Collection: Lurline Jefferson papers | Amistad Research Center

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 Dwight D. Eisenhower, John V. Lindsay, DeLesseps Morrison, Walter Newburgher, Fred Richmond, Victor Shiro, Jule Sugarman, and Ben Vitale.