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Catholic Council on Human Relations records
Collection
Identifier: 077
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a variety of materials regarding the Catholic Council on Human Relations (CCHR) and their work to desegregate New Orleans parochial schools. The collection includes correspondence by and to C. Ellic Henican, Charles Plauche, Henry Bezou, and Henry Cabirac. The collection includes the organization's foundational documents, collected publications, and financial materials. Much of the collection consists of correspondence between CCHR staff and directors,...
Dates:
Created: 1955-1969; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1972
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Community Relations Council of Greater New Orleans records
Collection
Identifier: 097
Scope and Contents
The records of the Community Relations Council of Greater New Orleans reflect the general objectives and other program activities adopted by this non-profit, interracial organization of about 800 members. The collection includes correspondence, minutes, and agendas and notices, as well as by-laws, reports, biographical material on members, financial records, news releases, printed items, and worksheets. Correspondence is arranged in chronological order. The reports deal with...
Dates:
Created: 1965-1982; Other: Majority of material found in 1964-1974; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1983
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Amistad Research Center
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
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Amistad Research Center
John P. Nelson papers
Collection
Identifier: 269
Scope and Contents
The papers document Nelson's active participation in the civil rights movement, school integration in New Orleans, and his work as an Assistant District Attorney for Orleans Parish. The papers of John P. Nelson, Jr. measure approximately 7.2 linear feet. There are 1,227 pieces of correspondence dated between 1957 and 1977. The papers also include magazine articles, speeches, a proposal, collected materials, notes, memoranda, agendas, reports, minutes, job descriptions, applications, resumes,...
Dates:
Created: 1957-1977; Other: Date acquired: 06/06/1973
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Charles B. Roussève papers
Collection
Identifier: 320
Scope and Contents
The papers of Charles B. Rousseve consist predominantly of collected items, both from his historical research and contemporary materials reflecting his varied interests. Primary subjects include publications from the 1890s from the Citizens' Committee (Comite des Citoyens), which brought the Plessy v. Ferguson case to the United States Supreme Court; poetry and other literature written in Reconstruction-era New Orleans; the desegregation of public and...
Dates:
Created: 1842-1994; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1984
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A.P. Tureaud papers
Collection — Container: Microfilm
Identifier: 367
Scope and Contents
The papers of Alexander Pierre Tureaud occupy 31 linear feet of shelf space. Among the largest groups of papers are records of civil rights cases, correspondence, and non-financial reports. Among the records of civil rights cases are those concerning school desegregation, teacher salary equalization, transportation, and public accommodations. There are also records of cases concerning colleges and trade schools. Lastly, are records of the State of Louisiana v. National Association for the...
Dates:
Created: 1798-1977; Other: Majority of material found in 1926-1972; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1974
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Alan Wieder collection
Collection
Identifier: 685
Scope and Contents
Collection contains newspaper clippings (November 1960-January 1979) formerly housed in three scrapbooks documentating the desegregation of William Frantz and McDonogh 19 elementary schools in New Orleans by Ruby Bridges (Frantz) and Leona Tate, Tessie Prevost, and Gail Ettiene (McDonogh). Other materials include correspondence; office records of John A. Stewart, principal of McDonogh 19 when it was integrated; hand script notes by Betty Wisdom containing her reflections on the desegregation...
Dates:
Created: 1960-1984; Other: Majority of material found in 1960-1961; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2009
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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