Scope and Contents Manuscript records, mostly of a financial nature, dealing with the construction and operation of the Fink Asylum and with the investments made with Fink legacy funds. Cashbooks (2 vols., 1861-1957) provide a daily record of cash derived from investments, real estate sales, and sundries, along with detailed cash expenditures Ledgers (3 vols., 1861-1957) list the monthly activity of each account within the Fink Fund. Also included is one volume of Board minutes...

Scope and Contents Among the duties of the Division of Intergovernmental Relations, one of the subdivisions of the Mayor's Office, was to "conduct relations with city commissions." The files include letters of appointment to various city boards, commissions, committees or task forces, information sheets and resumes on potential nominees, copies of council resolutions or motions appointing members, and general correspondence and inter-office memos regarding appointees or board/commission business. Also included...

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...

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

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Subject files, audits, financial documents, and inventories of goods to be sold by the plantation commission.

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This series contains subject files created by CAO Gusman's office. These include correspondence and information on city officials, budgets, city departments, and businesses, civic organizations, and residents.

Scope and Contents The Executive Office of the Mayor series contains records related to the day to day operations of the mayor and the administration. Included are correspondence with local and national people, records of scheduled appointments and itineraries, and various momentos Dutch amassed during his time in office. This series also includes records related to oversight of various city departments and issues in the city, including Boards and Commissions. The subject files reflect both the administrations...

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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.

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Records from various city departments, officials, and commissioners related to the finances of the city throughout its history, including special funds. Additional information about the material relative to specific departments or commissioners is available at the series level of this collection.

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This collection includes a financial ledger and reports to the Board of Managers and auditors.

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 ...

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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.

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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).

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