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I.V. Billes papers
Collection
Identifier: 593
Content Description
I.V. Billes attended Southern University in Baton Rough, Louisiana, receiving a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1941. He continued his education at the Tuskegee Institute, in Tuskegee, Alabama, studying toward a Master’s Degree in Administration. He entered the Armed Forces in 1942 and fought in World War II. He was discharged in 1946 and retired from the U.S. Army Reserves as a Lt. Col. in 1969. He started his career as a teacher and coach in 1942 at Lincoln Parish Training School, Ruston,...
Dates:
Other: 1978-2001
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Arthur Dorsey oral history interview
Item
Identifier: 2456
Content Description
This collection consist of an audiocassette tape and transcript of an oral interview conducted by Dr. Edward Dees of his uncle Authur Dorsey, World War II Merchant Marine Veteran. Dorsey describes his battle against segregation and personal experiences as chief radio operator on board the USS Dan Beard as it was torpedoed off the British Isles on December 10, 1944 with a loss of 51% fatalities. Also included is a newspaper article on the Dan Beard and a photographic reprint of the...
Dates:
Other: 2001
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Richard English papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 149
Scope and Contents
The papers of educator and World War II veteran, Richard W. English, contains correspondence, educator and military records, and photographs related to his service in the all-black combat unit, the 761ST Tank Battalion, during World War II (1942-1945), his post-war service in Germany (1945-1950), and his work as a teacher and administrator in the public schools of New Orleans, Louisiana. Correspondence (1945-1982) includes a number of letters between English...
Dates:
Created: 1942-1984; Other: Date acquired: 05/09/1980
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Lewis Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 788
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Lewis Family (circa 1860-1977; bulk 1880-1950) from Natchitoches, Louisiana, contain significant documents related to Louisiana’s Reconstruction and Post-Reconstruction eras, extensive examples of late 19th and early 20th century portraiture, and the relationships and achievements of an African American family across generations. Family members represented throughout the collection include patriarch John G. Lewis Sr. (1849-1931); his wife Virginia Thompson (1864-1931); and...
Dates:
Created: circa 1860-1977; Other: Majority of material found in 1880-1950; Other: Date acquired: 08/08/2012
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Marion Palfi slide collection
Collection — Container: 1 Box
Identifier: 438
Scope and Contents
The Marion Palfi slide collection contains 135 full-color, 35-millimeter slides of photographs taken of New York, (N.Y.) and locations throughout the American South in 1945 before the end of World War II. The photographs capture a diverse spectrum of the population and of American life toward the end of the Second World War. The collection features African American servicemen in uniform, as well as photographs of African Americans working in a wartime factory plant. New York's...
Dates:
Created: 1945; Other: Date acquired: 04/01/1989
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
James Sedalia Peters II papers
Collection
Identifier: 296
Content Description
The papers of prominent psychologist James S. Peters, whose work as a research assistant during WWII helped to desegregate the US Navy, a contribution formally recognized when Peters was inducted into the first class of the Connecticut Veterans Hall of Fame in 2005. His papers contain correspondence, writings, reports, clippings, book reviews, speeches, vitae, manuscripts, legal papers, financial records, various collected items and collected publications and various ephemera pertaining to...
Dates:
1928-2002
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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- Billes, I.V. 1
- Breda, Beatrice Cecelia Lewis, 1887-1974 1
- Burghardt, Vivian Beulah Lewis, 1897-1921 1
- Dees, Edward 1
- Deszadier, Clara Isabelle Lewis, 1888-1948 1
- Dorsey, Arthur 1
- English, Richard W. (Richard Walter), 1909-1990 1
- Hayes, Ruth Lewis Hedrick 1
- Hedrick, Ruth Irene Lewis, 1889-1943 1
- Lewis Family 1
- Lewis, John G., Jr. (John Gideon), 1904-1979 1
- Lewis, John G., Sr. (John Gideon), 1851-1931 1
- Lewis, Lambert L'Ouverture (Beau), 1894-1965 1
- Lewis, Scott (Anderson Scott), 1891-1941 1
- Lewis, Vinita, 1907-1969 1
- Lewis, Virginia Thompson (Mary L.L.L. Virginia), 1864-1931 1
- Palfi, Marion 1
- Peters, James S., II (James Sedalia), 1917-2008 1
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