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John D. Rawls Papers
Collection
Identifier: 589
Content Description
The bulk of the collection contains materials documenting the work Rawls did for a lesbian client discharged from the United States Navy because of her sexual orientation. These materials includes legal research and citations (circa 1990-1993) for court cases dating from 1842 to 1993; non-legal research (circa 1984-1990) on gays in the military, sexual orientation, and the budgetary considerations of separating gays and lesbians from military service; freedom of information requests, as well...
Dates:
1990-1995
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Don S. Razza collection
Collection
Identifier: 499
Content Description
The Don S. Razza collections consist of three charcoal drawings of African Americans. Although undated, the drawings are likely circa 1900s based on dress of the individuals depicted. The first image is of a bust of a woman wearing a white blouse with a large white collar; the second image is a bust of another woman wearing a white blouse with a brooch at the neckline; the third image is of two young boys wearing dark-colored suits with large white collars.
Dates:
circa 1900s
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Lula B. Reed papers
Collection
Identifier: 311
Content Description
Includes two audiocassettes of oral history interviews with Lula Reed, as well as writings and press clippings, several of which were authored by Reed for publication in the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Dates:
1963-1986
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Wornie Reed papers
Collection
Identifier: 750
Content Description
This collection largely reflects Wornie Reed’s involvement with the Association of Black Sociologists, including his presidency of that organization in 2000 and 2001. Materials include executive committee correspondence and meeting minutes, budgets and financial reports, and newsletters. A substantial portion of this collection documents Reed’s involvement with the National Congress of Black Faculty, for which he served as president from 1990 to 1992; these materials include newsletters and...
Dates:
Other: 1980-2007
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Walter C. Reinhardt collection on W. C. Handy
Collection
Identifier: 2020
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters from 1943 to 1956 from W. C. Handy to Walter C. Reinhardt. In the two letters from 1943, Handy thanks Reinhardt for contributions to his career and to apologize for any lack of mention of Reinhardt in his autobiography, Father of the Blues. Handy also describes the deterioration of his eyesight and playing "St. Louis Blues" for a film to be shown to soldiers. In the two letters from 1956, Handy also describes his...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1920-1970; Other: Date acquired: 09/23/2011
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Reverse Freedom Bus Rides collection
Collection
Identifier: 646
Scope and Contents
The Reverse Freedom Bus Rides collection documents the attempt by White Citizens' Councils to win a rhetorical battle over which region of the country could best care for its African American population. The collection consists of photocopies of newspaper articles from The New York Times, The New York Herald-Tribune, New York Amsterdam News, The ...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1962; Other: Date acquired: 04/28/2003
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Revius Ortique, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: 284
Scope and Contents
This collection contains twenty-four linear feet of correspondence, attorney and judicial files, organizational records, Ortique’s writings, collected research, and ephemeral materials.The papers of Revius Ortique Jr. primarily chronicle his professional life as a prominent African-American attorney and judge in New Orleans, Louisiana and as the first African-American judge elected to the Louisiana Supreme Court. Included in his papers are case files from his early...
Dates:
1961-2008
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Morris Reynaud oral history interview
Collection — Container: Audiocassette
Identifier: 2147
Scope and Contents
The Morris Reynaud oral history interview chronicles Reynaud's participation in the Bonus Expeditionary Force, more commonly known as the Bonus March on Washington or Bonus Army of 1932. The collection includes an audio recording of Reynaud's 1978 interview with Glenda B. Stevens, a typescript transcription of the interview, and a 1979 newspaper article on Reynaud's involvement in the Bonus March. Morris Reynaud, interviewed by Glenda B. Stevens, briefly describes his upbringing,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1978-1979; Other: Date acquired: 07/28/1978
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
George A. Rhodes papers
Collection
Identifier: 643
Content Description
George A. Rhodes was a pianist, music director, composer, and arranger. He studied piano at the Julliard School and went to work for Appollo Records in 1950-1952. He also worked for RCA Victor (1954-1955), King Records (1955-1956) and Ammco Records as a music arranger from 1958-1959. He was the first Black conductor for Golden Boy in 1965 and the first Black orchestra leader at the Coconut Grove in 1971. Between 1975-1976 he was the first and only Black music conductor at the Tropicana...
Dates:
1947-1997
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Mary Richardson papers
Collection
Identifier: 312
Content Description
The papers of Mary Morehead Richardson measure approximately 2.3 linear feet. They include correspondence, writings, newspaper clippings, photographs, and collected items. The collection is arranged in chronological order and date from 1917-1990. The correspondence consists of letters, telegrams, cards, and notes, including some written to Ira Foster Lewis in 1941 pertaining to his election as president of the Pittsburgh Courier.Newspaper clippings...
Dates:
1936-1990
Found in:
Amistad Research Center