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Files from various boards and commissions in the city overseen by Landrieu's office.

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The records refelct the interests of Friedler's District A office; topics of note include the Audubon Park and the expansion of Audubon Zoo, preservation of historic neighborhoods, emergency health services, and property tax assessment.

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 Under the Barthelemy administration, the Office of the Mayor was divided into three sub-offices (variously called divisions or departments) in addition to the Mayor's Executive Office, each headed by an Executive Assistant to the Mayor: the Office of Economic Development (known for a time as the Office of Urban Development), the Office of Human Resources (or Human Resources Administration), and the Office of Intergovernmental Relations. Records transferred to the City Archives at the end of...

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Contains records related to public utilities in the city of New Orleans, including some records by the New Orleans Public Service Inc. (NOPSI), the Taxicab Bureau, Office of Telecommunications, and administrators. The records include subject files, project files, plans, correspondence between various departments, and volumes of bills, ledgers, and complaints.

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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).

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The materials in this collection are primarily ephemera and have been collected from various sources. Additional New Orleans Museum of Art Materials may be located in the library catalog.

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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.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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 From the Series: These records include correspondence and subject files relating to the general areas of responsibility of the Office. Also included are records specifically relating to its function as the support agency for the city's Industrial Development Board. The latter materials include both general correspondence and subject files and records (applications, agreements, etc.) for individual revenue bond projects handled by the Board. Projects and subject areas of special interest in these...

Scope and Contents 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...