Parks & Recreation
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Audubon Commission
Contains records related to the various Audubon Commission organizations, including Audubon Park, the Zoo, the Aquarium of the Americas, and the Nature center. Records include brochures, program information, financial documents, and other documents related to the commission and various parks under their administration.
Chief Administrative Office records
The Chief Administrative Office records contain six series of records from 1950 to 2000, including subject files, capital project files, economic statistics for the city, records of the Federal Program Division, office Scrapbooks, and public relations photographs.
Chief Administrative Officer Cedric S. Grant
The records are primarily subject/correspondence files. While most of the folders are labeled "correspondence," also included are reports, memos, financial or legal documents, and minutes of committees, boards or task forces on which Grant sat (these are fragmentary).
City Council District E records
The records are subject files from the following Councilmembers representing District E:
- Philip Ciaccio, pictured right, served as Dist. E Councilmember from 1966-1982
- Howard Beck, appointed to fill Ciaccio's unexpired term, 1982
- Wayne Babovich, served 1982-1985
- Ulysses Williams, appointed to fill Babovich's unexpired term, 1985-1986
Councilmember Arnold D. Fielkow At-Large records
Councilmember Bryan Wagner District A records
Councilmember Ellen Hazeur-Distance District E records
This collection contains subject files that span Hazuer-Distance's full time in office, 1994-2000. Areas of interest include the redevelopment of Lincoln Beach, the planning of Jazzland themepark, and various constituent concerns from communities in New Orleans East and along the Irish Bayou. There is particular attention paid to local neighborhood associations.
Department of Public Property records
Executive Office of the Mayor, 1986-1994
Mayor C. Ray Nagin records
Mayor Marc H. Morial records
The City Archives received approximately 700 cu. ft. of records during the last days of the Marc H. Morial administration. Included were records of the various divisions within the Mayor's Office along with records of the Chief Administrative Office and records of the Finance, Health, Property Management, Police, and Parkways Departments. Records for agencies outside of the Mayor's Office are described separately.
Mayor Sidney J. Barthelemy records
Mayor's Office of Economic Development, 1986-1994
MWH Templates, 2009
This file contains templates that appeared to belong to a staff member in the Office of Communications. While most of the material is included herer to show graphic templates, some vital information relative to capital projects expenditures on playgrounds and buildings are included in the documents "in design" and "Under Construction."
Office records, 1914-1982
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.
Subject Files, 1927-1985
Volunteers in Government of Responsibility (VIGOR) records
Contains correspondence, subject files, and media committee records.