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Civil Rights

 Subject
Subject Source: Source Not Specified

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Central City Welcome Table

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Central City Welcome Table records

 Collection
Identifier: SC-221-MS
Scope and Contents

On January 28, 2017 the Central City Welcome Table Circle erected a marker for Civil Rights activist Ernest J. Wright, at A.L. Davis Playground. Includes background information, timeline, programs, and photographs.

Dates: 2014-2017
Found in: Special Collections

Councilmember Dorothy Mae Taylor At-Large records

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Identifier: CA-AB-Taylor
Scope and Contents

The records are subject files reflecting the duties of the At-Large office. Topics of note include records relating to Mardi Gras and Taylor's Anti-Discrimination ordinance.

Dates: 1977-1994; Majority of material found within 1989-1993
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

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

Era Club

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Executive Office of the Mayor, 1986-1994

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Scope and Contents The Executive Office of the Mayor was responsible for day-to-day operations of the Mayor's Office. The files are primarily in-coming and out-going correspondence and subject files arranged alphabetically and chronologically within each category. Folders generally contain both correspondence and subject material.Included are inter-office memos; citizen complaints and requests for assistance; invitations; letters (both in-coming and out-going) of congratulations, recommendation and...
Dates: Other: 1986-1994
Found in: City Archives / Mayor Sidney J. Barthelemy records

Gay Rights

 File — Box L5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The records are 19 boxes of general subject/correspondence files, alphabetically arranged, that were maintained in the office of the Administrator of Community Services. In addition to correspondence, the files include inter-office memos, minutes, reports, and budgets.

Dates: 1977-1986
Found in: City Archives / Mayor Ernest N. Morial records / Division of Human Resources / Community Service Office

Human Relations Committee

 Collection
Identifier: CA-ABN
Scope and Contents The records are General Office Files (1967-1979) consisting of correspondence, minutes, election records, project files, and miscellaneous materials. Included are the records of the Interim Committee which designed the Human Relations Committee ordinance and oversaw its implementation.Additional materials filed in the City Documents collection include: Annual Reports, 1968-1972 (AAHC200) Specialized Reports, 1970-1971(ABN202), on subjects including voter...
Dates: 1967-1979
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 Moon Landrieu records

 Collection
Identifier: CA-AA -Moon.Landrieu
Scope and Contents

The records of the Landrieu administrations are divided between the Loyola University of New Orleans Department of Archives and Special Collections and the City Archives at the New Orleans Public Library. Through a cooperative project, NOPL microfilmed both sets of records. The following is the inventory of the City Archives portion of the Landrieu records.

Dates: 1970-1978
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

Public Relations Office Subject Files, 1960

 Series
Scope and Contents

These subject files were kept by Morrison's Office of Public Relations. Includes files related to school integration in New Orleans.

Dates: 1960
Found in: City Archives / Mayor deLesseps S. Morrison records

Tureaud, Alexander Pierre, 1899-1972

 Person

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