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Cain, Elise (Elise Dunn)

 Person

Biographical Note

Elise Dunn Cain was a graduate of Gilbert Academy and Spelman College. She worked as a New Orleans Public School teacher and one of the first to integrate a faculty in the elementary schools in Atlanta. Cain served as a Director of Volunteer Services at Flint Goodrige Hospital.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

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