City finances
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:
Mayor Sidney J. Barthelemy records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Barthelemy
Scope and Contents
Under the Barthelemy administration, the Office of the Mayor was divided into three sub-offices (variously called divisions or departments) in addition to the Mayor's Executive Office, each headed by an Executive Assistant to the Mayor: the Office of Economic Development (known for a time as the Office of Urban Development), the Office of Human Resources (or Human Resources Administration), and the Office of Intergovernmental Relations. Records transferred to the City Archives at the end of...
Dates:
1986-1994
Found in:
City Archives
Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Walmsley
Scope and Contents
The records have been reconstructed from "fragments" dispersed in the City Archives. They consist primarily of incoming correspondence to the mayor, arranged alphabetically by name of corporate or individual correspondent. Correspondence marked with clear filing notes has been filed according to the subject designated in the note and arranged chronologically within the subject category. Among the subjects covered most substantially are the strike by workers constructing the Public Belt (Huey...
Dates:
1929-1936
Found in:
City Archives
New Orleans Building Corporation Records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AABC
Scope and Contents
Includes meeting minutes, articles of incorporation, and bylaws.
Dates:
2000-2002
Found in:
City Archives
Office of Policy Planning and Analysis central files
Collection
Identifier: CA-AAP
Scope and Contents
The Office began its cental filing system in June 1975. Incoming files, as well as materials already collected, were classified using a two-letter coding system to indicate the category to which the files were assigned. That classification system has been retained in this archival series as indicated in the arrangement section that follows.The Office and its components collected data and information from a wide variety of sources from within city government and from outside...
Dates:
1973-1979
Found in:
City Archives
Office records, 1914-1982
Sub-Series
Scope and Contents
Mostly documents, many preliminary reports/studies, along with several volumes of routine office records. The documents deal with the development of the city plan, land use/zoning, railroads, the port of New Orleans, and recreation. The records are mostly fiscal in nature.
Dates:
1914-1982
Sales Tax Investigation records, 1988
Series
Scope and Contents
Photocopies (spiral bound) of transcripts of public hearings held as part of the City Council investigation of alleged favoritism in the collection of sales taxes by the Bureau of Revenue in the Department of Finance. Attorney John R. Martzell directed the investigation for the Council.
Among those testifying before the Council were Director of Finance Paul Mitchell, Chief Administrative Officer Kurt E. Steiner, and Department of Finance employees/former employees Judith Watts, Courtland...
Dates:
1988
Found in:
City Archives
/
City Council records
Second Municipality Financial Records, 1836-1852
Series
Scope and Contents
Records from the Comprotller's Office and the Treasurer's Office of the Second Municipality.
Dates:
1836-1852
Found in:
City Archives
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Second Municipality records
Third Municipality Financial Records, 1836-1852
Series
Scope and Contents
Financial records of the Third Municipality include:
- Tax Registers
- Comptroller's Office records
- Treasurer's Office records
Dates:
1836-1852
Found in:
City Archives
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Third Municipality records