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Alexis De Veaux papers
Collection
Identifier: 791
Processing Information
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services award MH-245560-0MS-20. Scope and Content Note Alexis De Veaux’s papers mainly consist of correspondence, drafts of original manuscripts, photographs, and ephemera documenting her professional life and work. Correspondence within the collection is professional in nature, covering De Veaux’s many speaking and lecturing engagements, publishing, her work as...
Dates:
Other: 1967-2017, undated
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Tom Dent papers
Collection
Identifier: 117
Scope and Contents
The papers of Tom Dent provide a rich documentary source in the areas of African American literature and theater, the Civil Rights Movement, and the society and culture of New Orleans. The collection encompasses 149 linear feet of correspondence, literary manuscripts, oral history interviews, photographs, financial records, and memorabilia generated by one of New Orleans' most treasured poets, playwrights, and oral historians. Dent was a prolific writer of letters, poetry, and...
Dates:
Created: 1861-1998; Other: Majority of material found in 1959-1998; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1976
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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- De Veaux, Alexis (Masani Alexis De Veaux), 1948- 1
- Dent, Tom (Thomas Covington), 1932-1998 1
- Free Southern Theater (1963-1978) 1
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- Young, Andrew, Jr. (Andrew Jackson), 1932- 1
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