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Schiro, Victor H. (Victor Hugo), 1904-1992. Victor Schiro papers, 1904-1995 (bulk 1950-1979)

Title: Victor Schiro papers, 1904-1995 (bulk 1950-1979)

This collection consists of personal, business, and professional papers of Victor H. Schiro (1904-1992), mayor of New Orleans, La., 1961-1970. Included are correspondence, newspaper clippings, press releases, photographs, scrapbooks, legal papers, insurance papers, post cards, stationery, appointment books, biographical material, speeches, awards, printed material, political ephemera, and files from Schiro's mayoral period. Also included are Mrs. Schiro's papers, and other family papers

ArchivalResource: 116 linear feet (169 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/745016523 View

Thomas, Lucy Boyer, 1923-2004,. Lucy Boyer Thomas oral history interview, 2003.

Title: Lucy Boyer Thomas oral history interview, 2003.

Thomas describes country living as a child, growing up with farm animals, a father who treated with folk remedies, and the daily routines of farm life. She describes a year in Los Angeles studying nursing around 1943, life in the Ninth Ward before Hurricane Betsy, and her experiences during that hurricane. She also discusses the subsequent rebuilding of her house, changes in the Ninth Ward, and suspicions about the deliberate breaking of a levee to flood her neighborhood and save richer parts of the city.

ArchivalResource: 2 sound cassettes (2 hours, 33 minutes);Abstracts (4 leaves);Transcripts (119 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/635195105 View

Prevost, Dorothy Mackey, 1931-. Dorothy Mackey Prevost oral history interview, 2003.

Title: Dorothy Mackey Prevost oral history interview, 2003.

Prevost discusses her childhood in the Lower Ninth Ward where the neighbors grew and exchanged food with each other. She talks about the schools she attended and segregated schooling and activities in New Orleans in the 1930s and 1940s. She primarily discusses her experience during Hurricane Betsy and the refurbishing of her home after the storm. She talks about changes in the Ninth Ward after Hurricane Betsy and the decline of the neighborhood in recent years.

ArchivalResource: 1 sound cassette (1 hour, 30 minutes);Abstract (3 leaves);Transcript (72 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/635195825 View

Dixon, Richard Remy. Richard Remy Dixon papers, 1956-1977.

Title: Richard Remy Dixon papers, 1956-1977.

This collection consists of personal and professional papers of Richard R. Dixon of New Orleans, La. Included are correspondence, photographs, promotional material, financial documents, Carnival memorabilia and a 1961 public relations broadside designed to reassure visitors that racial tensions did not interfere with Carnival, Louisiana Superdome dedication papers, election ephemera, audiorecordings on cassette, Dixon's business card as Managing Director of Municipal Auditorium, and other printed items.

ArchivalResource: 7.5 linear feet (5 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/764494409 View