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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

Jason Berry papers

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Identifier: 045
Scope and Contents The personal papers of Jason Berry, author, civil rights activist, and press secretary to Charles Evers, consist of 7.89 linear feet of material related to civil rights, politics, and race relations in Mississippi and Louisiana. The papers also document Berry's journalism and interest in the history of jazz in New Orleans, as well as environmental issues in southeast Louisiana. The bulk of the materials consist of documentation related to Charles Evers' gubernatorial (1971) and senatorial...
Dates: Created: 1971-1991; Other: Majority of material found in 1971-1988; Other: Date acquired: 12/01/1986

Albert Turner Bharucha-Reid papers

 Collection — Container: 25 Volumes
Identifier: 047
Scope and Contents The papers document the professional life of African American mathematician and researcher Albert Turner Bharucha-Reid and include correspondence, writings, research materials, and documentation on his involvement in professional conferences and organizations, as well as his work as a university professor spanning from the early 1950's to 1985. The papers contain general correspondence with mathematicians around the world and correspondence related to his role as editor and associate editor...
Dates: Created: 1950-1985; Other: Majority of material found in 1970-1985; Other: Date acquired: 04/01/1985

Mark Allen Boone papers

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Identifier: 755
Scope and Contents The papers of author and editor Mark Allen Boone consist of correspondence, typescripts and hand scripts of his writings, news clippings, biographical information, and two journals. The correspondence documents Boone's writing and editing careers, and includes both incoming and outgoing letters with fellow writers, editors, and admirers. Also included are letters related to Boone's work as Editorial Director of the Adult Education Department at Contemporary Books in Chicago, letters...
Dates: Created: 1967-2005; Other: Date acquired: 08/01/2006

Juanita Chenault Carman papers

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Identifier: 414
Scope and Contents The papers of Juanita Carman contain fourteen self-published books, including five editions of her most established series, Reach Out, as well as the first and last editions of her series, Super Seniors: African Americans 100 Years and Plus. The other books feature poems, essays, and reading skill pamphlets all written by Carman. Also included are biographical materials, poetry, and self-made...
Dates: Created: 1981-1996; Other: Date acquired: 11/12/1996

Wilfred Cartey typescript

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Identifier: 495
Content Description

Collection consists of a typescript manuscript of Wilfred G. Cartey's work Whispers from the Caribbean: I Going Away, I Going Home, which was a critical review of the works of Caribbean novelists. The book was published by the Center for Afro-American Studies, Univesity of California, Los Angeles in 1991.

Dates: Other: 1990

Alexis De Veaux papers

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Identifier: 791
Processing Information This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services award MH-245560-0MS-20. Scope and Content Note Alexis De Veaux’s papers mainly consist of correspondence, drafts of original manuscripts, photographs, and ephemera documenting her professional life and work. Correspondence within the collection is professional in nature, covering De Veaux’s many speaking and lecturing engagements, publishing, her work as...
Dates: Other: 1967-2017, undated

Dent Family papers addendum

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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

Tom Dent papers

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Identifier: 117
Scope and Contents The papers of Tom Dent provide a rich documentary source in the areas of African American literature and theater, the Civil Rights Movement, and the society and culture of New Orleans. The collection encompasses 149 linear feet of correspondence, literary manuscripts, oral history interviews, photographs, financial records, and memorabilia generated by one of New Orleans' most treasured poets, playwrights, and oral historians. Dent was a prolific writer of letters, poetry, and...
Dates: Created: 1861-1998; Other: Majority of material found in 1959-1998; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1976

Chester Himes papers

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Identifier: 180
Scope and Contents The papers of African American novelist and short story writer Chester B. Himes are comprised of correspondence; financial, legal and other personal records; professional records including literary contracts and royalty statements; photographs; manuscripts and published appearances of Himes' writings; and collected articles and reviews about Himes. Of note is the extensive correspondence between Himes and various individuals, including writers, publishers, literary agents, friends, fans,...
Dates: Created: 1933-1984; Other: Date acquired: 06/01/1990

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Horne, Frank S. (Frank Smith), 1899-1974 3
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Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955 1
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Bontemps, Arna (Arna Wendell), 1902-1973 1
Boone, Mark Allen 1
Carman, Juanita Chenault (1923-) 1
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Congress of Racial Equality 1
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De Veaux, Alexis (Masani Alexis De Veaux), 1948- 1
Dent, Albert W., Dr. (Albert Walter), 1904-1984 1
Dent, Jessie Covington (Ernestine Jessie), 1904-2001 1
Dillard University 1
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 1
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Flint-Goodridge Hospital (New Orleans, La.) 1
Himes, Lesley (Eileen Mary Lesley Packard) 1
Horne, Lena, 1917-2010 1
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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 1
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