Delgado-Albania Plantation Commission records

Collection

Identifier: CA-NK

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Subject files, audits, financial documents, and inventories of goods to be sold by the plantation commission.

Dates

Creation: 1932-1944

Conditions Governing Access

Available to registered researchers by appointment.

Conditions Governing Access

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.

Biographical / Historical

Isaac Delgado’s 1912 will left the Delgado-Albania Plantation to the City of New Orleans. The will outlined that the proceeds from the operation of the plantation would be used for the Isaac Delgado Central Trades School, the precursor to Delgado Community College.

The Delgado-Albania Plantation Commission was formed to operate the plantation and mill; it sold the house and 10 acres in 1957 to Emily Cyr Bridges. In 2005 this portion was again sold to artist Hunt Slonem. The Delgado-Albania Plantation Commission maintains the sugar plantation.

The 1954 Charter states that the Delgado-Albania Plantation Commission is attached to the Department of Property Management. The Commission consists of five members appointed by the Mayor and approved by the City Council. The City Director of Finance serves as the sixth board member.

The functions of the board are:

Provides for the administration, operation and maintenance of the Delgado Albania Plantation
Has authority, with the approval of the City Council, to borrow money to produce crops, and mortgage and pledge as security thereof, the crops and chattels of said plantation
Transmits annually to the Board of City Trusts for the account of the Delgado Community College and its successor such portion of the income of the plantation as may be fixed by the City Council.