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Dent Family papers addendum
Collection
Identifier: 116-01
Scope and Contents
The addendum to the papers of Albert Walter Dent (1904-1984) and Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent (1904-2001) provides a rich source of documentation of a prominent African American family, and covers topics such as education, healthcare, musical traditions and culture in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Houston, Texas. The papers consist of 38 linear feet of personal and collected papers of both individuals and other Covington-Dent family members. The addition to the papers is comprised of...
Dates:
1890-2001, undated
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Elsie M. Lewis papers
Collection
Identifier: 218
Acknowledgement
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services award MH-245560-OMS-20. Content Description The papers primarily document the career of Elsie Mae Lewis, and significantly highlight the contributions of an African American educator, consultant, scholar and writer in the United States. The collection is extremely rich on the subjects of Black history, education and the documentation of Lewis’ career, with...
Dates:
Other: 1829-1979, undated
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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- African American authors 1
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- African American families -- Louisiana 1
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- African American universities and colleges -- Faculty -- History -- 20th century 1
- African American women 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights 1
- African Americans -- Education 1
- African Americans -- Education -- Louisiana 1
- African Americans -- Hospitals -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 1
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- Dent, Albert W., Dr. (Albert Walter), 1904-1984 1
- Dent, Jessie Covington (Ernestine Jessie), 1904-2001 1
- Dent, Tom (Thomas Covington), 1932-1998 1
- Dillard University 1
- Flint-Goodridge Hospital (New Orleans, La.) 1
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