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Strikes and Lockouts

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

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

Director's Office Records, 1979

 Sub-Series
Scope and Contents

The records are useful in that they document the operations of the Department in a presumably typical year during the last quarter of the century. They deal not only with the operations of the several divisions within the Department but also with services provided by Property Management to other city agencies and other inter-agency relationships. Interactions with the community at large are also documented by several subject files (e.g., Mardi Gras).

Dates: 1979

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 Ernest N. Morial records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Morial.E
Scope and Contents Ernest Morial mayor's office records begin in 1977, the year before he took office, and run until he left office in 1986. He organized his office into four sub-units: the Executive Office, Intergovernmental Relations, Planning and Development, and Human Resources (in addition, the Mayor was advised by an Executive Counsel and was assisted in operating city government by his Chief Administrative Officer--unfortunately though, no records from either of these aides has yet been accessioned by...
Dates: 1977-1986
Found in: City Archives

Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AA-Walmsley
Scope and Contents The records have been reconstructed from "fragments" dispersed in the City Archives. They consist primarily of incoming correspondence to the mayor, arranged alphabetically by name of corporate or individual correspondent. Correspondence marked with clear filing notes has been filed according to the subject designated in the note and arranged chronologically within the subject category. Among the subjects covered most substantially are the strike by workers constructing the Public Belt (Huey...
Dates: 1929-1936
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

Subject Files, Second and Third Terms, 1970-1978

 Series
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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: 1970-1978