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Councilman James E. Fitzmorris
Papers, 1954-1966

James E. "Jimmy" Fitzmorris served as Council member for District C from 1954 to 1962 and as Councilman-At-Large from 1962-1966. His records are arranged in two series, representing each of these constituencies.

Series I: Council District C, 1954-1962

Box 1

Advisory Committees
Air Conditioning, Refrigeration--Communications
Air Pollution Committee
Algiers Civic Association (1)
Algiers Civic Association (2)
Algiers (Major Street Shift)
Algiers Naval Station
American Association of Small Businesses
American Legion (various posts)
American Metal Works
Anti-Communism
Appointments
Appropriations, Personnel and Finance
Argonne Street Canal
Asphalt Operations
Assembly Center
Assessors, Board of
Associated Catholic Charities
Asylums
Audubon Park
Audubon Park Board
Aurora Gardens Subdivision
Automobile Recovery Bureau of Louisiana
Aviation Board

B--Miscellaneous
Beautification Amendment, Opposition to (1961)
Better Business Bureau
Better Business Bureau
Billboard (Ordinance on)
Billboard Signs Within the Area of Overpasses and Underpasses
Bingo Ordinance
Bleacher Seats
Boy Scout Development Fund (1958)
Bridge at Orleans and Kenilworth
Broad Area Business and Civic Association
Broadmoor Civic Group Inc.
Budget Analyst and Research Staff
Budget, Capital (1956-1957)
Budget, Capital (1958)
Budget, Capital (1959)
Budget, Capital (1959-1961)
Budget, Operating (1954-1956)
Budget, Operating and Capital (1957-1959)
Budget, Operating and Capital (1960)
Bureau of Governmental Research
Burke, Councilman Paul V.
Bus Service on South Jefferson Davis Parkway
Bus Service on Poydras St.
Bus Shelter, City Park Ave. and Canal Blvd.

C--Miscellaneous
Cabs, Taxi
Camp Street Association
Campaign

Box 2

Canal Blvd. Lighting
Canals (Complaints)
Capital Improvements
Car (Misc.)
Carnival Parades
Carnival Tickets for City Hall Stand (1955)
Carrollton-Claiborne Property Owners Association
Castle Manor
Cemeteries
Central Area Committee
Central Complaint Bureau
Ch--Miscellaneous
Chalmette Park
Chamber of Commerce (1954-1959)
Chamber of Commerce (1960-1961)
Chamber of Commerce, Junior
Chappelle Street (Paving of )
Charter Committee Matters
Chief Administrative Officer (1)
Chief Administrative Officer (2)
Christmas Cards (list of )(1954)
Churches
Citizens Committee for Economic Survey of Various City Debts
Citizens Committee for Municipal Revenues
Citizens Special Investigating Committee
City Attorney
City of Hope
City Park
City Park Ave.
City Park Ave., Canal Blvd., Canal St. Intersection
City Park, Board of Commissioners
City Planning (1)
City Planning (2)
City Planning Commission
Civic Associations (1)
Civic Associations (2)
Civic Center

Box 3

Civil Courts Building (New)
Civil Defense
Civil Service
Cl--Miscellaneous
Claffee, Frank (Council Secretary)
Clasen, Councilman Glenn
Co--Miscellaneous
Colonial Dames of America (National Society of)
Comic Books
Committees--Various (Personal)
Complaints--Cleaning of Streets
Complaints--Drainage
Complaints--Fire Plugs
Complaints--Grass
Complaints--Health Conditions
Complaints--Playgrounds
Complaints--Police
Complaints--Sidewalks
Complaints--Stop Signs
Complaints--Street Lights
Complaints--Taxi Cabs
Complaints--Telephone Poles
Complaints--Traffic
Complaints--Trash
Complaints--Trees
Complaints--Various
Con--Miscellaneous
Congratulations (1)
Congratulations (2)
Consular Corps of New Orleans
Contributions (Personal)
Cortez Playground
Cortez Subdivision Improvement Organization
Council District C
Council Ordinances
Councilmanic (1)
Councilmanic (2)

