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 multiple "titles" on many tapes have the effect of obscuring that order). The recordings include tapes of Mayor Morial's two programs that aired on public and community access television: Building New Orleans Together and New Direction. The remaining tapes have diverse origins. Some are recordings made by Office of Communications staff (or contracted professionals) of City-sponsored events, press conferences, interviews of individuals (for use in the Mayor's television programs), etc. Others are tapes of programs or events either purchased from their producers/sponsors or recorded off the air. Some tapes appear to have been used, erased, and reused--and labels changed--one or more times. As a result, actual contents of several tapes may vary from what is listed in our inventory.