Bureau of Governmental Research (New Orleans, La.)
Organization
Biography
Founded in 1932, the Bureau of Governmental Research is a non-profit, citizen-supported, independent research organization dedicated to informed public policy making and the effective use of public resources in the New Orleans Metropolitan Area.
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Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Administrative organization and relationships, 1950
File — Box 10, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Administrative records, publications, reports, pamphlets and other material from the Orleans Parish School Board. The collection has been arranged into series based on type of record. The Board of Directors of the First District administrative records have been arranged into their own series. Bound Volumes mostly contain financial documents related to expenditures by the School Board and district, but includes a roster of school eligible children. The Subject File contains mostly reports and...
Dates:
1950
Bureau of Governmental Research of New Orleans reports
Collection
Identifier: SC-193-MS
Scope and Contents
Report related to the November 7, 2000 election on two bond propositions. Purpose A proposed to issue 150 millon dolars in general obligation bonds for six categories of city projects. The Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff issued Purpose B for 27 million for facilities, equipment, and furnishings.
Dates:
1933; 1990-2010
Found in:
Special Collections
Bureau of Governmental Research records relating to the City of New Orleans home rule charter process
Collection
Identifier: SC-260-MS
Scope and Contents
Memos and correspondence, reports and subject files, and other documents related to the Bureau's research into the city charter process.
Dates:
circa 1949-1952
Found in:
Special Collections
Certificate of Distinction, 1950-09-08
File — Box 7, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Administrative records, publications, reports, pamphlets and other material from the Orleans Parish School Board. The collection has been arranged into series based on type of record. The Board of Directors of the First District administrative records have been arranged into their own series. Bound Volumes mostly contain financial documents related to expenditures by the School Board and district, but includes a roster of school eligible children. The Subject File contains mostly reports and...
Dates:
1950-09-08
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
Chief Administrative Officer Cedric S. Grant
Collection
Identifier: CA-CAO-Grant
Scope and Contents
The records are primarily subject/correspondence files. While most of the folders are labeled "correspondence," also included are reports, memos, financial or legal documents, and minutes of committees, boards or task forces on which Grant sat (these are fragmentary).
Dates:
1999-2001; Majority of material found within 2000-2001
Found in:
City Archives
Commissioner Lionel G. Ott Records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AB-Ott
Scope and Contents
Corresspondence and subject files from the office of Lionel Ott, Commissioner of Finance.
Dates:
1946-1964
Found in:
City Archives
Councilmember Arnold D. Fielkow At-Large records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AB-Fielkow
Scope and Contents
The collection includes paper and born-digital records.The paper records are subject/correspondence files. A large portion of the files are related to the New Orleans Recreation Department (NORD) and Fielkow’s efforts to reform and revitalize NORD through the creation of its successor commission, the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission (NORDC). Other files include projects of special interest to the Councilman, such as youth recreational activities and adoption...
Dates:
2005-2012
Found in:
City Archives
Councilmember James Carter District C Records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AB-Carter.J
Scope and Contents
The records in this collection have generally been kept in the order that they were received by the City Archives. Records are divided into five series: Criminal Justice, Recovery, Subject Files, Housing, and Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO). The majority of records in this collection concern City Council recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina and Carter’s work with criminal justice reform. Of particular interest are records pertaining to the demolition of the “Big Four” public...
Dates:
2006-2010
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
General Files
Series
Scope and Contents
General subject files kept by CAO Grant's office regarding his interaction with other city departments, officials, and the public.
Dates:
1994-2001
Mayor deLesseps S. Morrison records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Morrison
Scope and Contents
The records, for the most part, represent subject/correspondence files from the second half of the Morrison administration. A small series of miscellaneous subject files covers his entire term of office, and a smaller series comprises the records of Morrison's Public Relations Office for 1960 only. Reading files from the first half of Morrison's administration were retained, as were press releases.The records of the first half of the Morrison administration are housed at ...
Dates:
1946-1961; Majority of material found within 1956-1961
Found in:
City Archives
Mayor Robert S. Maestri records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Maestri
Scope and Contents
The records consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence in two series (one consisting of manuscript correspondence and the other microfilm copies of correspondence), and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings (also available on microfilm). There may be some duplication between the manuscript and microfilmed correspondence, but for the most part, the originals of the microfilmed series are no longer extant. In general, the correspondence reflects the day-to-day business of municipal...
Dates:
1936-1945
Found in:
City Archives
Mayor Sidney J. Barthelemy records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Barthelemy
Scope and Contents
Under the Barthelemy administration, the Office of the Mayor was divided into three sub-offices (variously called divisions or departments) in addition to the Mayor's Executive Office, each headed by an Executive Assistant to the Mayor: the Office of Economic Development (known for a time as the Office of Urban Development), the Office of Human Resources (or Human Resources Administration), and the Office of Intergovernmental Relations. Records transferred to the City Archives at the end of...
Dates:
1986-1994
Found in:
City Archives
Mayor Victor H. Schiro records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Schiro
Scope and Contents
The records include correspondence/subject files from Schiro's tenure as Councilman, as well as his terms as Mayor (the 1961 files contain both mayoral and councilmanic papers). Also included is a series of records from the Mayor's Public Relations Office, 1957-1970 (extending slightly into the tenure of Schiro's successor, Moon Landrieu).
Dates:
1950-1970
Found in:
City Archives
New Zoning Law/Bureau of Governmental Research recommendations
File — Folder 340
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
Subject files, 1955-1971
Series
Scope and Contents
The subject files series includes reading files and records gathered by the CAO office related to city projects and issues.
Dates:
Other: 1955-1971
Found in:
City Archives
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Chief Administrative Office records