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John Wesley Dobbs Family papers

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Identifier: 122
Scope and Contents The papers document the personal and professional lives of the John Wesley Dobbs family of Atlanta, Georgia. The key topics are civil rights, education, integration, race relations, and African American suffrage. The main strengths are the civil rights activities of the family as well as J.W. Dobb's tenure as Grand Master of Prince Hall Masonic Grand Lodge of Georgia. The collection encompasses 5.8 linear feet of correspondence, photographs, programs, sound recordings, speeches, and news...
Dates: Created: 1873-2001; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1974

Vera Clement Edwards papers

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Identifier: 143
Content Description The Vera Clement Edwards papers contain correspondence, minutes, reports, honors and awards, programs, and the Ph.D. dissertations of Dr. Vera Edwards and her brother, Wendell E. Clement. The work of Dr. Edwards with deliquent children, eduational opportunity, and intercultural problems is documented in the papers. Her long involvement with the LINKS' Jamboree project is evidenced in her correspondence, as well as her efforts on behalf of Children's International Summer Villages, which she...
Dates: Other: 1954-1976

William James Edwards papers

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Identifier: 144
Content Description

The papers of William James Edwards  document the career of the founder and principal of Snow Hill Normal and Industrial Institute in Snow Hill, Alabama. The collection includes his 1893 diploma from Tuskegee Normal School, correspondence, speeches, reports, financial statements, photographs, printed items regarding Snow Hill Institute.

Dates: Other: 1893-1979

Mildred Katharine Ellis papers

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Identifier: 706
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 Mildred Ellis papers consists of 8.59 linear feet of correspondence, photographs, ephemera, news clippings, music recital programs, and other memorabilia, providing an extensive view into the life and career of composer and musician, Dr. Mildred Ellis. Also included in this collection are records from the...
Dates: 1904-2004; Majority of material found within 1916-1980

Haleemon Shaik Felton papers

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Identifier: 153
Content Description

The papers of poet, playwright, educator, and actress Haleemon Shaik Felton contain a carbon copy of the script "House of Eternal Darkness," a photocopy of news clippings and programs for the three campuses on which the play was presented, photocopy of poems that appeared in New Voices with the Louisiana Weekly article pertaining to the inclusion, and photocopies of photographs taken during the Dillard University production of "House of Eternal Darkness."

Dates: Other: 1941-1977

Lester B. Granger papers

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Identifier: 162
Content Description

The papers of Lester B. Granger, social worker, teacher, and executive director of the National Urban League, contain correspondence, new clippings, writings, programs, and photographs. Several relate to the period following the retirement of Dr. Granger after twenty years as Executive Director of the National Urban League. The collection is comprised primarily of photostatic copies.

Dates: Other: 1959-1972

Henderson Family papers

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Identifier: 177
Scope and Contents The Henderson Family Papers (2.0 linear feet) contain documentation on the life and work of Fletcher Hamilton Henderson (1857-1943); his wife, Ozie Lee Chapman Henderson (1865-1937); their children, Fletcher Hamilton Henderson, Jr. (1897-1952); Irma Henderson Jacobs (1900-1976); and Horace Wade Henderson (b. 1903); and their only grandchild, Ozie Teresa Henderson Burroughs (b. 1928). The papers are principally non-correspondence, including contracts, a variety of diplomas and certificates,...
Dates: Created: 1877-1988; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1984

Lucile L. Hutton papers

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Identifier: 191
Scope and Contents

The papers of Lucile Levy Hutton occupy 7.8 linear feet of shelf space and cover not only her career in public education; but also chronicle her vigorous participation in civic, religious, and cultural activities. Correspondence (1890-1988) has been kept with related material where it was generated and therefore may be found in six of the ten series. The papers are arranged chronologically within each category.

Dates: Created: 1850-1988; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1989

Knox Family papers

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Identifier: 209
Scope and Contents The papers of the Knox family of New Bedford, Massachusetts, document the personal and professional life of professor and chemist, Dr. William J. Knox Jr., who helped develop the atomic bomb; his brother, Clinton E. Knox, who served as Ambassador to Haiti from 1969-1973; and their sister, Alberta Mary Knox Eatmon, a school teacher. The collection includes correspondence, collected news clippings, photographs, and yearbooks. Correspondence consists of letters to and from Dr. William...
Dates: Created: 1909-1989; Other: Majority of material found in 1950-1988; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1989

Hattie Lawrence scrapbook

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Identifier: 212
Content Description

This scrapbook of photographs and news clippings commemorates the 1974 retirement celebration of Hattie Hamilton Lawrence, a school teacher for 48 years in the Orleans Parish School System. Lawrence received her BA from Xavier University of Louisiana and her MA from Columbia University. She began her teaching career in 1926, and taught at J.W. Johnson and J.A. Craig Elementary schools and at McDonogh No. 41 and A.J. Bell Jr. High schools.

Dates: Other: 1974

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