Charter Committee

Collection

Identifier: CA-ZA

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The records are arranged into six subseries, as kept by the Committee itself:

Correspondence
Jobs
Subject Files
Reports/ Samples from Various Cities
Files for Various Section of the Charter
Corrected Proofs
Secretray's Records
Charts

Dates

Creation: 1950-1952

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

The Charter Committee for the City of New Orleans was created by ordinance no. 17,968 C.C.S. in 1950; its purpose was to "advise and assist in the preparation of, and draft a proposed new Home Rule Charter for the City of New Orleans and submit the same to the Commission Council for its approval, modification, or rejection. . . . " Intended to be "a non-factional, non-political group of representative citizens, whose sole aim and desire will be to secure the best possible form of government for the City," the Committee was empowered to hire technical and clerical staff; to hold public hearings on matters pertinent to their work; to publish its minutes, reports and other proceedings, along with the final draft of the charter.

The members of the Committee were as follows: