Showing Collections: 1 - 10 of 17
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
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Orissa Arend typescript
Collection — Container: Small Collections
Identifier: 2490
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a draft typescript of Orissa Arend's book Showdown in Desire: The Black Panthers Take a Stand in New Orleans, which was published by The University of Arkansas Press in 2009. This draft, comprised of 268 leaves, includes revised chapters of the book dating from July-August 2005 prior to substantial revision leading to publication. The typescript includes a timeline of events described in the book, as well as a list of individuals...
Dates:
Created: 2005; Other: Date acquired: 01/17/2006
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Jinx Coleman Broussard papers
Collection
Identifier: 664
Content Description
The collection consists of administrative files for the public relations function for the Mayor of New Orleans including press releases, files for city projects and events, correspondence, planning materials, appointment books, notes and news clippings. Campaign press releases, audiotapes, correspondence, and ephemera from the Clinton/Gore 1992 campaign in Louisiana. Lastly, administrative files for the New Orleans Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc., including minutes, press releases,...
Dates:
Other: 1986-2001
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Ron Chisom interviews
Collection
Identifier: 2478
Content Description
The Ron Chisom interviews consist of three audiocassettes of interviews conducted with community organizer, activist, and co-founder of The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB). The interviews took place on March 27 and April 22, 2009. According to its mission statement, PISAB is a "national and international collective of anti-racist, multicultural community organizers and educators dedicated to building an effective movement for social transformation." The organization was...
Dates:
Other: 2009
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Committee on Civil Rights in Metropolitan New York, Inc. records
Collection — Box: 82
Identifier: 095
Scope and Contents
The records of the Committee on Civil Rights in Metropolitan New York measure approximately 32 linear feet, comprising administrative, restaurant, and housing records, each being inclusive of correspondence, minutes and notices, speeches, sound recordings, publications, mailing lists, and collected print items. Financial, legal, fundraising, and personnel records can be found under the Administrative series, while survey findings, summaries, research data, and methodology can be found under...
Dates:
Created: 1950-1966; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1972
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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
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
Lloyd Davis papers
Collection
Identifier: 114
Scope and Contents
The collection encompasses of 32.47 linear feet spanning over fifty years detailing Davis' work for equal rights in housing, minority employment and fair business practices, and urban renewal. The collection also documents the Roman Catholic Church's role in civil rights during the 1950s and 1960, as well as organizations working in human rights and intergroup relations. Davis carried out these efforts while employed by several organizations including the Catholic Interracial Council of...
Dates:
Created: 1939-2002; Other: Majority of material found in 1966-1990; Other: Date acquired: 01/04/1972
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
John Wesley Dobbs Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 122
Scope and Contents
The papers document the personal and professional lives of the John Wesley Dobbs family of Atlanta, Georgia. The key topics are civil rights, education, integration, race relations, and African American suffrage. The main strengths are the civil rights activities of the family as well as J.W. Dobb's tenure as Grand Master of Prince Hall Masonic Grand Lodge of Georgia. The collection encompasses 5.8 linear feet of correspondence, photographs, programs, sound recordings, speeches, and news...
Dates:
Created: 1873-2001; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1974
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Filtered By
- Subject: Community relations X
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Community relations 13
- Sound recordings 7
- Civil rights workers 3
- Moving images 3
- African American authors 2
- African American educators 2
- African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Politics and government 2
- African Americans -- Travel 2
- Black Arts movement 2
- Black theater 2
- Civil rights movements -- Southern States 2
- Community development 2
- Community theater 2
- Discrimination in housing 2
- Discrimination in housing -- Law and legislation -- Louisiana 2
- Photographs 2
- Police-community relations -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 2
- Race discrimination 2
- Race relations 2
- Race relations -- Southern States 2
- Voter registration 2
- Affirmative action programs 1
- African American actors 1
- African American artists 1
- African American businesspeople 1
- African American businesspeople -- Louisiana 1
