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Vance H. Chavis field training report (New Orleans, Louisiana)

 Collection — Container: 1 item
Identifier: 2471
Scope and Contents Vance H. Chavis was one of three students sent for field training in New Orleans, Louisiana as part of the Health Education Program for the New Orleans Department of Health. Under the direction of M.E. Kossack, City Supervisor of Public Health Education, Chavis from North Carolina Central University, and Ada Boyd, and Vernon H. Olson from the University of North Carolina were assigned to analyze health problems in New Orleans and develop health programs. Chavis, as the only African American...
Dates: Created: 1947; Other: Date acquired: 02/21/2011

Marc H. Morial papers

 Collection
Identifier: 553
Scope and Contents The Marc H. Morial Papers span two mayoral terms from 1994 to 2002, and include his tenure as President of the United States Conference of Mayors and materials from his work as a Louisiana State Senator.  The main bulk of the collection reflects and documents Mayor Morial's transition period from 1993 and his involvement in the United States Conference of Mayors from 1994 to 2002. The collection is comprised of correspondence, City of New Orleans transition reports and files, which contain...
Dates: Created: 1977-2002; Other: Majority of material found in 1994-2002; Other: Date acquired: 06/10/2002

NAACP, Office of Field Director of Louisiana records

 Collection
Identifier: 261
Scope and Contents The records of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s (NAACP) Louisiana State Field Office consist of 21 linear feet of documents.  The largest portion of the collection is comprised of correspondence; the remainder of the collection consists of reports, press releases, minutes, newsletters, complaints, newspaper clippings, and photographs. The correspondence in the collection is arranged chronologically and consists primarily of letters written to and by the NAACP...
Dates: Created: 1964-1976; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1977

Preston and Bonita Valien Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 371
Scope and Contents The Preston and Bonita Valien papers are a rich source of documentation generated during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, and extremely strong in documenting their ground breaking sociology research in the areas of African American higher education, housing segregation, public school and public transportation integration, population migration from the south to the north, race relations, as well as women’s health related to birth control and infant mortality. The...
Dates: Created: 1932-1996; Other: Majority of material found in 1940-1960; Other: Date acquired: 04/01/1969