subj27. Holdings related to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)

Scope and Contents The papers of physician George Thomas, Jr. include materials related to his career at Flint-Goodridge Hospital, the medical profession, and the social organizations with which he was involved. Correspondence, speeches, interview transcripts, and other records chronicle the challenges faced by Flint-Goodridge Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana as it struggled to maintain its identity and competitiveness after segregation of hospitals ended. Flint’s patients and medical professionals sought...

Scope and Contents The United Church Board for Homeland Ministries (UCBHM) was an autonomous but recognized instrumentality of the United Church of Christ (UCC) that functioned as the administrative body of the United Church of Christ's home missions and services (1962-2000). The UCBHM formed in 1962 by the union of the Board of Home Missions of the Congregational Christian Churches and the Board of National Missions of the Evangelical and Reformed Church and continued the corporations and the work of...

Scope and Contents This artificial collection contains school yearbooks from southern historically black colleges and universities, as well as Louisiana high schools. Schools and the years represented include: Alcorn A&M College (Lorman, MS) - 1967; Southern University (Baton Rouge, LA) - 1951-1952, 1954-1957, 1959, 1962-1971, 1975; Wiley College (Marshall, TX) - 1954; Xavier University of Louisiana (New Orleans, LA) - 1976; Booker T. Washington Senior High School (New Orleans, LA) - 1959,...