Ernest "Dutch" Morial papers, 1929-1995 | Amistad Research Center

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Collection Overview

Title: Ernest "Dutch" Morial papers, 1929-1995

Creator: Morial, Ernest "Dutch" (1929-1989)

Extent: 87.0 Linear Feet

Arrangement: Arrangement is primarily alphabetically by topic and chronologically within the file units.

Date Acquired: 07/13/1977. More info below under Accruals.

Languages: English, French

Scope and Contents of the Materials

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 tenure, collected items, and multimedia. This collection reflects Morial's active civic life at the local, state, and national levels. Further description of the series appears below.

Other materials pertaining to Morial's mayoral tenure are located in the City Archives at the main branch of the New Orleans Public Library.

This collection was processed under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical Note

Ernest "Dutch" Morial was an attorney and politician who was active in the Civil Rights Movement in New Orleans beginning in the 1960s. His political career was marked by a number of firsts for an African American, including being the first since Reconstruction elected to the Louisiana State Legislature and the first to serve on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. He was also the first African American mayor of the city of New Orleans.

Ernest Nathan "Dutch" Morial, the youngest of the six children of Leonie V. and Walter Etienne Morial, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on October 9, 1929. After his early education, Morial received a BS in Business Administration from Xavier University in 1951. In 1954, Morial became the first African American graduate from Louisiana State University Law School.

Morial began his professional career when he served with the U.S. Army Intelligence Corp during the Korean Conflict, from 1954-1956. During this time Morial married Sybil G. Haydel in 1955, and they would have five children, Julie, Marc, Jacques, Cheri, and Monique. After his military service, Morial returned to his law partnership in New Orleans in 1956 and served as general counsel to the Standard Life Insurance Company from 1960 to 1967. He was appointed assistant U.S. attorney for New Orleans from 1965 to 1967 before beginning a career in electoral politics.

Morial's mentor was A.P. Tureaud, a leading civil rights attorney and key figure in black New Orleans since the 1930s. As president of the New Orleans Chapter of the NAACP from 1962 to 1965, Morial was at the forefront of black protest and the dismantling of Jim Crow. He became an attorney with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, serving on the national level. Morial participated in the Dryades Street Boycott and fought for the desegregation of buses and streetcars and the integration of Louisiana State University of New Orleans (LSUNO). Morial also filed suits for African Americans to use the Municipal Auditorium and for the wider desegregation of public schools in New Orleans.

In 1967, Morial was elected to the Louisiana State Legislature as Representative for District 80 (Wards 1 and 2), becoming the first African American elected to that body since Reconstruction. Other similar accomplishments of Morial include becoming the first assistant African American U.S. attorney in New Orleans, the first African American to serve as juvenile court judge, and the first African American on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

In 1977, Morial announced his candidacy for Mayor of the city of New Orleans, suing the State Judicial Commission for the right to campaign while remaining a judge. Ultimately, Morial won the general election over Joseph DiRosa by over six thousand votes, becoming the first African American mayor of New Orleans. He gained national attention in his first term as mayor for standing up to police and sanitation workers - leading to a city-wide strike resulting in the cancellation of Mardi Gras in 1979.

In 1982, Morial was reelected Mayor of New Orleans, after defeating Ron Faucheux. Two years later, Morial was elected President of the United States Council of Mayors. Ernest Nathan Morial died suddenly and unexpectedly on December 24, 1989, of a cardiac arrest.

Administrative Information

Accruals: Accruals to collection from 2003 onward.

Use Restrictions: Copyright to these papers has not been assigned to the Amistad Research Center. It is the responsibility of an author to secure permission for publication from the holder of the copyright to any material contained in this collection.

Acquisition Source: Mr. & Mrs. Ernest N. Morial

Acquisition Method: Gift

Related Materials: Ernest "Dutch" Morial was the husband of Sybil Haydel Morial and the father of Marc H. Morial. Related collections housed at the Amistad Research Center include those of Morial's father-in-law, Clarence Haydel and his son, Marc H. Morial.

Processing Information: Processed by Clarence Hunter, Beatrice Rodriguez Owsley, Philip S. MacLeod, Michael A. Polushin in 2000. Rehoused and reprocessed by Andrew Salinas in 2009.

Other Note: Correspondence Index attached as PDF

Other URL: http://www.amistadresearchcenter.org/pdfs/Archon/Ernest Morial Papers Correspondence Index.pdf

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Personal Papers, 1929-1995],
[Series 2: Campaigns and Legislation, 1963-1988],
[Series 3: City of New Orleans Mayoral Tenure, 1974-1985],
[Series 4: Community Service and Memberships, 1954-1985],
[Series 5: Legal Activities and Judicial Tenure, 1948-1977],
[Series 6: Collected Items, 1936-1991],
[Series 7: Multimedia, 1935-1985],
[All]

Series 2: Campaigns and Legislation, 1963-1988

This series contains correspondence, political advertisements, print media coverage, electoral strategy, litigation involving various campaigns, finances, and election returns. The series also includes material related to Morial's involvement in politics on the national level in the Democratic Party, as well as materials relating to Morial's efforts to pass legislation on the municipal and state level. This includes information pertaining to Morial's involvement with the Edward Kennedy, Jesse Jackson, and Michael Dukakis presidential campaigns. Correspondence includes numerous congratulatory letters for his mayoral victories as well as correspondence to and from other legislators and constituents. Other materials outline Morial's platforms on various municipal issues such as housing, utilities, arts, economics, historic preservation, and public transit.

