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James Egert Allen papers

 Collection
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

Nicholas Bauer letter

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2393
Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of a single letter from Nicholas Bauer, Superintendent of Orleans Parish School Board, to "James E. Weathers and Petitioners" dated 6 August 1930. The letter reads: "Dear Sirs: The Orleans Parish School Board has considered your petition to establish a colored evening high school or in lieu of that, a continuation of the eight grade opportunities in night school work and has decided that at this time, because of financial reasons, it can not [...
Dates: Created: 1930 August 6; Other: Date acquired: 02/15/1997

James E. Blackwell papers

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Identifier: 050
Scope and Contents The papers of sociologist and educator Dr. James E. Blackwell provide extensive documentation regarding discrimination and desegregation of higher education institutions and mentoring of Black students, as well as affirmative action, economic and social justice issues in regards to the Black community and other ethnic minorities during the late 20th century. The papers consist of extensive correspondence files documenting Blackwell’s work as the chair of the...
Dates: Created: 1948-2016; Other: Majority of material found in 1963-2000; Other: Date acquired: 01/07/1990

Edna Pullen Brown photograph

 Item
Identifier: 2023
Content Description

One photograph of the 1925 fourth and fifth grades of Daniel Hand Elementary School of Straight College in New Orleans, Louisiana. Teachers Edna Pullen Brown and Anna Spottswood are included in the photograph.

Dates: Other: 1925

Bush Elementary School yearbook collection

 Collection
Identifier: 065
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the first three issues of The Hi-Fli, the yearbook for Bush Elementary School, a private, non-sectarian school in the Uptown area of New Orleans. The school was founded by Ethel Boyd Bush in 1939.

Dates: Created: 1957-1959; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1981

Jesse Cornelius Crump papers

 Collection — Box: 1-2andscrapbook
Identifier: 109
Scope and Contents This collection documents the career of Bogalusa, Louisiana, teacher and school administrator Jesse Cornelius Crump. It contains biographical and family data, correspondence, photographs, programs, Masonic publications, a yearbook and reunion materials for Central Memorial High School in Bogalusa, as well as a large scrapbook that contains photographs, newspaper clippings, etc. of athletic teams and activities at Central Memorial High School. The majority of the correspondence...
Dates: Created: 1928-1985; Other: Date acquired: 04/01/1987

Arthur T. Davidson papers

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Identifier: 113
Content Description The Arthur T. Davidson papers include correspondence, invitations, programs, speeches, and printed items generated by the medical profession and the educational institutions attended by Davidson. One speech was presented by Davidson before the Alumnae Banquet at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday, March 15, 1982. Davidson was honored as the Distinguished Alumnus of the Year 1982. The title of the address was The Role of the Historic Black College in the...
Dates: Other: 1976-1984

Dent Family papers addendum

 Collection
Identifier: 116-01
Scope and Contents The addendum to the papers of Albert Walter Dent (1904-1984) and Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent (1904-2001) provides a rich source of documentation of a prominent African American family, and covers topics such as education, healthcare, musical traditions and culture in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Houston, Texas. The papers consist of 38 linear feet of personal and collected papers of both individuals and other Covington-Dent family members. The addition to the papers is comprised of...
Dates: 1890-2001, undated

Nellie De Spelder diaries

 Collection
Identifier: 575
Content Description This collection consists of approximately 200 photocopied pages from the diaries of Nellie DeSpelder during her tenure as an American Missionary Association (AMA) teacher at Daniel Hand Preparatory School in New Orleans, Louisiana. DeSpelder was a teacher who journeyed from Greenville, Michigan to work in the AMA schools. During her tenure she visited the school at Orange Park and that at King's Mountain. Interesting sidelights are revealed in her brief trips to the nearby Mississippi Gulf...
Dates: Other: 1895-1899

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