Councilman Thomas is very involved in Community and civic activities. Councilman Thomas is a former president of the New Orleans Home Mortgage Authority and a former Vice President of the Council on Aging's Senior Companion Program. In 1993, WDSU-TV awarded the Jefferson Award for Community Service to Councilman Oliver Thomas. Scope and Contents Councilman Thomas's office made an early transfer of these records to the City Archives in 1997. Exceptions were made for materials relating to properties and businesses located in District B and to District B constituents.
Similar material is filed elsewhere in the records.
A significant number of the file folders are quite thin, with some containing but a single item. As such, they include a considerable amount of information on events taking place in District B and the city as a whole.