Special Collections

• Louisiana State Library 25th Anniversary — 1925-1950
  
  
• Louisiana State Library 50th Anniversary — 1950-1975

These files are only available in person:

• Johnette Downing archives
  
  
• Sheryl St. Germain archives
  
  
• Louisiana Writer Award information

• Louisiana Legislative Sessions, 1997-2024
  
  
• Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2028
  
  
• Membership in the Louisiana Senate, 1880-2024
  
  
• Spanish Land Grant database

• Sketches, historical and descriptive, of Louisiana (Library of Congress) (1812)
  
  
• Historical memoir of the war in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15 : with an atlas. (Library of Congress) (1816)
  
  
• The progress and achievement of one hundred years, since the second war of independence, or, the war of 1812 (Library of Congress) (1911)
  
  
• Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands
  
  
• Battle fields of Louisiana revisited a second time (Library of Congress) (1897)
  
  
• Military record of Louisiana; including biographical and historical papers relating to the military organizations of the state; a soldier's story of the late war, muster rolls, lists of casualties in the various regiments (so far as now known), cemeteries where buried, company journals, personal narratives of prominent actors, etc. (Library of Congress)(1875)

• Facts about Louisiana (Library of Congress) (1901)
  
  
• A hand-book of Louisiana, giving general and agricultural features Library of Congress) (1904)
  
  
• Louisiana Rice Book, 1901 (Library of Congress)
  
  
• Louisiana; statistics and information showing the agricultural and timber resources. (Library of Congress) (1900)
  
  
• Centennial celebration of the Louisiana transfer, December, 1903 (Library of Congress)
  
  
• The Story of Louisiana (Library of Congress) (1888)
  
  
• Louisiana Products, Resources, and Attractions, with a Sketch of the Parishes (Library of Congress) (1881)
  
  
• Sketches Historical and Descriptive of Louisiana (Library of Congress) (1812)
  
  
• History of Louisiana from the Earliest Period (Library of Congress) (1882)
  
  
• A History of Louisiana (Library of Congress) (1893)
  
  
• Biographical sketches of Louisiana's governors, from d'Iberville to McEnery, by a Louisianaise, as a contribution to the exhibit of woman's work, in the Louisiana State Department, at the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, New Orleans, La., 1884-85 (Library of Congress)
  
  
• History of the St. Louis Cathedral of New Orleans (Library of Congress) (1882)
  
  
• Louisiana at Louisiana purchase exposition. Report of the Louisiana board of commissioners to the Louisiana purchase exposition held at Saint Louis, Missouri, 1904 (Library of Congress)
  
  
• Virtual Books. Louisiana Division of Archaeology. Virtual books created by the staff of the Division of Archaeology. Topics include Louisiana Pre-History, Caddo and Tunica tribes, as well as shipwrecks, plantations, Civil War and more.

• A history of who's who in Louisiana politics in 1916, including state officials, senators, representatives, clerks, together with a sketch of all the governors from 1697 to the present date. Brief history of the various locations of the state capital of the state of Louisiana (Library of Congress) (1916)
  
  
• Directory of Louisiana Cities, Towns, and Villages
  
  
• Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical Memoirs (Library of Congress) (1891)
  
  
• Historical memoirs of Louisiana, from the first settlement of the colony to the departure of Governor O'Reilly in 1770, with historical and biographical notes forming the fifth of the series Historical collections of Louisiana (Library of Congress) (1853)
  
  
• Soards guide book illustrated, and street guide of New Orleans (Library of Congress) (1874)
  
  
• Soards guide book illustrated, and street guide of New Orleans (Library of Congress) (1885)
  
  
• "Louisianans and their state" : a historical and biographical text book of Louisiana : its notable men and leading institutions (Library of Congress) (1919)
  
  
• A history of who's who in Louisiana politics in 1916, including state officials, senators, representatives, clerks, together with a Sketch of all the Governors from 1697 to the present date (Library of Congress) (1916)
  
  
• St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, its natural resources and advantages (Library of Congress) (1906)

• Louisiana Department of Education Annual Reports (1857-1979);  (1979-2023)
  
  
• Louisiana products, resources and attractions, with a Sketch of the Parishes (Library of Congress) (1881)

• Louisiana Digital Library – State Library Collection