Showing Collections: 1 - 10 of 39
Harold Egbert Allan papers
Collection
Identifier: 008
Scope and Contents
The papers of the noted Jamaican political leader, businessperson, and teacher Sir Harold Egbert Allan are comprised of items that document his political career and the family business, the Capitol Theatre. They include correspondence (letters, cards, and telegrams), biographical data and obituaries, speeches, clippings, photographs, programs, and scrapbooks. Letters, speeches and clippings related to Lady Edris Allan are also present.Correspondence is arranged chronologically...
Dates:
Created: 1923-1974; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1975
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
American Missionary Association archives
Collection
Identifier: 001
Scope and Contents
This collection is a valuable resource for the study of the abolitionist movement. It includes approximately 350,000 manuscript pieces. The mass of these was written during the period from 1839 to 1882, but several thousand are dated before and after that time. The manuscripts include some of the treasurers’ papers and minutes of Executive Committee meetings, as well as other items such as sermons, statistical reports, drawings, photographs, and essays; however, letters make up the large...
Dates:
Created: 1828-1969; Other: Majority of material found in 1839-1882; Other: Date acquired: 08/22/1968
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
American Missionary photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: 018
Content Description
The collection contains photographs that were gathered for use in the monthly magazine American Missionary, published by the American Missionary Association. Photographers include W. Knighton Bloom, Laura Kincheloe, and Frank Moore. These photographs document various ethnic groups and communities, both urban and rural in various sections of the United States. Also included are numerous photographs related to Ellis Island in the 1920s.Photographs taken and collected by W. Knighton...
Dates:
Other: 1922-1934
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Richmond Barthe papers
Collection
Identifier: 034
Scope and Contents
The papers of Richmond Barthe, Harlem Renaissance sculptor, consist of correspondence, contact books, programs, brochures, news and magazine clippings, notes, lists, financial information, poetry, letters, passports, publications, resumes, advertisements, and photographs. The papers have been arranged in three general groups of correspondence, other materials, and photographs. The correspondence has been arranged into nine divisions alphabetically according to topic and...
Dates:
Created: 1901-1989; Other: Date acquired: 12/01/1987
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Arthur Berry papers
Collection
Identifier: 551
Scope and Contents
The papers document the personal and professional life of Arthur Berry, artist and educator. Included is correspondence, an essay on Aaron Douglas by Arthur Berry, his curriculum vitae, photographs of Berry and his artwork, and newspaper articles regarding his career. Notable correspondents include artists John T. Scott and John Rhoden. Materials reflect professional relationships at Fisk University, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Florida A&M University, Alabama...
Dates:
Created: 1957-1993; Other: Date acquired: 01/27/1998
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Anne Wiggins Brown papers
Collection — Container: 14 items
Identifier: 057
Scope and Contents
The papers of Anne Wiggins Brown document her career as a singer, producer and stage director which spanned five decades. Brown was the original "Bess" in George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. The papers include personal and professional correspondence, photographs, financial records, musical scores, playbills, posters and other collected publications. A large majority of the collection is newspaper clippings. The correspondence dates from 1935 until 1998. The earliest correspondence...
Dates:
Created: 1935-2002; Other: Date acquired: 11/01/1991
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Catholic Council on Human Relations records
Collection
Identifier: 077
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a variety of materials regarding the Catholic Council on Human Relations (CCHR) and their work to desegregate New Orleans parochial schools. The collection includes correspondence by and to C. Ellic Henican, Charles Plauche, Henry Bezou, and Henry Cabirac. The collection includes the organization's foundational documents, collected publications, and financial materials. Much of the collection consists of correspondence between CCHR staff and directors,...
Dates:
Created: 1955-1969; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1972
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
James A. Cobbs collection
Collection
Identifier: 771
Content Description
This collection consists mainly of photographs related to the live of judge and law professor James A. Cobb. The earliest, though undated, photographs appear to be of faculty at a university, perhaps that of Howard University in Washington, D.C. Included is a mounted photograph of a group of men posed in front of a building, a mounted photograph of a group of women before the same building, and one of the two groups dining together outside. Two photographs of Judge Cobb include a portrait in...
