Office of Planning and Development

Series

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Except for an incomplete series of general subject files, the records did not come to the Archives in any usable original order. Following appraisal and a preliminary folder inventory, the records were arranged and reinventoried by Clem Unangst, a 1989 intern from the University of New Orleans History Department's archives management program. He divided the files into series and subseries based on the Planning and Development activities documented in the records.

Since Mr. Unangst's work several additional Planning and Development record series have been identified, arranged, and inventoried. Those records form the Impact Analysis Group Series, the Human Services Information System Series, the Neighborhood Commercial Revitalization Series, and the New Orleans 2001 Plan Series. These series, along with two groups of miscellaneous records, are filed at the end of the arrangement devised by Mr. Unangst.

The records are for the most part subject files maintained in the Planning and Development Division. Included are records of the Executive Assistant for Planning and Development along with records kept by other staff members within the Division. Brief notes on each series/subseries are below, followed by a detailed folder listing for each series/subseries.

Dates

Creation: 1977-1986

Creator

From the Collection: Morial, Ernest N. (Ernest Nathan) (1929-1989) (Person)
From the Collection: Office of the Mayor (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Available to registered researchers by appointment.

Requesting Materials

Materials Request Guidelines

Biographical / Historical

Planning and Development had its origins in the Landrieu administration's Office of Program Development/Office of Policy Planning. Under Mayor Morial the office coordinated long-range planning, advised the Mayor on planning matters, served as the Mayor's liaison to Boards and Commissions, and represented the Mayor in contacts outside City Hall. Planning and Development, headed by one of the Mayor's executive assistants, coordinated and guided individual planning and program units including Federal Programs and Special Projects, Office of Economic Development, Office of Policy Planning, Primary Health Care Planning, Data Analysis Unit, Environmental Planning, Transportation Policy Development, Office of Economic Analysis, the Downtown Development District, and Transit Administration. The names as well as the duties of these units changed as the needs of the city changed and as the direction of federal funding evolved. Despite these fluctuations, the overall mission of Planning and Development remained constant: to plan for and coordinate maintenance of and improvements to the physical and economic infrastructure of the Crescent City.

Extent

35.5 Linear Feet (71 document boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Arrangement

This series is further subdivided into subseries related to specific subjects: General Subject files, Cultural series, Economic Development, Education, Environmental, Housing, Planning and Development Division, Transportation, Impact Analysis, Human Services Information System, Neighborhood Revitalization, "New Orleans in 2001," and Office of Planning and Development General Files.