Box 8: Democratic State Committee and State Legislature

Folder 16: Democratic State Committee: Announcement and political platform, 1963
Folder 17: Democratic State Committee: Campaign publicity, sample ballots, 1964
Folder 18: Democratic State Committee: Correspondence, qualifying papers, 1963
Folder 19: Democratic State Committee: Fundraising correspondence, 1963-1964
Folder 20: Democratic State Committee: Print media coverage, 1963-1964
Folder 21: Democratic State Committee: Returns from precincts, 1964
Folder 22: State Legislature: Campaign Committee - correspondence, volunteer lists, 1967, 1969
Folder 23: State Legislature: Campaign litigation - Stephen K. Daley vs. Dutch Morial, 1967
Folder 24: State Legislature: Campaign publicity - correspondence, press release, announcement, sample ballot, 1967
Folder 25: State Legislature: Correspondence, 1967
Folder 26: State Legislature: Correspondence, 1967
Folder 27: State Legislature: Correspondence, 1967

Box 9: New Orleans Councilman-at-Large and State Legislature

Folder 1: State Legislature: Correspondence, 1967-1969
Folder 2: State Legislature: Fundraising - Correspondence, contributor lists, 1967
Folder 3: State Legislature: Print media coverage, 1967-1968
Folder 4: Legislative Service: Attendance records, correspondence, listing of Committee-of-the-Whole, 1968-1977
Folder 5: Legislative Service: Blood controversy - Correspondence, 1970-1972: Pertaining to controversy regarding labeling of blood donations by race.
Folder 6: Legislative Service: Blood controversy - Correspondence, reports, roll call, 1969-1970
Folder 7: Legislative Service: Blood controversy - Print media coverage, 1970
Folder 8: Legislative Service: Educational finance - Correspondence, 1970-1971
Folder 9: Legislative Service: Lowering voting age to 18 - Correspondence, statement before the House, 1968, 1970
Folder 10: New Orleans Councilman-at-Large: Biographical draft, platform, 1969
Folder 11: New Orleans Councilman-at-Large: Campaign advertising expenses, receipts, 1969
Folder 12: New Orleans Councilman-at-Large: Campaign publicity, constituent lists, 1969
Folder 13: New Orleans Councilman-at-Large: Campaign publicity, constituent lists, 1969
Folder 14: New Orleans Councilman-at-Large: Campaign publicity, constituent lists, 1969
Folder 15: New Orleans Councilman-at-Large: Campaign publicity, Moon Landrieu ticket listings, 1969
Folder 16: New Orleans Councilman-at-Large: Candidate lists, qualifying form, correspondence, 1969-1970
Folder 17: New Orleans Councilman-at-Large: Candidate questionnaires, fact sheets, 1969
Folder 18: New Orleans Councilman-at-Large: Correspondence, "City in Crisis" report, 1969
Folder 19: New Orleans Councilman-at-Large: Correspondence, 1969-1970
Folder 20: New Orleans Councilman-at-Large: Correspondence, undated
Folder 21: New Orleans Councilman-at-Large: Endorsements - correspondence, 1968-1969
Folder 22: New Orleans Councilman-at-Large: Fundraising - Correspondence, expenses, contributor lists, 1969
Folder 23: New Orleans Councilman-at-Large: Speaking engagements - Correspondence, transcripts, 1969
Folder 24: New Orleans Councilman-at-Large: Special Ninth Ward Community Rehabilitation Committee - Correspondence, proceedings, report, 1969

Box 10: Fourth Circuit Judgeship and New Orleans Mayor

Folder 1: New Orleans Councilman-at-Large: Confidential reports, 1969: "Perspective on New Orleans: The Background for Issues"; "The Climate of Opinion in New Orleans Politics"
Folder 2: Judge, Fourth Circuit: Campaign advertising expenses - Contracts, receipts, 1972
Folder 3: Judge, Fourth Circuit: Campaign constituent lists, 1972
Folder 4: Judge, Fourth Circuit: Campaign litigation - Correspondence, Morial vs. Lemieux, 1972
Folder 5: Judge, Fourth Circuit: Campaign publicity, correspondence, television appearances, 1972
Folder 6: Judge, Fourth Circuit: Campaign publicity, draft statements, platform, 1972
Folder 7: Judge, Fourth Circuit: Candidate qualifying forms, correspondence, 1972
Folder 8: Judge, Fourth Circuit: Correspondence, 1972, 1974
Folder 9: Judge, Fourth Circuit: Endorsements - Correspondence, candidate list, 1972
Folder 10: Judge, Fourth Circuit: Fundraising - Correspondence, 1972
Folder 11: Judge, Fourth Circuit: Press releases, 1972
Folder 12: Judge, Fourth Circuit: Sample ballots, 1972
Folder 13: New Orleans Mayor: Campaign committees and planning - Addresses for Morial mayor committee, undated
Folder 14: New Orleans Mayor: Campaign committees and planning - Announcement of candidacy, correspondence, drafts, 1977
Folder 15: New Orleans Mayor: Campaign committees and planning - Appointments and meetings, correspondence, invitation lists, 1976-1977
Folder 16: New Orleans Mayor: Campaign committees and planning - Appointments and meetings, correspondence, invitation lists, 1976
Folder 17: New Orleans Mayor: Appointment book, 1977
Folder 18: New Orleans Mayor: Campaign committees and planning - Articles of incorporation of Morial/Mayor Committee Inc, correspondence, certificates, 1976

