Showing Collections: 831 - 840 of 869
Christopher Porche West papers
Collection — Container: 1 U-Matic
Identifier: 386
Scope and Contents
The papers of California native and New Orleans-based photographer Christopher Porche West contain photographs, printed ephemera, correspondence, news clippings and other collected items that document West's interest in the history and culture of New Orleans' African American and Creole communities. The strengths of the West papers are the numerous prints of photographs taken by West, as well as the collection of materials formed by him as part of his research on the history and...
Dates:
Created: 1880-1995; Other: Majority of material found in 1954-1983; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1981
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
WGBH Radio New Orleans Jazz Modules collection
Collection
Identifier: 2062
Content Description
The WGBH Radio New Orleans Jazz Modules collection includes a series of nine audio histories of New Orleans jazz musicians and jazz scholars, each under ten minutes in length. Topics and/or artists include: Ellis Marsalis on teaching jazz; Jason Berry on jazz funerals; Roger Lewis; Ed Blackwell; Danny Barker; Edward "Kidd" Jordan; Blue Lou Barker; and African retention in New Orleans culture. Accompanying the audiocassette is a memorandum with a brief description of the content of each audio...
Dates:
Other: 1991
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Where They At collection
Collection
Identifier: 754
Scope and Contents
The Where They At project was begun in 2008 by photographer Aubrey Edwards and journalist Alison Fensterstock, with the assistance of a grant from the Greater New Orleans Foundation. It collected over 50 photographic portraits and audio interviews with New Orleans rappers, DJs, producers, photographers, label owners, promoters, record store personnel, journalists and other parties involved in the New Orleans hip-hop and bounce scene from the late 1980s through Hurricane Katrina, as well as...
Dates:
Created: 2008-2010; Other: Date acquired: 08/01/2013
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Where They At collection addendum
Collection
Identifier: 754-1
Content Description
This addendum to the Where They At collection contains 66 photographs produced by Aubrey Edwards for the Where They At project, circa 2008-2010. The photographs include portraits of rappers, DJs, music producers, and label and record store owners from the New Orleans bounce and hip-hop music scene. Also included are family members of bounce artists and notable clubs and venues, as well as public housing projects in New Orleans and scenes from bounce/hip-hop performances. These photographs...
Dates:
Other: 2008-2010
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
George Whipple collection
Collection
Identifier: 387
Content Description
The George Whipple collection contains correspondence of George Whipple, secretary of the American Missionary Association, that was collected by George C. Whipple III. The collection is comprised of photocopies of letters from various institutions.
Dates:
Other: 1839-1875
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Helen R. White collection
Collection
Identifier: 2245
Content Description
The Helen R. White collection is comprised of theater playbills, clippings, concert programs and related ephemera pertaining to performing arts in Chicago. Included are programs for a production of Black Nativity by Langston Hughes; a concert by Leontyne Price; a concert by Pearl Bailey; a production of Martin Duberman's In White America; and a performance by The Singing Whites, comprised of soprano Helen R. White and Lewis V. White. Also included is a program for the 1968 debutante ball of...
Dates:
Other: 1944-1989
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Henry B. White papers
Collection
Identifier: 388
Content Description
Henry B. White was a union leader, who served as president of Local 801 in Memphis, Tennessee. His papers include correspondence, memos, resolutions, speeches, programs and other printed items regarding his labor work. Also present are weekly reports of the AFL-CIO and items generated by the U.S. Transport Service Employees, and the Tennessee State Labor Council's COPE (Code of Ethical Practices) Program. Names in the collection include George Weaver and Willard Townsend.
Dates:
Other: 1942-1966
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Alan Wieder collection
Collection
Identifier: 685
Scope and Contents
Collection contains newspaper clippings (November 1960-January 1979) formerly housed in three scrapbooks documentating the desegregation of William Frantz and McDonogh 19 elementary schools in New Orleans by Ruby Bridges (Frantz) and Leona Tate, Tessie Prevost, and Gail Ettiene (McDonogh). Other materials include correspondence; office records of John A. Stewart, principal of McDonogh 19 when it was integrated; hand script notes by Betty Wisdom containing her reflections on the desegregation...
