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Arts, Tourism, and Culture Industry

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:

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

Miriam Belle Leefe memory book

 Collection
Identifier: SC-180-MS
Scope and Contents The unpaginated memory book contains the following:Autographs of and poems by fellow students. Commencement programs, programs for school plays, and materials relating to other school activities. Photographs from Lee and Wright schools. Unidentified photographs, probably of family members (including a goat cart photograph). Letters and telegrams. Greeting cards (including Valentine cards). An LSU report card. Newspaper clippings (including articles on social events involving...
Dates: 1929-1941

Office of Planning and Development

 Series
Scope and Contents Except for an incomplete series of general subject files, the records did not come to the Archives in any usable original order. Following appraisal and a preliminary folder inventory, the records were arranged and reinventoried by Clem Unangst, a 1989 intern from the University of New Orleans History Department's archives management program. He divided the files into series and subseries based on the Planning and Development activities documented in the records.Since Mr....
Dates: 1977-1986

One Act Play Tournament, 1930-1933

 File — Box 1, Folder: 1
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: 1930-1933

Phillip Werlein, Ltd. Music Score

 Collection
Identifier: SC-128-MS
Scope and Contents

Manuscript music score. Document headed "Original manuscript. The Canal Street Swing. Produced by Phillip Werlein, Limited, and presented by J.P. Werlein to Hon. T. Semmes Walmsley for the City of New Orleans. Dedicating the Beautification of the New Canal Street, Feb. 24, 1930."



Dates: February 24, 1930

Project Genesis materials

 Collection
Identifier: SC-239-MS
Scope and Contents

Materials relating to the grant funded Project Genesis.

Dates: 1960s

Records of the Municipal Auditorium

 Collection
Identifier: CA-NT
Scope and Contents

The records of the Municipal Auditorium include meeting minutes, rental calendars, cash books, revenues, time cards, booking information, scrapbooks, correspondence, photographs, and a subject file.

Dates: 1927-1973
Found in: City Archives

Records Relating to Community Service Programs

 File
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Records related to special projects by the Morial administration and relevant issues that required the specific attention of the special assistant.

Dates: 1977-1986

Robert Tallant papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-120-MS
Scope and Contents The papers consist of letters, photographs, typescripts (with manuscript corrections) of his novels, short stories, articles, and non-fiction works, scrapbooks of reviews and other material related to his works, radio scripts, plot outlines, research materials, sketches, prints, and clippings. Some carbons and galley and page proofs are also included, as are portions of the manuscript of Gumbo Ya-Ya, which Tallant co-authored with Lyle Saxon and Edward Dreyer.The research...
Dates: 1938-1957

Special Assistant to the Mayor

 Sub-Series
Scope and Contents

Records related to special projects by the Morial administration and relevant issues that required the specific attention of the special assistant.

Dates: 1977-1986

Theatre of the Performing Arts

 Collection
Identifier: CA-NS
Scope and Contents

This collection contains scrapbooks, programs, press releases, and other publications from the Theatre of the Performing Arts.

Dates: 1973-1978
Found in: City Archives