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MSS 125 - Firemen's Charitable Association of the Seventh District Collection: Inventory

FIREMEN'S CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION OF THE SEVENTH DISTRICT COLLECTION

(Mss 125)

Inventory

Earl K. Long Library

University of New Orleans

March 2000

 

Summary

 

 

Size:                           1 bound volume

 

Geographic

locations:                 New Orleans and Carrollton, Louisiana

 

Inclusive dates:      1876-1892

 

Summary:                 Minutes of an association of the Carrollton area volunteer fire companies.  Included are treasurers' and miscellaneous reports.  Broadsides and printed materials which have been pasted on pages of the volume include election ballot tickets for the 17th ward of New Orleans, a topographical map of New Orleans (1887), a five-year contract between the association and the City of New Orleans (1887-1891), and a copy of the association's constitution.  An entry for October 6, 1888, notes a name change from Firemen's Charitable Association of the Seventh District to Firemen's Association of the Seventh District.

 

Source:                     Purchase, 1979

 

Access:                     No restrictions

 

Copyright:                Physical rights are retained by the Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans.

 

Citation:                    Firemen’s Charitable Association of the Seventh District Collection, Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans

 

Container List

 

125-1              Minutes, Firemen's Charitable Association of the Seventh District, 1876-1892 (1 bound volume).

 

Index Terms

 

Carrollton, La.

Firefighters—Louisiana—New Orleans

Firemen’s Charitable Association of the Seventh District