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Joseph Geddes Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 159
Scope and Contents
The Joseph Geddes Family papers pertain to several generations of an African American family with multi-generational ties to Louisiana who owned and operated several businesses, including funeral parlors and life insurance companies that date back to the early 20th century. The papers consist of professional, as well as personal, papers and contain photographs, scrapbooks, memory books, a memorial record book, correspondence, programs, and newspaper clippings relating to the family...
Dates:
Created: 1928-1957; Other: Majority of material found in 1953-1955; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/1981
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Llewelyn Soniat papers
Collection
Identifier: 696
Content Description
The Llewelyn J. Soniat papers encompass 9.8 linear feet of documentation for his tenure with the NAACP New Orleans Branch Executive Committee (1958-circa 1994), the New Orleans NAACP Youth Council (1961-1989), and work as a volunteer for various political campaigns in Louisiana, including the campaigns of Ernest “Dutch” Morial and Marc H. Morial. Soniat’s documentation for his work with the NAACP include correspondence, committee minutes, resolutions, reports and collected news clippings, as...
Dates:
Other: 1942-2009, undated
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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- African American businesspeople 1
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- Creoles -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 1
- Embalming -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 1
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- New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions 1
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- Cassimere, Raphael, Jr., Dr., 1942- 1
- Fisk University 1
- Geddes Family 1
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
- Soniat, Llewelyn J., 1926-2014 1
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