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James Egert Allen papers

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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

American Missionary Association archives addenda

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-1
Scope and Contents The 1969 addendum and later addenda to the American Missionary Association archives are mostly twentieth century in scope, covering two main subject areas. The first is the association's numerous schools. These are considered "field" records, or, the fruits of the Association's missionary work outside of its New York City office. The Addendum is divided into three series: Series 1 covers field-related work, mainly the AMA schools; Series 2 covers projects that were run directly form the New...
Dates: Created: 1849-1991; Other: Date acquired: 03/31/1969

Robert Avon Bennett papers

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Identifier: 042
Content Description The Robert Avon Bennett papers consists of correspondence, new clippings, church bulletins, speeches, sermons, and other printed items generated by Bennett in the course of his training as a minister in the Episcopal Church and in his practice of the profession. Items include notebooks for courses, programs, school catalogs, especially for the Episcopal Theological School where Bennett was appointed to the faculty as a graduate fellow, and other printed items. Foreign and domestic...
Dates: Other: 1955-1986

Mary McLeod Bethune papers

 Collection — Box: 3
Identifier: 046
Scope and Contents This collection consists primarily of outgoing and incoming correspondence.  Primary correspondents include John Hope, Frank S. Horne, Mary W. Ovington, William Pickens, the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell Sr., John J. Tigert, Walter White, Roy Wilkins, and Plummer Bernard Young. The correspondence is chiefly invitations to speak and letters of congratulations to Bethune after being named the recipient of the 21st Joel E. Spingarn Medal. This includes a congratulatory telegram from Herbert Hoover,...
Dates: Created: 1923-1942; Other: Majority of material found in 1927-1936; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1969

Henry E. Braden III papers

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Identifier: 549
Scope and Contents Dr. Henry E. Braden III's papers center on New Orleans' political, professional, and social circles of the latter half of the twentieth century. The papers include personal and political correspondence, military records, awards and honors, programs, invitations, newspaper clippings on the Braden and Haydel families, photographs, and other collected materials. Of particular note is Dr. Braden's sizable collection of political correspondence and campaign materials for politicians...
Dates: Created: 1936-2000; Other: Majority of material found in 1950-1990; Other: Date acquired: 12/13/1997

Arnold de Mille papers

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Identifier: 600
Scope and Contents Photo journalist Arnold de Mille (1908-1996) spent his career capturing the African American experience for the better part of the twentieth century, as well as recording the African experience during a time of volatility and upheaval. His papers and photographs span this storied career with a significant amount of these materials dedicated to beauty culture, the Civil Rights Movement, and his work for the United Nations. Included are issues from the short-lived ...
Dates: Created: 1942-1996; Other: Majority of material found in 1950-1970; Other: Date acquired: 04/01/2000

Dunn-Landry Family papers

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Identifier: 138
Scope and Contents The Dunn-Landry Family Papers encompass 14 linear feet of material covering subject areas of civil rights, African American education, ministerial work, historically black colleges and universities, Louisiana politics and race relations.The collection is arranged into nine series of personal and professional materials. The bulk of the papers are professional in nature with some personal correspondence. The strength of the collection is national and local civic activities, civil rights ...
Dates: Created: 1872-2003; Other: Majority of material found in 1916 -1992; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1984

Robert Elijah Jones papers

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Identifier: 205
Scope and Contents The Robert Elijah Jones papers document the career of Jones, an African American Methodist Episcopal clergyman, who committed his life to religion, racial equality, education, and community development through his work as the editor of the Southwestern Christian Advocate, a general superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the South, and the founder of Gulfside Assembly in Waveland, Mississippi. The papers encompass 4.05 linear feet of...
Dates: Created: 1872-1965; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1976

Homer C. McEwen papers

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Identifier: 238
Scope and Contents The Homer Clyde McEwen papers encompass 15 linear feet of material extensively covering the subject areas of civil rights in the South and ministerial work particularly in relation to school segregation; the discrepancies of funding allocation for African American education; voting rights in Georgia; local organizational history; and the history of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Atlanta, Georgia. The collection is arranged into seven groups of materials that are extensively...
Dates: Created: 1930-1985; Other: Majority of material found in 1937-1979; Other: Date acquired: 06/07/1987

NAACP, Office of Field Director of Louisiana records

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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

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