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Anne Wiggins Brown papers
Collection — Container: 14 items
Identifier: 057
Scope and Contents
The papers of Anne Wiggins Brown document her career as a singer, producer and stage director which spanned five decades. Brown was the original "Bess" in George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. The papers include personal and professional correspondence, photographs, financial records, musical scores, playbills, posters and other collected publications. A large majority of the collection is newspaper clippings. The correspondence dates from 1935 until 1998. The earliest correspondence...
Dates:
Created: 1935-2002; Other: Date acquired: 11/01/1991
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Arnold de Mille papers
Collection
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
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Amistad Research Center
Dunn-Landry Family papers
Collection
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
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Amistad Research Center
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