Box 11: New Orleans Mayor: Campaign committees and planning

Folder 1: Campaign committees and planning - Candidate list, 1977
Folder 2: Campaign committees and planning - Candidate questionnaires and responses, correspondence, 1977
Folder 3: Campaign committees and planning - Candidate questionnaires and responses, correspondence, 1977
Folder 4: Campaign committees and planning - Constituency lists, register of voters, 1976
Folder 5: Campaign committees and planning - Consultant reports and surveys, correspondence, 1976
Folder 6: Campaign committees and planning - Consultant reports and surveys, correspondence, 1977
Folder 7: Campaign committees and planning - Consultant reports and surveys, correspondence, 1977
Folder 8: Campaign committees and planning - Consultant reports and surveys, correspondence, 1977
Folder 9: Campaign committees and planning - Correspondence, 1976-1977
Folder 10: Campaign committees and planning - Correspondence, nomination papers, qualifying form, 1977
Folder 11: Campaign committees and planning - Expenses, contracts, correspondence, 1977
Folder 12: Campaign committees and planning - Forums and rallies, announcements, correspondence, 1977
Folder 13: Campaign committees and planning - Forums and rallies, announcements, correspondence, 1977
Folder 14: Campaign committees and planning - Correspondence, cancelled checks, contributor lists, 1977
Folder 15: Campaign committees and planning - Lionel Hampton Benefit, announcement, correspondence, program, 1977
Folder 16: Campaign committees and planning - Nat Keifer for Mayor, announcement, correspondence, publicity, 1977
Folder 17: Campaign committees and planning - DeLesseps S. "Toni" Morrison for Mayor, correspondence, Moon Landrieu endorsement

Box 12: New Orleans Mayor: Campaign committees and general platform

Folder 1: Phone-O-Grams, 1977
Folder 2: New Orleans Mayor: Campaign committees and planning - Print media coverage, correspondence, newspaper clippings, 1977
Folder 3: New Orleans Mayor: Campaign committees and planning - Public relations and advertising agencies, correspondence, proposals, 1977
Folder 4: New Orleans Mayor: Campaign committees and planning - Publicity, correspondence, sample ballots, 1977
Folder 5: New Orleans Mayor: Campaign committees and planning - Speaking engagements, correspondence, schedules, 1977
Folder 6: New Orleans Mayor: Campaign committees and planning - Speaking engagements, press releases, 1977
Folder 7: New Orleans Mayor: General Platform - Briefing notes, correspondence, draft letters and statements, proposals, reports, 1977
Folder 8: New Orleans Mayor: General Platform - Correspondence, drafts, 1977
Folder 9: New Orleans Mayor: General Platform - Correspondence, factbook, final drafts, 1977
Folder 10: New Orleans Mayor: General Platform - Correspondence, Metropolitan Area Committee, candidate ratings report, press release, 1977
Folder 11: New Orleans Mayor: General Platform - Goals for Louisiana report, 1970
Folder 12: New Orleans Mayor: Platform on the arts - Correspondence, reports, newspaper articles, 1977
Folder 13: New Orleans Mayor: Platform on the arts - National and state reports, 1977
Folder 14: New Orleans Mayor: Platform on economic issues - Correspondence, Bobo and Mumphrey position papers, 1977
Folder 15: New Orleans Mayor: Platform on economic issues - Drafts statements, undated

Box 13: New Orleans Mayor: Campaign platforms and committees

Folder 1: Platform on economic issues - Economic and Trade Development Conference, Report statement by DeLesseps "Toni" Morrison, 1975, 1977
Folder 2: Platform on economic issues - Foreign trade reports, undated
Folder 3: Platform on economic issues - Metropolitan forum, candidates questionnaire and responses, newsletter reports, 1977
Folder 4: Platform on economic issues - Port of New Orleans correspondence, news release, report, 1977
Folder 5: Platform on economic issues - Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana correspondence, fiscal reports, 1977
Folder 6: Platform on economic issues - Real estate investment correspondence, reports, 1977
Folder 7: Platform on economic issues - Revenue and taxes correspondence, reports, legal background materials, 1975-1976
Folder 8: Platform on economic issues - Tourism draft report, undated
Folder 9: Platform on public safety - Correspondence, Criminal Justice Committee directory, 1977
Folder 10: Platform on public safety - Correspondence, outlines, Ralph Thayer position papers, 1977
Folder 11: Platform on historic preservation - Correspondence, draft statements, issue papers, 1977
Folder 12: Platform on historic preservation - Correspondence, reports, 1970, 1977
Folder 13: Platform on housing - Correspondence, draft statements, publicity, 1977
Folder 14: Platform on housing - Correspondence, Ralph Thayer position papers, background materials, undated
Folder 15: Platform on housing - Department of Housing and Urban Development correspondence, drafts, 1977
Folder 16: Platform on housing - Housing Discrimination Committee report, 1977
Folder 17: Platform on housing - Print media coverage, 1976-1977
Folder 18: Platform on housing - Unidentified report, undated
Folder 19: Platform on transportation and public transit - Correspondence, Marion McCollum and Anthony Murphy position papers, 1977
Folder 20: Platform on transportation and public transit - Draft position paper and statements, undated
Folder 21: Platform on transportation and public transit - Draft position paper, studies and reports, 1977
Folder 22: Platform on transportation and public transit - "NOPSI's Current Position on Divestiture and Future Ownership/Management Alternatives", undated
Folder 23: Platform on utilities - atomic energy reports, correspondence, 1977
Folder 24: Platform on utilities - Correspondence, draft statements, publicity, 1977
Folder 25: Platform on utilities - Rate structures, NOPSI position papers, reports, 1976

