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Inez Adams papers
Collection
Identifier: 003
Scope and Contents
The Inez Adams papers document Adams' career as a sociologist and anthropologist. The collection consists of correspondence, financial documents, field notes, and collected publications, and the collection spans the years 1914 to 1966. The papers have been arranged into seven series, which are arranged as follows: Biographical material, correspondence, faculty appointments, field notes, financial records, writings by Inez Adams, and writings collected by Inez Adams. Items of particular...
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Created: 1914-1966; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1968
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Greta de Jong collection
Collection
Identifier: 585
Content Description
Collection consists solely of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file reports on various organizations and incidents in specific geographic areas: Louisiana Farmers Union, Communist Party of Louisiana, Southern Gentlemen, Deacons for Defense and Justice, Iberville Parish school desegregation, Citizens Council of Louisiana, Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Louisiana, St. Helena Parish school desegregation, and of African Americans who were beaten while registering to vote in...
Dates:
Other: 1941-1970
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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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Tom Dent papers
Collection
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
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Dockum Drug Store Sit-In oral history interviews
Collection
Identifier: 737
Content Description
These interviews were videotapes, and the tapes were incorporated into an award-winning hour-long program for KPTS called “The Dockum Sit-In: A Legacy of Courage”. The documentary incorporates firsthand accounts from the sit-in participants, Kansas historians, and local civil rights advocates. The video-recorded interviews were also used to create the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum’s exhibit “Standing Up by Sitting-In: The Dockum Sit-In of 1958.” Interviewees include:...
Dates:
Other: 2006-2007
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Nils R. Douglas papers
Collection
Identifier: 128
Scope and Contents
The Nils R. Douglas papers consist primarily of items collected or generated by attorney Nils R. Douglas, concerning Louis Andre Martinet and the legal society that bears his name, in addition to those concerning the case of Plessy v. Ferguson and the life of Homer A. Plessy. In addition, the bound personal manuscripts of Nils Douglas reflect his years as a prominent civil rights attorney, representing activists from the Congress of Racial Equality along with his law partners Robert F....
Dates:
Created: 1893-1967; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1979
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Connie Harse papers
Collection
Identifier: 573
Scope and Contents
The Connie Harse papers include materials gathered or produced by Harse related to her years in New Orleans, and specifically her membership in the Congress of Racial Equality. Materials include photographs of CORE demonstrations against lunch counter segregation in New Orleans and an issue of the CORE-lator with an article on the demonstrations, photographs of St. Charles Avenue, Charles DeGaulle's visit to New Orleans, an anti-nuclear demonstration at...
Dates:
Created: 1959-1965; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1999
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Ronnie Moore papers
Collection
Identifier: 531
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this collection consists of photographs (1964-1972) from Moore's involvement with different civil rights activities including the 1965 Voter Registration Drives in Florida, Mississippi, and South Carolina; Economic Development Commission Projects in Mississippi, Maryland and Washington D.C.; conferences; elections; and demonstrations in Louisiana, Mississippi, and North Carolina; and other activities in the South, Connecticut, Indiana, New Hampshire, and Virginia. Photographs...
Dates:
Created: 1959-2004; Other: Majority of material found in 1964-1972; Other: Date acquired: 04/16/1997
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William H. Moses Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: 258
Scope and Contents
The papers of William H. Moses, Jr., architect, columnist, and founder of the architecture program at the Hampton Institute in Virginia mainly consist of manuscript drafts of his weekly column, “A Dark Point of View,” published in The New Observer and The Carolinian. This column was published from 1969 to 1986 and Moses described it as, “A collection of Black concerns expressed by a Black columnist.” In “A Dark Point of View,”...
Dates:
Created: 1943-1989; Other: Majority of material found in 1969-1986; Other: Date acquired: 08/01/1989
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Vanessa Murphree oral history collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2507
Scope and Contents
This small oral history collection contains interviews done by Vanessa D. Murphree in 2001 and 2002 with members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Interviews focus on SNCC's use of public relations and communications for the promotion of civil rights. To this end, Murphree interviews members of SNCC's Communications Department, Research Department, and Executive Committee to discuss specific tools and strategies used in their messaging and direct actions. The...
Dates:
Created: 2001-2002; Other: Majority of material found in 2001; Other: Date acquired: 05/25/2005
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