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Social aid and pleasure clubs

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Phoebe Ferguson collection

 Collection
Identifier: 826
Content Description This collection, formed by New Orleans filmmaker Phoebe Ferguson, documents her family history, as well as New Orleans’ Mardi Gras and debutante traditions. Collected genealogical material and news clippings (1979-2001) regard the Ferguson and Williams branches of Ferguson’s family. Noted individuals documented include judge John Howard Ferguson (of Plessy v. Ferguson), businessman and philanthropist Frank B. Williams, and actress Marguerite Clark. Mardi Gras-related materials include...
Dates: 1961-2004

Original Illinois Club records

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2019-20
Dates: 1926-2019; Majority of material found in 1986-2012