subj1. Creole-related holdings

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...

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The Clarence C. Haydel papers primarily pertain to honors and awards received during Haydel's medical career and his community activities. Included are plaques, certificates, and photographs, which document his work with Junior League teams as an administrator of Standard Life Insurance Company. Also included is a program of the International College of Surgeons into which Haydel was inducted in 1958.

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The Hebert Family collection consists of a videotaped interview with Mary Hebert, a 102-year-old, Morgan City, Louisiana, resident. Hebert is a Louisiana Creole and discusses her experiences in French Creole. Also included are a photograph of Hebert, news clippings, and genealogical information for the Hebert Family.

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 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...

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...

Content Description The L. Monique McKenna collection consists of two oral history interviews conducted by McKenna with former New Orleans mayors Sidney Barthelemy and Marc H. Morial in 2004. In the Barthelemy interview, he discusses his family and early work history, his political involvement, his tenures in the Louisiana State Senate and as New Orleans Mayor, and accusations of patronage. Marc H. Morial discusses his family history, Creole culture, the career of his father, Ernest Morial, his political...

Scope and Contents The Ernest "Dutch" Morial papers document Morial's career as an activist, lawyer, judge, and mayor of New Orleans. The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, financial documents, newspaper articles, audiovisual materials, and collected items spanning the years 1929 to 1995. The papers have been arranged into the following seven series: Personal papers, campaigns and legislation, City of New Orleans mayoral tenure, community service and memberships, legal activities and judicial...

Scope and Contents The Marc H. Morial Papers span two mayoral terms from 1994 to 2002, and include his tenure as President of the United States Conference of Mayors and materials from his work as a Louisiana State Senator.  The main bulk of the collection reflects and documents Mayor Morial's transition period from 1993 and his involvement in the United States Conference of Mayors from 1994 to 2002. The collection is comprised of correspondence, City of New Orleans transition reports and files, which contain...

Content Description Walter Morial is the uncle of former Mayor of New Orleans, Marc Morial and the brother of Ernest “Dutch” Morial, who was the first African American Mayor of New Orleans. Walter Morial was a graduate of the University of Chicago and had various educational and social interests in New Orleans. The papers reflect his involvement with various clubs and educational institutions, and consist of correspondence files, working papers, memorabilia, and publications.Additionally, the...