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Inez Adams papers

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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...
Dates: Created: 1914-1966; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1968

Iris Ewing Babcock collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008
Content Description

Includes collected clippings and ephemera, which includes articles on African American musicians, school desegregation, and other topics. Of note is a broadside authored by Gerald L. K. Smith of the Share-Our-Wealth Society in tribute to the ideals of Huey Long after his assassination with the heading "The Spirit and Purpose of Huey Long Shall Never Die."

Dates: Other: 1934-1958

Liva Baker collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2389
Scope and Contents This collection contains a cassette audiotape and transcription of a talk given by Liva Baker at the Amistad Research Center on October 22, 1996. The topic of Baker's talk was the recent publication of her book The Second Battle of New Orleans: The Hundred-Year Struggle to Integrate the Schools. Particular focus was given to individuals who played a role in the book: Rosa Freeman Keller, A.P. Tureaud, J. Skelly Wright, Daniel Ellis Byrd, John P. Nelson and...
Dates: Created: 1996; Other: Date acquired: 10/26/1996

Melinda Bartley papers

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Identifier: 655
Content Description Dr. Melinda Bartley, an educator and administrator, served as Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs at Southern University New Orleans from 1991 to 1996. She was vice president of the Urban League of Greater New Orleans, president of the New Orleans Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, coordinator of the Adolescent Pregnancy Childwatch Project, vice president of the Dryades YMCA, member of Greater Liberty Baptist Church, and board member of the Morgan City-based Kuji Center. Her...
Dates: Other: 1955-2002

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

Daniel Ellis Byrd papers

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Identifier: 068
Scope and Contents The papers of attorney and civil rights activist Daniel Ellis Byrd include correspondence, reports, speeches, biographical data, minutes, financial records, resolutions, agendas, lists, and collected items. Many of the documents chronicle Daniel Byrd's involvement in activities related to his employment as an NAACP field secretary for forty years and as assistant director of the Department of Teacher Information and Security of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. Subjects treated in...
Dates: Created: 1940-1984; Other: Majority of material found in 1947-1977; Other: Date acquired: 11/01/1977

Catholic Council on Human Relations records

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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

Community Relations Council of Greater New Orleans records

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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

Celestine Strode Cook papers

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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

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

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Office of Field Director of Louisiana 1
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