Ernest "Dutch" Morial papers
Scope and Contents
The Ernest "Dutch" Morial papers document Morial's career as an activist, lawyer, judge, and mayor of New Orleans. The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, financial documents, newspaper articles, audiovisual materials, and collected items spanning the years 1929 to 1995. The papers have been arranged into the following seven series: Personal papers, campaigns and legislation, City of New Orleans mayoral tenure, community service and memberships, legal activities and judicial tenure, collected items, and multimedia. This collection reflects Morial's active civic life at the local, state, and national levels. Further description of the series appears below.
Other materials pertaining to Morial's mayoral tenure are located in the City Archives at the main branch of the New Orleans Public Library.
This collection was processed under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Dates
- created: 1929-1995
- Other: Date acquired: 07/13/1977
Creator
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright to these papers has not been assigned to the Amistad Research Center. It is the responsibility of an author to secure permission for publication from the holder of the copyright to any material contained in this collection.
Extent
87.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
Arrangement is primarily alphabetically by topic and chronologically within the file units.
Source of Acquisition
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest N. Morial
Method of Acquisition
Gift
Accruals and Additions
Accruals to collection from 2003 onward.
Other Descriptive Information
Correspondence Index attached as PDF
Processing Information
Processed by Clarence Hunter, Beatrice Rodriguez Owsley, Philip S. MacLeod, Michael A. Polushin in 2000. Rehoused and reprocessed by Andrew Salinas in 2009.
Subject
- Morial, Ernest N. (Ernest Nathan), 1929-1989 (Person)
- New Orleans (La.). City Council (Organization)
- Orleans Parish Juvenile Court (Organization)
- Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity (Organization)
- Tulane Law School (Organization)
- Title
- Ernest "Dutch" Morial papers
- Date
- 11/01/2000
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Amistad Research Center Repository
6823 Saint Charles Avenue
Tilton Hall, Tulane University
New Orleans LA 70118 US
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