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O' Keefe, Arthur Joseph, 1876-1943. Papers, 1926-1929.

Title: Papers, 1926-1929.

The records include files that survived intact as well as fragments that were filed elsewhere in the City Archives. Most of the records are in the form of incoming letters to the mayor, their arrangement is alphabetical by name of correspondent (corporate or infividual). Where only one or two items exist for a given correspondent, those items are filed in alphabetical miscellaneous folders. Intact subject files were kept together and some attempt was also made to reconstruct other subject files using filing notes written on the documents. Much of the material is ceremonial (i.e., letters of introduction/greetings, letters of appointment, etc.) but there are documents of more significance, especailly in the files for city of New Orleans government agencies. The New Orleans Police Department files include scattered reports on investigations of houses of prostitution, fortune-telling, and other nuisances of the day. The Orleans Levee District, Board of Commissioners files include details of the Board's purchase of land for the Bohemia Spillway. In addition to records relating to agencies of the city, parish, state, and national governments, there are also materials dealing with local individuals, institutions, and businesses. Several black organizations are among those represented in the records (for example, the file on the Peoples' Methodist Episcopal Church contains a flier, with photographs, describing the activities of the Peoples' Community Center, which served a largely black clientele). Individual correspondents include Congressmen James J. O'Connor and J. Zach Spearing; Senator Joseph Ransdell; Governor Henry L. Fuqua; and Louis B. Mayer (of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). Also represented are the mayors of several American cities and the consuls of several foreign nations.

ArchivalResource: 3 cu. ft.

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