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Dent Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 116
Scope and Contents
The Dent Family papers are comprised of the personal, professional and collected papers of Albert Walter Dent (1904-1984) and Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent (1904-2001), as well as a small amount of material related to their son, Tom Dent (1932-1996) and other family members. The collection has six series of files, three of which deal specifically with Albert W. Dent while the remainder deals with Jessie C. Dent and members of the Covington-Dent family. The correspondence (1908-1985)...
Dates:
Created: 1897-1985; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1976
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Gabrielle Simon Edgcomb collection
Collection
Identifier: 141
Content Description
This collection consists of 18 audiocassettes containing oral interviews conducted by Gabrielle Simon Edgcomb with German and Jewish refugee scholars who taught at Black colleges during the 1930s and 1940s. Collection also contains one VHS cassette of a symposium entitled "A Fruitful Encounter -- German Jewish Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges" that took place at Howard University in April 1989. Panelists included Dr. Russell L. Adams, Dr. Hartmut Lehmann, and Dr. Max Ticktin, and the...
Dates:
Other: 1987-1989
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Elsie M. Lewis papers
Collection
Identifier: 218
Acknowledgement
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services award MH-245560-OMS-20. Content Description The papers primarily document the career of Elsie Mae Lewis, and significantly highlight the contributions of an African American educator, consultant, scholar and writer in the United States. The collection is extremely rich on the subjects of Black history, education and the documentation of Lewis’ career, with...
Dates:
Other: 1829-1979, undated
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Medgar Evers College records
Collection
Identifier: 250
Content Description
Medgar Evers College, located in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, is a college within the City University of New York system. The college was named for civil rights leader Medgar Evers, who was killed in his native state of Mississippi in 1963. The college opened its doors in 1971 with the idea of expanding educational opportunities for the community's gifted, young, returning veterans, and a diverse adult population. The records include correspondence, rosters, invitations, annual reports,...
Dates:
Other: 1976-1982
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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- City University of New York. Medgar Evers College 1
- Dent, Albert W., Dr. (Albert Walter), 1904-1984 1
- Dent, Jessie Covington (Ernestine Jessie), 1904-2001 1
- Dent, Tom (Thomas Covington), 1932-1998 1
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