Box 14: New Orleans Mayor: Campaign litigation

Folder 1: Campaign litigation - Canon 7A(3) of the Code of Judicial Conduct background materials, correspondence, draft complaint, request for leave, Memorandum in Opposition to Declaratory Judgment and Preliminary Injunction, 1975-1976
Folder 2: Campaign litigation - Canon 7A(3) of the Code of Judicial Conduct background materials, correspondence, digest of opinions and cases, 1976
Folder 3: Campaign litigation - Canon 7A(3) of the Code of Judicial Conduct, Ernest N. Morial vs. Judiciary Commission briefs, complaint, correspondence, 1976-1977
Folder 4: Campaign litigation - Canon 7A(3) of the Code of Judicial Conduct, Ernest N. Morial vs. Judiciary Commission affidavit, correspondence, drafts, complaints, 1975-1976
Folder 5: Campaign litigation - Canon 7A(3) of the Code of Judicial Conduct, Ernest N. Morial vs. Judiciary Commission correspondence, fees, procedures, plaintiffs' findings, 1977
Folder 6: Campaign litigation - Canon 7A(3) of the Code of Judicial Conduct, Ernest N. Morial vs. Judiciary Commission, Judge Fred J. Cassibry's findings of fact, correspondence, 1977
Folder 7: Campaign litigation - Canon 7A(3) of the Code of Judicial Conduct, Ernest N. Morial vs. Judiciary Commission, memoranda, 1977
Folder 8: Campaign litigation - Canon 7A(3) of the Code of Judicial Conduct, Ernest N. Morial vs. Judiciary Commission, Judiciary Commission's appeal, affidavit, correspondence, legal fees, motions, 1976-1977
Folder 9: Campaign litigation - Canon 7A(3) of the Code of Judicial Conduct, Ernest N. Morial vs. Judiciary Commission, Judiciary Commission's appeal, appellant briefs, complaints and replies, 1976-1977
Folder 10: Campaign litigation - Canon 7A(3) of the Code of Judicial Conduct, Ernest N. Morial vs. Judiciary Commission, Judiciary Commission's appeal, Brief of Amicus Curiae/American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, 1977
Folder 11: Campaign litigation - Canon 7A(3) of the Code of Judicial Conduct, Ernest N. Morial vs. Judiciary Commission, Judiciary Commission's appeal, brief of the American Judicature Society as Amicus Curiae, 1977
Folder 12: Campaign litigation - Canon 7A(3) of the Code of Judicial Conduct, Ernest N. Morial vs. Judiciary Commission, Judiciary Commission's appeal, brief of appellees, 1977
Folder 13: Campaign litigation - Canon 7A(3) of the Code of Judicial Conduct, Ernest N. Morial vs. Judiciary Commission, Judiciary Commission's appeal, Campaign Committee press release, undated
Folder 14: Campaign litigation - Canon 7A(3) of the Code of Judicial Conduct, Ernest N. Morial vs. Judiciary Commission, Judiciary Commission's appeal, draft affidavits, correspondence, 1977
Folder 15: Campaign litigation - Canon 7A(3) of the Code of Judicial Conduct, Ernest N. Morial vs. Judiciary Commission, Nat Keifer vs. Ernest N. Morial, 1977: Joseph D. DiRosa - comments, petition for writ.
Folder 16: Campaign litigation - Canon 7A(3) of the Code of Judicial Conduct, Ernest N. Morial vs. Judiciary Commission, Nat Keifer vs. Ernest N. Morial, 1977: Keifer's petitions.

Box 15: New Orleans Mayor: Campaign litigation and primary election

Folder 1: Campaign litigation - Canon 7A(3) of the Code of Judicial Conduct: Nat Keifer vs. Ernest N. Morial, 1977: Original brief and petition denial
Folder 2: Campaign litigation - Canon 7A(3) of the Code of Judicial Conduct: Nat Keifer vs. Ernest N. Morial, 1977: Notice of signing of judgment
Folder 3: Campaign litigation - Canon 7A(3) of the Code of Judicial Conduct, Resignation, 1977: Correspondence, legal fees.
Folder 4: Campaign litigation - Canon 7A(3) of the Code of Judicial Conduct, Resignation, 1977: Final ruling
Folder 5: Campaign litigation - Reverend Walter C. Cook vs. Judge Ernest Morial, 1977: Complaint, correspondence.
Folder 6: Primary election - Ward figures, 1977
Folder 7: Primary election - Machine certificates for wards 1-5, 1977
Folder 8: Primary election - Machine certificates for wards 6-9, 1977
Folder 9: Primary election - Machine certificates for wards 10-15, 1977
Folder 10: Primary election - Machine certificates for wards 16-17, 1977
Folder 11: Primary election - Commissioners of Election for wards 1-2, 1977
Folder 12: Primary election - Commissioners of Election for wards 3-5, 1977
Folder 13: Primary election - Commissioners of Election for wards 6-7, 1977
Folder 14: Primary election - Commissioners of Election for ward 8, 1977
Folder 15: Primary election - Commissioners of Election for ward 9, 1977
Folder 16: Primary election - Commissioners of Election for wards 10-12, 1977
Folder 17: Primary election - Commissioners of Election for wards 13-14, 1977
Folder 18: Primary election - Commissioners of Election for wards 15-16, 1977
Folder 19: Primary election - Commissioners of Election for ward 17, 1977

