New Orleans Traffic and Transportation Bureau records, 1914-1987 | Louisiana Research Collection

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Collection Overview

Title: New Orleans Traffic and Transportation Bureau records, 1914-1987

ID: LaRC/Manuscripts Collection 744

Primary Creator: New Orleans Traffic and Transportation Bureau.

Extent: 5.0 Boxes

Arrangement: The collection is arranged by topic, then chronologically as follows: history, minutes and reports, ledgers, journals, cash book, receipts, and trial balances. The collection consists of five boxes and thirty-nine volumes.

Date Acquired: 03/12/1987

Subjects: Freight and freightage -- Rates., New Orleans Traffice and Transportation Bureau., Port of New Orleans., Transportation -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.

Forms of Material: Advertisements., Financial records., Ledgers (account books), Minutes., Reports.

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collection consists of the business and financial records of the New Orleans Traffic and Transportation Bureau. Included are a history and list of functions of the Bureau, minutes, advertisements, reports, ledgers, journals, cash books, receipts, and trial balances. The Bureau was started in 1915 to promote the development of the Port of New Orleans by establishing competitive freight rate structures for water, rail, and truck transportation.

Biographical Note

The New Orleans Traffic and Transportation Bureau was started in 1915 to promote the development of the Port of New Orleans by establishing competitive freight rate structures for water, rail, and truck transportation.

Subject/Index Terms

Freight and freightage -- Rates.
New Orleans Traffice and Transportation Bureau.
Port of New Orleans.
Transportation -- 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 Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

Acquisition Source: New Orleans Traffic and Transportation Bureau

Acquisition Method: Gift

Preferred Citation: New Orleans Traffic and Transportation Bureau records, Manuscripts Collection 744, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, 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 Box:

[Box 1: New Orleans Traffic and Transportation Bureau records, 1934 June-1948 December],
[Box 2: New Orleans Traffic and Transportation Bureau records, 1949 January-1957 December],
[Box 3: New Orleans Traffic and Transportation Bureau records, 1958 January-1967 December],
[Box 4: New Orleans Traffic and Transportation Bureau records, 1969 January-1981 December],
[Box 5: New Orleans Traffic and Transportation Bureau records, 1918-1987],
[Volume 1: Minutes, 1914 May 19-1917 May 28],
[Volume 2: Minutes, 1914 July 11-1918 August 28],
[Volume 3: Minutes, 1914 September 8-1918 May 24],
[Volume 4: Minutes, 1917 June 8-1925 August 10],
[Volume 5: Minutes, 1925 November 12-1934 May 21],
[Volume 6: Minutes, 1934 May 30-1938 January 14],
[Volume 7: Monthly Reports, 1918 July-1921 May],
[Volume 8: Ledgers, 1914 June-1917 November],
[Volume 9: Ledgers, 1914 June-1918 November],
[Volume 10: Ledgers, 1918 July-1920 June],
[Volume 11: Ledgers, 1918 December-1926 June],
[Volume 12: Ledgers, 1921 July-1922 July],
[Volume 13: Ledgers, 1924 June-1934 June],
[Volume 14: Ledgers, 1926 July-1932 June],
[Volume 15: Ledgers, 1932 July-1944 June],
[Volume 16: Ledgers, 1934 July-1938 April],
[Volume 17: Ledgers, 1936 March-1937 August],
[Volume 18: Ledgers, 1937 September-1938 November],
[Volume 19: Ledgers, 1938 December-1939 December],
[Volume 20: Ledgers, 1939 July-1942 October],
[Volume 21: Ledgers, 1940 January-1942 January],
[Volume 22: Ledgers, 1943 January-1945 January],
[Volume 23: Ledgers, 1945 January-1946 January],
[Volume 24: Journals, 1934 June-1937 November],
[Volume 25: Journals, 1937 December-1939 July],
[Volume 26: Journals, 1939 August-1941 December],
[Volume 27: Journals, 1942 June-1944 June],
[Volume 28: Journals, 1944 July-1945 January],
[Volume 29: Journals, 1945 February-1950 December],
[Volume 30: Journals, 1947 January-1948 January],
[Volume 31: Journals, 1938 January-1957 December],
[Volume 32: Journals, 1951 January-1957 March],
[Volume 33: Journals, 1958 January-1963 December],
[Volume 34: Journals, 1971 January-1978 December],
[Volume 35: Cash book, 1945 February-1947 January],
[Volume 36: Cash receipt, 1968 January-1975 April],
[Volume 37: Trial balances, 1917 April-1922 June],
[Volume 38: Trial balances, 1922 July-1922 December],
[Volume 39: Trial balances, 1973 January-1975 December],
[All]

Volume 14: Ledgers, 1926 July-1932 June

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