Leche, Governor Richard W.
Scope and Contents
The records are 3 boxes of subject/correspondence files reconstructed from fragments dispersed in the City Archives' Official Vertical File and from a small series of files that survived intact. The files are primarily in-coming correspondence to the Commissioner of Public Finance. Also included are a variety of reports (financial or otherwise) generated by the Commissioner or his office. Agencies represented by substantial files include the Federal Housing Committee, Mississippi River Bridge [Hero-Hackett Bridge], and the New Orleans Police Department.
The following subjects are covered in these records:
- Property left to the City by Isaac Delgado
- Clean-up of Bayou St. John conducted during the 1930s
- Disputed taxes--letters from citizens (or their attorneys) regarding errors in tax bills and/or requests for refunds comprise a considerable portion of the correspondence. These letters are filed under the name of the taxpayer (often in alphabetical miscellaneous files)
- Proofs of engravings for liquor and wine tax stamps
- The 1939 visit of Anastasio Samoza.
- Correspondence concering Beauregard Square as the proposed site for the Municipal Auditorium.
- A 1918 letter from a descendant of Bienville asking that her daughter be adopted by the state and the City Attorney's reply.
- Correspondence concerning the purchase of a painting of Robert E. Lee and his generals and correspondence regarding World War I "relics" donated to the Cabildo by the Republic of France.
- Dillard University's controversial purchase of property from Rose Hill, Inc. in 1930.
- Long/Leche gubernatorial ticket, political pamphlets by Huey and Earl Long, and a list of responses from New Orleans business owners asked to advertise in a 1943 Choctaw Club publication commemorating Mayor Maestri.
- Several letters by early feminist leader Jean M. Gordon.
Dates
- Creation: 1913-1950
Creator
- From the Collection: Board of City Trusts (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Available to registered researchers by appointment.
Extent
From the Series: 3 Cubic Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Subject
- Leche, Richard Webster (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the City Archives Repository
City Archives & Special Collections
219 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans LA 70112
504-596-2610
archivist@nolalibrary.org