Box 4

Councilmanic (3)
Councilmanic (Misc.) (1)
Councilmanic (Misc.) (2)
Councilmanic (Misc.) (3)
Country Club Estates Property Owners' Improvement Association
Crescent City Concerts Association
Crescent City Democratic Association (CCDA)
Criminal Sheriff, Louis Heyd
Crusade for Freedom
Cu--Miscellaneous
Custodian Department
Cut-Off Civic Association

D--Miscellaneous
De--Miscellaneous
Declaration of Principles, 8/31/1961
Delgado Albania Plantation Commission
Delgado (Isaac) Central Trades School
Delgado Museum of Art (1)
Delgado Museum of Art (2)
Delgado Playground and Grandstand
Delord-Sarpy House
Dennis Sheen Hook and Ladder Volunteer Fire Co., No. 1
DeSaix Improvement Association, Inc.
Di--Miscellaneous
Do--Miscellaneous
Dock Board
Dog Ordinance
Dr--Miscellaneous
Duffourc and Hickey, Councilmen

E--Miscellaneous
Editorials, Radio and T.V.
El--Miscellaneous
Election Activities

Box 5

Election, 2.5 Mill Tax for Full School Year (1958)
Ellender, Senator Allen J.
Equalization of Salaries
Er--Miscellaneous
Esso (Standard Oil Co.)
Exhibition Center
Experimental Opera Theater of America

Fairgrounds Association
Fairgrounds Passes
Ferries, Canal and Third District
Ferry Problem (Third District)
Ferry Service
Finance Department (1)
Finance Department (2)
Finance Department, City Purchasing Agent
Finance Department, Collector of Revenue
Finance Department, Machine Records Unit
Fire Alarm System
Fire Chiefs Pay Raises
Fire Department (1)
Fire Department (2)
Fire Prevention
Fire Prevention Committee
Firewords
Fitzmorris, James E. (Personal) (1) (1954)
Fitzmorris, James E. (Personal) (2) (1954)
Fitzmorris, James E. (Personal) (3) (1955)
Fitzmorris, James E. (Personal) (1) (1956)
Fitzmorris, James E. (Personal) (2) (1956)
Fitzmorris, James E. (Personal) (1) (1957)
Fitzmorris, James E. (Personal) (2) (1957)
Fitzmorris, James E. (Personal) (3) (1957)

Box 6

Fitzmorris, James E. (Personal) (1) (1958)
Fitzmorris, James E. (Personal) (2) (1958)
Fitzmorris, James E. (Personal) (3) (1958)
Fitzmorris, James E. (Personal) (1) (1959)
Fitzmorris, James E. (Personal) (2) (1959)
Fitzmorris, James E. (Personal) (3) (1959)
Fitzmorris, James E. (Personal) (4) (1959)
Fitzmorris, James E. (Personal) (5) (1959)
Fitzmorris, James E. (Personal) (6) (1959)
Fitzmorris, James E. (Personal) (7) (1959)
Fitzmorris, James E. (Personal) (1) (1960)

Box 7

Fitzmorris, James E. (Personal) (2) (1960)
Fitzmorris, James E. (Personal) (3) (1960)
Fitzmorris, James E. (Personal) (1) (1961)
Fitzmorris, James E. (Personal) (2) (1961)
Fitzmorris, James E. (Personal) (3) (1961)
Fleming, Major General (Adjutant General, Jackson Barracks)
Flint-Goodrich Campaign (1958)
Flouridation (1)
Flouridation (2)
French Market

G--Miscellaneous
Gambling Ordinance, Amendment to
Garden Club Federation of Louisiana
Gentilly Civic and Mirabeau Improvement Association
Goodwill Industries Campaign
Grand Jury
Great Britain
Greater New Orleans Federation of Churches
Grievance Committee
Grocers Association, New Orleans, Retail
Guste, William , Jr.

