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Lynn Abbott collection
Collection
Identifier: SC2501
Content Description
The Lynn Abbott collection is comprised of three photographs collected by Abbott as part of his research on African American life in Louisiana. The first is an undated photograph by Villard Paddio of an office setting, likely that of Unity Life Insurance Company in New Orleans. Those pictured include: Lillian John, John Simon, Amelia Clott, Janet [illegible name], Mildred Brown, Pinkey Hills, Lena Woodruff, Anona Milanez, Mabel Twine, William J. Huntley, Hilda Burns, Clifton H. Denson, and...
Dates:
Other: 1920-1953
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Amistad Research Center
Etheline Jones Acox papers
Collection
Identifier: 2
Content Description
The papers contain items provided for exhibition at the time Acox was honored by the Friends of Amistad, for which she had served in numerous capacities and as president. The items pertain to her activities in social clubs, the postal alliance, church, and professional organizations. Correspondence, printed items, clippings, and photographs are among the items in the papers. Additionally, early documents include a teaching certificate for Acox's grandfather, Henry Arthur, and a document...
Dates:
Other: 1890-1984
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
African American Photograph Album
Collection
Identifier: SC2525
Content Description
This collection contains 26 photographs and clippings from newspapers and other publications. of African American men, women, and children, most likely from New Orleans, Louisiana. The majority of the individuals are unidentified, but those identified include: Albert Cambre Sr. and Albert Cambre Jr., Dr. F.C. Butler, Mrs. Theodore R. Albert (nee Carrie E. Gayler), J.C. Calvin, T.R. Wallace, W.G. Alston, J.W.E. Bowen, Rev. G.W. Carter, Rev. E.J. Wise, Rev. W.C. Haywood, Rev. L.A. Francis,...
Dates:
Other: circa 1918-1951
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Orissa Arend typescript
Collection — Container: Small Collections
Identifier: 2490
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a draft typescript of Orissa Arend's book Showdown in Desire: The Black Panthers Take a Stand in New Orleans, which was published by The University of Arkansas Press in 2009. This draft, comprised of 268 leaves, includes revised chapters of the book dating from July-August 2005 prior to substantial revision leading to publication. The typescript includes a timeline of events described in the book, as well as a list of individuals...
Dates:
Created: 2005; Other: Date acquired: 01/17/2006
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Larry Bagneris papers
Collection
Identifier: 714
Scope and Contents
The papers of civil rights and gay rights activist Larry Bagneris Jr. document his community and political activities in Houston, Texas, and New Orleans, Louisiana. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, speeches, flyers, campaign material, news clippings, biographical material, programs, and various periodicals focused on gay rights and communities. The earliest material concerns Bagneris' employment with the Washington National Insurance Company (1970-1989). Correspondence...
Dates:
Created: 1968-2008; Other: Date acquired: 06/27/2011
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Ruth Morand Baham collection
Collection — Container: Seventh War Loan Poster
Identifier: 530
Scope and Contents
The Ruth Morand Baham collection contains news clippings, magazine articles, ephemera, collected writings, and books related to African American history with an emphasis on New Orleans and the city's first African American mayor, Ernest "Dutch" Morial and the Morial family. The collection also emphasizes Marcus Christian, J.A. Rogers, Leontyne Bryant Gumbel, Martin Luther King Jr, and others. Subjects covered in the newspaper clippings include African Americans in arts and...
Dates:
Created: 1941-1998; Other: Majority of material found in 1968-1994; Other: Date acquired: 04/10/1997
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Liva Baker collection
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2389
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a cassette audiotape and transcription of a talk given by Liva Baker at the Amistad Research Center on October 22, 1996. The topic of Baker's talk was the recent publication of her book The Second Battle of New Orleans: The Hundred-Year Struggle to Integrate the Schools. Particular focus was given to individuals who played a role in the book: Rosa Freeman Keller, A.P. Tureaud, J. Skelly Wright, Daniel Ellis Byrd, John P. Nelson and...
Dates:
Created: 1996; Other: Date acquired: 10/26/1996
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Sidney Barthelemy papers
Collection
Identifier: 447
Content Description
This collection consists of speeches made by New Orleans Mayor Sidney Barthelemy, as well as correspondence, which reflect Barthelemy's years as Mayor. Barthemey was the second African American to hold the New Orleans Mayoral chair from 1986 to 1994.
Dates:
Other: 1989-1992
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Harold R. Battiste papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 451
Scope and Contents
As a central figure among a small group of jazz musicians and jazz educators who shaped the second 50 years of New Orleans jazz, the papers of Harold R. Battiste document Battiste's career as an influential composer, producer, educator, and promoter of modern jazz music. Also documented are Battiste's various business ventures in the area of music, including his work with Sonny and Cher and the foundation and history of All For One (A.F.O.) Records and At Last Publishing Co., the first...
Dates:
Created: 1928-2010; Other: Date acquired: 08/12/1994
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Harold R. Battiste photograph
Collection — Container: small collections
Identifier: 2499
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one 14 x 14 in. black and white photograph of New Orleans musician Harold R. Battiste in front of a piano by New Orleans fine art photographer Eric Paul Julien. The photograph is signed, numbered, and dated by the photographer. The photograph was taken in 2008.
Dates:
Created: 2008; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2008
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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