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Arts, Tourism, and Culture Industry

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:

275th Anniversary of the Founding of the City of New Orleans Commission

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Arts Council of New Orleans

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Audubon Commission

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Audubon Nature Institute

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Chief Administrative Officer Marlin N. Gusman records

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Identifier: CA-CAO-Gusman
Scope and Contents

The records are primarily subject/correspondence files arranged alphabetically by folder title in 6 series, as kept by the CAO. The distinction between the separate series is not always clear; there is overlap, especially, among the types of records filed in the first three series.

Dates: 1994-2000
Found in: City Archives

Council Research Office, 1970-1995

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Dates: 1970-1995
Found in: City Archives / City Council records

Councilmember Oliver Thomas District B Records

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Identifier: CA-AB-Thomas
Scope and Contents Much of the materials in this collection are constituent requests for assistance for a variety of problems. "Scheduling Files" comprise documents used by the Councilmember's staff to prepare his daily schedule of activities. As such, they include a considerable amount of information on events taking place in District B and the city as a whole. Of particular interest is the series regarding the St. Thomas Redevelopment Project, and public opinion surrounding the construction of a WalMart in...
Dates: 1994-2002
Found in: City Archives

Councilmember Peggy Wilson District A and At-Large records

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Identifier: CA-AB-Wilson
Scope and Contents The majority of records in this collection are from Wilson's At-Large term on City Council; however, a few date back to her previous District A terms. Materials have been grouped into five seperate series, reflecting the activities of her office. Wilson's office kept extensive subject files on city agencies, businesses, local organizations, and topics of local interest. Additionally, they maintained files on select individuals, including politicians and business members of the community. A...
Dates: 1986-1998
Found in: City Archives

Councilmember Stacy Head At-Large Records

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Identifier: CA-AB-Head
Scope and Contents

This collection spans the years 2015-2018, the last few years of Stacy Head's At-Large term. Records include a variety of topics such as housing, short term rentals, the utilities committee, and several Council meeting agendas containing Head's personal notes.

Dates: 2015-2018
Found in: City Archives

Councilmember Troy Carter District C Records

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Identifier: CA-AB-Carter
Scope and Contents The records are subject/correspondence files. A large portion of the files are those kept by Councilman Carter's Legislative Aides, Barbara Waiters and Calvin Jackson, and his Executive Assistant, Eric Granderson, and for the most part, reflect the day-to-day business handled in the District C office. The files also reflect the Councilman's chairmanship on the Council's Special Projects Committee and membership on the Council's Budget and Utility and Cable and Telecommunications...
Dates: 1994-2002
Found in: City Archives

Cynthia Reynolds papers

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Identifier: SC-43-MS
Scope and Contents

Manuscript letters, photographs, program, and ticket relating to her musical career in New Orleans.

Dates: 1852-circa 1856
Found in: Special Collections

Early Sheet Music Collection

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Identifier: SC-SheetMusic
Scope and Contents The Early Sheet Music collection is a collection of printed sheet music published circa 1850-1950. It is comprised of 2 parts: the loose, foldered items, and the bound volumes. The "La Hache" series materials are compositions produced or collected by Theodore von La Hache. His work also comprises a major portion of the bound volumes. Five of the thicker volumes are taken up with works by La Hache as are a number of individually bound items. Other "thicker" volumes are devoted to piano music,...
Dates: Publication: 1861 - 1953
Found in: Special Collections

Economic Development and Policy Planning Division, 1994-2002

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Scope and Contents

The records include a small number of files relating to the overall management of the city's economic development operations and to several specific agencies and programs. It is apparent that most such records were not transferred to the Archives at the end of the Morial administration.

Dates: Other: 1994-2002
Found in: City Archives / Mayor Marc H. Morial records

French Market Corporation

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Good, Helen Canstadt, circa 1842-1939

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Helen Canstadt Good diary

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Identifier: SC-6-MS
Scope and Contents

The diary is Mrs. Good's record of the plays, operas, and motion pictures that she viewed at various theatres in New Orleans. In most cases she identifies some cast members and offers critical comments. Several newspaper and program clippings for specific performances are attached. Source unknown.

Dates: 1902-1921
Found in: Special Collections

Henry George Boudro papers

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Identifier: SC-70-MS
Scope and Contents

The papers include a manuscript of his play "Cocheta," manuscript poems, and a scrapbook of playbills advertising local productions of his work. Source unknown.

Dates: circa 1910-1916
Found in: Special Collections

HITCOM

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Issac Delgado Museum of Art

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Dates: Existence: 1911 - 1989

James Emile Armor papers

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Identifier: SC-100-MS
Scope and Contents 10 items (106 pieces). Manuscript letters, mostly from his adoptive father, James Armor, a New Orleans commission merchant. They deal with the son's schooling at the Abbeyville Institute near Lancaster, Pa. and later at the Mobile Institute in Alabama. The letters originated from such places as Covington, La., Mobile, New York City, and various towns in Pennsylvania. Also included is an 1842 bill and an 1839 certificate from the Mobile Institute. Among the other subjects discussed are:...
Dates: 1837-1854
Found in: Special Collections

Judge Felix Pierre Poche receipts

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Identifier: SC-113-MS
Scope and Contents

Manuscript copies of receipts for two paintings purchased from the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, 1882; brief manuscript biography of Judge Poche.

Dates: 1885
Found in: Special Collections

La Varieté Association records

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Identifier: SC-15-MS
Scope and Contents The Association built four important theatre buildings during its history, the last being the Grand Opera House (1871-1906). The records include one manuscript minute book of the Association, 1899-1905 (several meetings per month), which detail the operation of the building and the Association's dealings with the lessee, Henry Greenwall. Also included are various legal papers (stocks, typewritten correspondence, a summons from the Circuit Court of the United States) and miscellaneous...
Dates: 1889-1905
Found in: Special Collections

Le Petit Théâtre Du Vieux Carré, Theatre Development Committee, 1964-1965

 File — Box 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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: 1964-1965
Found in: Special Collections / Myldred Masson Costa papers

Louisiana Children's Museum (New Orleans (La.))

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Louisiana State Museum

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