New Orleans Draining District Account Books, 1858-1910. 61 vols. Location: H:5-7. Daybooks, journals, minute books, ledgers, record books, and indexes for assessment records. The volumes record collection of assessments, Board of Commissioners minutes, owners list, diagrams of lot squares, bonds, weather reports, and expenses. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 317.

New Orleans port scene, circa 1900-1960. 1 item. Location: OS:N. Modern print, perhaps based on nineteenth-century engraving, showing an antebellum New Orleans riverfront scene with steamboats and sailing vessels, and cargoes on the dock. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3032.

New Orleans Republican Prospectus, 1867 March. 1 item. Location: EPHEMERA COLLECTION SUBGROUP I. Printed prospectus proposing to establish a Reconstruction newspaper devoted to the political, commercial, and industrial interests of Louisiana. An endorsement by Generals Benjamin F. Butler and Nathaniel P. Banks is included. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1993.

New Orleans Grand Opera Company Checkbook, 1919-1920. 1 vol. Location: J:12. Checkbook shows deposits and disbursements. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 922.

New Orleans directory compilation, 1728-1899. 8 items, 1 ms. Vol. Location: U:99. Data transcribed from maps, censuses and city directories pertaining to streets, lots, neighborhoods, and individuals of New Orleans, particularly the French Quarter. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1827.

New Orleans Free Kindergarten Association Records, 1909-1914. 266 items, 3 vols. (1 ms. vol., 2 printed vols.). Location: T:28. Organization affiliated with the Federation of Non-Sectarian Charity and Philanthropy of New Orleans. Member organizations included the Sophie C. Hart Free Kindergarten, the Michel Heymann Free Kindergarten, and the Jurgens Free Kindergarten. Collection contains correspondence, bylaws, minutes, treasurer's reports, and a roll book which pertain to the membership, financing, and work of the New Orleans Free Kindergarten Association. Included are printed reports of out-of-state free kindergartens and 2 pamphlets. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 760.

New Orleans scrapbook, 1889-1897. 1 ms. vol. Location: M:19. Scrapbook of newspaper clippings from New Orleans newspapers on the death of Jefferson Davis; the Civil War and other events in American history; the closure of the Orleans Parish Prison; lurid accounts of various murders, suicides, and crimes; the 26th Saengerfest of the North American Singers' Union held in New Orleans; and various social events in New Orleans. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1942.

New Orleans miscellaneous documents, 1810-1879. 4 items [photocopies]. Location: MISC:N. Documents include a portion of a legal document (1810) signed by Charles Laveaux, father of Marie Laveaux; a slave sale document bearing signature of Marie Laveaux (1838); and two documents pertaining to property on Dauphin Street. In French. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 3147.

New Orleans opera-theatre scrapbook, 1899-1937 (bulk 1913-1914). 8 items, 1 ms. vol. Location: M:20, MISC:M. Scrapbook contains programs for operas, plays, and benefit performances given at the French Opera House and at New Orleans theatres. Loose items include programs for plays given at the Tulane Theatre and for Sarah Bernhardt's engagement at the Dauphine. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 794.

Annual report of the New Orleans Belt and Terminal Co. to the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, 1903. 2 v. Location: J:25. The New Orleans Belt and Terminal Company was formed in 1901 to operate the property of the New Orleans and Western Railroad Company. Annual reports to the ICC report the company's history, officers, assets, expenditures, earnings, and traffic and mileage statistics, as well as describe its equipment and relationship to the New Orleans and Western Railroad Company and the New Orleans Terminal Company. For more information, see the online catalog. Mss. 4871.