Scope and Contents Records of the Common Council include: Ordinances and Resolutions from the Board of Alderman and Board of Assistant Alderman Calendars Official Proceedings from the Board of Alderman and Board of Assistant Alderman Records of various Board of Assistant Alderman committees, including the Committee on Streets and Landings, Committee on Fires, the Finance Committee, and the Volunteer Relief Committee City government was suspended following the...

Scope and Contents A collection of hundreds of pages of signatures requesting new high school buildings be created. The petition reads: "To the Mayor and Common Council of the city of New Orleans: "We, the undersigned citizens, taxpayers, voters, former pupils of the public schools of New Orleans, earnestly urge the prompt erection of new, modern, and adequate High School buildings both for the boys and girls of our city; one of these to be a Boys' High School, the need of which is urgent, imperative, and...