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New Orleans (La.). Department of Public Property

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

City Engineer records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-KJ
Scope and Contents The records contain a wealth of information about buildings, streets, bridges, and other elements of the physical state of New Orleans between 1890 and 1947 specifically. Much of this information, though, will be difficult to access for a number of reasons. The "good stuff" is often buried amidst a mass of routine reports, communications, forms, and other documents. Available indexing is not uniformly keyed to any surviving filing locations or other designations....
Dates: 1890-1980s
Found in: City Archives

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

House of Detention records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-TS
Scope and Contents

The House of Detention Records include:

  • Annual Reports
  • Monthly Reports
  • Records of the release or transfer of federal prisoners
  • Medical Records


Additional records for the House of Detention can be found in the City Documents collection under the call number TS150-TS220.

Dates: 1918-1954
Found in: City Archives

Record of the release or transfer of federal prisoners, 1918-1925

 File — Volume TS430
Scope and Contents The record book comprises individual line entries arranged by number in more or less chronological order. Most entries include, in addition to number and date, the name, race, date and time of release or transfer, name of individual authorizing release or transfer, and, in the case of transfers, the place transferred to. Other information sometimes recorded include gender, criminal offense, sentence rendered, date of sentencing, and address of individual. Some of the prisoners are noted as...
Dates: 1918-1925