MSS 265 - David P. Levy Collection

Container List

 

Series I: Clippings, n.d. and 1961-1984

Newspaper clippings and other research material related to the Corps of

Engineers Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity Hurricane Protection Project.  Includes original newspaper articles as well as photocopies.

 

Box 1:

 

265-1              n.d.

265-2              n.d.

265-3              1961, 1962, 1971

265-4              Jan. 2 – Jul. 23, 1972

265-5              Aug. 12 – Oct. 11, 1972

265-6              Oct. 14 – Dec. 31, 1972

265-7              Jan. 4 – Jun. 30, 1973

265-8              Jul. 5 – Nov. 16, 1973

265-9              Jan. 1 – Jul. 28, 1974

265-10            Aug. 22 – Dec. 18, 1974

265-11            Jan. 5 – May 28, 1975

265-12            Jul. 6 – Dec. 24, 1975

265-13            Feb. 8 – Jun. 28, 1976

265-14            Jul. 18 – Dec. 25, 1976

265-15            Jan. 2 – Jun. 21, 1977

265-16            Jun. 22 – Nov. 1, 1977

265-17            Nov. 2 – Dec. 31, 1977

265-18            Jan. 2 – May 26, 1978

265-19            Jun. 1 – Dec. 1978

265-20            Jan. 23 – Dec. 7, 1979

265-21            Jan. 20 – Nov. 2, 1980

265-22            Feb. 12 – Dec. 12, 1981

265-23            Jan. 31 – Apr. 12, 1984

 

Series II: Correspondence and miscellany, n.d. and 1947-1985

Primarily correspondence between Levy and others.  Includes memos, notes, and letters of fellow opponents to the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity Hurricane Protection Project, representatives of the Corps of Engineers, and numerous Louisiana politicians such as John Rarick, Edward C. Scogin, members of the Long family, and governors Dave Treen and Edwin Edwards.  Includes originals, photocopies, and releated materials such as press releases, reports, studies, and a small number of articles and photographs.

 

Box 2:

 

265-24            n.d.

265-25            n.d.

265-26            1947, 1956, 1965, 1970

265-27            Mar. – Aug. 10, 1971

265-28            Aug. 11 – Dec. 28, 1971

265-29            Jan. – Jan. 23, 1972

265-30            Feb. 4 – Mar. 24, 1972

265-31            Mar. 31 – Apr. 11, 1972

265-32            Apr. 26 – Jun. 9, 1972

265-33            Jun. 22 – Aug. 5, 1972

265-34            Aug. 14 – Sep. 15, 1972

265-35            Sep. 18 – Nov. 2, 1972

265-36            Nov. 10 – Dec. 28, 1972

265-37            Jan. 9 – Aug. 2, 1973

265-38            Aug. 3 – Dec. 17, 1973

265-39            Jan. 1974

265-40            Jan. 3 – Feb. 12, 1974

265-41            Feb. 15 – Jun. 19, 1974

 

Box 3:

 

265-42            Aug. 1974

265-43            Aug. 5, Dec. 31, 1974

265-44            Jan. 5 – Mar. 3, 1975

265-45            Mar. 4 – May 12, 1975

265-46            May 16 – Aug. 20, 1975

265-47            Aug. 22 – Nov. 5, 1975

265-48            Nov. 14 – Dec. 29, 1975

265-49            Jan. 9 – Feb. 10, 1976

265-50            Feb. 12 – Mar. 31, 1976

265-51            Apr. 1 – Apr. 23, 1976

265-52            Apr. 26, May 25, 1976

265-53            May 28 – Dec. 1976

265-54            Feb. 28 – Mar. 23, 1977

265-55            Apr. 7 – Aug. 11, 1977

265-56            Aug. 23 – Oct. 26, 1977

265-57            Nov. 1 – Dec. 20, 1977

265-58            Jan. 5, 1978

 

Box 4:

 

265-59            Jan. 10 – Jun. 27, 1978

265-60            Jul. 20 – Dec. 28, 1978

265-61            Apr. 2, 1979 – Nov. 13, 1980

265-62            Jun. 8 – Nov. 17, 1981

265-63            Dec. 1983

265-64            1984-1985

 

Series III: Interview Materials

One photograph of David P. Levy, circa 1996, and an audiocassette copy of an interview between Levy and Beatrice R. Owsley from May 14, 1996.

 

265-65            Audiocassette interview of David P. Levy by Beatrice R. Owsley, May 14, 1996

                        Photograph of David P. Levy