PUBLIC LIBRARIES - 1859 SOARDS' DIRECTORY                              Orleans Parish

Submitted by:  Colleen Fitzpatrick     CFitzp@aol.com

Source:  1859 Soard's New Orleans City Directory
         New Orleans Public Library
         (Also available through the Family History Center)

Updated:  November 2001

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PUBLIC LIBRARIES - 1859 SOARDS' DIRECTORY

Names of Libraries			Locality of Libraries		Librarians		Vols.

Lyceum, First District			Room No. 10 City Hall		R. C. Kerr		11,000
Public School, Second District		Court Buildings, Chartres St.	Aug. Cassard		 5,000
Public School, Fourth District		Trinity Church, Jackson St.	J. G. Parham		 1,250
Mercantile				Exchange Alley, c. Canal	Ernest Lagarde		 3,500
Fisk Free				Room No. 15 City Hall		H. O. Ames		 8,000
Law					Court Buildings, Chartres St.	Fred R. Taber		 2,026
Academy of Sciences			University Buildings		H. Cline		   600
Young Men's Christian Assoc'n		No. 197 Camp St.		H. Ginder		   450