Dates:
Created: 1960-1984; Other: Majority of material found in 1960-1961; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2009
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Bert A. Williams collection
Collection
Identifier: 483
Content Description
The Bert A. Williams collection contains material and memorabilia collected by Thelma J. Goode of Mobile, Alabama, on early African American entertainer Bert A. Williams. Included are two photographs of Williams, newspaper and magazine clippings about Williams, a typescript list of compositions by Williams, as well as the cover of sheet music for the song "Oh! I Don't Know, You're Not So Warm!" with a picture of Williams. Both photographs are undated, but likely taken in the 1910s; one is...
Dates:
Other: 1910s-1971
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Camilla Williams papers
Collection
Identifier: 389
Scope and Contents
The papers document the career of Camilla Williams, acclaimed operatic singer and concert artist, in the United States and abroad. The papers encompass 1.2 linear feet, which includes 0.2 linear feet of correspondence (letter, post cards, greeting cards, telegrams) and 1.0 linear foot of non-correspondence, including press releases, publicity notices, notes, foreign itineraries, invitations and collected materials about Williams' travels and about other people. The bulk of the papers date...
Dates:
Created: 1944-1975; Other: Date acquired: 12/01/1975
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Sound recordings 121
- Moving images 68
- Photographs 38
- African American educators 37
- Correspondence 37
- African American musicians 29
- African American artists 25
- African Americans -- Civil rights 23
- African American authors 21
- African American clergy 21
- Race relations 21
- Scrapbooks 19
- African American women 18
- African American women educators 18
- Congregational churches 18
- African American artists -- 20th century 17
- African American businesspeople 17
- African Americans -- Education 17
- Publications 17
- Community development 15
- African American physicians 14
- News Clippings 14
- Civil rights workers 13
- Community relations 13
- Congregational churches -- Clergy 13
- Discrimination in housing 13
- Family history -- African Americans 13
- Artists 12
- Desegregation 12
- Race discrimination 12
- Religion 12
- Voter registration 12
- American literature -- African American authors 11
- Civil rights movements 11
- Clergy 11
- Ephemera 11
- School integration -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 11
- Speeches 11
- African American history 10
- African American singers -- opera 10
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 10
- African Americans -- Education -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 10
- Civil rights demonstrations 10
- Historically black colleges and universities 10
- Minorities -- Employment 10
- American poetry -- African American authors 9
- Black Arts movement 9
- Civil Rights Movement 9
- Education 9
- Minorities -- Education 9
- Race relations -- Louisiana 9
- Reports 9
- African American art -- 20th century 8
- African American lawyers 8
- African American singers 8
- African American teachers 8
- African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 8
- African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Politics and government 8
- Congregationalists 8
- Education -- Louisiana 8
- Mardi Gras Indians 8
- Race relations -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 8
- Sermons 8
- Affirmative action programs 7
- African American composers 7
- African American journalists 7
- African American theater 7
- Certificates 7
- Community activists 7
- Family history 7
- Harlem Renaissance, 1920-1940 7
- Louisiana -- History 7
- Minutes 7
- Mississippi -- Race relations 7
- Race discrimination -- United States 7
- Segregation in education 7
- Studies in African American history and culture 7
- Africa -- Economic conditions 6
- Africa -- Politics and government 6
- African American children -- Education 6
- African American politicians 6
- African American social workers 6
- African Americans -- Education -- Louisiana 6
- Authors 6
- Awards 6
- Civil rights movements -- Louisiana 6
- Civil rights movements -- Southern States 6
- College teachers 6
- Education -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 6
- Jazz musicians 6
- Minorities -- Housing 6
- Musicians -- Louisiana -- New Orleans 6