H--Miscellaneous
Harrison Ave. (Lighting)
Harrison Ave. Shopping Center
Harrison Ave. Traffic Problem
Health Center #6
Health Department
Higgins Industries, Inc.
Holmes, D.H.
Holt Cemetery
Hospital Plan, City Employees
House of Detention
House of Good Shepherd Campaign
Housing Requests (Personal)
Housing Authority of New Orleans (1)
Housing Authority of New Orleans (2)
Housing Improvement and Slum Prevention Advisory Committee
Housing Improvement and Slum Prevention Department

Box 8

Huntlee Village Civic Association
Huntlee Village Playground
Hynes School

I--Miscellaneous
Indecent Literature Resolution
Insurance
Inter-Coastal Canal
International Automobile Race
International House
International House and Trade Mart (new)
Interstate Highway in Lakeview
Invitations (1)
Invitations (2)
Invitations (3)
Invitations (4)
Invitations (5)
Invitations (6)
Invitations (7)
Invitations (8)

Box 9

Item, New Orleans

J--Miscellaneous
Jackson Brewing Company
Jahncke Plant in Algiers
Jefferson Davis Area 8-25-61
Jefferson Plaquemines Drainage District
Jesuit Recreation Fund
Job Requests
Jury Notices
Juvenile Court Judges Resolution
Juvenile Detention
Juvenile Detention Home

K--Miscellaneous
Kabel Drive Civic and Improvement Association
Ke--Miscellaneous
Kiwanis Club of New Orleans
Knights of Columbus

L--Miscellaneous
Labor's League for Political Education of New Orleans and Vicinity
Lakefront Affiliated Associations
Lakeview Advisory Committee
Lakeview--Drainage, Curbing and Paving 4-27-61
Lakeview--Drainage, Curbing and Paving 1-5-61
Lakeview--Public Improvement 12-7-60
Lakeview Civic Associations
Lakeview Library
Lakeview Progressive Association
Lakeview Streets--Resurfacing
Lakeview Woman's Club
League of Women Voters
Legislative Program, 1956
Legislature Appropriations
Levy, Admiral Neville
Liberia
Library
Liquor License Ordinance
Liquor Ordinance #197
Litter Campaign (Letters to all Garden Clubs)
Little Woods Bus Line
Louisiana Brewers and Wholesalers Association
Louisiana Historical Museum
Louisiana State Conference for Labor Education
Louisiana Military District
Louisiana Safety Commission
Louisiana Tax Commission
Lower Coast Civic Association
Loyola University

M--Miscellaneous
Mardi Gras Stands to Gallier Hall (Return)
Memphis, Tenn.
Messages
Metropolitan Crime Commission of New Orleans, Inc.
Metropolitan Crime Commission
Metropolitan New Orleans Safety Council (1)
Metropolitan New Orleans Safety Council (2)
Metropolitan New Orleans Safety Council (3)
Mid-Winter Fair
Military Order of World Wars
Military Sea Transportation Service
Mississippi River Bridge
Mississippi River Bridge Authority
Missouri Pacific Railroad

Box 10

Moisant International Airport (1)
Moisant International Airport (2)
Monorail
Morrison, deLesseps Story (1)
Morrison, deLesseps Story (2)
Moore, Councilman A. Brown
Mosquito Control
Municipal Auditorium
Municipal Courts
Municipal Manpower Board
Municipal Revenues
Municipal Yacht Harbor
Museum (Industrial)

N--Miscellaneous
Nashville, Tenn.
Neutral Ground Committee
Neutral Ground Parking [Elysian Fields between Gentilly Blvd. & Pelopidas]
Neutral Ground Parking [Napoleon Ave. between Constance & Chestnut]
Neutral Ground Parking [S. Claiborne between General Taylor & Milan]
New Basin Canal
New Orleans Air Reserve Center
New Orleans Board of Trade Ltd.
New Orleans Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Petition
New Orleans Municipal Employees Club
New Orleans Pelican Baseball
New Orleans Railroad Terminal Board
New Orleans Traffic & Transportation Bureau
Newcomers Club of New Orleans
News Articles
Ninth Warders Newsletter

O--Miscellaneous
Oak Park Estates Subdivision
Occupational License Tax, Retail, Dealers
O'Connor, Hugh [Chairman, West Bank Council]
Operation Home Improvement
Optimist Club
Orleans Levee Board
Orleans Parish School Board
Orleans Parish Service Office Advisory Committee

