The Louisiana Division's extensive Carnival Collection includes printed materials, float and costume designs, krewe favors, photographs, and other memorabilia generated by most of the active and historical Carnival organizations from the 1860s to the present. Many of the items in the collection have come to us over the years through donations. We continue to depend on such gifts from Mardi Gras krewe members and their guests. If you would like to donate materials for the Carnival Collection please call the Louisiana Division at 596-2610 or send e-mail at archivist@neworleanspubliclibrary.org.

The collections detailed here are only a partial listing of Carnival materials available in the Louisiana Division.

See Also:

• The Louisiana Division's annual Carnival Exhibits

• Photographs of Carnival in various collections in the Louisiana Photograph Collection:     General Interest Collection
      Alexander Allison Collections
      Cornelius Durkee Collection
      Dorothy Violet Gulledge Collection
      Robert Tallant Collection
      John N. Teunisson Collection
      Recent Additions Collection

• The Index to the Louisiana Division Vertical File

• Searches under "Carnival" and "Mardi Gras" in the NOPL website will lead to additional items and to information on Carnival in various City of New Orleans records in the City Archives.