Creoles -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Politics and government
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Sidney Barthelemy papers
Collection
Identifier: 447
Content Description
This collection consists of speeches made by New Orleans Mayor Sidney Barthelemy, as well as correspondence, which reflect Barthelemy's years as Mayor. Barthemey was the second African American to hold the New Orleans Mayoral chair from 1986 to 1994.
Dates:
Other: 1989-1992
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Sidney Barthelemy papers
Ernest "Dutch" Morial papers
Collection
Identifier: 256
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...
Dates:
Created: 1929-1995; Other: Date acquired: 07/13/1977
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Ernest "Dutch" Morial papers
Christopher Porche West papers
Collection — 1 U-Matic
Identifier: 386
Scope and Contents
The papers of California native and New Orleans-based photographer Christopher Porche West contain photographs, printed ephemera, correspondence, news clippings and other collected items that document West's interest in the history and culture of New Orleans' African American and Creole communities. The strengths of the West papers are the numerous prints of photographs taken by West, as well as the collection of materials formed by him as part of his research on the history and...
Dates:
Created: 1880-1995; Other: Majority of material found in 1954-1983; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1981