New Orleans municipal records, 1782-1925 | Louisiana Research Collection

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Collection Overview

Title: New Orleans municipal records, 1782-1925

ID: LaRC/Manuscripts Collection 16

Extent: 17.0

Arrangement: The collection is arranged into eight series: 1) Decisions, decision making, and organization of the city; 2) Public works and public services; 3) Land; 4) Police and police records; 5) Financial records; 6) Lafayette municipal records; 7) Carrollton municipal records; 8) Jefferson municipal records. The collection consists of seventeen boxes.

Date Acquired: 04/07/1949

Subjects: Carrollton (New Orleans, La.) -- History., Jefferson (New Orleans, La.) -- History., Lafayette (New Orleans, La.) -- History., Municipal government -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 18th century., New Orleans (La.). City Council., Ordinances, Municipal -- Louisiana -- New Orleans., Public health -- Louisiana -- New Orleans., Public works -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.

Forms of Material: Decisions., Financial records., Land surveys., Licenses.

Languages: English, French, Spanish;Castilian

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collection consists of the ordinances, decisions, and resolutions passed by New Orleans City Council; contracts and other documents on the building of bridges, the paving of streets and levees; and records that document the organization of vital public services, including the fire department, health services, and city lighting. There are also financial records from the Spanish period as well as mandates of payment from both the American and Spanish periods. Licenses for taverns, coffeehouses, keeping a cart, et cetera and receipts are in the collection also. There are also municipal records of Lafayette, Carrollton, and Jefferson.

Subject/Index Terms

Carrollton (New Orleans, La.) -- History.
Jefferson (New Orleans, La.) -- History.
Lafayette (New Orleans, La.) -- History.
Municipal government -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 18th century.
New Orleans (La.). City Council.
Ordinances, Municipal -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Public health -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Public works -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.

Administrative Information

Repository: Louisiana Research Collection

Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public. No known restrictions.

Use Restrictions: Physical rights are retained by the Lousiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

Acquisition Source: Various Sources

Preferred Citation: New Orleans municipal records, Manuscripts Collection 16, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Collection, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid information entered in Archon by LAC Group in 2011.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Decisions, decision-making, and organization of the city],
[Series 2: Public Works and Public Services],
[Series 3: Land],
[Series 4: Police and police records],
[Series 5: Financial records],
[Series 6: Lafayette municipal records],
[Series 7: Carrollton municipal records],
[Series 8: Jefferson municipal records],
[All]

Series 3: Land

Box 9: Surveys, surveyor's record book

Folder 1: Land ought or bought by the City (all documents about land transactions in New Orleans are in Collection 506, under an M Collection, unless the City of New Orleans is part of the transaction), 1794 May-1843 July
Folder 2: Abstracts of titles of property of the part of the First District which was originally the Jesuit Plantation, 1863: One volume.
Folder 3: Survey plats of some of the properties in the First and Second Districts, undated: One volume.
Folder 4: Survey of the First and Fourth Districts of New Orleans, undated: One volume.
Folder 5: Surveyor's record book, undated: One volume.

Box 10: City surveyor's record books, 1841-1878

City Surveyor's record books. Fifteen volumes.

Box 11: Land controversies and record book of land grants

Folder 1: Marigny Suburb controversy, 1811, 1837, and undated
Folder 2: Batture controversy, 1811 and 1820
Folder 3: Record book of land grants, 1858-1912: One volume.

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