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 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

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

City Planning Commission records, 1923-2012

 Series
Scope and Contents

This series contains the builk of the CPC collection, including most of the more recent files created by the City Planning Commission after its merger with the Board of Zoning Adjustments. Meeting minutes, zoning dockets, and ordinances and amendments were produced by the CPC office for the City Council and the public. Subject files and office records were used for internal studies related to zoning and zoning ordinances.

Dates: 1923-2012

Councilmember Daniel Kelly District E records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AB-Kelly
Scope and Contents

The records are four boxes of subject files, arranged alphabetically, regarding the administrative duties and interests of the District E office.

Dates: 1962-1966
Found in: City Archives

Councilmember Frank Friedler District A records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AB-Friedler
Scope and Contents

The records refelct the interests of Friedler's District A office; topics of note include the Audubon Park and the expansion of Audubon Zoo, preservation of historic neighborhoods, emergency health services, and property tax assessment.

Dates: 1974-1980
Found in: City Archives

Councilmember John D. Lambart District D records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AB-Lambart
Scope and Contents The records in the collection span the years 1970-1971 and contain: correspondence constituent concerns research and studies for the proposed lead abatement ordinances 4957 and 4990 maps and documents from City Planning Commission hearings a large file started by his predecessor, Councilman-at-Large John J. Petre, on the defunct Riverfront...
Dates: 1970-1971
Found in: City Archives

Councilmember John J. Petre District D and At-Large Records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AB-Petre
Scope and Contents

Records include files on city-owned property leased for private use, subject, and reading files. The property files include photographs, the lease agreement, and other relevant material.

Dates: 1961-1969
Found in: City Archives

Councilmember Joseph V. DiRosa At-Large records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AB-DiRosa
Scope and Contents The DiRosa records contain subject files from the councilperson's two terms in office. Many of the subject files deal with civic matters, social services, and local organizations. Of particular note are the liquor license revocations that were part of a morality enforcement against gambling, sex work, and same-sex bars. Many of the organizations present in the collection are local social service organizations or political organizations, including anti-community organizations from the...
Dates: 1962-1966; 1970-1978
Found in: City Archives

Councilmember Kristen Gisleson Palmer District C Records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AB-Palmer
Scope and Contents The records in the collection span the years 2010-2014 and contain policy-related archives transportation concerns of all types daily calendars correspondenc talking points research and studies for the 2014 Sound Ordinance There are 12 total boxes of project and policy research, particularly related to transportation, parks, and District C quality of life. This includes reports on development projects in New Orleans,...
Dates: 2010-2014
Found in: City Archives

Councilmember Mike Early District C Records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AB-Early
Scope and Contents

The records are subjects files and address a variety of topics including:

  • Education
  • Budget
  • Energy management
  • Public housing
  • Neighborhood development
  • New Orleans Public Service, Inc.
  • Parks
  • Sanitation
  • Sewerage and Water Board
  • Tourism

Dates: 1978-1990
Found in: City Archives

Councilmember Troy Carter District C Records

 Collection
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

Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Cedric S. Grant

 Collection
Identifier: CA-CAO-Grant.Deputy
Scope and Contents The records reflect Grant's tenure as Deputy Chief Administrative Officer. As primary assistant to the CAO, Grant was responsible for capital development, emergency preparedness and public works. The records are primarily subject/correspondence files. While most of the folders are labeled "correspondence," also included are reports, memos, financial or legal documents, minutes of committees, boards or task forces on which Grant sat (these are fragmentary), etc. Correspondence or memos to CAO...
Dates: 1994-2001
Found in: City Archives

Mayor deLesseps S. Morrison records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Morrison
Scope and Contents The records, for the most part, represent subject/correspondence files from the second half of the Morrison administration. A small series of miscellaneous subject files covers his entire term of office, and a smaller series comprises the records of Morrison's Public Relations Office for 1960 only. Reading files from the first half of Morrison's administration were retained, as were press releases.The records of the first half of the Morrison administration are housed at ...
Dates: 1946-1961; Majority of material found within 1956-1961
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 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

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

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

Regional Transit Authority/Streetcars, 1997-1998

 File — Box 9
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The records are divided into three series: general office records, records relating to the arts, and records relating to tourism. All three series have alphabetically arranged subject files.Subseries 1 (General Office Files) includes copies of complaints made by tourists regarding various components of the visitor industry.Subseries 2 (Arts Files) includes records relating to the Arts Tourism Partnership.Subseries 3 (Tourism Files) includes copies of...
Dates: 1997-1998

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