United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
H. F. V. (Harry Francis Vincent) Edward papers
Collection
Identifier: 142
Scope and Contents
The papers of H. F. V. (Harry Francis Vincent) Edward consist of approximately 400 items of correspondence; 31 articles that Edward penned over a 30-year period; 14 programs from sports events, social occasions, and educational exercises; 30 pamphlets regarding Edward's work from 1916-1973; 50 photographs from Edward's internment in a German prison camp, his early sports career in England and on the continent; his work in Greece, Germany, Vietnam, and California; of note is a photograph of...
Dates:
Created: 1912-1974; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1975
Lewis Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 788
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Lewis Family (circa 1860-1977; bulk 1880-1950) from Natchitoches, Louisiana, contain significant documents related to Louisiana’s Reconstruction and Post-Reconstruction eras, extensive examples of late 19th and early 20th century portraiture, and the relationships and achievements of an African American family across generations. Family members represented throughout the collection include patriarch John G. Lewis Sr. (1849-1931); his wife Virginia Thompson (1864-1931); and...
Dates:
Created: circa 1860-1977; Other: Majority of material found in 1880-1950; Other: Date acquired: 08/08/2012
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Lewis Family papers
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- African American freemasons 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Louisiana -- History 1
- African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Politics and government 1
- Civic leaders 1
- Louisiana -- Race relations 1
- Minorities -- Employment 1
- Olympics 1
- Prisoner-of-war camps 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
- Refugees -- Greece 1
- Republican Party -- African Americans 1
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
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