P--Miscellaneous
Pan-American Furniture Co. [Department of Streets]
Parking--Downtown
Parking--Jefferson Davis Parkway
Parking Matter (Robichaux)
Parking Meters
Parking--Off Street
Parking Passes (Carnival, 1955)
Parking--Residential Areas
Parking Signs
Parks--General
Parkview Gardens Civic & Improvement Association
Parkways and Parks Commission, 1955-1956
Parkways and Parks Commission, 1957
Parkways and Parks Commission, 1958-1959
Parkways and Parks Commission, 1959-1961

Box 11


Patent Office
Paving Lien Policy, File #1 1955-1956
Paving Lien Policy, File #2 January 1957-May 1957
Paving Lien Policy, File #3 May 1957-December 1957
Paving Lien Policy
Paving Lien Policy, Blueprints and Plans for all Files
Paving Lien 6th Phase
Paving Lien 7th Phase 4-19-62
Paving Lien Program
Paving Petition 12th St. 3-2-62
Pay Plan
Pay Raises
Pe--Miscellaneous
Petitions
Petitions for Additional Bus Service in Lakeview Area
Ph--Miscellaneous
Philharmonic Campaign, 1956
Philharmonic Symphony Society
Philippine Republic
Po--Miscellaneous
Police and Fire Committee (1)
Police and Fire Committee (2)

Box 12

Police and Fire Committee (3)
Police and Fire Committee (4)
Police and Fire Committee (5)
Police and Fire Committee (6)
Police and Fire Committee Minutes 2/14/55 - 2/27/56
Police and Fire Committee Minutes 2/14/55
Police and Fire Committee Minutes 3/14/55
Police and Fire Committee Minutes 4/11/55
Police and Fire Committee Minutes 5/25/55
Police and Fire Committee Minutes 7/5/55
Police and Fire Committee Minutes 8/29/55
Police and Fire Committee Minutes 10/24/55
Police and Fire Committee Minutes 11/7/55
Police and Fire Committee Minutes 12/5/55
Police and Fire Committee Minutes 2/29/56
Police and Fire Committee Minutes 3/26/56
Police and Fire Committee Minutes 4/3/56
Police and Fire Committee Next Meeting
Police Bureau of Investigation
Police Department (1)
Police Department (2)
Police Department (Banister)
Police Department (Dayries) (1)
Police Department (Dayries) (2)
Police Department--Detective Bureau
Police Department--Miscellaneous Superintendents
Police Department (Schuering)
Police Department--Various Departments
Police--General
Police Jury Convention
Political
Pontchartrain Beach
Pontchartrain Pioneers Improvement Association
Port of Embarkation
Porteous Street

Box 13

Postmaster, U.S.
Poydras Street Improvement Association
Pr--Miscellaneous
Presidents Cooperative School Club
Press Releases
Prisoner Work Projects
Private Schools
Proclamations
Property Management Department
Property Management Department (Director of Buildings)
Public Commissions
Public Relations
Public Welfare, Baton Rouge Commission
Purchasing

Q--Miscellaneous

R--Miscellaneous
Railroad Data
Railroad Terminal Board
Railroads--General
Re--Miscellaneous
Real Estate Division
Recreation Department
Recreation, Parks & Parkway Committee
Red Book Directory
Red Cross
Redistricting Councilmanic Areas
Registration Committee
Regulatory Inspection
Reports
Reports to Council
Retirement System
Requests (Misc.)
Requests--Parking Meters
Requests--Trees
Revenue Committee
Ri--Miscellaneous
Ro--Miscellaneous
Rol--Miscellaneous
Ru--Miscenllaneous
Rules, Regulations & Parochial Affairs (Committee)

S--Miscellaneous
Safety & Permits Department (1)
Safety & Permits Department (2)
Safety & Permits Department (McCloskey)
Safety & Permits Department (Vivien)
Safety & Permits Department (Schiro)
St. Anthony Canal
St. Clair Gardens' Civic Assn.
St. Claude Ave. Tunnel Commission
Sale of City Buildings
Sales Tax
Sanitation Department
Sc--Miscellaneous
Schiro, Councilman Victor
Schm--Miscellaneous
Scholarships
School Zone Hours, Request for Change
Schools--Parochial
Schools--Public, Various

Box 14

Schu--Miscellaneous
Schwartz Supply Co.
Se--Miscellaneous
Seamen's Town House
Second Ward Voters and Civic League
Segregation
Service Station Sign Ordinance
Seventh Ward Civic Association
Sewerage and Water Board (1)
Sewerage and Water Board (2)
Sewerage and Water Board (3)
Sewerage and Water Board (4)
Sewerage and Water Board (5)
Sewerage and Water Board (6)
Sewerage and Water Board (7)
Sewerage and Water Board (8)
Shirley Drive Civic Association
604 House
Smith, Lt. Col. Karl (Jackson Barracks)
Social Security
S.P.C.A.

