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Historic Preservation

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Councilmember James Fitzmorris At-Large Records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AB-Fitzmorris-At-Large
Scope and Contents

This collection includes 18 boxes of files from Fitzmorris's tenure as At-Large Councilmember. Major areas of focus are Leases on City owned property, the Sewerage and Water Board, and extensive recordkeeping of his appointments. This collection also includes a small amout of Fitzmorris' personal papers.

Dates: 1962-1966
Found in: City Archives

Historic District Landmarks Commission records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-ARA
Scope and Contents The Historic District Landmarks Commission papers include handwritten survey forms, photographs, and slide images of neighborhoods assessed for their historic value and for preservation. Not all neighborhoods include both surveys and photographs/slides. Some include surveys without images, or images without surveys. Uptown, Lower Garden District, and Carrollton will often have both, as will areas of Treme and Esplanade. Neighborhoods included in this collection are: Canal...
Dates: 1974-2004
Found in: City Archives

Mayor Moon Landrieu records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AA -Moon.Landrieu
Scope and Contents

The records of the Landrieu administrations are divided between the Loyola University of New Orleans Department of Archives and Special Collections and the City Archives at the New Orleans Public Library. Through a cooperative project, NOPL microfilmed both sets of records. The following is the inventory of the City Archives portion of the Landrieu records.

Dates: 1970-1978
Found in: City Archives

Myldred Masson Costa papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-339-MS
Scope and Contents The Myldred Masson Costa papers include correspondence, meeting minutes, promotional material, and other documents related to her activities on a variety of official boards and neighborhood associations dedicated to historic preservation in the French Quarter from the 1970s and early 1980s. These organizations include the French Quarter Task Force, the Vieux Carré Association, the Louisiana Council for the Vieux Carré, and the Louisiana American Revolution Bicentennial Commission....
Dates: 1930-1980

Office of Environmental Affairs records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AAEV
Scope and Contents The records were selected for transfer to the City Archives by staff in the Environmental Affairs Office following the departure of director Gerald White from city government. The transfer was completed in November 1999.The records deal mainly with individual environment-related projects handled by the Office since its establishment in 1994. Also included are earlier materials apparently collected by third parties and made available to the Office. The file on the Environmental...
Dates: 1979-1996
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

Tom Taylor papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-250-MS
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of materials collected and saved by Mr. Taylor concerning various community organizations and city projects he was involved with. Included are detailed workshop notes, meeting minutes, reference materials, project proposals, correspondence, mailing lists, membership information, and community newsletters.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1970-1985

Vieux Carre Commission records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AS
Scope and Contents

The Vieux Carre Commission records contains records related to specific projects in the French Quarter, general information about various properties and businesses, and court records related to the Jax Brewery and the Upstairs Lounge fire.

Dates: 1941-1988
Found in: City Archives