Scope and Contents From the Collection: Much of the materials in this collection are constituent requests for assistance for a variety of problems. "Scheduling Files" comprise documents used by the Councilmember's staff to prepare his daily schedule of activities. As such, they include a considerable amount of information on events taking place in District B and the city as a whole. Of particular interest is the series regarding the St. Thomas Redevelopment Project, and public opinion surrounding the construction of a WalMart in...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Edward Wisner Donation records were transferred to the City Archives in August of 2016. They consist primarily of correspondence, grant applications, and City of New Orleans disbursement information. Records were kept in the order in which they were received. For additional information about the Wisner Donation, ask about materials housed in the City Documents collection such as annual reports and the Wisner...

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These records are very similar in makeup and content to the Subject files, but were prepared and stored separately for unknown reasons. Includes interoffice memos, correspondence, reports, etc. Solicitations by individuals, businesses or vendors were not retained, nor were non-local newsletters or routine correspondence cc'd to Gusman.

Scope and Contents From the Series: The Executive Office of the Mayor was responsible for day-to-day operations of the Mayor's Office. The files are primarily in-coming and out-going correspondence and subject files arranged alphabetically and chronologically within each category. Folders generally contain both correspondence and subject material.Included are inter-office memos; citizen complaints and requests for assistance; invitations; letters (both in-coming and out-going) of congratulations, recommendation and...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The bulk of these records are from Marlin Gusman's term in office (2000-2005), pictured left. Also included are records from the terms of Roy E. Glapion, Jr. (1994-1999), pictured below, H. Kenneth Johnston (2000), and David Payton (2005). Materials are arranged in the following series: Budget Committee Records General Complaints Streets Complaints Governmental Affairs Committee Records Subject Files Board of Commissioners of the Orleans...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The records of the Office of Communications include subject files, among which are Media Advisories, Press Briefings, Press Clippings, and Press Releases. Also included are video recordings made or collected by the Office. The latter are divided into two groups, one comprising standard-size VHS/BETA tapes and the other comprising larger format recordings. Each group is arranged in numerical order by tape numbers assigned by archives staff (the arrangement tends to also be alphabetical, but...