African Americans -- Education
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Robert Elijah Jones papers
Collection
Identifier: 205
Scope and Contents
The Robert Elijah Jones papers document the career of Jones, an African American Methodist Episcopal clergyman, who committed his life to religion, racial equality, education, and community development through his work as the editor of the Southwestern Christian Advocate, a general superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the South, and the founder of Gulfside Assembly in Waveland, Mississippi. The papers encompass 4.05 linear feet of...
Dates:
Created: 1872-1965; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1976
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Robert Elijah Jones papers
Elsie M. Lewis papers
Collection
Identifier: 218
Acknowledgement
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services award MH-245560-OMS-20. Content Description The papers primarily document the career of Elsie Mae Lewis, and significantly highlight the contributions of an African American educator, consultant, scholar and writer in the United States. The collection is extremely rich on the subjects of Black history, education and the documentation of Lewis’ career, with...
Dates:
Other: 1829-1979, undated
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Elsie M. Lewis papers
Robert N. and Lillian Dunn Perry papers
Collection
Identifier: 295
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the Robert N. and Lillian Perry papers consist of three years of personal correspondence from Mr. Perry to Lillian, prior to and early in their marriage. The remainder of the collection consists of professional papers, collected items, news clippings, and sheet music. Topics of interest are the histories of Central Congregational United Church of Christ, the Valena C. Jones Normal and Practical School, African American education, the Louisiana Education Association, civil...
Dates:
Created: 1918-1994; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1983
Raymond J. Pitts papers
Collection
Identifier: 301
Scope and Contents
The papers of Raymond J. Pitts follow Pitts' career as a mathematics educator, dean, and administrator. Correspondence, questionnaires, evaluations, reports, and overhead transparencies related to modern mathematics are included from his time as a mathematics instructor, with the majority of the materials related to Pitt’s work as a school administrator. This includes his roles as director of a mathematics project for the Santa Barbara County Schools Education Service Center, Director of the...
Dates:
Created: 1956-1972; Other: Majority of material found in 1956-1972; Other: Date acquired: 08/18/2011
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Raymond J. Pitts papers
Robert G. Sherer collection
Collection
Identifier: 735
Scope and Contents
The Robert G. Sherer collection consists of 26 black and white photographs taken by Sherer during the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, as well as a booklet, texts of speeches, biographical sketches of individuals participating in the march, lists of sponsors, a program schedule, a map, and press releases. Texts of speeches include those delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; John Lewis, Chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee; Whitney M. Young Jr.,...
Dates:
Created: 1899-1982; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2002
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Robert G. Sherer collection
Howard E. Spragg papers
Collection
Identifier: 348
Content Description
Dr. Howard E. Spragg was a United Church of Christ clergyman who served as Treasurer (1959-1969) and Executive Vice President (1969-1983)of the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries. The items include a cover letter (1988) accompanying a copy of a 1940 statement on the Selective Training and Service Act, a letter concerning his enrollment in Union Theological Seminary (1941) and remarks made by Spragg before an annual meeting of Eastman Kodak Company Shareholders (1967)....
Dates:
Other: 1940-1988
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Howard E. Spragg papers
Preston and Bonita Valien Papers
Collection
Identifier: 371
Scope and Contents
The Preston and Bonita Valien papers are a rich source of documentation generated during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, and extremely strong in documenting their ground breaking sociology research in the areas of African American higher education, housing segregation, public school and public transportation integration, population migration from the south to the north, race relations, as well as women’s health related to birth control and infant mortality. The...
Dates:
Created: 1932-1996; Other: Majority of material found in 1940-1960; Other: Date acquired: 04/01/1969