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Edna Pullen Brown photograph

 Item
Identifier: 2023
Content Description

One photograph of the 1925 fourth and fifth grades of Daniel Hand Elementary School of Straight College in New Orleans, Louisiana. Teachers Edna Pullen Brown and Anna Spottswood are included in the photograph.

Dates: Other: 1925

Bush Elementary School yearbook collection

 Collection
Identifier: 065
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the first three issues of The Hi-Fli, the yearbook for Bush Elementary School, a private, non-sectarian school in the Uptown area of New Orleans. The school was founded by Ethel Boyd Bush in 1939.

Dates: Created: 1957-1959; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1981

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

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

Rosanna Edwards Marshall papers

 Collection
Identifier: 433
Content Description Rosanna Edwards Marshall was an educator and author in New Orleans. Her papers include photographs of her travels and her military service in World War II, a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr., and copies of Veterans' Voices (1984-1992). Included are a photograph album documenting a trip to California (1985), correspondence (1953-1993), legal documents (1966), a program for the Thomy Lafon School (1948), newspaper articles, a flyer for her book, ...
Dates: Other: 1940-1996

Anne Pruitt-Logan papers

 Collection
Identifier: 625
Content Description The Anne Pruitt-Logan papers primarily consist of research materials related to the desegregation of higher education with the Southern Regional Educational Board and the Southern Education Foundation. These materials include research notes, reports, empirical data and correspondence. The collection also contains materials related to Dr. Pruitt-Logan’s work at universities as a lecturer. The university records also contain writings and course materials from her teaching positions, as well as...
Dates: 1950-1994

Lillian Robinson Wynn papers

 Collection
Identifier: 397
Scope and Contents The papers of Lillian Robinson Wynn chiefly consist of correspondence, photographs, and materials collected during her tenure as the principal of McCall High School of the Tennessee Prison for Women. Correspondence primarily pertains to her role as the principal of McCall High School and regards personnel and financial matters, as well as obtaining Title I funding. Correspondence also pertains to Wynn's January 1976 dismissal from her principalship of McCall High School as well as her appeal...
Dates: Created: 1957-1982; Other: Date acquired: 05/15/1979

Dorothy E. Yepez papers

 Collection
Identifier: 399
Content Description The papers primarily document the career of Dorothy E. Yepez, and significantly highlight the contributions of an African American businesswoman and art gallery owner in the United States. The collection is extremely rich on the subjects of art, Black history, education and the business documentation of Yepez’s career, with collected files from her art gallery and social activities. Yepez’s papers contain business and some personal correspondence; biographical sketches of Yepez and artists...
Dates: Other: circa 1864-1990, undated

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