Box 16: New Orleans Mayor: 1977 Run-off election

Folder 1: Affidavits, 1977
Folder 2: Affidavits, 1977
Folder 3: Announcements, 1977
Folder 4: Budget, 1977
Folder 5: Campaign materials, 1977
Folder 6: Campaign materials, 1977
Folder 7: Campaign volunteers assignments, 1977
Folder 8: Campaign workers assignment, 1977
Folder 9: Campaign workers lists, 1977
Folder 10: Campaign workers materials, 1977

Box 17: New Orleans Mayor: 1977 Run-off election

Folder 1: Correspondence, October 1977
Folder 2: Correspondence, November 1977
Folder 3: Fundraising correspondence, October-November 1977
Folder 4: DiRosa election material, 1977
Folder 5: DiRosa position on issues, 1977
Folder 6: Election day material - Correspondence, instruction, schedule, September-November 1977
Folder 7: Endorsements, 1977
Folder 8: Forum material, 1977
Folder 9: General lists, 1977
Folder 10: Hate mail, 1970, 1977
Folder 11: Morial on issues, 1977
Folder 12: Nomination papers, 1977
Folder 13: Notes from campaign headquarters, 1977

Box 18: New Orleans Mayor: 1977 Run-off election

Folder 1: Notes from campaign headquarters, 1977
Folder 2: Official Poll Watcher tickets, 1977
Folder 3: Opinion survey, October 1977
Folder 4: Phone banks - Wards 1-5, 1977
Folder 5: Phone banks - Wards 6-7, 1977
Folder 6: Phone banks - Ward 8, 1977
Folder 7: Phone banks - Ward 9, 1977
Folder 8: Phone banks - Wards 10-12, 1977
Folder 9: Phone banks - Wards 13-15, 1977
Folder 10: Phone banks - Wards 16-17, 1977

Box 19: New Orleans Mayor: 1977 Run-off election

Folder 1: Phone-O-Grams, September-October 1977
Folder 2: Press releases, 1977
Folder 3: Returned mail, 1977
Folder 4: Special request forms, 1977
Folder 5: Support organizations - Youth for Morial lists, 1977
Folder 6: Television debates - Correspondence, schedule, memorandum of understanding, 1977
Folder 7: Utilities and Morial - Notes and position paper, 1977
Folder 8: Volunteer assignments - Recruitment cards for wards 1-4, 1977
Folder 9: Volunteer assignments - Recruitment cards for wards 5-8, 1977
Folder 10: Volunteer assignments - Recruitment cards for ward 9, 1977

Box 20: New Orleans Mayor: 1977 Run-off election

Folder 1: Volunteer assignments - Recruitment cards for ward 9, 1977
Folder 2: Volunteer assignments - Recruitment cards for ward 9, 1977
Folder 3: Volunteer assignments - Recruitment cards for ward 9, 1977
Folder 4: Volunteer assignments - Recruitment cards for wards 10-11, 1977

Box 21: New Orleans Mayor: 1977 Run-off election

Folder 1: Volunteer assignments - Recruitment cards for ward 14, 1977
Folder 2: Volunteer assignments - Recruitment cards for wards 15-16, 1977
Folder 3: Volunteer assignments - Recruitment cards for ward 17, 1977
Folder 4: Volunteers for Morial - Assignments and lists, 1977
Folder 5: Volunteers for Morial - Time schedules, 1977

Box 22: New Orleans Mayor: 1977 Run-off election

Folder 1: Volunteer kit, 1977
Folder 2: Ward listings, undated
Folder 3: Ward listing - Voters' tally, undated

Box 23: New Orleans Mayor: 1977 Run-off election

Residential listings - Computer printouts for wards 1-4

Box 24: New Orleans Mayor: 1977 Run-off election

Residential listings - Computer printouts for wards 5-8

Box 25: New Orleans Mayor: 1977 Run-off election

Residential listings - Computer printouts for wards 8-9

Box 26: New Orleans Mayor: 1977 Run-off election

Residential listings - Computer printouts for ward 9

Box 27: New Orleans Mayor: 1977 Run-off election

Residential listings - Computer printouts for wards 9-11

Box 28: New Orleans Mayor: 1977 Run-off election

Residential listings - Computer printouts for wards 11-13

Box 29: New Orleans Mayor: 1977 Run-off election, 1977

Residential listings - Computer printouts for wards 13-16

Box 30: New Orleans Mayor: 1977 Run-off election

Residential listings - Computer printouts for ward 17

Box 31: New Orleans Mayor: 1977 Run-off election

Folder 1: Post election matters - Congratulatory cards A-B, 1977
Folder 2: Post election matters - Congratulatory cards C-D, 1977
Folder 3: Post election matters - Congratulatory cards F-P, 1977
Folder 4: Post election matters - Congratulatory cards R-Z, 1977
Folder 5: Post election matters - Congratulatory letters, November 12-14, 1977
Folder 6: Post election matters - Congratulatory letters, November 15-16, 1977
Folder 7: Post election matters - Congratulatory letters, November 17-21, 1977
Folder 8: Post election matters - Congratulatory letters, November 22-30, 1977
Folder 9: Post election matters - Congratulatory letters, December 1-21, 1977
Folder 10: Post election matters - Congratulatory letters, January 1978
Folder 11: Post election matters - Congratulatory telegrams, A-G
Folder 12: Post election matters - Congratulatory telegrams, H-Z

