African American athletes
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Ruth Morand Baham collection
Collection — Seventh War Loan Poster
Identifier: 530
Scope and Contents
The Ruth Morand Baham collection contains news clippings, magazine articles, ephemera, collected writings, and books related to African American history with an emphasis on New Orleans and the city's first African American mayor, Ernest "Dutch" Morial and the Morial family. The collection also emphasizes Marcus Christian, J.A. Rogers, Leontyne Bryant Gumbel, Martin Luther King Jr, and others. Subjects covered in the newspaper clippings include African Americans in arts and...
Dates:
Created: 1941-1998; Other: Majority of material found in 1968-1994; Other: Date acquired: 04/10/1997
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Ruth Morand Baham collection
H. F. V. (Harry Francis Vincent) Edward papers
Collection
Identifier: 142
Scope and Contents
The papers of H. F. V. (Harry Francis Vincent) Edward consist of approximately 400 items of correspondence; 31 articles that Edward penned over a 30-year period; 14 programs from sports events, social occasions, and educational exercises; 30 pamphlets regarding Edward's work from 1916-1973; 50 photographs from Edward's internment in a German prison camp, his early sports career in England and on the continent; his work in Greece, Germany, Vietnam, and California; of note is a photograph of...
Dates:
Created: 1912-1974; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1975
Joseph and Mary Louise Ford papers
Collection
Identifier: 155
Content Description
Joseph James Horace and Mary Louise Coleman Ford gained recognition in badminton as a husband and wife team. Joseph was coach and Mary Louise won city, state, and national championships as a singles player and team member for the Wabash Avenue branch of the Young Men's Christian Association in Chicago. Joseph was a native of Texas and a graduate of George Williams College in Chicago with a B.S. degree in physcial education. He had attended Straight University in New Orleans before entering...
Dates:
Other: 1938-1973