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Includes correspondence with boards and commissions, city departments, city officials, and national figures, such as Susan B. Anthony.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The records are "fragments" that have survived in the City Archives. Most of the records are in the form of incoming letters to the mayor. In some cases related materials are fastened together. The arrangement in alphabetical by name of correspondent (corporate or individual). Where only one or two items exist for a given correspondent, those items are filed in alphabetical miscellaneous folders. Much of the material is "ceremonial" (i.e., letters of introduction/greetings, letters of...

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...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The records are General Office Files (1967-1979) consisting of correspondence, minutes, election records, project files, and miscellaneous materials. Included are the records of the Interim Committee which designed the Human Relations Committee ordinance and oversaw its implementation.Additional materials filed in the City Documents collection include: Annual Reports, 1968-1972 (AAHC200) Specialized Reports, 1970-1971(ABN202), on subjects including voter...

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Admission Books, Patient Registers, Death Records, and Admission Books to the Lunatic Asylum

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Transferred to the Archives in 1995 following the resignation of Dr. Brobson Lutz as Director of Health. Most of the records are listed as "General Files," but there is also a subseries of "AIDS Files." The records are especially strong for the period of Dr. Lutz's administration which began in 1983. Also of special interest is an extensive file on the "merger" of the Health Department with the Louisiana Department of Health and Human Resources.

Scope and Contents As in all of the pre-1936 Mayor's papers, the Behrman papers have been reconstructed from fragments previously unprocessed or dispersed in subject files kept in the Official Vertical File. The records are arranged alphabetically by name of corporate or individual correspondent. Correspondence marked with clear filing notes is filed according to the subject designated in the note and arranged chronologically therein. Relatively few records have survived from the 16 years of...