Orleans Levee District
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Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Chief Administrative Office records
Collection
Identifier: CA-CAO
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1955-2001
Found in:
City Archives
City Council District D Records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AB-District D
Scope and Contents
The bulk of these records are from Marlin Gusman's term in office (2000-2005), pictured left. Also included are records from the terms of Roy E. Glapion, Jr. (1994-1999), pictured below, H. Kenneth Johnston (2000), and David Payton (2005). Materials are arranged in the following series:
Budget Committee Records
General Complaints
Streets Complaints
Governmental Affairs Committee Records
Subject Files
Board of Commissioners of the Orleans...
Dates:
1994-2005; Majority of material found within 2000-2005
Found in:
City Archives
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
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
Department Subject Files, 1994-2000
Series
Scope and Contents
This series contains subject files created by CAO Gusman's office. These include correspondence and information on city officials, budgets, city departments, and businesses, civic organizations, and residents.
Dates:
1994-2000
Mayor Arthur J. O'Keefe records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-OKeefe
Scope and Contents
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
Mayor Martin Behrman records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Behrman
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...
Dates:
1904-1929
Found in:
City Archives
Office of Environmental Affairs records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AAEV
Scope and Contents
The records were selected for transfer to the City Archives by staff in the Environmental Affairs Office following the departure of director Gerald White from city government. The transfer was completed in November 1999.The records deal mainly with individual environment-related projects handled by the Office since its establishment in 1994. Also included are earlier materials apparently collected by third parties and made available to the Office. The file on the Environmental...
Dates:
1979-1996
Found in:
City Archives
Orleans Levee District, 1994-2000
File — Box 21
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The records of the Mayor's Office Administration comprise file folders maintained for various programs, project, and issues that came to the attention of the Mayor and his staff during his two administrations. Much of the material is similar to the records in the Mayor's Office Correspondence and Subject Fies. Among areas of interest are gaming, casinos, and the development of the Harrah's Casino in New Orleans; development of the Jazzland amusement park in Eastern New Orleans; local and...
Dates:
1994-2000
Orleans Levee District: Planning, Engineering, and Construction Committee Meeting, 1998
File — Box 2, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains subject files that span Hazuer-Distance's full time in office, 1994-2000. Areas of interest include the redevelopment of Lincoln Beach, the planning of Jazzland themepark, and various constituent concerns from communities in New Orleans East and along the Irish Bayou. There is particular attention paid to local neighborhood associations.
Dates:
1998
Orleans Parish Levee District, 1987-1992
File — Box 84
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Executive Office of the Mayor was responsible for day-to-day operations of the Mayor's Office. The files are primarily in-coming and out-going correspondence and subject files arranged alphabetically and chronologically within each category. Folders generally contain both correspondence and subject material.Included are inter-office memos; citizen complaints and requests for assistance; invitations; letters (both in-coming and out-going) of congratulations, recommendation and...
Dates:
1987-1992
Subject Files, 1927-1985
Sub-Series
Scope and Contents
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