This collection comprises most of the records related to the city's debt and bonds from 1830 to 1980. Each agency or department responsible for monitoring and reporting on the debt has their records collection in their respective series.

• The first series "Records of bonds, notes, and other securities or currencies issued by the city of New Orleans and its subdivisions, 1830-1861" includes debts incurred during the muncipality period by the first, second, and third municipalities. Comptroller records from the second municipality are also included.


• The second and third series overlap with the first series chronologically. The Comptroller of the Sinking Fund was a city wide position. Remnants of the municipality government meant the sinking fund records are divided between another series, the Records of the Sinking Fund of the Second Municipality, 1836-1848.


• The Board of Liquidators records begin in 1850 and include minutes of the board, in addition to a record of expenditures by each municipality.


• The reunificiation of the city in 1852 brought a degree of order to the city's finances generated by the three municipalities. The Commissioners of Consoldiated Debt holds the records until 1880 of bonds, debts, and expeditures by the city.


• Finally, the Board of Liquidation records begin in 1928 and include information on various bond issues, subject files, correspondence, and other records.