Scrapbooks
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
Harry B. Fitzgerald scrapbook
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 154
Scope and Contents
The scrapbook of Pittsburgh alderman and police magistrate Harry B. Fitzgerald pertains primarily to his political career. The scrapbook consists mostly of newspaper clippings, which document his election and reelection as alderman, criminal cases brought before Fitzgerald in his capacity as alderman, Pittsburgh's Equal Rights Law and Fitzgerald's rigid enforcement thereof, and his appointment as police magistrate. Correspondence in the scrapbook includes congratulatory telegrams and letters...
Dates:
Created: 1937-1964; Other: Date acquired: 12/05/1977
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Harry B. Fitzgerald scrapbook
James H. Hargett papers
Collection
Identifier: 490
Scope and Contents
The papers of Reverend Dr. James Hester Hargett document his civil rights and social action driven ministries in Hawaii, California, Illinois, New Jersey, and New York. The key topics covered in this collection are civil rights, community advocacy, social justice, missionary travels, multi-ethnic churches and transitional communities, race relations, and the recruitment of African American men and women into Christian service. The main strengths are Hargett's commitment towards diversifying...
Dates:
Created: 1955-2007; Other: Date acquired: 12/01/1995
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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James H. Hargett papers
Heslip-Ruffin Family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 179
Scope and Contents
The Heslip-Ruffin Family Papers pertain to several generations of the Ruffin family beginning with Nancy Lewis and George W. Ruffin, who were both ante-bellum free Blacks. The collection includes correspondence between various family members and letters received by members of the Heslip-Ruffin Family, including those by Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison. Legal documents, biographical data, news clippings, printed ephemera, and photographs document the achievements of various...
Dates:
Created: 1822-1946; Other: Date acquired: 08/01/1972
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Heslip-Ruffin Family papers
Joseph S. Himes papers
Collection
Identifier: 181
Scope and Contents
The Joseph S. Himes papers encompass 12 linear feet of material covering Himes personal and professional career as a professor of Sociology at several Universities including the University of North Carolina Greensboro and North Carolina Central University. The collection covers the areas of blindness, teenaged pregnancy, racial conflict, social change and social movements of the civil rights era. The papers are arranged into six groups of materials with the bulk of them being professional...
Dates:
Created: 1928-1991; Other: Majority of material found in 1946-1985; Other: Date acquired: 05/15/1991
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Joseph S. Himes papers
Norman A. Holmes papers
Collection
Identifier: 183
Content Description
This collection consists of scrapbooks and yearbooks donated by a former minister of Central Congregational Church (United Church of Christ) in New Orleans, Louisiana. Holmes was also a faculty member of Dillard University by whom he was honored upon his retirement in 1968 prior to his move to California. He and his wife received numerous tributes and were honorees at a testimonial. An album and scrapbook of letters document this event, and the two yearbooks include the 1957 issue that was...
Dates:
Other: 1957-1968
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Norman A. Holmes papers
Lucile L. Hutton papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 191
Scope and Contents
The papers of Lucile Levy Hutton occupy 7.8 linear feet of shelf space and cover not only her career in public education; but also chronicle her vigorous participation in civic, religious, and cultural activities. Correspondence (1890-1988) has been kept with related material where it was generated and therefore may be found in six of the ten series. The papers are arranged chronologically within each category.
Dates:
Created: 1850-1988; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1989
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Lucile L. Hutton papers
Sidney Kaplan collection
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2235
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a scrapbook, pasted on the first several pages of an edition of Morris' Cyclopedia, containing clippings from William Pickens' autobiography, Heir of Slaves, as it was published serially in The Congregationalist in 1911. The handscript title on the scrapbook reads "Christian Heros and Anecdotes," and the scrapbook also includes clippings from a variety of...
Dates:
Created: 1911-1913; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1984
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Sidney Kaplan collection
Dorothy Mae Taylor papers
Collection
Identifier: 684
Acknowledgement
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services [MH-245560-OMS-20]. Content Description The papers of Dorothy Mae Taylor are approximately 3.2 linear feet of material dating 1971-2000. The bulk of the papers are in the form of speeches Taylor presented 1986-1990 at various religious functions, high school graduations and civic events. Taylor spoke to many organizations, including: the New Orleans...
Dates:
Other: 1971-2000
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Dorothy Mae Taylor papers
Vining Family scrapbook
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 373
Scope and Contents
The Vining family scrapbook consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, and printed ephemera collected by the family of New Orleans physician R. J. Vining. The photographs include those of the Vining family and friends, including prominent members of Creole families in New Orleans. Individuals depicted in photographs include: Ethel Brown, L.T. Burbridge family, J.J. Dejoie Sr., Joseph Dejoie Jr., Pearl Dejoie, Prudhomme Dejoie, Beatrice Dunn, Florence Anne Dunn, Hatte Feger, Vera...
Dates:
Created: 1925-1946; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1989
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Vining Family scrapbook