Box 32: New Orleans Mayor: 1977 Run-off election and 1981-2 New Orleans mayoral reelection campaign

Folder 1: Post election matters - General correspondence, news articles, notes, 1977
Folder 2: Post election report on election, 1977
Folder 3: Post election statistical analysis, undated
Folder 4: Victory song, undated
Folder 5: Affidavits, 1981
Folder 6: Announcement, 1981
Folder 7: Budget, 1981-1982
Folder 8: Faucheux materials, 1982
Folder 9: Morial materials, 1981-1982
Folder 10: Opposition materials, 1982
Folder 11: Campaign planning - Goals chart, 1981
Folder 12: Campaign planning - Morial Organizational Campaign, undated
Folder 13: Campaign planning - Political opinion study, Ed Renwick correspondence, 1981
Folder 14: Campaign planning - Reelection plan, 1980
Folder 15: Campaign planning - Strategy document, undated
Folder 16: Charter for Campaign Committee, 1981
Folder 17: Clergy for Morial, 1981
Folder 18: Consultant materials - Contract, 1981
Folder 19: Consultant materials - Correspondence and fees, 1981-1982
Folder 20: Consultant materials - Consultant memoranda, 1981
Folder 21: Consultant materials - Proposal and correspondence, 1979, 1981

Box 33: 1981-2 New Orleans mayoral reelection campaign

Folder 1: Devries and Associates correspondence, 1981-1982
Folder 2: Memorandum - Marc Morial, 1981
Folder 3: Memoranda for Reelection Committee, 1980-1982
Folder 4: News articles, 1982
Folder 5: News release, 1981
Folder 6: Opinion polls, 1981-1982
Folder 7: Opinions and attitudes survey, December 1981
Folder 8: Opinions and attitudes survey, January 1982
Folder 9: Opinions and attitudes survey, February 1982
Folder 10: Opinions and attitudes survey, March 1982
Folder 11: Precinct Directory, 1980
Folder 12: Primary election returns, 1982

Box 34: 1981-2 New Orleans mayoral reelection campaign and Mayoral and Municipal Campaigns

Folder 1: Primary review - Correspondence, notes, 1982
Folder 2: Review of strategy, 1982
Folder 3: Statements for Morial forums, 1982
Folder 4: Television debates - Faucheux materials, 1982
Folder 5: Television debates - Issues material, 1982
Folder 6: Television debates - Police Department material, 1982
Folder 7: Television scheduled appearances, 1982
Folder 8: Women for Morial - Announcements, correspondence, 1981-1982
Folder 9: Proposition A - Campaign materials, 1983
Folder 10: Proposition A - Correspondence, 1983, 1992
Folder 11: Proposition A - Reports, 1983
Folder 12: Charter Change/Committee for a Third Term - Accounts Ledger, 1985
Folder 13: Charter Change/Committee for a Third Term - Amendment to Louisiana Independent Federation for Electors, Inc (LIFE) Charter, 1984
Folder 14: Charter Change/Committee for a Third Term - Budget, 1985
Folder 15: Charter Change/Committee for a Third Term - Correspondence, 1985
Folder 16: Charter Change/Committee for a Third Term - Canceled checks, 1985
Folder 17: Charter Change/Committee for a Third Term - Invoices, 1985
Folder 18: Charter Change/Committee for a Third Term - Promissory notes, 1985
Folder 19: Charter Change/Committee for a Third Term - Lists for campaign, 1985

Box 35: Mayoral and municipal campaigns and Services in national urban affairs

Folder 1: Charter Change/Committee for a Third Term - Payroll, 1985
Folder 2: Charter Change/Committee for a Third Term - Personnel: Contracts, 1985
Folder 3: Campaign for City Council District D - Canceled checks, correspondence, deposit slips, lists, 1986
Folder 4: Campaign for City Council District D - Invoices, receipts, 1986
Folder 5: Campaign for City Council District D - Informational packet, 1985
Folder 6: Campaign for City Council District D - Statement of withdrawal, 1986
Folder 7: Campaign of D. Bagneris - Correspondence, 1985
Folder 8: Campaign of Rudy J. Lombard - Document, undated
Folder 9: National Conference of Black Mayors, 1977
Folder 10: National Conference of Democratic Mayors - Bylaws, 1977
Folder 11: National Conference of Democratic Mayors - Correspondence, 1979-1984
Folder 12: National Conference of Democratic Mayors - Publications, 1976-1982
Folder 13: United States Conference of Mayors - Awards program, 1982
Folder 14: United States Conference of Mayors - Correspondence, 1981-1985
Folder 15: United States Conference of Mayors - Correspondence, invitations, 1984-1985
Folder 16: United States Conference of Mayors- Publications, 1977-1988
Folder 17

Box 36: State of Louisiana Democratic Party

Folder 1: Campaigns of Cecilia Mary Pizzo, 1964-1969
Folder 2: Accounting procedures - Democratic Central Committee, 1984
Folder 3: Correspondence, 1983-1984
Folder 4: Delegate candidates, undated
Folder 5: Publication: "Election Times", 1985
Folder 6: Executive Committee meetings - Meeting and agenda, 1984
Folder 7: Executive Committee roster, 1976-1980
Folder 8: General election - Precinct returns, 1976
Folder 9: Primary election returns, 1971
Folder 10: Primary election returns, 1972
Folder 11: Primary election returns, 1973
Folder 12: Primary election returns, 1976
Folder 13: Primary election returns, 1980
Folder 14: Primary municipal election returns, 1982
Folder 15: Special election returns, 1969
Folder 16: Special election returns, 1977
Folder 17: Special election returns, 1978

