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Sue Jane Smock papers

 Collection — Container: Small Collection
Identifier: 2480
Content Description

The papers of artist Sue Jane Smock consist of correspondence, clippings, artist statements, and programs. The bulk of the collection consists of photocopies. Of note is Smock's reminiscences of Jessie Covington Dent, as well as statements made by David M. Thomas, Cultural Counselor of the Embassy of Liberia at the 1957 funeral of Smock's father William H. Mitchell.

Dates: Other: 1957-2004
Found in: Amistad Research Center

Raymond J. Smyke papers

 Collection
Identifier: 673
Content Description Raymond J. Smyke was a veteran of World War II, author, and educator focused on educational work in Africa and Europe. For more than twenty-five years he was the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession Assistant Secretary in charge of African programs. He managed the training of national teacher leaders in all the English speaking countries of Africa, including South Africa.  He authored many books and articles about African biography, development, education, and...
Dates: Other: 1957-2004
Found in: Amistad Research Center

Mabel M. Smythe collection

 Collection
Identifier: 344
Content Description

This collection includes copies of the typescript of The Black American Reference Book, edited by Mabel Smythe, with original handscript edits, annotations, and revision notes.

Dates: Other: 1976
Found in: Amistad Research Center

Socialites Social and Charity Club records

 Collection
Identifier: 822
Content Description The records of the Socialites Social and Charity Club located in Los Angeles, California highlight the Louisiana Creole community in California during the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. The bulk of the records document the Club’s work to coordinate the Los Angeles Creole Festival from 1987 to 1999. Correspondence within the collection mainly focuses on the Club’s festival planning and activities. The LALA Organizing Committee files for the L.A. Creole Festival contain ephemera and...
Dates: circa 1970-2005; Majority of material found within 1987 - 1999
Found in: Amistad Research Center

Society of St. Edmund (Selma, Alabama) records

 Collection
Identifier: 325
Scope and Contents The papers of the Edmundite Missions contain correspondence, clippings, invitations, notes, photographs, press releases, programs, and collected items. The bulk of the  material focuses on a brief but highly fertile period in the mid-60s.  Because of the location of the church, hospital, etc. in Selma, and because of the particular emphasis of the order on work among southern Blacks, the papers document some of the turbulence that characterized the time and the locale.  Furthermore, the...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1944-1972; Other: Majority of material found in 1963-1965; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1972
Found in: Amistad Research Center

Llewelyn Soniat papers

 Collection
Identifier: 696
Content Description The Llewelyn J. Soniat papers encompass 9.8 linear feet of documentation for his tenure with the NAACP New Orleans Branch Executive Committee (1958-circa 1994), the New Orleans NAACP Youth Council (1961-1989), and work as a volunteer for various political campaigns in Louisiana, including the campaigns of Ernest “Dutch” Morial and Marc H. Morial. Soniat’s documentation for his work with the NAACP include correspondence, committee minutes, resolutions, reports and collected news clippings, as...
Dates: Other: 1942-2009, undated
Found in: Amistad Research Center

Louis M. and Anita Williams Soule collection

 Collection — Container: Small Collection
Identifier: 2217
Content Description

Includes a memorial publication, Huey Pierce Long: The Martyr of the Age, published by the Louisiana State Museum in 1937 as well as a broadside authored by Long "They Must Come to the Mark." Also includes 1934 and 1935 poll book registration certificates indicating the Lloyd Soule as a registered voter; a pledge card to help construct a new sanctuary for Corpus Christi Church; and a 1928 letter in French regarding the Ladies of Bon Secours.

Dates: Other: 1928-1937
Found in: Amistad Research Center

Southern Area of The Links, Inc. records

 Collection
Identifier: 769
Content Description The records of the Southern Area of the Links, Incorporated encompass executive committee minutes (1997-2017), minutes, programs, and souvenir booklets for the organization’s annual conference (1989-2013); and ephemera, such as booklets, programs, and calendars for various chapter’s annual events. Additionally, the collection contains incomplete runs of the organization’s newsletters, Southern Area Focus (1996-2003), The Focus...
Dates: Other: 1975-2014
Found in: Amistad Research Center

Southern Education Foundation records

 Collection
Identifier: 297
Content Description

Collection includes newsltters, annual reports, and financial reports pertaining to the Southern Education Foundation. Also includes correspondence of the Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee.

