Scope and Contents The City Charter provides that the Mayor shall "appoint, with approval of a majority of members of the Council, members of all boards except as otherwise provided in this Charter or by applicable State law." In practice the Mayor appoints, or nominates for appointment, members not only of Charter-created boards and commissions but also of a variety of bodies created by state law, quasi-governmental organizations, and public-private corporate partnerships.The records comprise...

Scope and Contents 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...

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The Chief Administrative Office records contain six series of records from 1950 to 2000, including subject files, capital project files, economic statistics for the city, records of the Federal Program Division, office Scrapbooks, and public relations photographs.

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Records include files on city-owned property leased for private use, subject, and reading files. The property files include photographs, the lease agreement, and other relevant material.

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...

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Files on various sections of the charter, including drafts, corrected proofs, maps, memos, and a few annual reports submitted by city agencies to assist the Committee in its preparation of the charter.

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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.

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The records of the Landrieu administrations are divided between the Loyola University of New Orleans Department of Archives and Special Collections and the City Archives at the New Orleans Public Library. Through a cooperative project, NOPL microfilmed both sets of records. The following is the inventory of the City Archives portion of the Landrieu records.

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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.

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This collection contains records related to the takeover and administration of the Pontalba building in Jackson Square, including financial records and agreements.

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The Vieux Carre Commission records contains records related to specific projects in the French Quarter, general information about various properties and businesses, and court records related to the Jax Brewery and the Upstairs Lounge fire.