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Celestine Strode Cook papers
Collection
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
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Amistad Research Center
Ellis Marsalis, Sr. papers
Collection
Identifier: 722
Scope and Contents
The Ellis Marsalis, Sr. papers document the career of a prominent New Orleans businessman and jazz patriarch, who committed his life to community development and civil rights by providing services to African Americans through his gas station and motel, as well as promoting the power of electoral politics to drive change in his community through voter registration. The papers encompass 1.25 linear feet of photographs, limited correspondence, news clippings, motel memorabilia, awards, and...
Dates:
Created: 1952-1999; Other: Date acquired: 04/17/2007
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Amistad Research Center
M. W. Prince Hall Grand Lodge, F. & A. M. for the State of Louisiana records
Collection
Identifier: 607
Scope and Contents
The records of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons for the State of Louisiana are a rich source of primary documentation about the history of African American freemasonry in Louisiana and throughout the United States, the period of post-Civil War Reconstruction (1865-1877), the long civil rights movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries (1878-1954) and the modern civil rights movement (1955-1968). The...
Dates:
Created: 1857-2002; Other: Majority of material found in 1940-1980; Other: Date acquired: 08/13/2008
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Marcus Neustadter, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: 448
Content Description
The papers of Marcus Neustadter Jr. reflect his civic and professional affairs, including his work as Public Relations Director at Dillard University and his membership in the Original Illinois Club, the Prince Hall Masons, and other organizations. Included are news clippings, correspondence, programs, photographs, materials related to social organizations such as the Original Illinois Club and the Beau Brummel Club, audio cassettes of programs and courses held at Dillard University, and...
Dates:
Other: circa 1950-1990
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Amistad Research Center
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:
Created: 1876-1979; Other: Majority of material found in 1946-1971; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1972
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