Mayor Moon Landrieu records

Collection

Identifier: CA-AA -Moon.Landrieu

Staff Only

Mayor Moon Landrieu, from the Moon Landrieu Photo Collection

Scope and Contents

The records of the Landrieu administrations are divided between the Loyola University of New Orleans Department of Archives and Special Collections and the City Archives at the New Orleans Public Library. Through a cooperative project, NOPL microfilmed both sets of records. The following is the inventory of the City Archives portion of the Landrieu records.

Dates

Creation: 1970-1978

Creator

Landrieu, Moon, 1930-2022 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Available to registered researchers by appointment.

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.

Biographical / Historical

Maurice Edwin "Moon" Landrieu served as the 56th Mayor of New Orleans from 1970-1978. Born in Uptown New Orleans, Landrieu attended Jesuit High School and Loyola University. In 1960, Landrieu was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives. In 1966, Landrieu was elected as Councilman-At-Large to the New Orleans City Council.

Landrieu's administration was responsible for the city's housing overhaul, the creation of the HDLC, and for better integrating city government for the first time since Reconstruction.

After completing his second term as Mayor, Landrieu served as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Jimmy Carter.

Extent

62 Reels

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The Mayor Moon Landrieu records have been organized into the following series:

Board of Review records
Board and Commission records
International Relation Office records
Dedications and Groundbreakings
Invitations
Office Documents
Department subject files
General subject files
Photographs

Most of the records maintain their arrangement on microfilm and have corresponding box/folder identifiers with their microfilm reels. The photographs have been digitized and are available through the City Archives digital collections. See the Photograph series for a link to that collection.