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Sound recordings

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 122 Collections and/or Records:

Conversations from Wingspread collection

 Collection
Identifier: 099
Content Description

Audiocassettes and printed summaries of radio programs produced during conferences at the Johnson Foundation in Racine, Wisconsin. The programs are about African American culture and race relations.

Dates: Other: 1983

Ida Cullen Cooper papers

 Collection — Audiotapes
Identifier: 102
Scope and Contents The Ida Cullen Cooper papers date from 1928 to 1986 and consist mainly of materials that reflect Cooper's marriage to poet Countee Cullen late in his life and Cooper's efforts to promote his legacy following the poet's death. A smaller amount of material reflects Cooper's own personal life, including items related to her interest in African American and African art. This collection contains correspondence, photographs, new clippings, invitations and programs, publications, financial records,...
Dates: Created: 1928-1986; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1971

Robert Leob Cooper papers

 Collection
Identifier: 103
Content Description Robert Loeb Cooper was a social worker in New York whose primary career focus was on troubled youth. His papers consist largely of materials generated by his career and professional activities. Record types include correspondence, clippings, photographs, printed items, a scrapbook, and reel-to-reel tapes. Items pertaining to his personal life include those regarding his marriages, including his second marriage to Ida Cullen Cooper; docuemnts on his college and professional...
Dates: Other: 1934-1976

Lawrence Crouchett oral history interview

 Collection
Identifier: 2087
Content Description

Includes an oral history interview and an article on Lawrence Crouchett regarding his research on African American settlers in the Bay Area around Oakland, California.

Dates: Other: 1987

Countée Cullen papers

 Collection — Drawing of Cullen
Identifier: 111
Scope and Contents The papers of poet and playwright Countee Cullen document his personal and professional lives, as well as his relations with leading writers and artists of the Harlem Renaissance era. Among the papers, which measure 11.9 linear feet, are correspondence; accounts, records, documents, legal papers, and certificates; a fragmentary diary (1928); teaching plan books and other teaching records; writings, including, articles, a book review, letters to editors, juvenile novels, plays, poems, a...
Dates: Created: 1900-1947; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1970

Arnold de Mille papers

 Collection
Identifier: 600
Scope and Contents Photo journalist Arnold de Mille (1908-1996) spent his career capturing the African American experience for the better part of the twentieth century, as well as recording the African experience during a time of volatility and upheaval. His papers and photographs span this storied career with a significant amount of these materials dedicated to beauty culture, the Civil Rights Movement, and his work for the United Nations. Included are issues from the short-lived ...
Dates: Created: 1942-1996; Other: Majority of material found in 1950-1970; Other: Date acquired: 04/01/2000

Dent Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 116
Scope and Contents The Dent Family papers are comprised of the personal, professional and collected papers of Albert Walter Dent (1904-1984) and Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent (1904-2001), as well as a small amount of material related to their son, Tom Dent (1932-1996) and other family members. The collection has six series of files, three of which deal specifically with Albert W. Dent while the remainder deals with Jessie C. Dent and members of the Covington-Dent family. The correspondence (1908-1985)...
Dates: Created: 1897-1985; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1976

Tom Dent papers

 Collection
Identifier: 117
Scope and Contents The papers of Tom Dent provide a rich documentary source in the areas of African American literature and theater, the Civil Rights Movement, and the society and culture of New Orleans. The collection encompasses 149 linear feet of correspondence, literary manuscripts, oral history interviews, photographs, financial records, and memorabilia generated by one of New Orleans' most treasured poets, playwrights, and oral historians. Dent was a prolific writer of letters, poetry, and...
Dates: Created: 1861-1998; Other: Majority of material found in 1959-1998; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1976

Desegregation of Tulane University oral history interviews

 Collection
Identifier: 2407
Content Description Three oral history interviews of those involved in the desegregation of Tulane University. Interviews are with Pearlie Hardin Elloie, one of the original plaintiffs in the suit to desegregate Tulane; Addison Cary, one of the first African Americans to attend Tulane University; and John P. Nelson, a prominent New Orleans civil rights lawyer who represented the plaintiffs in Guillory v. Tulane. The interviews with Elloie and Carey are transcribed, and the interview questions for Nelson are...
Dates: Other: 2000

John Wesley Dobbs Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 122
Scope and Contents The papers document the personal and professional lives of the John Wesley Dobbs family of Atlanta, Georgia. The key topics are civil rights, education, integration, race relations, and African American suffrage. The main strengths are the civil rights activities of the family as well as J.W. Dobb's tenure as Grand Master of Prince Hall Masonic Grand Lodge of Georgia. The collection encompasses 5.8 linear feet of correspondence, photographs, programs, sound recordings, speeches, and news...
Dates: Created: 1873-2001; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1974