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Parks & Recreation

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

Audubon Commission

 Collection
Identifier: CA-LPA
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1891-2021
Found in: City Archives

Audubon Commission

 Organization

Chief Administrative Office records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-CAO
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1955-2001
Found in: City Archives

Chief Administrative Officer Cedric S. Grant

 Collection
Identifier: CA-CAO-Grant
Scope and Contents

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).

Dates: 1999-2001; Majority of material found within 2000-2001
Found in: City Archives

City Council District E records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AB-District E
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1966-1987
Found in: City Archives

Councilmember Arnold D. Fielkow At-Large records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AB-Fielkow
Scope and Contents The collection includes paper and born-digital records.The paper records are subject/correspondence files. A large portion of the files are related to the New Orleans Recreation Department (NORD) and Fielkow’s efforts to reform and revitalize NORD through the creation of its successor commission, the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission (NORDC). Other files include projects of special interest to the Councilman, such as youth recreational activities and adoption...
Dates: 2005-2012
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

Councilmember Ellen Hazeur-Distance District E records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AB-Hazeur-Distance
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1994-2000
Found in: City Archives

Department of Public Property records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-KD
Scope and Contents The surviving records of the Commissioner's Office in the Department of Public Property are limited to a single register book and a series of correspondence/subject files. Records of the Division of Public Buildings, the Division of Public Works, and the City Engineer's Office are described separately.The register records documents received by the Commission and referred to the Commissioner of Public Property for action. Documents are listed by date of receipt and numerically under...
Dates: 1912-1973
Found in: City Archives

Executive Office of the Mayor, 1986-1994

 Series
Scope and Contents The Executive Office of the Mayor was responsible for day-to-day operations of the Mayor's Office. The files are primarily in-coming and out-going correspondence and subject files arranged alphabetically and chronologically within each category. Folders generally contain both correspondence and subject material.Included are inter-office memos; citizen complaints and requests for assistance; invitations; letters (both in-coming and out-going) of congratulations, recommendation and...
Dates: Other: 1986-1994

Friends of City Park

 Organization

Mayor C. Ray Nagin records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Nagin
Scope and Contents The Mayor C. Ray Nagin records contain two series: Office of Administration and the Office of Communications. These records include subject files, staff records, planning materials, correspondence, and other records produced by these offices under Mayor Nagin and CAO Brenda Hatfield. The Office of Administration records include physical materials that can be requested and viewed in the City Archives & Special Collections reading room. The Office of Communications transferred...
Dates: 2002-2010
Found in: City Archives

Mayor Marc H. Morial records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Morial.M
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1993-2002
Found in: City Archives

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's Office of Economic Development, 1986-1994

 Series
Scope and Contents The records are central correspondence and subject files relating to the general areas of responsibility of the office, kept in the office of the Executive Assistant for Economic Development. Files are arranged alphabetically and chronologically thereunder. Projects or areas of responsibility particularly well represented are the Almonaster-Michoud Development District (AMID), the redevelopment of Armstrong Park; the 1992 Economic Development Strategic Plan; the proposed Hitcom recording...
Dates: Other: 1986-1994

MWH Templates, 2009

 File
Scope and Contents

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."

Dates: 2009

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

Subject Files, 1927-1985

 Sub-Series
Scope and Contents The records document both individual projects and ongoing Commission concerns. Among the former are files dealing with the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition and among the latter are files dealing with such matters as public buildings, streets, transportation, and zoning.They were transferred to the City Archives in several groups during the 1980s. In 1991-1992, City Archives staff arranged the files into series based on the projects or functional areas pertinent to each file folder. Folders...
Dates: 1927-1985

Volunteers in Government of Responsibility (VIGOR) records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-ZV
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, subject files, and media committee records.

Dates: 1974-1986
Found in: City Archives