New Orleans Public Library
Organization
Topics
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Charter Committee
Collection
Identifier: CA-ZA
Scope and Contents
The records are arranged into six subseries, as kept by the Committee itself:
- Correspondence
- Jobs
- Subject Files
- Reports/ Samples from Various Cities
- Files for Various Section of the Charter
- Corrected Proofs
- Secretray's Records
- Charts
Dates:
1950-1952
Found in:
City Archives
Correspondence, New Orleans Public Library, 1967-1968, 1967-1968
Series — Box 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The correspondence files deal almost exclusively with Levy's naval career. The files include both incoming and carbon copies of outgoing correspondence and were originally labelled "personal correspondence" by Captain Levy. While much "personal" correspondence is included (e.g., letters of congratulation, thanks, condolence; letters reporting family news and personal activities), the files also include a considerable amount of Navy "business" (e.g. personnel matters, orders, papers relating...
Dates:
1967-1968
Found in:
Special Collections
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Neville Levy papers
Councilmember Bryan Wagner District A records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AB-Wagner
Scope and Contents
The records in this collection span the years 1980-1983 and contain correspondence as well as questionnaires distributed to District A constituents. Correspondence is both incoming and outgoing. Included in this series is a single letter from Bryan Wagner concerning funding of the New Orleans Public Library, dated 1984. There are also several folders regarding the topic of cable television programing in the New Orleans area for the years 1980-1981.
The second portion of this...
Dates:
1980-1983
Found in:
City Archives
Councilmember Joseph V. DiRosa At-Large records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AB-DiRosa
Scope and Contents
The DiRosa records contain subject files from the councilperson's two terms in office. Many of the subject files deal with civic matters, social services, and local organizations. Of particular note are the liquor license revocations that were part of a morality enforcement against gambling, sex work, and same-sex bars. Many of the organizations present in the collection are local social service organizations or political organizations, including anti-community organizations from the...
Dates:
1962-1966; 1970-1978
Found in:
City Archives
Coupons detached from public improvement bonds, library bonds, and Southern Railway Station purchase bonds and surrendered for registration both as to principal and interest, 1959-1973
Item
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection comprises most of the records related to the city's debt and bonds from 1830 to 1980. Each agency or department responsible for monitoring and reporting on the debt has their records collection in their respective series.
The first series "Records of bonds, notes, and other securities or currencies issued by the city of New Orleans and its subdivisions, 1830-1861" includes debts incurred during the muncipality period by the first, second, and third...
Dates:
1959-1973
Department of Public Property records
Collection
Identifier: CA-KD
Scope and Contents
The surviving records of the Commissioner's Office in the Department of Public Property are limited to a single register book and a series of correspondence/subject files. Records of the Division of Public Buildings, the Division of Public Works, and the City Engineer's Office are described separately.The register records documents received by the Commission and referred to the Commissioner of Public Property for action. Documents are listed by date of receipt and numerically under...
Dates:
1912-1973
Found in:
City Archives
Friends of the New Orleans Public Library records
Collection
Identifier: CA-HR-Friends
Scope and Contents
The records include correspondence, event files, Administrative and Financial files, Newspaper Clippings, files relating to specific Friends of the New Orleans Public Library projects, and Friends' publications, such as "How to Use Your New Orleans Public Library" which is pictured here. These records document different events planned by the friends, such as Friends Fest, Book Sale, and Auction. They highlight the different projects sponsored by the friends in the New Orleans area; Summer...
Dates:
1960-2019
Found in:
City Archives
Library-Related Activities
Series
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of material gathered by Mrs. McCusker as a participant in numerous civic-, church-, and library-related activities or organizations in New Orleans. Included are correspondence relating to specific activities; meeting notices, agendas and minutes; membership, volunteer and personnel records; conference material; charters, articles of incorporation and/or by-laws for several organizations; financial reports; final and/or draft versions of reports and studies;...
Dates:
1969 - 1992
Found in:
Special Collections
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Ruth Robertson McCusker Papers
Mayor C. Ray Nagin records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Nagin
Scope and Contents
The Mayor C. Ray Nagin records contain two series: Office of Administration and the Office of Communications. These records include subject files, staff records, planning materials, correspondence, and other records produced by these offices under Mayor Nagin and CAO Brenda Hatfield. The Office of Administration records include physical materials that can be requested and viewed in the City Archives & Special Collections reading room. The Office of Communications transferred...
Dates:
2002-2010
Found in:
City Archives
Mayor Marc H. Morial records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Morial.M
Scope and Contents
The City Archives received approximately 700 cu. ft. of records during the last days of the Marc H. Morial administration. Included were records of the various divisions within the Mayor's Office along with records of the Chief Administrative Office and records of the Finance, Health, Property Management, Police, and Parkways Departments. Records for agencies outside of the Mayor's Office are described separately.
Dates:
1993-2002
Found in:
City Archives
New Orleans Library Club records
Collection
Identifier: SC-309-MS
Scope and Contents
The records inlcude manuscript and typewritten minutes, meeting announcements, correspondence, and related materials. Source unknown.
