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James Egert Allen papers
Collection
Identifier: 010
Scope and Contents
The James Egert Allen papers occupy 18.1 linear feet of material about Allen's life as an educator, community activist and civil rights advocate. Having been a resident of Manhattan for over a half century, much of Allen's collection reflects his educational and community involvements in New York. The collection is arranged into six groups of materials that include correspondence, greeting cards, telegrams, invitations, programs, photographs, reports, minutes, recreation and...
Dates:
Created: 1917-1976; Other: Date acquired: 06/01/1974
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Amistad Research Center
John Wesley Dobbs Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 122
Scope and Contents
The papers document the personal and professional lives of the John Wesley Dobbs family of Atlanta, Georgia. The key topics are civil rights, education, integration, race relations, and African American suffrage. The main strengths are the civil rights activities of the family as well as J.W. Dobb's tenure as Grand Master of Prince Hall Masonic Grand Lodge of Georgia. The collection encompasses 5.8 linear feet of correspondence, photographs, programs, sound recordings, speeches, and news...
Dates:
Created: 1873-2001; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1974
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Amistad Research Center
Alma C. Hanson scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: 756
Scope and Contents
This scrapbook documents a 1951 trip to Europe taken by Alma C. Hanson, then treasurer at LeMoyne College in Memphis, Tennessee. A news clipping within the scrapbook describes her itinerary as visiting Norway and Sweden before proceeding to Greece, where she was to visit Margaret Bicknell, a former member of LeMoyne's faculty who was engaged in missionary work in Greece. Hanson was to then travel to Turkey, where she was to meet Naomi Foster who was teaching in an American school in Izmir....
Dates:
Created: 1951; Other: Date acquired: 10/28/2013
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
William J. and Bernice McSweeney papers
Collection
Identifier: 703
Content Description
William J. and Bernice McSweeney lived and taught in Uganda during the late 1950s and early 1960s while taking part in a Trades and Technical Institute program sponsored by the International Cooperation Administration, which was the precursor to USAID. Mr. McSweeney taught at Delgado Community College in New Orleans, Louisiana, through which the McSweeneys participated in the educational program. Working through the Kampala Technical Institute, William taught basic electricity while Bernice...
Dates:
Other: 1957-1962
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Bettye Torrey Oldham papers
Collection
Identifier: 278
Content Description
The papers of long-time Amistad supporter and travel agent Bettye Oldham reflect her church and civic activities. Formats include correspondence, newsletters, clippings, photographs, and travel brochures and document Tougaloo College, church and civic activities, the Urban League, Cincinnati Union Baptist Church, the Cincinnati Chapter of Friends of Amistad, and the Ohio Governor's Committee on the Status of Women.
Dates:
Other: 1965-1996
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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