- New Orleans (La.) -- History 6
- New Orleans (La.) -- Politics and government 6
- New Orleans (La.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century 6
- Race relations -- United States 6
- School integration 6
- Social aid and pleasure clubs 6
- Sociology 6
- Africa -- Race relations 5 ∧ less
- Language
- English 866
- French 3
- English, Old (ca.450-1100) 1
- Names
- American Missionary Association 25
- Dillard University 22
- United Church of Christ 21
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 19
- United Church Board for Homeland Ministries (1962-2000) 11
- Johnson, Clifton H. (Clifton Herman), 1921-2008 9
- Dent, Tom (Thomas Covington), 1932-1998 8
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 8
- Morial, Ernest N. (Ernest Nathan), 1929-1989 8
- New Orleans Public Schools 8
- Operation Crossroads Africa 8
- Straight College (New Orleans, La.) 8
- Congregational Christian Churches 7
- Congress of Racial Equality 7
- LeMoyne-Owen College 7
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference 7
- Deacons for Defense and Justice 6
- Fisk University 6
- Free Southern Theater (1963-1978) 6
- Ku Klux Klan (1915-) 6
- Talladega College 6
- Tureaud, A. P. (Alexander Pierre) 6
- American Committee on Africa 5
- Flint-Goodridge Hospital (New Orleans, La.) 5
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 5
- Louisiana Education Association 5
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party 5
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) 5
- Tougaloo College 5
- Tuskegee Institute 5
- United Nations 5
- Africa Fund (New York, N.Y.) 4
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 4
- American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 4
- American Home Missionary Society 4
- Ballard Normal School (Macon, Ga.) 4
- Beecher Memorial United Church of Christ 4
- Central Congregational Church (New Orleans, La) 4
- Dent, Jessie Covington (Ernestine Jessie), 1904-2001 4
- Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963 4
- Freemasons. Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Louisiana 4
- Harvey, Clarie Collins, 1916-1995 4
- Horne, Frank S. (Frank Smith), 1899-1974 4
- Houser, George M. 4
- Jack and Jill of America, Inc. 4
- Links, Inc. 4
- Morial, Marc H., Marc H. (Marc Haydel), 1958- 4
- National Urban League 4
- Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 4
- Square, Brenda B. 4
- Woodruff, Hale (Hale Aspacio), 1900-1980 4
- Adams, Lydia Sindos 3
- Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity 3
- Atlanta University 3
- Avery Normal Institute 3
- Barthé, Richmond, 1901-1989 3
- Board of Home Missions of the United Church of Christ 3
- Brice, Carol, 1916-1985 3
- Cassimere, Raphael, Jr., Dr., 1942- 3
- Catlett, Elizabeth, 1915-2012 3
- Chase, Leah, 1923-2019 3
- Congregational Education Society 3
- Convention of the South (U.C.C.) 3
- Cullen, Countée, 1903-1946 3
- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority 3
- Dent, Albert W., Dr. (Albert Walter), 1904-1984 3
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 3
- Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958 3
- Hart, Willie Lee 3
- Himes, Chester B. (Chester Bomar), 1909-1984 3
- Home Boards of the Congregational Churches 3
- Howard University 3
- Huston-Tillotson College 3
- Marsalis, Ellis, Jr. (Ellis Louis), 1934-2020 3
- National Association of Human Rights Workers 3
- Omega Psi Phi Fraternity 3
- O’Neal, John, 1940-2019 3
- Perry, Lillian Dunn, 1914-2002 3
- Pincus, Edward, 1938-2013 3
- Pitts, Raymond J. (Raymond Jackson), 1911-2004 3
- Robinson, James H. (James Herman), 1907-1972 3
- Save Our Schools 3
- Tilley, John Lee, 1898-1971 3
- Urban League of Greater New Orleans 3
- Warfield, William, 1920-2002 3
- Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 3
- Alexander, Raymond Pace, 1898-1974 2
- American Colonization Society 2
- Auxiliary to the National Medical Association (U.S.) 2
- B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League 2
- Barthelemy, Sidney 2
- Battiste, Harold R. Jr. (Harold Raymond), 1931-2015 2
- Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks 2
- Bennett College (Greensboro, N.C.) 2
- Bennett, Gwendolyn, 1902-1981 2
- Berry, Arthur R., 1923- 2
- Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955 2
- Bharucha-Reid, Albert Turner, 1927-1985 2
- Bond, Julian, 1940-2015 2
- Bontemps, Arna (Arna Wendell), 1902-1973 2 ∧ less
∨ more
∨ more