Works Progress Administration
Organization
Parallel Names
- W.P.A.
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Bridge records, 1926-1965
Series
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports, specifications, design notes, maps, plans, and other materials relating to the design, construction, and maintenance of bridges in the City of New Orleans. Also included are similar documents relating to the beautification of the Bayou St. John waterway and other "non-bridge" projects such as the Lake Pontchartrain bulkhead and the U.S. Immigration Station wharf.In addition to documenting the operations of the City Engineer's office (and later the...
Dates:
1926-1965
Found in:
City Archives
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City Engineer records
Mayor Robert S. Maestri records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Maestri
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...
Dates:
1936-1945
Found in:
City Archives
Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Walmsley
Scope and Contents
The records have been reconstructed from "fragments" dispersed in the City Archives. They consist primarily of incoming correspondence to the mayor, arranged alphabetically by name of corporate or individual correspondent. Correspondence marked with clear filing notes has been filed according to the subject designated in the note and arranged chronologically within the subject category. Among the subjects covered most substantially are the strike by workers constructing the Public Belt (Huey...
Dates:
1929-1936
Found in:
City Archives
New Orleans Art: The New Deal Era
Series
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The City Archives houses the correspondence, minutes, financial records, sound recordings, posters, and other records of the Library's National Endowment for the Humanities-funded continuing education program. The records document the planning, organization, and production of the individual elements of the program. Sound recordings were made of most of the events and the original reel-to-reel tapes were duplicated on cassettes for research use. Also included are correspondence and minutes of...
Dates:
1893-2007
Robert Tallant papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-120-MS
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of letters, photographs, typescripts (with manuscript corrections) of his novels, short stories, articles, and non-fiction works, scrapbooks of reviews and other material related to his works, radio scripts, plot outlines, research materials, sketches, prints, and clippings. Some carbons and galley and page proofs are also included, as are portions of the manuscript of Gumbo Ya-Ya, which Tallant co-authored with Lyle Saxon and Edward Dreyer.The research...
Dates:
1938-1957
Found in:
Special Collections
Tombstone Index, Compiled in 1930s
Series
Scope and Contents
Microfilm of index cards containing information taken from cemetery tombstones (and, in some cases, from the cemetery records themselves) in New Orleans cemeteries, compiled by the WPA in the 1930s. The cards include some or all of the following information: name of deceased, parents, birth and death dates, and the location of the grave or tomb.
Dates:
Compiled in 1930s
Found in:
Special Collections
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Non-Municipal Cemetery Records
United States. Works Progress Administration. Louisiana. miscellaneous files
Collection
Identifier: SC-335-MS
Scope and Contents
The records include in-coming and out-going correspondence, official reports and proposals, and ephemera. The correspondence related to the WPA's activities at New Orleans Public Library originated with NOPL (primarily letters and reports from City Librarian John Hall Jacobs to WPA officials and others and in-coming correspondence from the WPA to Jacobs); these records actually belong with the records of NOPL but have remained with this collection.Also included are minutes of the...
Dates:
1936-1943
Found in:
Special Collections
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- Collection 4
- Archival Object 3
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- City Administration 2
- Ships and Shipping 2
- Algiers (New Orleans, La.) 1
- Arts, Tourism, and Culture Industry 1
- Aviation 1
- Bayou St. John (New Orleans, La.) 1
- Bridges 1
- Canals 1
- City finances 1
- Disaster Recovery 1
- Disaster preparedness 1
- Flood control 1
- Huey Long Bridge 1
- Inland navigation 1
- Libraries 1
- Museums 1
- New Deal 1
- Political organizations 1
- Strikes and Lockouts 1 + ∧ less
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