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Ruth Morand Baham collection

 Collection — Container: Seventh War Loan Poster
Identifier: 530
Scope and Contents The Ruth Morand Baham collection contains news clippings, magazine articles, ephemera, collected writings, and books related to African American history with an emphasis on New Orleans and the city's first African American mayor, Ernest "Dutch" Morial and the Morial family. The collection also emphasizes Marcus Christian, J.A. Rogers, Leontyne Bryant Gumbel, Martin Luther King Jr, and others. Subjects covered in the newspaper clippings include African Americans in arts and...
Dates: Created: 1941-1998; Other: Majority of material found in 1968-1994; Other: Date acquired: 04/10/1997

Celestine Strode Cook papers

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Identifier: 100
Acknowledgement This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services award MH-245560-OMS-20. Scope and Contents The papers of Celestine Cook primarily document her business, social, and civic activities in both Galveston, Texas and New Orleans, Louisiana.Personal materials include correspondence, awards, family Bibles, programs, invitations, and newspaper clippings. This collection also contains organizational...
Dates: Other: 1932-1985, undated

Arnold Hirsch collection of Ernest N. "Dutch" Morial Oral History Interviews

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Identifier: ##na5
Abstract This collection consists of sound recordings of oral history interviews conducted by Arnold R. Hirsch from April to November of 1987 and again in May 1994 with persons involved in politics and government on a local and state level, as well as civil rights issues in New Orleans. This collection explores the racial politics of New Orleans before and after the Civil Rights Movement, and how the interviewees were able to navigate through the constant changes and challenges of the time. The...
Dates: Created: 1987; Other: Date acquired: 05/31/2018

Ernest "Dutch" Morial papers

 Collection
Identifier: 256
Scope and Contents The Ernest "Dutch" Morial papers document Morial's career as an activist, lawyer, judge, and mayor of New Orleans. The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, financial documents, newspaper articles, audiovisual materials, and collected items spanning the years 1929 to 1995. The papers have been arranged into the following seven series: Personal papers, campaigns and legislation, City of New Orleans mayoral tenure, community service and memberships, legal activities and judicial...
Dates: Created: 1929-1995; Other: Date acquired: 07/13/1977

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