Dates:
Other: 1923-1957
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
John Daniel Cotman Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: 604
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of his Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook from 1939, publications on various studies he conducted in the field of chemistry, photographs, and family genealogical data.
Dates:
Created: 1939-2002; Other: Majority of material found in 1954-1979; Other: Date acquired: 05/09/2002
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Countée Cullen papers
Collection — Container: Drawing of Cullen
Identifier: 111
Scope and Contents
The papers of poet and playwright Countee Cullen document his personal and professional lives, as well as his relations with leading writers and artists of the Harlem Renaissance era. Among the papers, which measure 11.9 linear feet, are correspondence; accounts, records, documents, legal papers, and certificates; a fragmentary diary (1928); teaching plan books and other teaching records; writings, including, articles, a book review, letters to editors, juvenile novels, plays, poems, a...
Dates:
Created: 1900-1947; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1970
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Filtered By
- Subject: Photographs X
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Photographs 38
- Correspondence 16
- Sound recordings 14
- Scrapbooks 12
- News Clippings 10
- Publications 9
- Moving images 8
- Certificates 6
- Awards 5
- Programs 5
- Race relations 5
- Education 4
- Ephemera 4
- Reports 4
- Speeches 4
- Family history 3
- Sermons 3
- Voter registration 3
- Account books 2
- African American artists 2
- African American educators 2
- African American lawyers 2
- African American physicians 2
- African American singers 2
- Annual reports 2
- Civil rights demonstrations 2
- Civil rights movements 2
- Civil rights workers 2
- Community relations 2
- Harlem Renaissance, 1920-1940 2
- Letters 2
- Mardi Gras Indians 2
- Minutes 2
- Photograph Album 2
- Photographers 2
- Race relations -- United States 2
- Racism -- United States 2
- Valena C. Jones School (New Orleans, La.) 2
- Yearbooks 2
- AIDS activists -- United States 1
- Abolitionists -- United States 1
- Africa -- Politics and government 1
- Africa -- Race relations 1
- African American actors -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 1
- African American athletes -- History -- 20th century 1
- African American clergy 1
- African American composers 1
- African American dramatists 1
- African American families 1
- African American families -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- 19th century 1
- African American freemasons 1
- African American gays 1
- African American history 1
- African American journalism 1
- African American journalists 1
- African American musicians 1
- African American newspapers -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 1
- African American photographers -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 1
- African American poets -- Archives 1
- African American press 1
- African American scientists 1
- African American singers -- opera 1
- African American theater 1
- African American theater -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 1
- African American universities and colleges -- Faculty -- History -- 20th century 1
- African American women 1
- African American--Interviews 1
- African Americans -- Caricatures and cartoons 1
- African Americans -- Civil rights 1
- African Americans -- Education 1
- African Americans -- Education -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African Americans -- Funeral customs and rites 1
- African Americans -- History -- 19th century 1
- African Americans -- Hospitals -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 1
- African Americans -- Louisiana 1
- African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 1
- African Americans -- Norway 1
- African Americans -- Travel 1
- African Americans in medicine -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 1
- African-American studies 1
- Americans -- Foreign countries 1
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Apartheid -- South Africa -- Periodicals 1
- Art 1
- Artists 1
- Baritones (Singers) -- United States 1
- Baseball 1
- Baseball -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History 1
- Beauty culture 1
- Benevolent societies 1
- Carnival -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 1