Box 37: State of Louisiana Democratic Party and National Democratic Party

Folder 1: Special election returns, 1979
Folder 2: Special election returns, 1981
Folder 3: Black Caucus - Bylaws, undated
Folder 4: Black Caucus - Correspondence, 1978-1985
Folder 5: Black Caucus - Meeting: List of members, 1982-1983
Folder 6: Black Caucus - News releases, 1983-1985
Folder 7: Julian Bond campaign material, 1976
Folder 8: Charter and bylaws, 1982
Folder 9: Charter, 1984
Folder 10: Convention information, 1984
Folder 11: Jimmy Carter correspondence, 1976-1977
Folder 12: Delegate selection primer, undated
Folder 13: Election guidelines, 1982
Folder 14: Jesse Jackson for President - Informational material, 1984
Folder 15: Edward M. Kennedy presidential candidacy materials, 1980
Folder 16: National Committee - Correspondence, 1980-1985
Folder 17: National Committee - Credentials Committee, 1980
Folder 18: National Committee - Informational materials, 1984-1985
Folder 19: National Committee - Leland reports, 1982
Folder 20: National Committee - Meeting materials: Correspondence, memoranda, rules, 1982-1983

Box 38: National Democratic Party

Folder 1: National Committee - Memoranda, 1984-1985
Folder 2: National Committee - News release, 1968
Folder 3: National Committee - Party elections: Candidate correspondence A-H, 1984-1985
Folder 4: National Committee - Party elections: Candidate correspondence I-Z, 1984-1985
Folder 5: National Committee - Proposed budget, 1985-1986
Folder 6: Party Issues Workshop, 1982
Folder 7: Platform accountability - Accountability materials, 1981-1982
Folder 8: Platform accountability - Accountability materials, 1983
Folder 9: Platform accountability - Accountability testimony, 1982-1983
Folder 10: President's Club news, undated
Folder 11: Statements - Mark Udall, 1982
Folder 12: Task Force for Policy Reform, 1969-1970
Folder 13: Voter Registration - Proposal, 1973
Folder 14: Michael Dukakis for President Campaign - Background materials, undated
Folder 15: Michael Dukakis for President Campaign - Correspondence, 1987
Folder 16: Michael Dukakis for President Campaign - Correspondence, January-May 1988
Folder 17: Michael Dukakis for President Campaign - Correspondence, June-August 1988
Folder 18: Michael Dukakis for President Campaign - Correspondence, September-December 1988

Box 39: National Democratic Party

Folder 1: Michael Dukakis for President Campaign - Finance Committee memoranda, 1988
Folder 2: Michael Dukakis for President Campaign - Issues materials, January-April 1988
Folder 3: Michael Dukakis for President Campaign - Issues materials, June-August 1988
Folder 4: Michael Dukakis for President Campaign - Issues materials, September-October 1988
Folder 5: Michael Dukakis for President Campaign - Jesse Jackson Campaign, 1987-1988
Folder 6: Michael Dukakis for President Campaign - Journal articles about Michael Dukakis and Jesse Jackson, 1987-1988
Folder 7: Michael Dukakis for President Campaign - Louisiana Democratic Party materials: Correspondence, invitations, memoranda, 1988
Folder 8: Michael Dukakis for President Campaign - Memoranda, press releases, 1988
Folder 9: Michael Dukakis for President Campaign - News clippings, 1987-1988
Folder 10: Michael Dukakis for President Campaign - Personal memorabilia: Cards, correspondence, invitations, 1988
Folder 11: Michael Dukakis for President Campaign - Political studies, 1984-1988
Folder 12: Michael Dukakis for President Campaign - Proposal, 1988
Folder 13: Michael Dukakis for President Campaign - Summary of research, 1988
Folder 14: Michael Dukakis for President Campaign - Victory fund: Correspondence, reports, 1988

Box 40: Campaign finance

Folder 1: Accounts ledgers - A-L, 1981-1985
Folder 2: Accounts ledgers - M-Z, 1981-1985
Folder 3: Accounts ledgers - Disbursements, 1983-1988
Folder 4: Accounts ledgers - General, 1986-1988
Folder 5: Bank statements - American Bank and Trust: Morial City Council District D Committee, 1986
Folder 6: Bank statements - American Bank and Trust: Morial Reelection Committee, 1982-1986
Folder 7: Bank statements - Colonial Bank: New Orleans Special Events Committee, 1984-1987
Folder 8: Bank statements - Crescent City Bank: Citizens for a Third Term, 1985-1986
Folder 9: Bank statements - First National Bank of Commerce: Morial Mayor Campaign Committee, 1983-1984
Folder 10: Bank statements - Liberty Bank: Louisiana Independent Federation of Electors, 1981-1982
Folder 11: Bank statements - Liberty Bank: Morial Campaign Committee, 1979-1987
Folder 12: Bank statements - Liberty Bank: Morial Reelection Committee, 1981-1982
Folder 13: Bank statements - Liberty Bank: Morial Testimonial Account, 1980-1989
Folder 14: Bank statements - Pontchartrain State Bank: New Orleans Special Event, 1988
Folder 15: Bank statements - Whitney National Bank: NLC Events Committee, 1984

