Included in the Subject/Department series are files relating not only to charter agencies (departments, boards, and commissions), but also to subunits of those agencies as well as to task forces and other temporary bodies. Also included are files on parochial offices and on several state agencies having very close association with the city of New Orleans.

With regard to the New Orleans Police Dept. Superintendent Selection files, the documents have been arranged in the order that they were received from the Mayor's Office. Unfortunately, however, the significance of the three separate files has been lost. The original file folders have been retained, though, in the hope that original notations of the folders may help in explaining the meaning of the various files.