subj1. Creole-related holdings

Scope and Contents The Lorenzo Dow Turner papers encompass approximately 4.26 linear feet of papers, photographs, sound recordings, and annotated books, offprints, and periodicals, as well as 6 feet of Turner's recording equipment. The papers consist of correspondence, writings (both by Turner and collected), family records, school records, and printed ephemera. Letters of note include a 1967 letter from William Brewer of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History in which he provides...

Scope and Contents The records of the B Sharp Music Club include correspondence, clippings, programs, photographs, and typescripts of the club's historys. Items document the founding of the club by Camille Nickerson and the activities of the organization, such as the Pleasant Hour Christmas program, Scholarship Luncheon, and the Junior B Sharp Music Club. Photographs document various meetings, programs, and recitals. Performers include Dr. Frederick B. Hall, Moses Hogan, Debria Brown, John Wesley Work, Roger...

Scope and Contents The papers of Elma Moore Booker document Booker's life and career as the first African American woman to own a dance studio in New Orleans, Louisiana. The collection is .4 linear and contains biographical information, recital programs and photographs, and personal family documents and photographs dating from 1911-1998. The collection houses Elma Booker's certificate to teach from the Mildred Kohlman Studio of Dance. In the collection is an extensive record of dance steps and exercises. Some...

Scope and Contents The papers document the life of Warren Barrios Wilson, attorney and former CEO of Thomas Bros. Maps in Oakland, California.  The papers encompass 3.0 linear feet of personal papers, items from his legal career, as well as collected items from Thomas Bros. Maps and the Thomas Bros. Maps Educational Foundation. The personal papers include writings, journals, correspondence, photographs, audiovisual materials, and collected news clippings. Of particular note, the portraits and...

Scope and Contents The papers of the Dixon Family of New Orleans, Louisiana mainly pertain to Henry (Harry) B. Dixon, an African-American businessman. The collection contains correspondence, minute books, clippings, photographs, financial, business records, and poll tax receipts documenting Dixon’s eligibility to vote in Louisiana. Of note are materials related to several New Orleans area benevolent organizations and social clubs. One of these, the Female Benevolent Association, is listed among the...

Scope and Contents Maurice Martinez Jr. was born to Mildred and Maurice Martinez Sr. in New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended Xavier University in New Orleans and the University of Michigan. In addition to being a successful poet, musician, and filmmaker, he was a professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. In 1976, he directed the documentary The Black Indians of New Orleans. He hosted North Carolina Blues Notes, a public radio program. Since the 1970s and...

Scope and Contents The papers of writer and musician Sybil Kein document her academic, literary and musical careers, and include correspondence, writings, publications, news clippings, periodicals, audiocassettes, compact discs, photographs and collected materials. Her papers document her interest in Louisiana Creole poetry and culture. Of note are over 300 black and white photograph prints by Leo Touchet of New Orleans parades and second lines. Kein also donated a drum, which is tentatively dated circa...

Content Description The Lydia Sindos Adams Family papers document the life and civic interests of Adams, as well as the Adams/Sindos/Gumbel families of New Orleans. Materials include correspondence; photographs, both of the Adams family and various New Orleans organizations; news clippings; genealogy materials; marriage certificates; land deeds; school certificates and diplomas; financial records; autograph and guest books; a diary; and photo albums. Organizations represented in the collection include the...

Scope and Contents The papers of artist and puppeteer Ralph Chesse document his life and his careers in theater, art, puppetry, and television. The collection dates from 1926-1987 and includes an unpublished memoir, Chesse’s writings on marionette theater and other writings, promotional material for Chesse’s marionette shows, biographical materials, correspondence, and collected materials. Accompanying the papers are 123 examples of Chesse’s artwork.Composed of various drafts, Chesse’s memoir,...

Content Description The Louisiana Music Collection consists principally of photocopies of nineteenth century sheet music, both printed and in manuscript. The music is divided into two groups: 1) works and related materials by or about African American composers, principally Creoles of color who were free during the antebellum period; 2) work of and related materials about arrangers, both White and Black, and non-African American composers, especially white Creoles and persons of Italian or Mexican decent. Of...