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Sound recordings

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 122 Collections and/or Records:

James Herman Robinson Institute collection

 Collection
Identifier: 670
Content Description The James Herman Robinson Institute was created by local New Orleans alumni of Operation Crossroads Africa (OCA) to promote scholarship in the African Diaspora through use of the archives and manuscript collections of the OCA and James H. Robinson held at the Amistad Research Center. The institute has sponsored two internship students to process and preserve portions of the OCA records, sponsored a speaker series “The Work and Legacy of Dr. James H. Robinson: Operation Crossroads Africa,”...
Dates: Other: 1961-2004

Clifton H. Johnson papers

 Collection
Identifier: 200
Content Description The collection has been divided into four series of correspondence, which includes sub-series for both personal (1944-2003) and professional (1952-2003) correspondence, organizational materials (1985-2003), writings by Dr. Johnson (1993-2001, n.d.) and collected items and oversized materials (1945-2003) including awards, certificates, clippings and ephemera.The collection mainly consists of professional papers, with the bulk documenting the activities of organizations with which...
Dates: Other: 1948-1997

Kevin Johnson collection

 Collection
Identifier: 532
Content Description

This collection contains audiocassette tapes and one videotape of various talks, speeches, and lectures of national and international African and African American leaders. Individuals include Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, Haki Madhubuti, Ivan Van Sertima, Haile Selassie, and Martin Luther King Jr.

Dates: Other: 1961-1992

Ulysses H. Jones papers

 Collection
Identifier: 747
Content Description The papers of Ulysses H. Jones document an African American Catholic family living in Massachusetts, mainly during the 1960s-2000s. Jones’ papers, which he maintained with detailed descriptions and organization, document his life, as well as that of his wife and three children, and chronicle the racial difficulties the family faced from the children’s school, the Catholic Church, individuals, and various financial institutions, state agencies, and businesses. The papers provide a personal...
Dates: Other: 1954-2011

Rosa Freeman Keller papers

 Collection
Identifier: 208
Scope and Contents The Rosa Freeman Keller papers consist of correspondence, news clippings, collected ephemera and publications, and photographs reflecting Rosa Keller's wide civic involvement and especially her activism in the areas of race relations and social welfare. Materials of note involve Keller's involvement with Dillard University and Flint-Goodridge Hospital; the Committee to Name Public Schools in New Orleans; and correspondence and other materials integral to the suit brought against Tulane...
Dates: Created: 1931-1998; Other: Majority of material found in 1954-1998; Other: Date acquired: 04/07/1971

Alfred Baker Lewis papers

 Collection
Identifier: 217
Scope and Contents The papers of insurance executive, union organizer, author, and Treasurer and Board Member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Alfred Baker Lewis consist principally of letters to the editor, which broadcast his views on race relations, as well as social and economic policy in the United States. Other materials in the collection include correspondence, press releases, and writings. Letters to the editor from Alfred Baker Lewis to newspapers...
Dates: Created: 1944-1980; Other: Date acquired: 02/18/1971

Joseph Madison papers

 Collection
Identifier: 461
Content Description Joseph Madison, a broadcast journalist specializing in minority rights and urban affairs, was Executive Director of the Detroit NAACP, National Director of the NAACP Voter Education Department, Coordinator of the NAACP Leader Conference and member of NAACP national board. His papers and additions include correspondence, transcribed interviews, minutes, appointment books, publications, photographs, and plaques. Both the original collection and the additions equal 19.35 linear feet. The date...
Dates: Other: 1975-2017

Loretta C. Manggrum papers

 Collection
Identifier: 242
Content Description

The papers document the career of composer, arranger, and pianist Loretta Manggrum and includes 0.2 linear feet of musical scores, news clippings and audiocassette recordings of Manggrum’s performances. Items of note within the collection are audiocassettes of a 1980 interview with Manggrum and a recording of the program “Can’t You See," a Cantata Composed by Loretta C. Manggrum, a Sermon in Song” (undated).

Dates: Other: 1970-1987

Marr-McGee Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 246
Scope and Contents The Marr-McGee Family papers document the lives of writer, photographer, and cultural promoter Warren Marr II; his wife, attorney, community activist, and energy consultant Carmel Carrington Marr; and his sister, nurse, and race relations advocate Grace Marr Nugent. The key topics covered in this collection are the founding and administration of the Amistad Research Center; Black arts and theater; community development and relations; historically Black colleges and universities; human rights...
Dates: Created: 1915-2000; Other: Majority of material found in 1961-1985; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/1971

Ellis Marsalis, Sr. oral history interview

 Collection
Identifier: 2509
Content Description This collection consists of one audio compact disc containing an interview with Ellis Marsalis Sr. conducted by Dr. Lawrence N. Powell of Tulane University’s Department of History. The interview was conducted in on September 15, 1988. The focus of the interview is on Marsalis’ purchase of property in the Shrewsbury community of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, and his development of a motel on the property. The property served as a place of lodging for visiting African American musicians,...
Dates: Other: 1988