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Includes correspondence with boards and commissions, city departments, city officials, and national figures, such as Susan B. Anthony.

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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.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Relatively few records have survived from the 16 years of Behrman's first tenure; those extant consist mainly of in-coming correspondence from city, parish, or state agencies, neighborhood civic groups, public officials, and private citizens. Among the agencies represented most fully are the City Engineer and the Public Belt Railroad Commission. Included in the file for the New Orleans Board of Health is material concerning the 1905 yellow fever epidemic (the last major epidemic to occur in...

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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.

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Corresspondence and subject files from the office of Lionel Ott, Commissioner of Finance.

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...

Scope and Contents The majority of records in this collection are from Wilson's At-Large term on City Council; however, a few date back to her previous District A terms. Materials have been grouped into five seperate series, reflecting the activities of her office. Wilson's office kept extensive subject files on city agencies, businesses, local organizations, and topics of local interest. Additionally, they maintained files on select individuals, including politicians and business members of the community. A...

Scope and Contents The records reflect Grant's tenure as Deputy Chief Administrative Officer. As primary assistant to the CAO, Grant was responsible for capital development, emergency preparedness and public works. The records are primarily subject/correspondence files. While most of the folders are labeled "correspondence," also included are reports, memos, financial or legal documents, minutes of committees, boards or task forces on which Grant sat (these are fragmentary), etc. Correspondence or memos to CAO...

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This collection contains correspondence, reports, copies of council resolutions and other city documents, information sheets, resumes, and inter office memos.

Scope and Contents 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...

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.

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...

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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 This collection comprises most of the records related to the city's debt and bonds from 1830 to 1980. Each agency or department responsible for monitoring and reporting on the debt has their records collection in their respective series. The first series "Records of bonds, notes, and other securities or currencies issued by the city of New Orleans and its subdivisions, 1830-1861" includes debts incurred during the muncipality period by the first, second, and third...

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A former superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department (1960-1975), Chief Giarrusso's interest in the NOPD and in law enforcement continued through his years on the Council, an interest that is reflected in these records. Other issues that are particularly well represented relate to public utilities policy and regulation, gambling and the city's proposed land-based casino, and anti-smoking legislation, for which the Chief acted as one of New Orleans' strongest advocates.

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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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The subject files consist mostly of correspondence and reports, both from internal departments, constiuents, corporations, and other government bodies. Most concern city affairs and economic development.

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