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Isidore Leon Robbins papers
Collection
Identifier: 313
Content Description
Papers of the physician Isidore Robbins include correspondence, writings, and photographs relating to Jewish life in New Orleans, medicine, and silent film stars. Items of interest include a typescript by Rabbi Julian B. Feibelman, "The History of the Jewish Community in New Orleans," written in 1968.
Dates:
1925-1980
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
James Herman Robinson papers
Collection
Identifier: 314
Scope and Contents
The papers document the public career of James Herman Robinson, an African American Presbyterian clergyman, who achieved world recognition for his work in New York’s Harlem and his accomplishments in founding Operation Crossroads Africa, which served as one of the models for the Peace Corps. The papers encompass 21.6 linear feet of correspondence, writings, reports, publications, lists, financial statements, minutes, schedules and agendas, press releases, newspaper clippings, photographs,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1935-1973; Other: Date acquired: 12/01/1974
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Matthew (Mack) Robinson oral history interview
Collection
Identifier: 2148
Content Description
One audiocassette of an interview with Mack Robinson, the older brother of baseball player Jackie Robinson, at his home in Pasadena, California, conducted by Clifton H. Johnson. Mack Robinson was a member of the 1936 Berlin Olympics team and was a silver medalist in the 200 meter sprint. The collection also includes a signed photograph of Mack Robinson and ephemera pertaining to the career in athletics of both Mack and Jackie Robinson.
Dates:
Other: 1936-1987
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Phil C. Robinson papers
Collection
Identifier: 407
Content Description
Phil C. Robinson was a native of Monroe, Louisiana, and a graduate of Southern University. He served as principal of Clarence B. Sabbath School in River Rouge, Michigan. Upon his retirement, the school staff hosted a program. The items in the collection include a printed program for that event, an article by him, and one regarding him.The first addition to the papers documents his professional life as principal at Clarence B. Sabbath School in River Rouge, Michigan, spanning 38...
Dates:
Other: 1952-1988
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Ruby Robinson collection
Collection
Identifier: 24
Content Description
The collection consists of several photographs of Ida Nance Ginens, the Louisiana State Principals' Conferences, Founders Day Conferences, and the first Black Supervisors Conference in Louisiana. Also included in the collection was the 1939 book, Vital Facts by James H. Smith, D.D., which was added to the library holdings.
Dates:
Other: 1950-1970
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
John A. Rockwell Papers
Collection
Identifier: 315
Scope and Contents
The John A. Rockwell Papers consist of approximately 250 letters, dating from 1865-1867. The letters are from the period when Rockwell served as Superintendent of the American Missionary Association's (AMA) Lincoln School in Macon, Georgia, and record his efforts on behalf of the freedmen population in the area of education. The correspondence deals almost exclusively with the problems of administering and supplying a school for freedmen in the heart of the former Confederacy....
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1865-1867; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1970
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Elizabeth and Walter Rogers Collection
Collection — Container: 2 Folders
Identifier: 2261
Scope and Contents
This collection includes printed broadsides, correspondence, newsletters, pamphlets, and collected material of New Orleans activists Elizabeth Cousins Rogers and Walter Rogers. Of interest is correspondence and materials related to Elizabeth Rogers and the Citizens Memorial Committee’s efforts to commemorate the contributions of the New Orleans Four, Ruby Bridges, Leona Tate, Gail Etienne, and Tessie Prevost, the 20th anniversary of New Orleans school desegregation event, and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1969-1985; Other: Majority of material found in 1980-1983; Other: Date acquired: 07/17/1982
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Kim Lacy Rogers collection
Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: 317
Scope and Contents
This collection consists mostly of sound recordings of oral history interviews conducted by Kim Lacy Rogers with persons involved in the desegregation process in New Orleans. These include opponents and proponents of segregation. Notable interviewees include: Daniel Byrd, Albert Dent, Tom Dent, Lolis Elie, Oretha Castle Haley, Rosa Freeman Keller, Mayor Maurice "Moon" Landrieu, Rudy Lombard, Mayor Ernest N. "Dutch" Morial, John O'Neal, Revius Ortique, Jackson Ricau, Jerome Smith, and Betty...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1959-1996; Other: Majority of material found in 1979-1988; Other: Date acquired: 10/02/1979
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Charles Shelby Rooks papers
Collection
Identifier: 566
Content Description
Reverend Dr. Charles Shelby Rooks is a retired theologian of the United Church of Christ and served as president and executive director of a number of theological institutions, including Chicago Theological Seminary President from 1974-1984 and Executive Vice President of the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries from 1984-1992. He also authored a number of books. His papers document his life and career as a theologian and include correspondence, sermons, writings, news articles,...
Dates:
Other: 1949-1999
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Cecilia A. Barnett Rouss collection
Collection
Identifier: 2152
Scope and Contents
This small collection was generated by Cecilia Rouss, an ostensible relative of the husband of Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Ferdinand L. Barnett. Contents include a photograph of H. Barrington Davis; a bank book from the Freedman's Savings and Trust for Betty Davis; an invitation for the fiftieth anniversary celebration of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Barnett Sr. in 1897; an announcement for the funeral services of Ida B. Wells-Barnett; a receipt for the expenses pertaining to the burial of...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1874-1950; Other: Date acquired: 07/12/1971
Found in:
Amistad Research Center