Orleans Levee District. Board of Commissioners
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Found in 6 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
Mayor Andrew McShane records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-McShane
Scope and Contents
The McShane papers are primarily correspondence, with a small amount of additional miscellaneous materials, proclamations, speeches, and a report from the Orleans Parish Demonstration Agent. Some of the major subjects represented in the McShane papers are: early plans for an auditorium in the city; an American Legion convention; opposition to local activities in connection with the National Beauty Pagaent in Atlantic City, NJ; the extension of Dauphine Street through the Jackson Barracks...
Dates:
1920-1925
Found in:
City Archives
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
Orleans Levee District Board of Commissioners, 1982-1984
File — Box 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The records are subject files from the following Councilmembers representing District E:
- Philip Ciaccio, pictured right, served as Dist. E Councilmember from 1966-1982
- Howard Beck, appointed to fill Ciaccio's unexpired term, 1982
- Wayne Babovich, served 1982-1985
- Ulysses Williams, appointed to fill Babovich's unexpired term, 1985-1986
Dates:
1982-1984
Found in:
City Archives
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City Council District E records