Fowler-Armstrong Family

Content Description The papers of the Fowler-Armstrong Family document the lives and careers of multiple generations of a Loiuisiana African-American family. The collection primarily documents Lolette Fowler of New Orleans; Mary Ella Louise Armstrong, who was the first Black teacher in Acadia Parish; and Maude A. Cummings (nee Armstrong), teacher at J.W. Hoffman Public School and principal of Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School in New Orleans. Materials include correspondence, school records and teaching...