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Collins Funeral Home records

 Collection
Identifier: 094
Scope and Contents The records of the Collins Funeral Home consist of correspondence, meeting minutes, legal documents, financial records, general business records, printed ephemera, newsletters, and memorabilia. Resonating throughout the collection include the contributions of two African American women in the male-dominated funeral and mortuary science profession. This collection is ideal for the study of African American small businesses, businesswomen, and the exploration of the intersectionality of...
Dates: Created: 1914-1990; Other: Majority of material found in 1940-1970; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1987

Clarie Collins Harvey papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 170
Scope and Contents The collection of Clarie Collins Harvey consists of a nine-part series arranged according to the various activities in which she was involved. Correspondence is interspersed throughout the first five series; the largest amount is in the first series , her personal papers, and is arranged chronologically. Church activities, civic activities, higher education, and business ventures comprise the next four series arranged alphabetically. The next two series are collected writings and collected...
Dates: Created: 1907-1991; Other: Date acquired: 08/01/1985

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