Dates: Other: 1986-1995
Found in: Amistad Research Center

Spark Theater Productions Company collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2363
Content Description

Printed history and promotional ephemera for Sparkle Theater Production Company. Also included are a video recording and script (on computer disc) for their production "Together Again."

Dates: undated
Found in: Amistad Research Center

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Language
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American Missionary Association 25
Dillard University 22
United Church of Christ 21
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 19
United Church Board for Homeland Ministries (1962-2000) 11
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Johnson, Clifton H. (Clifton Herman), 1921-2008 9
Dent, Tom (Thomas Covington), 1932-1998 8
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 8
Morial, Ernest N. (Ernest Nathan), 1929-1989 8
New Orleans Public Schools 8
Operation Crossroads Africa 8
Straight College (New Orleans, La.) 8
Congregational Christian Churches 7
Congress of Racial Equality 7
LeMoyne-Owen College 7
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 7
Deacons for Defense and Justice 6
Fisk University 6
Free Southern Theater (1963-1978) 6
Ku Klux Klan (1915-) 6
Talladega College 6
Tureaud, A. P. (Alexander Pierre) 6
American Committee on Africa 5
Flint-Goodridge Hospital (New Orleans, La.) 5
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 5
Louisiana Education Association 5
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party 5
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) 5
Tougaloo College 5
Tuskegee Institute 5
United Nations 5
Africa Fund (New York, N.Y.) 4
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 4
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 4
American Home Missionary Society 4
Ballard Normal School (Macon, Ga.) 4
Beecher Memorial United Church of Christ 4
Central Congregational Church (New Orleans, La) 4
Dent, Jessie Covington (Ernestine Jessie), 1904-2001 4
Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963 4
Freemasons. Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Louisiana 4
Harvey, Clarie Collins, 1916-1995 4
Horne, Frank S. (Frank Smith), 1899-1974 4
Houser, George M. 4
Jack and Jill of America, Inc. 4
Links, Inc. 4
Morial, Marc H., Marc H. (Marc Haydel), 1958- 4
National Urban League 4
Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 4
Square, Brenda B. 4
Woodruff, Hale (Hale Aspacio), 1900-1980 4
Adams, Lydia Sindos 3
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity 3
Atlanta University 3
Avery Normal Institute 3
Barthé, Richmond, 1901-1989 3
Board of Home Missions of the United Church of Christ 3
Brice, Carol, 1916-1985 3
Cassimere, Raphael, Jr., Dr., 1942- 3
Catlett, Elizabeth, 1915-2012 3
Chase, Leah, 1923-2019 3
Congregational Education Society 3
Convention of the South (U.C.C.) 3
Cullen, Countée, 1903-1946 3
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority 3
Dent, Albert W., Dr. (Albert Walter), 1904-1984 3
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 3
Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958 3
Hart, Willie Lee 3
Himes, Chester B. (Chester Bomar), 1909-1984 3
Home Boards of the Congregational Churches 3
Howard University 3
Huston-Tillotson College 3
Marsalis, Ellis, Jr. (Ellis Louis), 1934-2020 3
National Association of Human Rights Workers 3
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity 3
O’Neal, John, 1940-2019 3
Perry, Lillian Dunn, 1914-2002 3
Pincus, Edward, 1938-2013 3
Pitts, Raymond J. (Raymond Jackson), 1911-2004 3
Robinson, James H. (James Herman), 1907-1972 3
Save Our Schools 3
Tilley, John Lee, 1898-1971 3
Urban League of Greater New Orleans 3
Warfield, William, 1920-2002 3
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 3
Alexander, Raymond Pace, 1898-1974 2
American Colonization Society 2
Auxiliary to the National Medical Association (U.S.) 2
B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League 2
Barthelemy, Sidney 2
Battiste, Harold R. Jr. (Harold Raymond), 1931-2015 2
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks 2
Bennett College (Greensboro, N.C.) 2
Bennett, Gwendolyn, 1902-1981 2
Berry, Arthur R., 1923- 2
Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955 2
Bharucha-Reid, Albert Turner, 1927-1985 2
Bond, Julian, 1940-2015 2
Bontemps, Arna (Arna Wendell), 1902-1973 2
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