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....

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...

Scope and Contents This description includes the pre-1862 records only; descriptions of the remaining records are included in a separate inventory. That inventory, moreover, is prefaced by a good descriptive overview of the nature of the Surveyor's duties and responsibilities during the nineteenth century.Outgoing Correspondence, 1853-1863 (KG510, 2 v.) -- Copies of letters dealing with such matters as drainage; the condition of buildings, machinery, and canals; city property; levee breaks;...