The correspondence/subject files have been reconstructed from records separated into general subject files by previous custodians. Very little has survived, and what is documented is generally limited to only a few pieces or to only a short span of time. Among the Public Safety agencies covered most substantially are the Police Department (files of citizen complaints referred from Public Safety to the Police Department, 1940-42) and the New Orleans Safety Council (correspondence and minutes, 1928-30). Also of interest are invitations received by Commissioner Frank Gomila for the years 1934-1941, correspondence concerning the Louisiana Leprosorium at Carville, La., testimony in two court cases involving the Police Department, a variety of material connected to a ca. 1929 traffic survey of the city, and a large file of letters offering sites for the construction of new fire houses.