2008 News Releases, 2008
Scope and Contents
News releases, email newsletters, and other announcments from the city council, as well as individual members, that were posted on the New Orleans City Council website. The archives received the new releases as individual pdfs and has compiled the individual pdfs into master pdfs by year of publication. Each compiled pdf is text searchable by using the "Find" function, or ctrl/command-F.
Many of the news releases announce meetings, certain initiatives, or completion of certain city wide projects, including Hurricane Katrina clean up and rebuilding. Other news releases respond to certain news events, like criminal indictments of elected officials or sports teams. Topics of substance and interest include the following, but do not include all topics covered in the news releases:
City Ordinances
Taxes and budgets
Press releases and media advisories
Councilmembers community meeting and travel plans
Hurricane Katrina clean up and recovery
Telecommunications infrastructure and negotiations
Neighborhood revitalization efforts
Business re/openings
Economic initiatives
Planning and Zoning
Lawsuits and court decrees
Sports events and teams
Dates
- Creation: 2008
Creator
- From the Collection: New Orleans (La.) City Council (Organization)
- From the Collection: Clerk of the City Council (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection mainly contains some of the linked objects from the City Council website and not the webpages themselves. Patrons who would like to view the webpages as they were originally displayed can do so using the wayback machine.
2009 Website through Wayback Machine
The content listed in the finding aid is available digitally by follwing the Digital Object Link associated with each item.
Extent
8.6 Megabytes (1 pdf, 645 pages. )
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
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