subj25. Holdings related to Women

Content Description The Laurraine R. Goreau includes the libretto, music, piano score, correspondence, clipping, and two audition tapes (audiocassette) regarding her folk opera "The Ballad of Catfoot Grimes," based on the poem of the same title by Hodding Carter II. The Flood song is on the audition tapes, it was performed by the University of Georgia Chorus and conducted by Eva Jessye. Clipping is a photocopy and contains biographical data regarding Goreau, journalist and author of the biography of...

Scope and Contents The papers of historian Gwendolyn Midlo Hall are comprised of correspondence; professional working papers, including applications, reports, resumes, and grants; professional writings, including book and chapter drafts, essays, and lectures; and research materials including articles, news clippings, interviews, notes, vital records, and publications in English, French and Spanish.  The collection includes reproductions of research materials and research notes dating from 1705-1820 and...

Scope and Contents The Papers of Fannie Lou Hamer measure approximately 16 linear feet and consist of 3,293 pieces of correspondence dated between 1966 and 1978. The correspondence represented includes not only that of Fannie Lou Hamer, but also that of a number of organizations to which she was in some way connected and of her business manager, Joseph Harris. Much of Hamer's business correspondence is included in the Harris correspondence. He was almost entirely responsible for the business aspects of Hamer's...

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The Vivian Henderson papers include correspondence, reports, lists, programs, tables, news clippings, and studies conducted while Henderson was a member of the Race Relations Department at Fisk University. Of note are "Negro Employment Studies" and the printed study entitled "The Economic Status of Negroes: In the Nation and in the South".

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The papers of Lucile Levy Hutton occupy 7.8 linear feet of shelf space and cover not only her career in public education; but also chronicle her vigorous participation in civic, religious, and cultural activities. Correspondence (1890-1988) has been kept with related material where it was generated and therefore may be found in six of the ten series. The papers are arranged chronologically within each category.

Scope and Contents The Lillie M. Carroll Jackson papers contain news clippings, programs, publications, correspondence, honors bestowed, obituaries, and funeral programs pertaining to Lille Mae Carroll Jackson and her family. There are articles about Jackson's involvement with the NAACP and the various campaigns/initiatives with which she was involved. One article relates to interactions between Jackson and Governor William Donald Schaefer. Correspondents include: Elsie E. Bumbry, Charles E. Moylan Jr.,...

Content Description The Anna Marie Hansen Jamison papers include correspondence (1919-1972) with students and colleagues of the various American Missionary Association schools in which Jamison taught. Among these schools and colleges were Chandler Normal in Lexington, Kentucky; Ballard Normal School in Macon, Georgia; Tillotson College in Austin, Texas; Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi; and Straight University/Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Other items include greeting cards, news...

Content Description The Lurline Jefferson papers include correspondence, speeches, writings, reports, minutes, invitations, programs, press releases, announcements, certificates, licenses, and collected items. The items relate to activities of Jefferson during the period she lived  in New Orleans and for her New York period. Most of the items relate to her involvement in the senior citizen and other community groups. there are a few items about her husband, Leonard. Names among the correspondents included are...

Scope and Contents The Rosa Freeman Keller papers consist of correspondence, news clippings, collected ephemera and publications, and photographs reflecting Rosa Keller's wide civic involvement and especially her activism in the areas of race relations and social welfare. Materials of note involve Keller's involvement with Dillard University and Flint-Goodridge Hospital; the Committee to Name Public Schools in New Orleans; and correspondence and other materials integral to the suit brought against Tulane...

Scope and Contents The Jane T. Lemann papers reflect Lemann's wide civic involvement in New Orleans, particularly in areas pertaining to educational reform and student welfare.  Materials reflecting Lemann's involvement in efforts to desegregate the New Orleans Public Schools comprise the bulk of the collection.  The collection consists mostly of planning and meeting notes, reports, correspondence, collected ephemera and publications, and newsclippings.  Some materials pertain to Lemann's work with multiple...