Collection: Richard Remy Dixon papers | New Orleans City Archives & Special Collections

Scope and Contents

The papers comprise one linear foot of correspondence, articles, speeches, and other material relating to the management of the Municipal Auditorium, the history of New Orleans (especially of Algiers), and Dixon's personal & political friendships.

Dates

Creation: circa 1958-1977

Creator

Dixon, Richard Remy, 1911-1991 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Available to registered researchers by appointment.

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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

Journalist and city official. Dixon served as editor of the West Side News and the Algiers Herald, and wrote many articles for the Roosevelt Review, the house journal of the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans. In 1947 he entered city government with the New Orleans Recreation Department. He later served as an Executive Assistant to Mayor deLesseps S. Morrison, as the city's Director of Public Relations, and as Director of the Municipal Auditorium. Following his retirement in 1977, Dixon returned to an early interest in compiling and publishing books on the history of Algiers.