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Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Boards and Commissions records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Boards
Scope and Contents The records were created by the Office of the Mayor and include files pertaining to the appointment of members to and the general business of various boards and commissions, committees and task forces; individual files may include formal letters of appointment and responses from appointees; Council motions approving appointments; occasionally minutes of meetings; correspondence regarding potential appointees; and sometimes resumes of potential appointees. The records span the...
Dates: 1958-1970
Found in: City Archives

Chief Administrative Office records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-CAO
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1955-2001
Found in: City Archives

Councilmember James Fitzmorris District C records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AB-Fitzmorris
Scope and Contents

This collection includes subject files from Fitzmorris' time as District C representative. Major areas of interest include records regarding the Police and Fire Committee, Streets Department, Sewerage and Water Board, and Traffic Safety. In addition to his municipal records, some of the councilmember's personal papers were transferred to the City Archvies as well and are included in this collection.

Dates: 1954-1962
Found in: City Archives

Councilmember John J. Petre District D and At-Large Records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AB-Petre
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1961-1969
Found in: City Archives

Councilmember Joseph V. DiRosa At-Large records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AB-DiRosa
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...
Dates: 1962-1966; 1970-1978
Found in: City Archives

Mayor deLesseps S. Morrison records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Morrison
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 ...
Dates: 1946-1961; Majority of material found within 1956-1961
Found in: City Archives

Mayor Victor H. Schiro records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Schiro
Scope and Contents

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).

Dates: 1950-1970
Found in: City Archives

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