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O.C.W. Taylor papers
Collection
Identifier: 360
Scope and Contents
The papers of Orlando Capitola Ward Taylor outline Taylor’s career as a New Orleans Public School teacher and principal, print and broadcast journalist, public relations professional, and freemason. The correspondence and clippings within the collection concern Reconstruction-era Superintendent of Education for Louisiana William G. Brown, and other collected materials. Many of the photographs in the collection mainly depict Taylor’s masonic ties and work in broadcasting. Taylor’s writings...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1876-1979; Other: Majority of material found in 1946-1971; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1972
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Amistad Research Center
William Edward Taylor papers
Collection
Identifier: 430
Content Description
The papers of painter, sculptor, and photographer William Edward Taylor includes correspondence, honors and awards, programs, and a videocassette of a 1983 interview with Taylor on WFYI (PBS) in Indianapolis. Correspondents include: Alvin R. Bergeron, Donald Elder, Susan L. Cahn (of the Jewish Community Center of Indianapolis), and Donald F. Rees (Lay President of the Lutheran Church Council). Additional materials include research for the exhibition and publication entitled "A...
Dates:
Other: 1900-1999
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Tefft Family papers
Collection — Container: 1 box
Identifier: 687
Scope and Contents
The collection documents members of the Sexton family of Ohio and the Tefft family. Members of the Tefft family were missionaries working with the American Missionary Association (AMA). Of note are documents related to Rebecca Sexton Tefft (1829-1909), who worked at the Mendi Mission in Sierra Leone, Africa, an AMA mission. The American Missionary Association archives contains 92 letters from James Cutler Tefft (1815-1855), which document his being in Africa at the Kaw Mendi Station, the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1856-1938; Other: Date acquired: 11/04/2009
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
August C. Terrence papers
Collection
Identifier: 361
Content Description
Includes audiocassette of testimonial given in honor of Dr. Terrence by Dr. Albert W. Dent. Also includes correspondence relating to the professional, social, and civic activities of the physician. William J. Guste Jr., and Samuel DuBois Cook are among the correspondents. Correspondence regards Terrence's candidacy for attorney general; organizations represented in the collection include the Bonanza Social Club, the Dillard-Xavier Annual Fund, the Howard University Alumni Club of New...
Dates:
Other: 1956-1981
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Karl A. Thiele papers
Collection
Identifier: 362
Content Description
Collected writings by Thiele include his 1962 masters thesis, "The Racially Changing Community," and his 1965 study, "Minority Education." Both concern efforts to equalize education in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Dates:
Other: 1962-1965
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
George Thomas, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: 657
Scope and Contents
The papers of physician George Thomas, Jr. include materials related to his career at Flint-Goodridge Hospital, the medical profession, and the social organizations with which he was involved. Correspondence, speeches, interview transcripts, and other records chronicle the challenges faced by Flint-Goodridge Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana as it struggled to maintain its identity and competitiveness after segregation of hospitals ended. Flint’s patients and medical professionals sought...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1935-2001; Other: Majority of material found in 1967-1989; Other: Date acquired: 12/18/2003
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Thomas-Jones Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 792
Content Description
The Thomas-Jones Family Papers document four successive generations of an African-American family with ties to New Orleans, North Carolina, and New York City. The collection is comprised of correspondence; legal records, such as marriage, death, and birth records; real estate records; membership certificates; insurance and funeral records; school records; photographs; news clippings; collected ephemera; and art work.
The earliest family members documented are William W. and Elizabeth (nee...
Dates:
Other: 1880-2013
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Mary Thomas collection on LeMoyne-Owen College
Collection
Identifier: 615
Content Description
Mary Ford Thomas attended Le-Moyne-Owen College in Memphis, Tennessee, and was active in alumni affairs. This collection consists of the issues of the school's bulletin and catalogs, correspondence, newsletters, memorabilia, publications, minutes, as well as a constitution and by-laws.
Dates:
Other: 1958-2001
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Florence Brooks Thornton collection
Collection
Identifier: 556
Content Description
This collection of materials formerly owned by Florence Brooks Thornton of New Orleans, Louisiana, documents Congregationalist churches and organizations in the city in the early 20th century, and to a limited degree, Thornton's participation in those organizations. The collection includes a 1935 minute book from the Women Missionary Society of Morris Brown Congregational Church; collection envelopes, invitation cards, and receipts from the Church; a 1920 program for the 51st anniversary of...
Dates:
Other: 1914-1936
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Robert Ambrose Thornton papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 363
Scope and Contents
The Thornton papers include correspondence, speeches, notes, writings, reports, studies, book reviews, newspaper clippings, and audio and video cassettes. Additionally, there is information from the community organizations in which Thornton participated. The correspondence gives insight into Dr. Thornton’s teaching positions at different institutions beginning in 1944. The collection also includes three letters from Albert Einstein mounted on plaques. Photocopies of these letters are...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1922-1982; Other: Majority of material found in 1944-1977; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1983
Found in:
Amistad Research Center