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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
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
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Adam Fairclough oral history collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 679
Scope and Contents
The Adam Fairclough oral history collection contains three audiocassettes of interviews conducted by Dr. Adam Fairclough during his research period for his book Race & Democracy: The Civil Rights Struggle in Louisiana, 1915-1972. Included is one cassette each of interviews with William Bailey, Sr. (President of the Bogalusa NAACP, 1950-72), Harvey R.H. Britton (Field Director of the NAACP in Louisiana), and James H. Henderson (President of the New Iberia...
Dates:
Created: 1987, 1992; Other: Majority of material found in 1987; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1988
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Spiver Gordon oral history interview
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2119
Scope and Contents
This small collection is made up of a single audiocassette of a January 1984 interview with Spiver Gordon, a field secretary for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) who served in Plaquemine, Baton Rouge, and Monroe, Louisiana. The interviewer is unidentified. 45 minute recording, side 1 only.
Dates:
Created: 1984; Other: Date acquired: 11/03/2011
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Ellis Marsalis, Sr. oral history interview
Collection
Identifier: 2509
Content Description
This collection consists of one audio compact disc containing an interview with Ellis Marsalis Sr. conducted by Dr. Lawrence N. Powell of Tulane University’s Department of History. The interview was conducted in on September 15, 1988. The focus of the interview is on Marsalis’ purchase of property in the Shrewsbury community of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, and his development of a motel on the property. The property served as a place of lodging for visiting African American musicians,...
Dates:
Other: 1988
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Vanessa Murphree oral history collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2507
Scope and Contents
This small oral history collection contains interviews done by Vanessa D. Murphree in 2001 and 2002 with members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Interviews focus on SNCC's use of public relations and communications for the promotion of civil rights. To this end, Murphree interviews members of SNCC's Communications Department, Research Department, and Executive Committee to discuss specific tools and strategies used in their messaging and direct actions. The...
Dates:
Created: 2001-2002; Other: Majority of material found in 2001; Other: Date acquired: 05/25/2005
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Ed Pincus collection
Collection — Container: Reels 1-751
Identifier: 624
Scope and Contents
The Ed Pincus collection consists of approximately 90 hours of 16mm black and white film footage used to create two civil rights era documentaries, Black Natchez and Panola. Filmmakers Ed Pincus and David Neuman shot the footage in Natchez, Mississippi, between June and September 1965. In 1967, they returned to Natchez and shot 10 additional hours of film for a planned sequel to Black Natchez,...
Dates:
Created: 1965-1967; Other: Date acquired: 05/01/2002
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Erwin A. Salk collection on Paul Robeson
Collection
Identifier: 2293
Content Description
The Erwin A. Salk collection on Paul Robeson dates from 1933 to 1976 and consists of 0.80 linear feet of material devoted to actor, singer, scholar and civil rights activist Paul Robeson. Materials include brochures, photographs and audiovisual materials. Of interest are a collection of photographs representing Robeson’s educational accomplishments as a star varsity team member on Rutgers Intercollegiate Debating Association. In addition, images feature Robeson as a star athlete...
Dates:
Other: 1933-1976
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
University of Mississippi Center for the Study of Southern Culture Civil Rights Movement and the Law oral history collection
Collection
Identifier: 2246
Content Description
Sound recordings of the proceedings of a civil rights conference held in 1989 by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture entitled The Civil Rights Movement and the Law. Recordings include panel discussions with panelists Jack Greenberg, Constance Baker Motley, Charles Clark, Jean Fairfax, Frank R. Parker, and others. Also included is a paper copy of remarks by Constance Baker Motley.
Dates:
1989
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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