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Joseph Payne Branam collection
Collection
Identifier: 2018
Content Description
Items consist primarily of photocopies and include photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other family records. Joseph Branam was the first African American wholesale milk distributor from Michigan, and correspondence and photographs document this business.
Dates:
Other: 1895-1983
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Collins Funeral Home records
Collection
Identifier: 094
Scope and Contents
The records of the Collins Funeral Home consist of correspondence, meeting minutes, legal documents, financial records, general business records, printed ephemera, newsletters, and memorabilia. Resonating throughout the collection include the contributions of two African American women in the male-dominated funeral and mortuary science profession. This collection is ideal for the study of African American small businesses, businesswomen, and the exploration of the intersectionality of...
Dates:
Created: 1914-1990; Other: Majority of material found in 1940-1970; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1987
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Celestine Strode Cook papers
Collection
Identifier: 100
Acknowledgement
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services award MH-245560-OMS-20. Scope and Contents The papers of Celestine Cook primarily document her business, social, and civic activities in both Galveston, Texas and New Orleans, Louisiana.Personal materials include correspondence, awards, family Bibles, programs, invitations, and newspaper clippings. This collection also contains organizational...
Dates:
Other: 1932-1985, undated
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Dixon Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 121
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Dixon Family of New Orleans, Louisiana mainly pertain to Henry (Harry) B. Dixon, an African-American businessman. The collection contains correspondence, minute books, clippings, photographs, financial, business records, and poll tax receipts documenting Dixon’s eligibility to vote in Louisiana. Of note are materials related to several New Orleans area benevolent organizations and social clubs. One of these, the Female Benevolent Association, is listed among the...
Dates:
Created: 1878-1937; Other: Majority of material found in 1890-1932; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1982
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Doley Securities, Inc. records
Collection
Identifier: 124
Abstract
The records of Doley Securities, Inc. encompass the firm’s working files for Syndication, the United States government-owned asset management company the Resolution Trust Corporation, prospectuses, underwriting agreements, audit documentation, trading statements, and reports.
Dates:
1963-2011
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Joseph Geddes Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 159
Scope and Contents
The Joseph Geddes Family papers pertain to several generations of an African American family with multi-generational ties to Louisiana who owned and operated several businesses, including funeral parlors and life insurance companies that date back to the early 20th century. The papers consist of professional, as well as personal, papers and contain photographs, scrapbooks, memory books, a memorial record book, correspondence, programs, and newspaper clippings relating to the family...
Dates:
Created: 1928-1957; Other: Majority of material found in 1953-1955; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/1981
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Clarie Collins Harvey papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 170
Scope and Contents
The collection of Clarie Collins Harvey consists of a nine-part series arranged according to the various activities in which she was involved. Correspondence is interspersed throughout the first five series; the largest amount is in the first series , her personal papers, and is arranged chronologically. Church activities, civic activities, higher education, and business ventures comprise the next four series arranged alphabetically. The next two series are collected writings and collected...
Dates:
Created: 1907-1991; Other: Date acquired: 08/01/1985
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
David Mann papers
Collection
Identifier: 243
Content Description
David Mann served as Director of Review and Surveys for the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. His papers include correspondence, minutes, reports, studies, and publications of the committee. Also included are collected publications of other governmental departments and agencies concerned with equal employment opportunities for minorities.
Dates:
Other: 1955-1967
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Ellis Marsalis, Sr. papers
Collection
Identifier: 722
Scope and Contents
The Ellis Marsalis, Sr. papers document the career of a prominent New Orleans businessman and jazz patriarch, who committed his life to community development and civil rights by providing services to African Americans through his gas station and motel, as well as promoting the power of electoral politics to drive change in his community through voter registration. The papers encompass 1.25 linear feet of photographs, limited correspondence, news clippings, motel memorabilia, awards, and...
Dates:
Created: 1952-1999; Other: Date acquired: 04/17/2007
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
M. W. Prince Hall Grand Lodge, F. & A. M. for the State of Louisiana records
Collection
Identifier: 607
Scope and Contents
The records of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons for the State of Louisiana are a rich source of primary documentation about the history of African American freemasonry in Louisiana and throughout the United States, the period of post-Civil War Reconstruction (1865-1877), the long civil rights movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries (1878-1954) and the modern civil rights movement (1955-1968). The...
Dates:
Created: 1857-2002; Other: Majority of material found in 1940-1980; Other: Date acquired: 08/13/2008
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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