Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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...

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This collection includes 18 boxes of files from Fitzmorris's tenure as At-Large Councilmember. Major areas of focus are Leases on City owned property, the Sewerage and Water Board, and extensive recordkeeping of his appointments. This collection also includes a small amout of Fitzmorris' personal papers.

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The records of the Landrieu administrations are divided between the Loyola University of New Orleans Department of Archives and Special Collections and the City Archives at the New Orleans Public Library. Through a cooperative project, NOPL microfilmed both sets of records. The following is the inventory of the City Archives portion of the Landrieu records.

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...

Scope and Contents Ernest Morial mayor's office records begin in 1977, the year before he took office, and run until he left office in 1986. He organized his office into four sub-units: the Executive Office, Intergovernmental Relations, Planning and Development, and Human Resources (in addition, the Mayor was advised by an Executive Counsel and was assisted in operating city government by his Chief Administrative Officer--unfortunately though, no records from either of these aides has yet been accessioned by...

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...

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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).

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Manuscript lists of passengers arriving at the port of New Orleans during April and May of 1851. Other copies of most of these lists exist in the passenger list records filmed by the National Archives. Lists for two vessels are not included on those microfilms: Schooner Union, from San Juan de Nicaragua (April 20, 1851) and Bark Cora, from Richmond (May 9, 1851).

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Carbon copy of a typewritten letter to the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans proposing that space be made at the foot of Canal Street for terminal and ferry facilities. Source unknown.

Scope and Contents The Office of the Mayor's records contains administrative records from throughout the existence of the office. This includes petitions, licenses, project records, city property files, and correspondence with constituents, politicians, governing bodies, city officials, and city departments, among other administrative records. The responsibilities of the Mayor have changed throughout the history of the city, so the Office of the Mayor records have been subdivided by historical...

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 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...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The records are 3 boxes of subject/correspondence files reconstructed from fragments dispersed in the City Archives' Official Vertical File and from a small series of files that survived intact. The files are primarily in-coming correspondence to the Commissioner of Public Finance. Also included are a variety of reports (financial or otherwise) generated by the Commissioner or his office. Agencies represented by substantial files include the Federal Housing Committee, Mississippi River...

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Levee duties and ship journals from the historical Port of Orleans, including the Wharfinger of the Second and Third districts.

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Carbon copy of a typewritten letter to the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans Patent for a "Cattle or Stock Guarde."