- African American businesspeople -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 1
- African American families 1
- African American fraternal organizations 1
- African American freemasons 1
- African American journalism 1
- African American journalists 1
- African American poets 1
- African American poets -- 20th century 1
- African American singers -- opera 1
- African American teachers 1
- African American theater 1
- African American theater -- Louisiana 1
- African American theater -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 1
- African American universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Charlotte -- alumni and alumnae 1
- African American women 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 20th century 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- New York (State) 1
- African Americans -- Education 1
- African Americans -- Education -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African Americans -- Housing 1
- African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions -- 20th century 1
- African Americans -- New York (State) 1
- American literature 1
- American poetry -- African American authors 1
- Amistad (Schooner) 1
- Authors, African 1
- Black Panther Party -- History 1
- Black theater -- United States 1
- Bridges -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 1
- Cable television -- Access 1
- Campaign literature 1
- City planning -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 1
- Civic leaders -- United States 1
- Civil rights demonstrations 1
- Civil rights movements -- Louisiana 1
- Civil rights movements -- Mississippi 1
- Civil rights workers -- Southern States -- Interviews 1
- College yearbooks 1
- Community activists 1
- Consumer protection -- Law and legislation -- Louisiana 1
- Correspondence 1
- Desire Housing Project (New Orleans, La.) -- History 1
- Discrimination in accommodations 1
- Discrimination in housing -- Law and legislation -- United States 1
- Discrimination in restaurants 1
- Education 1
- Education -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Family history 1
- Freemasons 1
- Freemasons. Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Georgia 1
- Funeral homes 1
- Georgia Voters League 1
- Immigrants 1
- Intergroup relations 1
- Jazz 1
- Jazz funerals 1
- Journalism 1
- Liberty Monument (New Orleans, La.) 1
- Mardi Gras 1
- Mardi Gras Indians 1
- Minorities -- Education 1
- Minorities -- Employment 1
- Minorities in science 1
- Mississippi -- Race relations 1
- New Orleans (La.) -- Housing 1
- New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations 1
- New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century 1
- New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions 1
- New Orleans (La.) -- Social life and customs 1
- New York (N.Y.) 1
- New York (N.Y.) -- Race relations 1 ∧ less
- Names
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 5
- Free Southern Theater (1963-1978) 2
- Jack and Jill of America, Inc. 2
- Allen, James E. (James Egert) 1
- American Missionary Association 1
- Barnwell, Corinne F. 1
- Broussard, Jinx Coleman, Dr. 1
- Butts, June Dobbs, 1928-2019 1
- Cassimere, Raphael, Jr., Dr., 1942- 1
- Chisom, Ron 1
- Clement, Josephine (Josephine Dobbs Clement), 1918-1998 1
- Committee of Civil Rights in Metropolitan New York, Inc. 1
- Community Relations Council of Greater New Orleans 1
- Congress of Racial Equality 1
- Cook, Celestine Strode, 1924-1985 1
- Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.) 1
- Dantas, Luisa Guimaraes 1
- Davis, Lloyd, 1928-2007 1
- Dent, Tom (Thomas Covington), 1932-1998 1
- Dillard University 1
- Dobbs, Irene Thompson, 1885-1972 1
- Dobbs, John Wesley, 1882-1961 1
- Dobbs, Mattiwilda (Mattiwilda "Geekie" Dobbs Jazon), 1925-2015 1
- Dorothy Mae Taylor (Dorothy Mae Delavallade), 1928-2000 1
- Jackson, Irene (Irene "Renie" Dobbs Jackson), 1908-1999 1
- Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003 1
- Johnson C. Smith University 1
- Jordan, Millicent (Millicent Dobbs Jordan), 1911-1991 1
- Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity 1
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 1
- Links, Inc. New Orleans Chapter 1
- Marr, Carmel (Carmel Carrington), 1921-2015 1
- Marr, Warren Q., II, 1916-2010 1
- Marr-McGee Family 1
- Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993 1
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party 1
- Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Morial, Ernest N. (Ernest Nathan), 1929-1989 1
- National Conference of Black Mayors, Inc. 1
- New Orleans (La.). Police Department 1
- New York Human Rights Appeal Board 1
- Nugent, Grace Marr 1
- Orissa Arend 1
- O’Neal, John, 1940-2019 1
- Pendleton, Brent Taylor 1
- Soniat, Llewelyn J., 1926-2014 1
- Southern Black Cultural Alliance 1
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference 1
- Southern Regional Council 1
- Spelman College 1
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) 1
- Students for a Democratic Society 1
- United Nations 1
- United States Conference of Mayors 1
- Valteau, Paul R., Jr. 1
- Xavier Preparatory School 1
- Xavier University (New Orleans, La.) 1
- YMCA of Greater New York 1
- Young Men's Christian Association of the City of New York. Colored Men's Branch 1
- Young, Andrew, Jr. (Andrew Jackson), 1932- 1
- Zeta Phi Beta Sorority 1 ∧ less
∨ more
∨ more