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John Wesley Dobbs Family papers
Collection
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
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Amistad Research Center
Lewis Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 788
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Lewis Family (circa 1860-1977; bulk 1880-1950) from Natchitoches, Louisiana, contain significant documents related to Louisiana’s Reconstruction and Post-Reconstruction eras, extensive examples of late 19th and early 20th century portraiture, and the relationships and achievements of an African American family across generations. Family members represented throughout the collection include patriarch John G. Lewis Sr. (1849-1931); his wife Virginia Thompson (1864-1931); and...
Dates:
Created: circa 1860-1977; Other: Majority of material found in 1880-1950; Other: Date acquired: 08/08/2012
Found in:
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
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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- Lewis, John G., Jr. (John Gideon), 1904-1979 2
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 2
- Breda, Beatrice Cecelia Lewis, 1887-1974 1
- Burghardt, Vivian Beulah Lewis, 1897-1921 1
- Butts, June Dobbs, 1928-2019 1
- Clement, Josephine (Josephine Dobbs Clement), 1918-1998 1
- Deszadier, Clara Isabelle Lewis, 1888-1948 1
- Dobbs, Irene Thompson, 1885-1972 1
- Dobbs, John Wesley, 1882-1961 1
- Dobbs, Mattiwilda (Mattiwilda "Geekie" Dobbs Jazon), 1925-2015 1
- Freemasons. Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Louisiana 1
- Hayes, Ruth Lewis Hedrick 1
- Hedrick, Ruth Irene Lewis, 1889-1943 1
- Jackson, Irene (Irene "Renie" Dobbs Jackson), 1908-1999 1
- Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003 1
- Jordan, Millicent (Millicent Dobbs Jordan), 1911-1991 1
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 1
- Lewis Family 1
- Lewis, John G., Sr. (John Gideon), 1851-1931 1
- Lewis, Lambert L'Ouverture (Beau), 1894-1965 1
- Lewis, Scott (Anderson Scott), 1891-1941 1
- Lewis, Vinita, 1907-1969 1
- Lewis, Virginia Thompson (Mary L.L.L. Virginia), 1864-1931 1
- Louisiana Education Association 1
- M.W. Prince Hall Grand Lodge, F. & A.M. for the State of Louisiana 1
- Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993 1
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund 1
- Royal Arch Masons of the United States, Prince Hall Affiliation 1
- Scottish Rite (Masonic order). United Supreme Council, Prince Hall Affiliation, Southern Jurisdiction 1
- Spelman College 1
- United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration 1 ∧ less
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