The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 41, September 25, 2005, Article 4

SOME GOOD NEWS ON THE NEW ORLEANS MINT

The Advocate of Baton Rouge, LA published a story on
September 22nd describing minimal damage to archives
and artifacts stored at the New Orleans Mint building:

"Put the people who run Louisiana State Museum in the optimist
category.

By Oct. 17 they hope to get some employees back to work in
the French Quarter for the first time since Hurricane Katrina
struck southeast Louisiana on Aug. 29.

By Nov. 1 they hope to reopen the Cabildo, the 18th-century
territorial capitol where France turned over the Louisiana
Territory to the United States."

"Hurricane Rita, an uncertain sewage system and other problems
have stalled the area-by-area repopulation of New Orleans. But
the French Quarter, which was not flooded and suffered mostly
modest damage, is high on the return list."

"The exception is the Old U.S. Mint on Esplanade Avenue by the
French Market, which lost most of its roof. But he said the
collections inside appear in good shape, even the French and
Spanish colonial records and other historical documents that are
part of a research center.

"The archives are dry. We were amazed how cool and dry it was
when we went in a week after the storm," Wheat said.

"We were very fortunate," he said.

He said state officials are working quickly to get the documents
relocated temporarily and to get a new roof built."

To read the full article, see: Full Story

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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