Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Office began its cental filing system in June 1975. Incoming files, as well as materials already collected, were classified using a two-letter coding system to indicate the category to which the files were assigned. That classification system has been retained in this archival series as indicated in the arrangement section that follows.The Office and its components collected data and information from a wide variety of sources from within city government and from outside...

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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).

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...

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Files on various sections of the charter, including drafts, corrected proofs, maps, memos, and a few annual reports submitted by city agencies to assist the Committee in its preparation of the charter.

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Contains administrative files related to projects in the 1970s and 1980s. These files contain correspondence and reports from city, state, and federal governments.

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This collection consits of subject files from Curtis' time as District A representative. The majority of materials are from the early 60's, and pertain to budget and zoning issues. Some personal papers were also transferred and are included here.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Much of the materials in this collection are constituent requests for assistance for a variety of problems. "Scheduling Files" comprise documents used by the Councilmember's staff to prepare his daily schedule of activities. As such, they include a considerable amount of information on events taking place in District B and the city as a whole. Of particular interest is the series regarding the St. Thomas Redevelopment Project, and public opinion surrounding the construction of a WalMart in...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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...

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 ...

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...

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The City Archives received approximately 700 cu. ft. of records during the last days of the Marc H. Morial administration. Included were records of the various divisions within the Mayor's Office along with records of the Chief Administrative Office and records of the Finance, Health, Property Management, Police, and Parkways Departments. Records for agencies outside of the Mayor's Office are described separately.

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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).

Scope and Contents The New Orleans Health Department records contain vital records, correspondence, meeting minutes, annual reports, statistical reports, complaints and violations of Health Laws, and publications. They also contain records from specialized departments, including: Bureau of Public Health Nursing Bureau of Public Health Nursing Bureau of Tuberculosis Control City Health Laboratory City Health Laboratory City Smallpox Hospital, 1874-1879 Lead Poisoning...

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Records include files on city-owned property leased for private use, subject, and reading files. The property files include photographs, the lease agreement, and other relevant material.

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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 subject files series includes reading files and records gathered by the CAO office related to city projects and issues.

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Subject files represent most agencies of city government, other public bodies, businesses, and organizations as well as topical subject areas ranging from abandoned automobiles to zoning. Some programs and subjects of special interest to Wilson appear to be particularly well represented in the records: crime and the New Orleans Police Department, the city's Great Expectations program, revision of the city charter, and term limitation.

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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.