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Mack Justin Spears papers
Collection
Identifier: 456
Content Description
Dr. Mack Justin Spears was born in Wilson, Louisiana, in 1912. He was educated at Dillard University and Xavier University in New Orleans, as well as Harvard University. He served in public education in New Orleans as an elementary school teacher from 1933 to 1949, an elementary school principal from 1949 to 1954, and as principal of John McDonogh No. 35 High School from 1954 to 1967. He was president of the Orleans Parish School Board and served with the National School Boards Association...
Dates:
Other: 1920s-1986
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Emanuella Spencer papers
Collection
Identifier: 669
Content Description
Emanuella Spencer joined the staff of the Amistad Research Center in 1970 working as an archivist and indexer for the archives and manuscripts collections. She served the Center for 28 years retiring in 1998, but returned part-time in 2001. An active member of the Friends of the Amistad Research Center and the First Thessalonians Missionary Baptist Church, New Orleans, LA. Mrs. Spencer’s activities include work in the field of gospel music, which is reflected within the collection....
Dates:
Other: 1976-1999
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Albert F. Sperath collection
Collection
Identifier: 709
Content Description
This collection documents the research conducted by Sperath to locate and document holdings of artwork by Ellis Wilson in private and institutional hands in preparation for a retrospective exhibition of Wilson’s work curated by Sperath. The exhibition, entitled "The Art of Ellis Wilson," traveled to select museums in Kentucky in 2000. A catalog was produced for the exhibition.Also included are three binders and five boxes of slides documenting artwork by Ellis Wilson. These...
Dates:
Other: 1952-2010
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Nick Spitzer collection
Collection
Identifier: 282
Content Description
This collection contains magazines, brochures, clippings and other publications and ephemera on folklore, folklife festivals and the folk masters music series. Other materials include audiotapes, news clippings, programs, and various performances recorded live at the Barns of Wolf Trap.
Dates:
Other: 1985-1996
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Marian Hamilton Spotts papers
Collection
Identifier: 346
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, speeches, notes, photographs and other documents, mostly related to the Cincinnati Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs and its parent organizations—the Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs and the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs. Notable materials include drafts of the History of the Cincinnati Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs which gives a detailed history of the organization and information about the member organizations. Other items of...
Dates:
Other: 1939-1962
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Roger Hamilton Spotts collection
Collection
Identifier: 2514
Content Description
This collection consists mainly of photographs related to the life of musician and composer Roger Hamilton Spotts. Original photographs in the collection include images of Spotts; his wife, Betty (nee Mosley); and their daughter, Woni, during the late 1950s through the 1980s. Also present are two hand-colored portrait photographs of Spotts’ parents, Marian H. and Hardin A. Spotts. The majority of the collection is comprised of reprints of original photographs that were subsequently lost in a...
Dates:
Other: 1947-1994
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Howard E. Spragg papers
Collection
Identifier: 348
Content Description
Dr. Howard E. Spragg was a United Church of Christ clergyman who served as Treasurer (1959-1969) and Executive Vice President (1969-1983)of the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries. The items include a cover letter (1988) accompanying a copy of a 1940 statement on the Selective Training and Service Act, a letter concerning his enrollment in Union Theological Seminary (1941) and remarks made by Spragg before an annual meeting of Eastman Kodak Company Shareholders (1967)....
Dates:
Other: 1940-1988
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
St. Albans Congregational Church records
Collection
Identifier: 324
Content Description
Includes church bulletins, programs, and other printed items.
Dates:
Other: 1978-1984
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
St. Mark's Community Center Ethnic Heritage Project records
Collection
Identifier: 327
Content Description
The records of the St. Mark's Community Center Ethnic Heritage Project contains manuscripts, videocassettes, audiotapes, color photograph transparencies, and index cards. The project sought to "complete an oral history documentary of the black Creoles and non-Creoles of the Treme/7th Ward area of New Orleans." Those interviewed for the project were long-term residents of the area, and they discussed notable inhabitants and cultural traditions of the area. A related publication,...
Dates:
Other: 1977-1980
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
St. Matthew United Church of Christ collection
Collection
Identifier: 2063
Content Description
Collected materials on St. Matthew United Church of Christ in New Orleans. Collection includes church programs, written histories of the church, collected articles, church newsletters, and other collected materials on the church and its congregation.
Dates:
Other: 1974-1999
Found in:
Amistad Research Center