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Gambling

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

City Council Fiscal Office, 1977-1996

 Series
Scope and Contents

The records include subject files, accountants' reports, and sound recordings. Some, but not all, files were weeded to remove most photocopies of local newspaper articles.

Dates: 1977-1996

Commission Council's Special Citizens Investigating Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AB-SCIC
Scope and Contents

Contains information/data gathered about illegal bars, casinos, and other illegal vice activities. The files also include investigations into police misconduct.

Dates: 1953-1963
Found in: City Archives

Councilmember James Fitzmorris District C records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AB-Fitzmorris
Scope and Contents

This collection includes subject files from Fitzmorris' time as District C representative. Major areas of interest include records regarding the Police and Fire Committee, Streets Department, Sewerage and Water Board, and Traffic Safety. In addition to his municipal records, some of the councilmember's personal papers were transferred to the City Archvies as well and are included in this collection.

Dates: 1954-1962
Found in: City Archives

Councilmember Joseph Giarrusso At-Large Records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AB-Giarrusso
Scope and Contents

A former superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department (1960-1975), Chief Giarrusso's interest in the NOPD and in law enforcement continued through his years on the Council, an interest that is reflected in these records. Other issues that are particularly well represented relate to public utilities policy and regulation, gambling and the city's proposed land-based casino, and anti-smoking legislation, for which the Chief acted as one of New Orleans' strongest advocates.

Dates: 1978-1994
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

Executive Assistant for Intergovernmental Relations, 1994-1996

 Series
Scope and Contents

Contains administrative files related to projects in the 1970s and 1980s. These files contain correspondence and reports from city, state, and federal governments.

Dates: 1994-1996

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 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 Victor H. Schiro records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Schiro
Scope and Contents

The records include correspondence/subject files from Schiro's tenure as Councilman, as well as his terms as Mayor (the 1961 files contain both mayoral and councilmanic papers). Also included is a series of records from the Mayor's Public Relations Office, 1957-1970 (extending slightly into the tenure of Schiro's successor, Moon Landrieu).

Dates: 1950-1970
Found in: City Archives