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American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana records
Collection
Identifier: 436
Content Description
These records document a range of activities including legal cases and ongoing functions of the Louisiana branch of the American Civil Liberties Union. Cases range across the state’s parishes and include a variety of issues involving prison conditions in parish facilities, as well as at Angola, the state’s maximum security prison, including death row conditions, Native American religious issues, and gender discrimination. Cases also involve Creationism, abortion, AIDS discrimination, police...
Dates:
Other: 1970-1985
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
John Allen Buggs Papers
Collection
Identifier: 061
Scope and Contents
The papers of John Allen Buggs document his career as an educator and school administrator. The collections consists of 4,000 items or 3.2 linear feet. There are 2,560 pieces of correspondence, 46 multi-page reports, 240 general single-page reports, 25 essays, and approximately 1,000 general items such as financial reports, bulletins, pamphlets, invitations, announcements, photographs, newspaper clippings, contracts, lists, press releases, and biographical sheets.The papers...
Dates:
Created: 1939-1964; Other: Date acquired: 12/01/1973
Found in:
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Marguerite Cartwright papers
Collection
Identifier: 72
Content Description
The papers of actress, journalist and educator Dr. Marguerite Cartwright chronicle her personal life, career and academic endeavors. The collection encompasses 165.59 linear feet and provides an in-depth look at African Americans and world affairs, contemporary issues facing the United States in the mid-twentieth century, the anti-colonialism movement following World War II, and the United Nations through her work as an accredited UN correspondent for the Pittsburgh Courier. She was...
Dates:
1912-1984
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
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
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Carolyn M. Dejoie papers
Collection
Identifier: 115
Content Description
The Carolyn M. Dejoie papers document her career in academia as a faculty member at University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Health and Human Issues Department. The papers consist of documentation compiled and generated in relation to the gender and racial discrimination case of Carolyn DeJoie against the University of Wisconsin. Dejoie filed a "Charge of Discrimination" with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in May 1972. After the...
Dates:
Other: 1891-2005
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
Barbara Edmonson collection
Collection
Identifier: 2531
Content Description
The Barbara Edmonson collection consists of transcripts, as well as background information in typescript form describing the harassment the Edmonson family received from their New Orleans neighbors for hosting an interracial birthday party for their daughters in 1962. The documents within the collection contain a first-hand account of in person and telephone harassment based on racism endured by a white family in New Orleans for allowing their daughters to invite three African American...
Dates:
1961
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Frank S. Horne papers
Collection
Identifier: 189
Scope and Contents
The papers of Frank Smith Horne measure approximately 22 linear feet and consist of 30,000 items dated between 1927 and 1974. Over half of the papers of the collection is personal and business correspondence. The other half consists of financial records, lists, minutes, legal documents, writings, press releases, reports, general items, newspaper clippings, and various collected publications. The papers have been arranged topically and chronologically.
Dates:
Created: 1927-1974; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1975
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Homer C. McEwen papers
Collection
Identifier: 238
Scope and Contents
The Homer Clyde McEwen papers encompass 15 linear feet of material extensively covering the subject areas of civil rights in the South and ministerial work particularly in relation to school segregation; the discrepancies of funding allocation for African American education; voting rights in Georgia; local organizational history; and the history of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Atlanta, Georgia. The collection is arranged into seven groups of materials that are extensively...
Dates:
Created: 1930-1985; Other: Majority of material found in 1937-1979; Other: Date acquired: 06/07/1987
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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