Flood control
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Chief Administrative Office records
Collection
Identifier: CA-CAO
Scope and Contents
The Chief Administrative Office records contain six series of records from 1950 to 2000, including subject files, capital project files, economic statistics for the city, records of the Federal Program Division, office Scrapbooks, and public relations photographs.
Dates:
1955-2001
Found in:
City Archives
City Council District D Records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AB-District D
Scope and Contents
The bulk of these records are from Marlin Gusman's term in office (2000-2005), pictured left. Also included are records from the terms of Roy E. Glapion, Jr. (1994-1999), pictured below, H. Kenneth Johnston (2000), and David Payton (2005). Materials are arranged in the following series:
Budget Committee Records
General Complaints
Streets Complaints
Governmental Affairs Committee Records
Subject Files
Board of Commissioners of the Orleans...
Dates:
1994-2005; Majority of material found within 2000-2005
Found in:
City Archives
City Engineer records
Collection
Identifier: CA-KJ
Scope and Contents
The records contain a wealth of information about buildings, streets, bridges, and other elements of the physical state of New Orleans between 1890 and 1947 specifically. Much of this information, though, will be difficult to access for a number of reasons.
The "good stuff" is often buried amidst a mass of routine reports, communications, forms, and other documents.
Available indexing is not uniformly keyed to any surviving filing locations or other designations....
Dates:
1890-1980s
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
Department of Public Property records
Collection
Identifier: CA-KD
Scope and Contents
The surviving records of the Commissioner's Office in the Department of Public Property are limited to a single register book and a series of correspondence/subject files. Records of the Division of Public Buildings, the Division of Public Works, and the City Engineer's Office are described separately.The register records documents received by the Commission and referred to the Commissioner of Public Property for action. Documents are listed by date of receipt and numerically under...
Dates:
1912-1973
Found in:
City Archives
Drainage and Water Works records
Collection
Identifier: CA-LK
Scope and Contents
Financial documents, reports, and other records from various public/private entities that were responsible for water management and drainage. These include the Board of Drainage Commissioners, the City Water Works, and the New Orleans Waterworks Company.
Dates:
1860-1891
Found in:
City Archives
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 Robert S. Maestri records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Maestri
Scope and Contents
The records consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence in two series (one consisting of manuscript correspondence and the other microfilm copies of correspondence), and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings (also available on microfilm). There may be some duplication between the manuscript and microfilmed correspondence, but for the most part, the originals of the microfilmed series are no longer extant. In general, the correspondence reflects the day-to-day business of municipal...
Dates:
1936-1945
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
Office of Environmental Affairs records
Collection
Identifier: CA-AAEV
Scope and Contents
The records were selected for transfer to the City Archives by staff in the Environmental Affairs Office following the departure of director Gerald White from city government. The transfer was completed in November 1999.The records deal mainly with individual environment-related projects handled by the Office since its establishment in 1994. Also included are earlier materials apparently collected by third parties and made available to the Office. The file on the Environmental...
Dates:
1979-1996
Found in:
City Archives