This collection consists of the minutes of annual meetings (called a District Conference) by the New Orleans District of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church. These meetings were attended by the district’s clergy and lay delegates from each pastoral charge; it was presided over by the district superintendent.

The minutes document the administrative activities of the meetings and regularly include information about lay activities, resolutions, and reports from the following: United Methodist Women, Dillard University, Centenary College of Louisiana, Metropolitan Ministries, and Spanish-American Ministries.