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Straight College (New Orleans, La.)

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Found in 3 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

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

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

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