Cards (Greeting), undated
Scope and Contents
The papers of Orlando Capitola Ward Taylor outline Taylor’s career as a New Orleans Public School teacher and principal, print and broadcast journalist, public relations professional, and freemason. The correspondence and clippings within the collection concern Reconstruction-era Superintendent of Education for Louisiana William G. Brown, and other collected materials. Many of the photographs in the collection mainly depict Taylor’s masonic ties and work in broadcasting. Taylor’s writings consist of newspaper articles pertaining to the topic of freemasonry. Of particular interest in the collection are a 1964 telegram invitation to the White House, a post-WWII souvenir folder similar to Taylor’s earlier Crescent City Pictorial, and a photograph from the 1936 Illinois Club Mardi Gras Ball. Also of note are World War II era images of the Civilian Defense Expo at Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1942.
Notable personages within the photographic images include Ralph Bunche, Mary Mcleod Bethune, John Wesley Dobbs, J.K. Haynes, John G. Lewis, Jr., J. Ernest Wilkins, and Thurgood Marshall.
Dates
- Created: undated
Conditions Governing Access
The O.C.W. Taylor Papers are open and available for research use.
Extent
From the Collection: 5.59 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Taylor, O. C. W. (Orlando Capitola Ward), 1891-1979 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Amistad Research Center Repository
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Tilton Hall, Tulane University
New Orleans LA 70118 US
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