Taylor, Dorothy Mae
Records
City Archives
New Orleans Public Library
Date range: 1977-1994 (bulk 1989-1993)
Size of collection: 1 box
Terms of Access: Available to registered researchers by appointment
Historical Note
Dorothy Mae Taylor was elected council member-at-large in 1986 (the first
woman elected to this position) and served until 1994. Prior to her terms
on the Council, she served in the Louisiana House of Representatives
(1971-1980); she also served as Administrator of the Central City
Neighborhood Health Center and as Secretary of the State Department of
Urban and Community Affairs.
Scope Note
The inventory below represents the entirety of the records transferred by
Mrs. Taylor to the City Archives. (A few items reflecting her career prior
to her election to the Council are included among these records).
Detailed Description of the Records
- Achievements, awards, & accomplishments (1977-1987)
- Acting mayor (1986, 1994)
- Anti-Discrimination ordinance
- (1982-1988)
- (1990-1992)
- Blue Ribbon Committee on Carnival, Report (1992)
- Charters, Private clubs
- Clippings
- Correspondence (1988-1992)
- Ordinances, amendments, etc.
- Undated
- City Attorney (1993)
- Clinton, Gov. Bill (Candidate--President) (1992)
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrone ordinance (1991-1993)
- The Final Call , August 3, 1990 issue (Louis Farrakhan)
- Gun control legislation (1989, 1993)
- Hurricane evacuation time study (1990)
- Lake Pontchartrain (1989)
- Liberty Monument-- (1981-1993; bulk 1993)
- Background material from Council Research (1993)
- Mardi Gras (1992-1993)
- Miscellaneous (1989-1993)
- Permits, Display of by retail merchants (H.B. 1122) (1990)
- Private Clubs lawsuit (Boston Club vs. City of New Orleans...) (1993)
- Public Relations (1989)
- Recommendations [Honorary degree, Loyola University] (1988)
- Resolutions (1992)
- Responsibilities (1989)
- Rivergate Development Corporation (1994)
- Shoes for Children program (1991-1992)
- Truancy ordinance (1993)
- White House visits (1979-1980)
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coded: January 8, 1999
coded by: Irene Wainwright