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Banks and Banking

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Canal Bank & Trust Company (In Liquidation) inventory of branch properties

 Collection
Identifier: SC-166-MS
Scope and Contents The inventory of branch properties is a single "volume" made up of loose sheets of CB&TC (In Liquidation) stationary, one sheet for each branch. Each sheet has a small map showing the location of the branch (by square, showing bounding streets), property dimensions, book and assessed values, and a 3" x 5" photographic print showing the branch building and immediately adjacent properties. Data on fifteen branch banks are recorded in this volume, which also includes a copy of Wm. E....
Dates: 1933
Found in: Special Collections

Commissioner of Public Finance Subject Files (CB 512), 1913-1950

 Series
Identifier: CB 512
Scope and Contents The records are 3 boxes of subject/correspondence files reconstructed from fragments dispersed in the City Archives' Official Vertical File and from a small series of files that survived intact. The files are primarily in-coming correspondence to the Commissioner of Public Finance. Also included are a variety of reports (financial or otherwise) generated by the Commissioner or his office. Agencies represented by substantial files include the Federal Housing Committee, Mississippi River...
Dates: 1913-1950
Found in: City Archives / Financial Administrations of New Orleans records

Division of Human Resources

 Series
Scope and Contents The third executive division of the Mayor's Office, the Human Resources Administration, is a prime example of the fluid organizational structure of the Morial administration. The archives holds four groups of records from the division: subject files of the Executive Assistant for Human Resources, records of the Community Services Office, records of the Special Assistant to the Mayor, and a small group of records relating to political activities of Human Resources unclassified staff. We have...
Dates: 1977-1986
Found in: City Archives / Mayor Ernest N. Morial records

General Files, 1994-2000

 Series
Scope and Contents

These records are very similar in makeup and content to the Subject files, but were prepared and stored separately for unknown reasons. Includes interoffice memos, correspondence, reports, etc. Solicitations by individuals, businesses or vendors were not retained, nor were non-local newsletters or routine correspondence cc'd to Gusman.

Dates: 1994-2000
Found in: City Archives / Chief Administrative Officer Marlin N. Gusman records

Mayor Arthur J. O'Keefe records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-OKeefe
Scope and Contents Much of the material is "ceremonial" (i.e., letters of introduction/greetings, letters of appointment, etc.) but there are documents of more significance, especially in the files for city of New Orleans government agencies. The New Orleans Police Department files include scattered reports on investigations of houses of prostitution, fortune-telling, and other "nuisances" of the day. The Orleans Levee District, Board of Commissioners files include details of the Board's purchase of land for...
Dates: 1926-1929
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 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

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
Found in: City Archives / Mayor Sidney J. Barthelemy records

New Orleans Savings Bank

 Organization

New Orleans Savings Bank records

 Collection
Identifier: SC-303-MS
Scope and Contents

Minute book (1827-1855), Register of depositors (1827-1843), Bank statements (1842-1847), Ledger of depositors' accounts (1837-1853), Journal of receipts and expenditures (1837-1853), Cashbook of receipts and expenditures (1842-1853).

Dates: 1827-1855
Found in: Special Collections

Poydras Homestead Association minutes

 Collection
Identifier: SC-197-MS
Scope and Contents The minutes, in one volume (marked No. 1), begin on February 23, 1910 with what appears to be the firm's organizational meeting. Included are board meetings (both regular and special) along with meetings of the executive committee and meetings of the Association's shareholders. For each meeting the minutes record the names of the members in attendance along with details of the business transacted. Among the transactions recorded are withdrawals (giving name of depositor and amount withdrawn)...
Dates: February 23, 1910 - March 6, 1913
Found in: Special Collections

Second term, 1925-1926

 Series
Scope and Contents The records covering Behrman's final term, are more substantial than those in the first series, although they too are fragmentary. Among the agencies covered most fully are the City Attorney, the Isaac Delgado Central Trades School, the Louisiana Highway Commission, and the Board of Commissioners of the Orleans Levee District. Substantial files also exist for the New Orleans Association of Commerce and the International Trade Exposition. Individual correspondents include Governor Henry L....
Dates: 1925-1926
Found in: City Archives / Mayor Martin Behrman records

Subject Files, 1956-1961

 Series
Scope and Contents

The subject files consist mostly of correspondence and reports, both from internal departments, constiuents, corporations, and other government bodies. Most concern city affairs and economic development.

Dates: 1956-1961
Found in: City Archives / Mayor deLesseps S. Morrison records

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