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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

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

Raphael Cassimere Jr., papers

 Collection
Identifier: 712
Content Description The bulk of the collection consists of Cassimere’s records of the activities of the New Orleans Branch of the NAACP and the NAACP Louisiana State Conference of Branches and Youth Councils; convention materials for the annual meeting of the NAACP; local committees and boards including, the Vieux Carré Commission in New Orleans, the Louisiana Black Culture Commission, and the Citizen’s Committee for Equality and Excellence in Louisiana’s Universities. The materials are administrative in...
Dates: Other: 1935-2008

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

Dent Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 116
Scope and Contents The Dent Family papers are comprised of the personal, professional and collected papers of Albert Walter Dent (1904-1984) and Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent (1904-2001), as well as a small amount of material related to their son, Tom Dent (1932-1996) and other family members. The collection has six series of files, three of which deal specifically with Albert W. Dent while the remainder deals with Jessie C. Dent and members of the Covington-Dent family. The correspondence (1908-1985)...
Dates: Created: 1897-1985; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1976

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

Dillard University Alumni Association records

 Collection
Identifier: 120
Content Description

The Dillard University Alumni Association records  consist of four bound volumes, including three minute books, dated 1951-1963, and one receipt book, dated 1965-1967. Unbound items include correspondence, receipts, tickets, and rosters. Names documented within the collection include Albert W. Dent, Emily Davis Bickham, Rosemary St. Cyr Smith, Ruth A. Steele, and Jessie B. Vickman.

Dates: Other: 1951-1967

Downtown Neighborhood Improvement Association (DNIA) Education Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: 2495
Content Description The Downtown Neighborhood Improvement Association serves the historic downtown area of New Orleans bounded by Orleans Avenue and St. Bernard Avenue, North Rampart Street and North Broad Street, as well as the triangle above North Broad between Gentilly Avenue and St. Bernard Avenue, which includes the 6th and 7th Wards, Treme, and Greater Treme.The records of the Downtown Neighborhood Improvement Association’s Education Committee consist of meeting minutes and collected items...
Dates: Other: 2006-2010

Dryades Street Young Men's Christian Association (New Orleans, La.) records

 Collection
Identifier: 133
Content Description Records of the Dryades Street YMCA include administrative records of the School of Commerce and programs conducted by the organization, such as Outreach, Neighborhood Youth Corps Out-of-School project, Competitive Physical Education, and youth clubs and activities. Record types include correspondence, teacher roll books, other reporting forms, student files, applications, grant proposals, programs, financial records, and clippings. Names in the records include director William H. Mitchell...
Dates: Other: 1942-1990

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Hatfield, Charles J., Jr. (Charles Joseph) 1
Jack and Jill of America, Inc. 1
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Lewis, John G., Jr. (John Gideon), 1904-1979 1
Longe, George, Jr., 1898-1985 1
Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.) 1
M.W. Prince Hall Grand Lodge, F. & A.M. for the State of Louisiana 1
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