Dates:
1931-1951
Found in:
Special Collections
New Orleans Library League financial records
Collection
Identifier: SC-13-MS
Scope and Contents
The records include a journal of receipts and expenditures, five books of receipt stubs, and miscellaneous receipts.
Dates:
1936-1961
Found in:
Special Collections
New Orleans Public Library
File — Box 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The records have been reconstructed from "fragments" dispersed in the City Archives. They consist primarily of incoming correspondence to the mayor, arranged alphabetically by name of corporate or individual correspondent. Correspondence marked with clear filing notes has been filed according to the subject designated in the note and arranged chronologically within the subject category. Among the subjects covered most substantially are the strike by workers constructing the Public Belt (Huey...
Dates:
1929-1936
Found in:
City Archives
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Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley records
New Orleans Public Library
File — Box 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Much of the material is "ceremonial" (i.e., letters of introduction/greetings, letters of appointment, etc.) but there are documents of more significance, especially in the files for city of New Orleans government agencies. The New Orleans Police Department files include scattered reports on investigations of houses of prostitution, fortune-telling, and other "nuisances" of the day. The Orleans Levee District, Board of Commissioners files include details of the Board's purchase of land for...
Dates:
1926-1929
Found in:
City Archives
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Mayor Arthur J. O'Keefe records
New Orleans Public Library
File — Box 5: Series A
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The records were created by the Office of the Mayor and include files pertaining to the appointment of members to and the general business of various boards and commissions, committees and task forces; individual files may include formal letters of appointment and responses from appointees; Council motions approving appointments; occasionally minutes of meetings; correspondence regarding potential appointees; and sometimes resumes of potential appointees.
The records span the...
Dates:
1958-1970
New Orleans Public Library Booklists and Bibliographies
Digital Collection
Identifier: CA-HR-Booklists
Found in:
City Archives
New Orleans Public Library records
Collection
Identifier: CA-HR
Scope and Contents
Records of the New Orleans Public Library include:
Records of City Librarians
Subject Files
Annual Reports
Departments of the Main Library, including the Foreign Language Division, African American Resource Center, Juvenille Division, Arts and Music, and several others
Catalogins, accessions, and circulation records
Records of the Jambalaya Program
Booklists and bibliographies created by various library...
Dates:
1893-2007
Found in:
City Archives
New Orleans Public Library Wisner Children's Book Collection, 1995
File — Box 2, Folder: 45
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Edward Wisner Donation records were transferred to the City Archives in August of 2016. They consist primarily of correspondence, grant applications, and City of New Orleans disbursement information. Records were kept in the order in which they were received. For additional information about the Wisner Donation, ask about materials housed in the City Documents collection such as annual reports and the Wisner...
Dates:
1995
New Orleans Public Library WPA Project, 1936-1943
Series — Box 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The records include in-coming and out-going correspondence, official reports and proposals, and ephemera. The correspondence related to the WPA's activities at New Orleans Public Library originated with NOPL (primarily letters and reports from City Librarian John Hall Jacobs to WPA officials and others and in-coming correspondence from the WPA to Jacobs); these records actually belong with the records of NOPL but have remained with this collection.Also included are minutes of the...
Dates:
1936-1943
Office Administration, 2002-2010
Series
Scope and Contents
The records of this office were incomplete upon arrival at the City Archives. Individual documents were not foldered or organized in any discernible way except chronologically. The archivist created folders based on subjects indicated by the content of the documents.Included are inter-office memos; citizen complaints and requests for assistance; invitations; letters (both incoming and outgoing) of congratulations, recommendation and thanks; correspondence with individuals,...
Dates:
2002-2010
Found in:
City Archives
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Mayor C. Ray Nagin records
Public Library board
File — Folder 166
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The records document both individual projects and ongoing Commission concerns. Among the former are files dealing with the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition and among the latter are files dealing with such matters as public buildings, streets, transportation, and zoning.They were transferred to the City Archives in several groups during the 1980s. In 1991-1992, City Archives staff arranged the files into series based on the projects or functional areas pertinent to each file folder. Folders...
Dates:
1927-1985
Ruth Robertson McCusker Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-159-MS
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of material gathered by Mrs. McCusker as a participant in numerous civic-, church-, and library-related activities or organizations in New Orleans. Included are correspondence relating to specific activities; meeting notices, agendas and minutes; membership, volunteer and personnel records; conference material; charters, articles of incorporation and/or by-laws for several organizations; financial reports; final and/or draft versions of reports and studies;...
Dates:
1969 - 1992
Found in:
Special Collections
Subject Files , 1950-1969, bulk: 1957-1969
Series
Scope and Contents
Contains Schiro's subject files from 1950-1969, including his time as a city councilperson. The bulk of the records come from Schiro's years as Mayor with a few preceding years.
Dates:
1950-1969; Majority of material found within 1957-1969
Found in:
City Archives
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Mayor Victor H. Schiro records
Subject Files, 1956-1961
Series
Scope and Contents
The subject files consist mostly of correspondence and reports, both from internal departments, constiuents, corporations, and other government bodies. Most concern city affairs and economic development.
Dates:
1956-1961
Found in:
City Archives
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Mayor deLesseps S. Morrison records