Delgado Community College (1980)
Organization
Biography
Delgado Central Trades School opened in 1921, functioning as what would now be considered a vocational high school.
Between 1958 and 1960 it changed names to Delgado Trades and Technical Institute, and functioned as a two-year techincal college.
In 1966 the school became Isaac Delgado College and later Delgado Vocational-Technical Junior College.
In 1970 Delgado transferred from the City of New Orleans to the Louisiana State Board of Education.
In 1980 the college adopted is current namne: Delgado Community College.
Topics
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Commissioner of Public Finance Subject Files (CB 512), 1913-1950
Series
Identifier: CB 512
Scope and Contents
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...
Dates:
1913-1950
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
Delgado Central Trades School
File — Box 3, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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.
Dates:
1950-1952
Isaac Delgado Central Trade School
Sub-Series
Identifier: HK
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Administrative records, publications, reports, pamphlets and other material from the Orleans Parish School Board. The collection has been arranged into series based on type of record. The Board of Directors of the First District administrative records have been arranged into their own series. Bound Volumes mostly contain financial documents related to expenditures by the School Board and district, but includes a roster of school eligible children. The Subject File contains mostly reports and...
Dates:
1850-1999
Isaac Delgado Central Trades School
File — Box 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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
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Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley records
Isaac Delgado Central Trades School
File — Box 2
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...
Dates:
1926-1929
Found in:
City Archives
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Mayor Arthur J. O'Keefe records
Isaac Delgado Central Trades School, 1925-1929
File — Box 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The surviving records of the Commissioner's Office in the Department of Public Property are limited to a single register book and a series of correspondence/subject files. Records of the Division of Public Buildings, the Division of Public Works, and the City Engineer's Office are described separately.The register records documents received by the Commission and referred to the Commissioner of Public Property for action. Documents are listed by date of receipt and numerically under...
Dates:
1925-1929
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 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 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