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James Egert Allen papers
Collection
Identifier: 010
Scope and Contents
The James Egert Allen papers occupy 18.1 linear feet of material about Allen's life as an educator, community activist and civil rights advocate. Having been a resident of Manhattan for over a half century, much of Allen's collection reflects his educational and community involvements in New York. The collection is arranged into six groups of materials that include correspondence, greeting cards, telegrams, invitations, programs, photographs, reports, minutes, recreation and...
Dates:
Created: 1917-1976; Other: Date acquired: 06/01/1974
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
American Missionary Association archives addenda
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-1
Scope and Contents
The 1969 addendum and later addenda to the American Missionary Association archives are mostly twentieth century in scope, covering two main subject areas. The first is the association's numerous schools. These are considered "field" records, or, the fruits of the Association's missionary work outside of its New York City office. The Addendum is divided into three series: Series 1 covers field-related work, mainly the AMA schools; Series 2 covers projects that were run directly form the New...
Dates:
Created: 1849-1991; Other: Date acquired: 03/31/1969
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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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- Allen Normal and Industrial School (Thomasville, Ga.) 1
- Allen, James E. (James Egert) 1
- American Missionary Association 1
- Avery Normal Institute 1
- Ballard Normal School (Macon, Ga.) 1
- Brick Rural Life School (Bricks, N.C.) 1
- Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993 1
- Cotton Valley School (Fort Davis, Ala.) 1
- 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
- Dorchester Academy (McIntosh, Ga.) 1
- Fessenden Academy (Martin, Fla.) 1
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- Flint-Goodridge Hospital (New Orleans, La.) 1
- Hawaii Loa College (Kaneohe, Hi.) 1
- Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 1
- Huston-Tillotson College 1
- Johnson C. Smith University 1
- Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity 1
- LeMoyne-Owen College 1
- Lewis, Elsie (1912-1992) 1
- Lincoln Academy (King's Mountain, N. Car.) 1
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
- Pleasant Hill Academy 1
- Ryder Memorial Hospital (Humacao, PR) 1
- Talladega College 1
- Tougaloo College 1
- Trinity School (Athens, Ala.) 1
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