subj21. Holdings related to Sororities and Fraternities

Content Description The Alpha Kappa Alpha – Alpha Beta Omega Chapter records consists of materials donated by various members of the chapter and document the chapter's activities, as well as those of the sorority on the regional and national level. The collection contains correspondence, programs, regional and national conference materials, photographs, certificates, membership rosters, constitutions and by-laws, minutes and agendas, financial records, scrapbooks, and audiovisual materials. While the materials...

Content Description Dr. Emmett Bashful, educator and political scientist, was born on March 12, 1917, in Oscar, Louisiana. He was a native of Pointe Coupee Parish, but the family moved to Baton Rouge when he was four years old, where he was educated in the public schools of East Baton Rouge. He was one of the first African Americans to receive a graduate degree in Political Science from the University of Illinois. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 1940 and continued on to the University of Illinois...

Content Description The Reber Simpkins Cann papers include the 1948 summer issue of Negro Heroes, as well as detailed minutes, agendas, reports and correspondence from a myriad of social justice organizations. Simpkins Cann served on various councils, and participated in initiatives to improve employment opportunities, access and quality of life for Black communities in Cincinnati, Ohio and on a national level. Her advocacy efforts included participation in the NAACP, the National Urban League, the National...

Acknowledgement This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services award MH-245560-OMS-20. Scope and Contents The papers of Celestine Cook primarily document her business, social, and civic activities in both Galveston, Texas and New Orleans, Louisiana.Personal materials include correspondence, awards, family Bibles, programs, invitations, and newspaper clippings. This collection also contains organizational...

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Velma Lois Jones is a teacher in the Memphis School District and member of the NAACP, the LeMoyne-Owen College Alumni Association, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. The collection contains material on the activities of the alumni association, NAACP, and Alpha Kappa Alpha, as well as material from her teaching and volunteer efforts.

Content Description This collection contains a photograph is of Mabel Love, who was a national officer of the Delta Sigma Theta, and members of three New Orleans chapters, namely Alpha Eta Sigma, Beta Gamma chapter of Dillard University, and the Gamma Alpha chapter of Xavier University. Persons identified by Jessie C. Dent include: Vera Baranco, Elise Rousseve, Naomi Evans, Thelma Johnson Mitchell, Adeline Lewis, Jessie Dent, Estelle Baranco Turpin, Emma Adams, Vivan Osborne Marsh, Sylvia Labat, Lydia Davis,...

Content Description Rosanna Edwards Marshall was an educator and author in New Orleans. Her papers include photographs of her travels and her military service in World War II, a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr., and copies of Veterans' Voices (1984-1992). Included are a photograph album documenting a trip to California (1985), correspondence (1953-1993), legal documents (1966), a program for the Thomy Lafon School (1948), newspaper articles, a flyer for her book, ...

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The papers of author and Professor of English at Southern Univeristy consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs and material related to Southern Univeristy and Millican's career.

Content Description The papers include correspondence, invitations, programs, clippings, scrapbooks, and other printed items regarding Talladega College, of which Pinkard is an alumnus. The papers also encompass materials about persons associated with Talladega College including Lillian Welch Voorhees, Edyth L. Ross, and Esther La Marr. Other materials document issues of the Talladegan, picture postcards of the campus, a program for the Negro Ensemble Company, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and Taylor's life in...

Content Description Includes correspondence, clippings, printed items, photographs, and other documents that were generated during the ministerial and educational career of Rev. Rush, a United Church of Christ clergyman. After he left Chicago, where he was pastor of a church, Rush was employed in the school system of Los Angeles. Other items relate to his fraternal and community activities. He was pastor of Lincoln Congregational Church in Chicago and a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity. Printed items include...