Tuskegee Institute
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Eugene J. Collins papers
Collection
Identifier: 434
Scope and Contents
The papers of Eugene J. Collins contain professional, as well as personal papers documenting Collins' life as a metallurgist and facilities engineer for the Ford Motor Company. The papers encompass 3.08 linear feet and contain postcards, report cards, and military records, including Collins' order of induction and his honorable discharge from the United States Army. The papers include biographical information, correspondence, employment records, programs and publications, and photographs....
Dates:
Created: 1907-1990; Other: Majority of material found in 1913-1917; Other: Date acquired: 08/10/1993
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Eugene J. Collins papers
Joseph Geddes Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 159
Scope and Contents
The Joseph Geddes Family papers pertain to several generations of an African American family with multi-generational ties to Louisiana who owned and operated several businesses, including funeral parlors and life insurance companies that date back to the early 20th century. The papers consist of professional, as well as personal, papers and contain photographs, scrapbooks, memory books, a memorial record book, correspondence, programs, and newspaper clippings relating to the family...
Dates:
Created: 1928-1957; Other: Majority of material found in 1953-1955; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/1981
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Joseph Geddes Family papers
Paul and Gracia Hardacre collection
Collection
Identifier: 2074
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of materials collected by Paul and Gracia Hardacre. The collection includes correspondence, ephemera, and a photograph. Correspondence includes one letter each from Booker T. Washington and Rosetta Douglass Sprague. Materials also include a photograph of Frederick Douglass and an autograph with quotation from Douglass. In the Booker T. Washington letter, from 1901, Washington thanks William B. Hoswell of Chicago for his donation of the dressing gown and...
Dates:
Created: 1894-1902; Other: Date acquired: 07/05/1973
Marcia Herman-Giddens papers
Collection
Identifier: 812
Content Description
The collection consists of materials related to Tuskegee Institute’s Project CAUSE such as reports, ephemera, photographs, and profiles of the trainees. Personal materials include Herman-Giddens’ Project Cause Certification, school records, and correspondence with the Amistad Research Center.
Dates:
1964-2019; Majority of material found within 1964
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Marcia Herman-Giddens papers
Fannie Mae Lowe Meek collection
Collection
Identifier: 2116
Content Description
This collection is comprised of photocopies of correspondence from Emmett J. Scott and Margaret Washington. Also included are photographic post cards of various leaders of the Tuskegee Institute. This collection also includes a commemorative postage stamp with the official envelope from the first date of issue of the postage stamp marking the centennial of Booker T. Washington (1956). Finally, the collection contains a campaign card promoting Fannie L. Meek's candidacy as a Republican...
Dates:
Other: 1915-1966
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- Subject
- African American businesspeople 1
- African American families -- Louisiana 1
- African American scientists 1
- African American teachers 1
- African Americans -- Funeral customs and rites 1
- African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 1
- Creoles -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 1
- Embalming -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 1
- Engineering 1
- Funeral homes 1
- New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions 1
- Political campaigns 1
- Project CAUSE 1
- Republican Party -- African Americans 1
- United States -- United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 18th (1864-1866) 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1 ∧ less
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