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Libraries

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Bureau of Purchasing - Bid documents for the construction of the Lake Forest Regional Library, 1967 - 1968

 File — Box 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Records from various city departments, officials, and commissioners related to the finances of the city throughout its history, including special funds. Additional information about the material relative to specific departments or commissioners is available at the series level of this collection.

Dates: 1967 - 1968

Bureau of Purchasing - Proposal #106 BP, construction of Main Library, 1956 [see note on first page], 1956 - 1958

 File — Box 2, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Records from various city departments, officials, and commissioners related to the finances of the city throughout its history, including special funds. Additional information about the material relative to specific departments or commissioners is available at the series level of this collection.

Dates: 1956 - 1958

City Archives Department records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-HV
Scope and Contents

Historic indices and catalogs to the City Archives holdings, and microfilm of city ordinances.

Dates: 1946-present
Found in: City Archives

Councilmember Bryan Wagner District A records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AB-Wagner
Scope and Contents The records in this collection span the years 1980-1983 and contain correspondence as well as questionnaires distributed to District A constituents. Correspondence is both incoming and outgoing. Included in this series is a single letter from Bryan Wagner concerning funding of the New Orleans Public Library, dated 1984. There are also several folders regarding the topic of cable television programing in the New Orleans area for the years 1980-1981. The second portion of this...
Dates: 1980-1983
Found in: City Archives

Coupons detached from public improvement bonds, library bonds, and Southern Railway Station purchase bonds and surrendered for registration both as to principal and interest, 1959-1973

 Item
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection comprises most of the records related to the city's debt and bonds from 1830 to 1980. Each agency or department responsible for monitoring and reporting on the debt has their records collection in their respective series. The first series "Records of bonds, notes, and other securities or currencies issued by the city of New Orleans and its subdivisions, 1830-1861" includes debts incurred during the muncipality period by the first, second, and third...
Dates: 1959-1973

Friends of the New Orleans Public Library records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-HR-Friends
Scope and Contents The records include correspondence, event files, Administrative and Financial files, Newspaper Clippings, files relating to specific Friends of the New Orleans Public Library projects, and Friends' publications, such as "How to Use Your New Orleans Public Library" which is pictured here. These records document different events planned by the friends, such as Friends Fest, Book Sale, and Auction. They highlight the different projects sponsored by the friends in the New Orleans area; Summer...
Dates: 1960-2019
Found in: City Archives

Library-Related Activities

 Series
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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

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

Neville Levy papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-336-MS
Scope and Contents The correspondence files deal almost exclusively with Levy's naval career. The files include both incoming and carbon copies of outgoing correspondence and were originally labelled "personal correspondence" by Captain Levy. While much "personal" correspondence is included (e.g., letters of congratulation, thanks, condolence; letters reporting family news and personal activities), the files also include a considerable amount of Navy "business" (e.g. personnel matters, orders, papers relating...
Dates: 1917-1968

New Orleans Library Club records

 Collection
Identifier: SC-309-MS
Scope and Contents

The records inlcude manuscript and typewritten minutes, meeting announcements, correspondence, and related materials. Source unknown.

Dates: 1931-1951

New Orleans Library League financial records

 Collection
Identifier: SC-13-MS
Scope and Contents

The records include a journal of receipts and expenditures, five books of receipt stubs, and miscellaneous receipts.

Dates: 1936-1961

Reports of the Library Committee, 1845-1850

 Sub-Series — Reel 89-355
Scope and Contents

The record book is a manuscript volume of reports made by the Library Committee to the Board of Directors. Each report details various aspects relative to the management of the Lyceum and Library, and is signed by the committee members. The volume covers the period from December, 1845 through June, 1850.

Dates: 1845-1850

Westfeldt, Martha Gasquet, Mrs. (1864-1960)

 Person
Dates: Existence: 1864 - 1960