- Catholic schools -- School desegregation 1
- Civil rights demonstrations -- United States 1
- Clothing and dress 1
- College yearbooks 1
- Community development 1
- Congregational churches 1
- Congregational churches -- Clergy 1
- Creoles -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Politics and government 1
- Cullen, Countée, 1903-1946 -- Archives 1 ∧ less
- Names
- American Missionary Association 4
- Dillard University 3
- Straight College (New Orleans, La.) 3
- Congregational Christian Churches 2
- Dent, Tom (Thomas Covington), 1932-1998 2
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 2
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 2
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 2
- New Orleans Public Schools 2
- United Church of Christ 2
- Allan, Edris (Lady Edris) 1
- Allan, Harold Egbert, Sir (1894-1953) 1
- Amistad Committee 1
- Barrington, David H., 1890- 1
- Barthé, Richmond, 1901-1989 1
- Bennett, Gwendolyn, 1902-1981 1
- Berry, Arthur R., 1923- 1
- Bishop Music Club 1
- Bloom, W. Knighton 1
- Bond, Julian, 1940-2015 1
- Bontemps, Arna (Arna Wendell), 1902-1973 1
- Brown, Anne Wiggins (1912-2009) 1
- Butts, June Dobbs, 1928-2019 1
- Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968 1
- Cain, Elise (Elise Dunn) 1
- Catholic Council on Human Relations 1
- Chicago Theological Seminary 1
- Christian Fellowship Congregational Church, United Church of Christ (San Diego, Ca.) 1
- Clement, Josephine (Josephine Dobbs Clement), 1918-1998 1
- Cobb, James A. (James Adlai), 1876-1958 1
- Community Renewal Society (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Congregational Church of Chrisitian Fellowship (Los Angeles, Ca.) 1
- Congregational Church of Park Manor, United Church of Christ (Chicago, Ill) 1
- Congregational Education Society 1
- Congress of Racial Equality 1
- Convention of the South (U.C.C.) 1
- Cotman, John Daniel, Jr. 1
- Cullen, Charles, 1889 1
- Cullen, Countée, 1903-1946 1
- Cullen, Frederick Asbury, 1868-1946 1
- Cullen, Ida Mae Roberson 1
- De Mille, Arnold, 1908-1996 1
- Dent, Albert W., Dr. (Albert Walter), 1904-1984 1
- Dent, Jessie Covington (Ernestine Jessie), 1904-2001 1
- Dobbs, Irene Thompson, 1885-1972 1
- Dobbs, John Wesley, 1882-1961 1
- Dobbs, Mattiwilda (Mattiwilda "Geekie" Dobbs Jazon), 1925-2015 1
- Dodson, Owen, 1914-1983 1
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 1
- Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 1
- Dunn, Henderson H. (Henderson Hollowell Dunn), 1872-1955 1
- Dunn, Lillian (Lillian Burdette Landry), 1888- 1
- Dunn-Landry Family 1
- Fauset, Jessie Redmon 1
- Flint-Goodridge Hospital (New Orleans, La.) 1
- Frederick, Rivers, 1874-1956 1
- Free Southern Theater (1963-1978) 1
- Freedom Farms Corporation (Sunflower County, Miss.) 1
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 1
- Gentilly Dirt Dobblers 1
- Gershwin, George, 1898-1937 1
- Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983 1
- Gilbert Academy 1
- Ginens, Ida Nance 1
- Greenway, Cornelius 1
- Hamer, Fannie Lou 1
- Hardin, Joseph A. (Joseph Arthur), 1875-1954 1
- Hargett, James H., Dr. (James Hester), 1930-2018 1
- Harvard University 1
- Heslip-Ruffin Family 1
- Himes, Joseph S. (Joseph Sandy), 1908-1991 1
- Hutton, Lucile (Lucile Levy), 1897-1998 1
- Jackman, Harold, 1901-1961 1
- Jackson, Alexander L., II 1
- Jackson, Irene (Irene "Renie" Dobbs Jackson), 1908-1999 1
- Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003 1
- Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, 1893-1956 1
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938 1
- Jordan, Millicent (Millicent Dobbs Jordan), 1911-1991 1
- Kincheloe, Laura 1
- Landry, Pierre, 1841-1921 1
- Livingston Avenue United Church of Christ (New Brunswick, N.J.) 1
- Locke, Alain LeRoy, 1886-1954 1
- Louisiana Iris Garden Society 1
- Louisiana Weekly Publishing Company, Inc. 1
- Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993 1
- Matheus, John Frederick, 1887-1983 1
- McKay, Claude, 1890-1948 1
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party 1
- Mississippi Loyalist Democratic Party 1
- Mobile Chemical Corporation 1
- Monsanto Chemical Corporation 1
- Montana, Allison Marcel, 1922-2005 1
- Moore, Frank 1
- Moore, Ronnie Malcolm, Ronnie (Ronnie Malcolm), 1940- 1
- Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Moses, Gilbert, 1942-1995 1
- Musser, Benjamin Francis, 1889-1951 1
- New Orleans Old Timers Baseball Club 1 ∧ less
∨ more
∨ more