Box 15

Soule Bldg. (for use as Traffic Court)
Southern Mental Hospital (Mandeville)
Southern Regional Research Lab.
Speeches
Spring Fiesta
Star Salesman 1961
State Band
State Colleges (New Orleans Area)
State Land Office, Registrar of
Steering Committee
Stevenson, Adlai E.
Streets Improvements
Streets and Utilities
Streets and Utilities Committee
Streets and Utilities Committee File
Streets Department 1954-1956 (1)
Streets Department 1954-1956 (2)
Streets Department 1956-1956 (1)
Streets Department 1957 (2)
Streets Department 1958 (1)
Streets Department 1958 (2)
Streets Department 1958-1959 (1)
Streets Department 1958-1959 (2)

Box 16

Streets Department 1959 (1)
Streets Department 1959 (2)
Streets Department 1960-1961 (1)
Streets Department 1960-1961 (2)
Streets Department Drainage (Bisso)
Streets Department Pea Gravel (1)
Streets Department Pea Gravel (2)
Streets
Summer "Pops" Concerts
Sympathy Letters
Symphony Fund

T--Miscellaneous
Taxicab Bureau
Taxicab Stations
Telephone Company
Telephone and Telegrams
Telephone Matter (Streets and Utilities)
Television
Texas
Th--Miscellaneous
Thank You (1)
Thank You (2)

Box 17

Thank You (3)
Thanksgiving Baskets
Times-Picayune
Tourist Commission
Tours
Tr--Miscellaneous
Traffic Club of New Orleans
Traffic Court
Traffic Court (New--Proposed)
Traffic Engineer (1)
Traffic Engineer (2)
Traffic Engineering Division
Traffic Ordinances (1)
Traffic Ordinances (2)
Traffic Ordinances (3)
Traffic Ordinances (4)
Traffic Safety (1)
Traffic Safety (2)
Traffic Safety (3)
Traffic Safety (4)

Box 18

Traffic Safety (5)
Traffic Safety (6)
Traffic Safety Committee (1)
Traffic Safety Committee (2)
Traffic Safety Officials
Transportation of Parochial School Children Question
Travelers' Aid
Tri-Parish Planning
Trujillo Park
Tulane University

U--Miscellaneous
Union Passenger Terminal Commission
Union St. Extension
United Fund
United Fund 1955
United Fund 1955-1956
United Fund 1957 (1)
United Fund 1957 (2)
United Fund 1959
United Fund 1960
U.S. Army--Military Miscellaneous
U.S. Brewer Foundation Inc.
U.S. Coast Guard 8th District
U.S. Government (Various Departments)
U.S. Marine Corps 8th --Reserve & Recruitment
U.S. Municipal News
U.S. Navy 8th Naval District Headquarters
U.S. Post Office
Upper Pontalba Advisory Committee
Upper Pontalba Apartments
Urban Renewal
Utilities Department (1)
Utilities Department (2)
Utilities Department (3)

Box 19

V--Miscellaneous
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Victory Drive
Vieux Carre Commission
Vieux Carre Property Owners & Association

W--Miscellaneous
WBOK
Wall, Robert [Aide to Mayor]
War (Misc.)
Wards--Precints
We--Miscellaneous
Welfare Department
Welfare Health & Sanitation
Wer--Miscellaneous
West Bank Council
West End Park Transfer
Wi--Miscellaneous
Win--Miscellaneous
Wo--Miscellaneous

X-Y--Miscellaneous
Xavier University
Young Men's Business Club
Young Men's Christian Association

Z--Miscellaneous
Zetzman, William
Zoning Change--Opposition 11/9/61
Zoning Variations--Letters Acknowledging Variations to


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