Box 41: Campaign finance

Folder 1: Ernest N. Morial/Paul Valteau Cajun Cowboy Celebration Fundraiser - Account ledgers, 1983
Folder 2: Ernest N. Morial/Paul Valteau Cajun Cowboy Celebration Fundraiser - Account ledgers, 1983
Folder 3: Ernest N. Morial/Paul Valteau Cajun Cowboy Celebration Fundraiser - Account ledgers, 1984
Folder 4: Ernest N. Morial/Paul Valteau Cajun Cowboy Celebration Fundraiser - Canceled checks, 1980-1985
Folder 5: Ernest N. Morial/Paul Valteau Cajun Cowboy Celebration Fundraiser - Canceled checks, 1984
Folder 6: Ernest N. Morial/Paul Valteau Cajun Cowboy Celebration Fundraiser - Committee matters, 1980-1984
Folder 7: Ernest N. Morial/Paul Valteau Cajun Cowboy Celebration Fundraiser - Correspondence, 1983-1984
Folder 8: Ernest N. Morial/Paul Valteau Cajun Cowboy Celebration Fundraiser - Financial reports, 1983-1984
Folder 9: Ernest N. Morial/Paul Valteau Cajun Cowboy Celebration Fundraiser - Invoices, receipts, 1980
Folder 10: Ernest N. Morial/Paul Valteau Cajun Cowboy Celebration Fundraiser - Liberty Bank and Trust, 1983-1985
Folder 11: Ernest N. Morial/Paul Valteau Cajun Cowboy Celebration Fundraiser - Miscellaneous fliers, notes, 1980-1984
Folder 12: Disbursement of campaign funds - Correspondence, documents, invoices, 1979-1983
Folder 13: Disbursement of campaign funds - Correspondence, documents, invoices, 1984-1986
Folder 14: Federal income tax returns - Correspondence and returns, 1980-1989

Box 42: Campaign finance

Folder 1: Publication: Campaign Finance: Laws and Loopholes, 1978: By Public Affairs Research Council
Folder 2: Reports of Receipts and Disbursements, 1981-1982
Folder 3: Reports of Receipts and Disbursements, 1983
Folder 4: Reports of Receipts and Disbursements, 1984
Folder 5: Reports of Receipts and Disbursements, 1985
Folder 6: Reports of Receipts and Disbursements, 1986
Folder 7: Reports of Receipts and Disbursements, undated
Folder 8: State of Louisiana income tax returns - Correspondence, returns, 1980-1982
Folder 9: Statement of income and expenditures, 1977, 1986
Folder 10: Contribution cards, undated
Folder 11: Contributor logs, 1969, 1982
Folder 12: Contributor: Glazer Steel: Bank notes, canceled checks, 1982-1985
Folder 13: Correspondence, 1978-1989

Box 43: Campaign finance

Folder 1: Financial Statements - Bills, invoices, lists, receipts, 1984-1986
Folder 2: Fund Raisers - Contracts, correspondence, invitations, lists, 1978-1986
Folder 3: Fund Raisers - Morial Gala Lists, undated
Folder 4: Harriet Burnett - Memoranda, notes, invoices, 1977-1986
Folder 5: Investments - Correspondence, statements: Century Bank, 1981-1986
Folder 6: Investments - Correspondence, statements: Colonial Bank, 1984-1987
Folder 7: Investments - Correspondence, statements: Greater New Orleans Bank, 1983-1986
Folder 8: Investments - Correspondence, statements: Hutton, Inc., 1983-1989
Folder 9: Investments - Correspondence, statements: Investment listings, 1981, 1986
Folder 10: Investments - Correspondence, statements: Liberty Bank, 1980-1986
Folder 11: Investments - Correspondence, statements: Lehman Brothers, 1988
Folder 12: News release, 1981
Folder 13: "Note burning" - Correspondence, 1978
Folder 14: Preliminary Report on Contributions and Expenditures, 1977
Folder 15: Post Primary Report on Contributions and Expenditures, 1977
Folder 16: Post General (Election)Report on Contributions and Expenditures, 1977
Folder 17: Report for Dennis Bagneris, 1983
Folder 18: Report for Harry Connick, 1982
Folder 19: Report for Ron Faucheux, 1982
Folder 20: Report for William Jefferson, 1981
Folder 21: Roster of contributors, undated
Folder 22: Certificates of registration, 1982-1985

Box 44: Campaign finance: Campaign accounts

Folder 1: Canceled checks: Citizens for a Third Term, Crescent City Park Bank, 1985
Folder 2: Canceled checks: Morial Campaign Committee, Liberty Bank and Trust, 1977
Folder 3: Canceled checks: Morial District D Committee, American Bank and Trust, 1986
Folder 4: Canceled checks: Morial Reelection Committee, Liberty Bank and Trust, 1981-1982
Folder 5: Canceled checks: Morial Testimonial Account, Liberty Bank and Trust, 1981-1989
Folder 6: Canceled checks: Morial Testimonial Account, Liberty Bank and Trust, 1981-1989
Folder 7: Check Stubs: American Bank, Crescent City Park Bank, 1981-1985
Folder 8: Check Stubs: Liberty Bank, 1977-1981
Folder 9: Check Stubs: Liberty Bank, 1977-1981
Folder 10: Miscellaneous checking account statements, 1981-1986