Straight College (New Orleans, La.)
Organization
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Dent Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 116
Scope and Contents
The Dent Family papers are comprised of the personal, professional and collected papers of Albert Walter Dent (1904-1984) and Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent (1904-2001), as well as a small amount of material related to their son, Tom Dent (1932-1996) and other family members. The collection has six series of files, three of which deal specifically with Albert W. Dent while the remainder deals with Jessie C. Dent and members of the Covington-Dent family. The correspondence (1908-1985)...
Dates:
Created: 1897-1985; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1976
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Dent Family papers
Dunn-Landry Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 138
Scope and Contents
The Dunn-Landry Family Papers encompass 14 linear feet of material covering subject areas of civil rights, African American education, ministerial work, historically black colleges and universities, Louisiana politics and race relations.The collection is arranged into nine series of personal and professional materials. The bulk of the papers are professional in nature with some personal correspondence. The strength of the collection is national and local civic activities, civil rights ...
Dates:
Created: 1872-2003; Other: Majority of material found in 1916 -1992; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1984
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Dunn-Landry Family papers
Anna Marie Hansen Jamison papers
Collection
Identifier: 196
Content Description
The Anna Marie Hansen Jamison papers include correspondence (1919-1972) with students and colleagues of the various American Missionary Association schools in which Jamison taught. Among these schools and colleges were Chandler Normal in Lexington, Kentucky; Ballard Normal School in Macon, Georgia; Tillotson College in Austin, Texas; Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi; and Straight University/Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Other items include greeting cards, news...
Dates:
Other: 1919-1972
Miriam Simmons Keller papers
Collection
Identifier: 503
Content Description
The Miriam Simmons Keller papers document her family and civic associations through photographs, newspaper clippings, programs, collected items, and other materials. Photographs include those depicting Keller, Rev. Abraham Simmons and his family, Edna E. Simmons, Anna Simmons Spotwood, Beecher Memorial United Church of Christ, Valena C. Jones School, Straight College, and Canal Street in New Orleans. A 1972 minute book of The Board of Christian Education and a 1936 yearbook for Valena C....
Dates:
Other: 1893-1994
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Miriam Simmons Keller papers
LaBranche Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 652
Content Description
Dr. Emile J. LaBranche Sr. opened LaBranche’s Drug Store in 1907 on Claiborne Avenue between Dumaine and St. Anne in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was a fully owned and operated African American business, which boasted both Caucasian and African American clientele. Emile Sr. was a graduate of Straight College and the Pharmacy School of Meharry Medical College. Prior to opening the store he worked for two years in New Iberia, Louisiana, and married Gertrude Blanchet. They had three children,...
Dates:
Other: 1899-1999
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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LaBranche Family papers
Rene Calvin Metoyer papers
Collection
Identifier: 252
Content Description
The papers of African American lawyer and notary public Rene Calvin Metoyer include three documents related to his career. The first is his Bachelor of Law degree from Straight University dated April 6, 1886. Also included is a certificate from the Louisiana Supreme Court, also dated April 6, 1886, admitting Metoyer to the practice of law in Louisiana, as well as a Louisiana notary public appointment certificate dated June 27, 1917.
Dates:
Other: 1886-1917
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Rene Calvin Metoyer papers
Roy Joseph Weems papers
Collection
Identifier: 561
Abstract
The papers of Roy Joseph Weems richly document student life at Straight College in New Orleans, Louisiana, during the 1920s and 1930s, with a particular emphasis on athletics.
Dates:
Created: 1909-1999; Other: Date acquired: 01/20/1999
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Roy Joseph Weems papers
Fannie C. Williams papers
Collection
Identifier: 392
Scope and Contents
The papers of Fannie C. Williams encompass 1.8 linear feet and reflect her career and life commitment to African American education and work with young people in New Orleans, most notably between 1908 and 1954, when she served as a teacher and principal in the New Orleans public school system. Overall, the collection is a valuable resource for the topics of African American education, the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) in New Orleans, as well as youth and community development....
Dates:
Created: 1882-1980; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/1972
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Fannie C. Williams papers
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- Photographs 2
- Sound recordings 2
- African American educators 1
- African American lawyers -- Louisiana 1
- African American universities and colleges -- Faculty -- History -- 20th century 1
- African American youth 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights 1
- African Americans -- Education 1
- African Americans -- Education -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 1
- African Americans -- Hospitals -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 1
- African Americans -- Louisiana 1
- Annual reports 1
- Community development 1
- Diaries 1
- Dillard University -- Alumni and alumnae 1
- Education -- Louisiana -- Bogalusa 1
- Family history 1
- Historically black colleges and universities -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Athletics 1
- Journals 1
- Minutes 1
- Moving images 1
- New Orleans (La.) -- History 1
- Photograph Album 1
- Race relations 1
- Religion -- History 1
- Republican Party -- Louisiana 1
- School buildings -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Sermons 1
- Slavery -- History -- 18th century 1
- Straight College (New Orleans, La.) -- Athletics 1
- Straight College (New Orleans, La.) -- Photographs 1
- Straight College (New Orleans, La.) -- Students 1
- Valena C. Jones School (New Orleans, La.) 1
- Women -- Societies and clubs 1 ∧ less
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