City Park Improvement Association records

Collection

Identifier: CA-LPB

Staff Only

City Park, from the WPA Photograph Collection

Scope and Contents

This collection contains records relating to the running of City Park, New Orleans by the City Park Improvement Association. The most prolific items are monthly event calendars produced by the Park from 1994-1993. Although the calendars are identified as monthly, not every month is available in that time span. There are also financial reports from 1900-1922, as well as invitations from 1937, 1968, 1972, and 1982-1984.

Dates

Creation: 1852-2003

Creator

City Park Improvement Association (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Available to registered researchers by appointment. Request by box and folder number.

Requesting Materials

Materials Request Guidelines

Conditions Governing Use

Reproduction or use of materials is prohibited without the permission of the City Archives & Special Collections. Please review the Archives' Permission to Publish note.

Extent

.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The records are arranged in folders by the call number from the city cataloging system describing the subjects of the folders. Records retain the original structure in which they were collected except for the miscellaneous publications in CA-LPB955 that were divided into folders by content. Additionally, some invitations that were filed with LPB955 were moved with the other invitations in LPB941.

General

Call numbers: LPB202 LPB220 LPB311 LPB460 LPB610 LPB855 LPB955 LPB900 LPB921 LPB941 Items were orignally cataloged in the Official Vertial File with the City Documents with the above call numbers.