Race Relations
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Chief Administrative Officer Marlin N. Gusman records
Collection
Identifier: CA-CAO-Gusman
Scope and Contents
The records are primarily subject/correspondence files arranged alphabetically by folder title in 6 series, as kept by the CAO. The distinction between the separate series is not always clear; there is overlap, especially, among the types of records filed in the first three series.
Dates:
1994-2000
Found in:
City Archives
Councilmember Joseph V. DiRosa At-Large records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AB-DiRosa
Scope and Contents
The DiRosa records contain subject files from the councilperson's two terms in office. Many of the subject files deal with civic matters, social services, and local organizations. Of particular note are the liquor license revocations that were part of a morality enforcement against gambling, sex work, and same-sex bars. Many of the organizations present in the collection are local social service organizations or political organizations, including anti-community organizations from the...
Dates:
1962-1966; 1970-1978
Found in:
City Archives
Mayor deLesseps S. Morrison records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Morrison
Scope and Contents
The records, for the most part, represent subject/correspondence files from the second half of the Morrison administration. A small series of miscellaneous subject files covers his entire term of office, and a smaller series comprises the records of Morrison's Public Relations Office for 1960 only. Reading files from the first half of Morrison's administration were retained, as were press releases.The records of the first half of the Morrison administration are housed at ...
Dates:
1946-1961; Majority of material found within 1956-1961
Found in:
City Archives
Mayor Paul Capdevielle records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Capdevielle
Scope and Contents
The records consist primarily of correspondence (arranged alphabetically by correspondent or subject), both incoming and outgoing, with local public officials, citizens, and organizations, as well as with mayors of other American cities and other notables. Among the correspondents are Susan B. Anthony; Senators Donelson Caffery, Murphy J. Foster, and Samuel Douglas McEnery; Congressmen Robert C. Davey and Adolph Meyer; Governor W. W. Heard; Alcee Fortier; and Sophie B. Wright....
Dates:
1900-1904
Found in:
City Archives
Mayor Victor H. Schiro records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Schiro
Scope and Contents
The records include correspondence/subject files from Schiro's tenure as Councilman, as well as his terms as Mayor (the 1961 files contain both mayoral and councilmanic papers). Also included is a series of records from the Mayor's Public Relations Office, 1957-1970 (extending slightly into the tenure of Schiro's successor, Moon Landrieu).
Dates:
1950-1970
Found in:
City Archives
Ruth Robertson McCusker Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-159-MS
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of material gathered by Mrs. McCusker as a participant in numerous civic-, church-, and library-related activities or organizations in New Orleans. Included are correspondence relating to specific activities; meeting notices, agendas and minutes; membership, volunteer and personnel records; conference material; charters, articles of incorporation and/or by-laws for several organizations; financial reports; final and/or draft versions of reports and studies;...
Dates:
1969 - 1992
Found in:
Special Collections