Education -- Louisiana -- New Orleans

Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of a single letter from Nicholas Bauer, Superintendent of Orleans Parish School Board, to "James E. Weathers and Petitioners" dated 6 August 1930. The letter reads: "Dear Sirs: The Orleans Parish School Board has considered your petition to establish a colored evening high school or in lieu of that, a continuation of the eight grade opportunities in night school work and has decided that at this time, because of financial reasons, it can not [...

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One photograph of the 1925 fourth and fifth grades of Daniel Hand Elementary School of Straight College in New Orleans, Louisiana. Teachers Edna Pullen Brown and Anna Spottswood are included in the photograph.

Scope and Contents The papers of educator, civic leader, and Masonic official George Longe reflect his career in the area of education and his involvement as a member and Supreme Grand Commander of the Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of Louisiana (AASRFML). The papers contain correspondence, news clippings, invitations, programs, photographs, financial records, speeches, and other printed items. Materials maintained by Longe document his position as principal at various...

Scope and Contents This collection contains records pertaining to the Martinez Kindergarten School in New Orleans' 7th ward, as well as some materials related to the family of Mildred Martinez, who founded the school in 1934. School records include Orleans Parish School Board requisitions for school supplies (1945-1946) and OPSB reports for lost, sold or returned textbooks (1946, 1949) and delivery forms for books (1945-1947); Louisiana Department of Education lists of library books for the school (1950-1955)...

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This collection consists of two tickets for a May 1946 Benefit Minstrel Show, held at the F.T. Nicholls High School, for the Parents League of T.J. Semmes School. The Semmes School was located at 1008 Jourdan Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana, while the Nicholls School was located across the Industrial Canal at 3820 St. Claude Avenue. The verso of the tickets includes an advertisement for Fisher’s Dairy Products, located at 5451 Royal Street.

Content Description The Lizzie D. Watson papers are comprised of correspondence and teaching certificates regarding the teaching career of Elizabeth D. Watson, also known as Lizzie Watson or L. D. Watson, of New Orleans, Louisiana. The papers include an 1869 letter of recommendation from Edward Orton for Watson, then a recent graduate of the Preparatory School of Antioch College. Also included is correspondence dating from 1906 to 1923 from New Orleans Public Schools Superintendent Warren Easton and others...