Records, 1941-1995, bulk 1966-1995.

Morial, Ernest N. (Ernest Nathan), 1929-1989

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Ernest Nathan "Dutch" Morial (October 9, 1929 – December 24, 1989) was an American lawyer, jurist, civil rights advocate, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African-American mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, serving from 1978 to 1986. Born and raised in New Orleans, Morial graduated from the racially segregated McDonogh 35 Senior High School and Xavier University of Louisiana, where he received a degree in business administration in 1951. He became the first Afr...

Edwards, Edwin W. (Edwin Washington), 1927-2021

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Edwin Washington Edwards (August 7, 1927 – July 12, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 7th congressional district from 1965 to 1972 and as the 50th Governor of Louisiana for four terms (1972–1980, 1984–1988 and 1992–1996), twice as many elected terms as any other Louisiana chief executive. He served a total of 16 years in office, the sixth-longest serving gubernatorial tenure in post-Constitutional U...

Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006

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Gerald Rudolph Ford, the 38th President of the United States, was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr., the son of Leslie Lynch King and Dorothy Ayer Gardner King, on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents separated two weeks after his birth, and his mother took him to Grand Rapids, Michigan, to live with her parents. On February 1, 1916, approximately two years after her divorce was final, Dorothy King married Gerald R. Ford, a Grand Rapids paint salesman. The Fords began calling her son Gerald ...

New Orleans (La.). Police Dept.

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Spurney, Petr L.

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Landrieu, Moon, 1930-

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Moon Landrieu, former mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana was born July 23, 1930, in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, the son of Joseph and Loretta (Bechtel) Landrieu. Moon Landrieu received a BBA from Loyola University in 1952 and his LLB from Loyola University in 1954. He enteres the United States Army as a lieutenant in the Judge Advocate General's Corps; 1954-57; he worked as a lawyer with the firm Landrieu, Calogero and Kronlage, 1957-1960; as a representative from the 12th Ward of New Orleans, 1960-...

New Orleans (La.). City Planning Commission

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Created as the City Planning and Zoning Commission in 1923, the agency was authorized to conduct planning studies, to divide the City into zones on the basis of land use, and to make recommendations on planning matters to the City Council. In 1926 new legislation authorized it to recommend a zoning ordinance to the Council and gave it enforcement powers for the City's comprehensive plan and subdivision regulations. Originally a 20 member body (and later changed to 15 by the 1926 leg...

Jefferson, Willian J., 1947-

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Long, Russell B.

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Russell Billiu Long served in the United States Senate from Louisiana for 38 years. Son of Louisiana governor and senator, Huey Pierce Long, and nephew of three-time Louisiana governor, Earl Kemp Long, Russell Long was elected to the U.S. Senate seven times, retiring from public office in January 1987. From the description of Russell B. Long photograph, circa 1950s. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 190570382 From the description of Russell B. Long papers, 18...

New Orleans Charter Revision Committee.

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United States air force academy

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Johnston, J. Bennett (John Bennett), 1932-

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A native of Shreveport, La., in 1963, Johnston was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives where he served as a floor leader. He left the House in 1968 after winning a seat in the Louisiana Senate, where he served until 1972 when he was elected to the United States Senate. He was a member of several influential committees during his Senate career including Appropriations, Budget, and Interior and Insular Affairs, later re-named Energy and Natural Resources, of which he was Chairman for...

United States Military Academy

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West Point, N.Y., was originally utilized as a strategic defense location during the American Revolution. West Point is geographically located on a 100 ft. plateau overlooking the Hudson River. After the American victory Congress created a Corps of Invalids (veterans) that were transferred to West Point for the purpose of instructing candidates for commission. In 1802 Congress legally established the United States Military Academy at West Point. The Academy produced many leaders of American forc...

Louisiana World Exposition (1984 : New Orleans, La.)

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Reagan, Ronald, 1911-2004

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Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) was the 40th President of the United States and served two terms in office from 1981 to 1989. He was born on February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois, the second son of Nelle Wilson and John Edward ("Jack") Reagan. His father nicknamed him "Dutch" as a baby. In 1920 the family resettled in Dixon, Illinois. In 1928 Reagan graduated from Dixon High School, where he had been student body president, an actor in school plays, and a student athlete. He partici...

New Orleans (La.). Office of Municipal Investigation.

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Ninth Ward Citizens Voter's League (New Orleans, La.) Archives.

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Breaux, John B.

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John Berlinger Breaux was born in Crowley, La., on March 1, 1944, to Ezra Breaux and Katie Berlinger Breaux. He received a B.A. degree in political science from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette (1964) and a J.D. degree from the Louisiana State University Law School in Baton Rouge (1967). Breaux practiced law with the firm of Brown, McKernan, Ingram, and Breaux before becoming assistant to U.S. Representative Edwin W. Edwards between 1968 and 1972. Upon Edwards' resignation t...

Kiefer, Nat G., 1939-1985.

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Livingston, Robert L., 1943-

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Bob Livingston was representative for the 1st U.S. Congressional District of Louisiana for 1977-1999. Gillis Long (1923-1985) was representative for the 8th U.S. Congressional District of Louisiana in 1963-1965 and 1973-1985. He ran unsuccessfully for governor of Louisiana in 1964 and 1971. From the description of Bob Livingston oral history interview, 1987. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 77070660 ...

Calagaro, Jr., Pascal F., 1931-

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Xavier university of Louisiana

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Bork, Robert H.

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Lawyer, educator, and judge. Full name: Robert Heron Bork; born 1927. From the description of Robert H. Bork papers, 1924-1987 (bulk 1962-1982). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983251 ...

Ninth Ward Citizens Voter's League (New Orleans, La.)

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The Ninth Ward Citizens Voter's League, organized in 1958 and chartered in 1960, is the oldest African-American civic organization in New Orleans's Ninth Ward. The Ninth Ward Citizens Voter's League seeks to improve the physical, civic, and political conditions in New Orleans's Ninth Ward through voter education and registration, political endorsements, and lobbying for better conditions. From the description of Records, 1941-1995, bulk 1966-1995. (Xavier Uni...

Copelin, Jr., Sherman N., 1943-

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Long, Gillis William, 1923-1985

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Gillis W. Long of Rapides Parish, La., served seven terms in the U.S. House of Representative from the Louisiana 8th Congressional District (1963-65, 1973-1985). He was a member of the Long family, a prominent political family of Louisiana. Huey Pierce Long, Russell B. Long, George Shannon Long, Speedy O. Long, and Earl K. Long were among his cousins. Long died in 1985, seventeen days into his eighth term. From the description of Gillis W. Long papers, 1923-1985 (bulk 1951-1985). (Lo...

Tonry, Richard A.

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Galmon, Carl, 1940-

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