Jesse Cornelius Crump papers

Collection — Box: 1-2andscrapbook

Identifier: 109

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection documents the career of Bogalusa, Louisiana, teacher and school administrator Jesse Cornelius Crump. It contains biographical and family data, correspondence, photographs, programs, Masonic publications, a yearbook and reunion materials for Central Memorial High School in Bogalusa, as well as a large scrapbook that contains photographs, newspaper clippings, etc. of athletic teams and activities at Central Memorial High School.

The majority of the correspondence was received by Crump from colleagues, local, state, and national education, civic, and government officials, former students, and family upon his retirement in 1975. Correspondents include: Rufus Adams, L.E. Arnette, Wililam Bailey Jr., B.H. Barker, Ruth Crump Barnes, Leonard C. Barnes, Joel Barton, T.H. Bell, Gerald S. Berenson, Louis Berry, J.L. Bickham, Emmett F. Breland, Robert J. Brock, Juanita T. Brown, Willie Brown Jr., Leon Burns, Nathan W. Bush, Barbara Butler, "Genie" Butler, T.J. Butler, Mary Canonge, Henry Carroll, Albert D. Clark, Matthew J. Clark, Jerry Cole, Selcy Stephens Collins, Charles Henry Crump, James L. Crump, Kelly W. Crump, Evelyn Arnette Dimes, Joseph Dyer, Evelyn Harris Dyson, Edwin W. Edwards, A.L. Fabre Sr., Gerald R. Ford, Milton A. Gholar Jr., Louise Griffin, A.L. Hagedorn, Loreane Hall, Purvis M. Hall Jr., A.L. Hannibal, Emma B. Harring, Booker D. Harrison, Elton C. Harrison, Constance J. Harry, Clara B. Hart, Leroy Hawthorne, J. K. Haynes, Ora Pierce Hicks, Faye V. Hutcherson, Rebecca P. Israel, Fred W. Jackson, Ellen R. James, Felix James, Thomas D. Jarrett, Lucious Jefferson, Walter L. Johnson, Richard F. Knight, Joseph P. McKelpin, Barbara MacPhee, Lou Major, Louis J. Michot, Ernest B. Miller, F. Miller, Raymond Mims, Pearl Thomas Mitchell, Frank Mobley, Lewis Moore, W. Henson Moore, Gloria Moses, Jeffery A. Moss, G. Leon Netterville, Ruby C. Nettles, J. Kelly Nix, J. Franklin Owens, James H. Owens, Earl Glynn Penton, Janifer B. Peters, Roosevelt Peters, Jo. Powe, Louis Rawls, L.B. Robertson, Laverne A. Lonzo Robinson, William J. Robinson Jr., Patricia Bryant Rogers, Floyd L. Sandle, Lawrence A. Sheridan, Myra Silverman, Alfreda Small Smith, Bascom D. Talley III, Imogene W. Talley, Horatio C. Thompson, Robert H. Tucker, Bonnie P. Tynes, Lionel M. Verdun, Donald C. Wade, Thomas J. Wilcox Jr., Jerry Ruth Williams, Leaudria Essex Williams, M.C. Williams, Robert P. Williams, Frances Windham, Estemore A. Wolfe, and A.Z. Young.

Dates

Created: 1928-1985
Other: Date acquired: 04/01/1987

Creator

Crump, Jesse Cornelius, 1909-1983 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright to these papers has not been assigned to the Amistad Research Center. It is the responsibility of an author to secure permission for publication from the holder of the copyright to any material contained in this collection.

Biographical Note

Jesse Cornelius Crump was an educator and community leader in Bogalusa, Louisiana, for many years, serving as a teacher, counselor, and principal at two high schools in that city.

Jesse Cornelius Crump was born November 22, 1909, in Brookhaven, Mississippi, to Charles and Elnora Burns Raine Crump. He received his Bachelor's degree from Southern University in 1932, his Master's degree in Education from Atlanta University in 1951, and did further study at the University of California at Berkeley. Jesse Crump married Wilhelmina Wilson (b. March 31, 1914) on August 24, 1934. They had one daughter, Joyce.

Jesse Crump was a long-time resident of Bogalusa, Louisiana. For forty-one years, he rendered service as a teacher, counselor, and principal at Central Memorial High School (1934-1969) and Bogalusa High School (1970-1975). Crump was active in the Bethlehem Baptist Church, as well as many civic and social organizations, including the Southern University Alumni Federation, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the Louisiana Education Association, the NAACP, the American Legion, and various Masonic organizations.

Jesse Cornelius Crump passed away on April 30, 1983.