEW ORLEANS FIRE DEPARTMENT MUSEUM, 1135 Washington Ave, New Orleans LA 70130, ph & fx: 504-896-4756, Robert B. Whitman, Curator. 9:00-2:00 M-F. Log books documenting fire department personnel and New Orleans fires 1891 - present.

NEW ORLEANS NOTARIAL ARCHIVES RESEARCH CENTER, Suite 360, 1340 Poydras Street, New Orleans LA 70112, 504-680/9604, fax: 504-680/9607, Sally K. Reeves, Archivist, skrnona@gnofn.org; 9:00-4:00 MF. The Notarial Archives, a state agency, holds over 35 million pages of notarial contracts (1731 to date). Also preserves many colorful maps, blueprints, topographical elevations, and design drawings. Records increase by about 50,000 acts yearly.

NUNEZ COMMUNITY COLLEGE ARCHIVES, Library, 3700 LaFontaine St, Chalmette, LA 70043, 504-278-7440 x 244, fx: 504-278-7484; Patrick Davis, Librarian; by appointment. Records of Nunez Community College, St. Bernard Parish Community College, Nunez Vo-Tech Institute, Frank Fernandez papers, St. Bernard Parish history.

SISTERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY COLLECTION, 6901 Chef Menteur Hwy, New Orleans LA 70126; Sr. M. Boniface Adams, archivist; by appointment. Sisters of the Holy Family and their work.

SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, CENTER FOR AFRICAN & AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES, 6400 Press Dr, New Orleans LA 70126, 504-286-5296, fx: 504286-5131; Florence Borders, Archivist; 91 M-F. Archives focusing on Africa and the African-American experience and an extensive African art collection.

TOURO INFIRMARY ARCHIVES, Gumbel Bldg., Chestnut corner Aline St.; mailing address: 1401 Foucher St, New Orleans LA 70115, 504-897-8090, fx: 504897-8322; BBramson@aol.com, Catherine C. Kahn, Archivist; 94 Tu-Thur. Founded by Judah Touro in 1852, Touro Infirmary is New Orleans' oldest private hospital. Its collection (1852 to present) includes the hospital's historical records, annual reports, minute books, 19th-century admission records and photographs. Artifacts include early medical instruments and nursing uniforms.

TULANE UNIVERSITY, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, New Orleans LA 70118-5682, 504-865-5685, fx: 504-8656773, http://www.tulane.edu/-Imiller/SpecCollHomePage.htmi; 8:30-5:00 M-F, 9:00-1:00 Sat. Tulane pioneered the modem collection archives movement in New Orleans beginning in 1889. Since then, Tulane's early collecting efforts have evolved into a suite of speci@d archival resources.

Unless otherwise notes the above contact information applies to all of the following Tulane archives:

HOGAN JAZZ ARCHIVE, 504-8655688, raeburn@mailhosttcs.tulane.edu, http://www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/JazzHome.html; Bruce Boyd Raeburn, Curator. Primary and secondary material pertaining to jazz music. Includes records and papers, oral histories, recorded music, photographs, sheet music, and clippings.

LATIN AMERICAN LIBRARY, 504-8655681, fx: 504-862-8970, gns@mailhosttcs.tulaneedu, http://wwwtulane.edu/~latinlib/lalhome.html; Guillermo Nanez-Falcon, Head. Manuscript collections about Latin America, especially Mexico and Central America.

TULANE MANUSCRIPTS DEPARTMENT, lmiller@mailhost-tcs.tulaneedu, http://www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/MannscriptsHome.html; Leon C. Miller, Manuscripts Librarian. New Orleans' most comprehensive collection archives, with ahnost four linear miles of documents from the founding of the city to the present. Focus includes CarnivaL Colonial Louisiana, Civil War, Jewish studies, Louisiana politics, medical history, social welfare, Southern literature, waterways, and women's studies.

NEWCOMB COLLEGE CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN, Caroline Richardson Hall, 504-865-5238, fx: 504-8628948, susannah@mailhosttcs.tulaneedu, http://wwwtulane.edu/-wc/textlwwwhtml; Susan N. Tucker, Curator. Official archives of Newcomb College. Also preserves documents on women's education and experiences.

SOUTHEASTERN ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVE, 504-862-8000 xl8O6 or 504-8655699, vanzante@mailhosttcs.tulane.edu, http://wwwtulane.edu/~lmiller/SEAAHome.html; Gary Van Zante, Curator. As a repository for architectural records of the Gulf South region, SEAA preserves plans and drawings, photographs, and office records of architecmml fmns dating from the 1830s through the 1980s, representing more than 200 architects.

TULANE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, robsher@mailhosttcs.tulane.edu, hftp://www.tulane.edu/-Imiller/Archives.html; Robert Sherer, University Archivist.Preserves official records of Tulane University and information about Tulane. Includes theses, dissertations, catalogs, publications, presidential papers, and other university records.

UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS, ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPTS/SPECIAL COLLECTIONS UNIT, Earl K. Leng Library, New Orleans LA 70148, 504-280-6543; fx: 504280-7277; 8:004:30 M-F, 10:00-2:00 Sat., appointment suggested; Beatrice Rodriquez Owsley, Acting Head. The official archives of the university, the Louisiana State Supreme Co@ the Orleans Parish School Board, and The Chamber/ New Orleans and the River Region. The main focus of the unit is on 20th-century etimic and business records of New Orleans.

URSULINE CONVENT ARCHIVES AND MUSEUM, 2635 State St, New Orleans LA 70118, 504-866-1472; Sr. Joan Marie Aycock, archivist; by appointment. The Ursuline Community and the Ursuline Academy of New Orleans.

XAVIER UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, 7325 Palmetto St, New Orleans LA 70125, 504-483-7655, fx: 504486-2385, lsullivan@mail.xula.edu; Lester Sullivan, University Archivist and Assistant Librarian for Special Collections; 9:30-5:00 M-F. The University Archives preserves official records of the university. Special Collections contains archival holdings on African-American history, the American South and the Gulf-Caribbean region, and U.S. Catholicism.