African American educators
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:
Hylan G. Lewis papers
Collection
Identifier: 219
Dates:
1922-1995
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Hylan G. Lewis papers
George Longe papers
Collection
Identifier: 225
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...
Dates:
Created: 1849-1971; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1983
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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George Longe papers
Ellis Marsalis, Jr. papers
Collection — OV Items 2 and 3
Identifier: 723
Scope and Contents
This collection from New Orleans pianist and composer Ellis Marsalis Jr. contains correspondence, certificates, contracts, sheet music, sound recordings, photographs, and ephemera that encompass Mr. Marsalis’s six-decade career as a musician and music instructor. Correspondence dating from 1959 to 2013, is related to Marsalis' teaching and lecturing, performance dates, and letters of recommendation on behalf of his students at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA). It...
Dates:
Created: 1946-2016; Other: Majority of material found in 1980-2010; Other: Date acquired: 09/28/2008
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Ellis Marsalis, Jr. papers
Mary Allen College records
Collection
Identifier: 662
Content Description
Founded as a seminary in 1885, Mary Allen College in Crockett, Texas, was reorganized as a college for women by the Board of Missions for Freedmen of the Presbyterian Church, USA in 1886. The college was named for one of its main supporters Mrs. Mary Allen of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1924, the Board of Missions for Freedmen changed teaching personnel from Caucasian to African American. In 1933, the institution became co-educational and in 1943 the Presbyterian Church stopped its...
Dates:
Other: 1929-1970
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Mary Allen College records
E. Harold Mason papers
Collection
Identifier: 247
Content Description
Eugene Harold Mason was a specialist in race relations and intercultural education in California. He was a Baptist minister involved with promoting annual events such as Negro History Week and Race Relations Sundays. He was also involved with prison ministry. Mason’s papers include correspondence, clippings, collected publications, photographs and photo albums. Of note are correspondence with author and poet, Langston Hughes, artists Richard Bruce Nugent and Richmond Barthe, as well as...
Dates:
Other: 1908-1993
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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E. Harold Mason papers
Cora L. Mayo collection
Collection
Identifier: 632
Content Description
This collection contains periodicals relating to African American heritage and child development. Included are newsletters and collected ephemera documenting such groups as the National Alliance of Black School Educators, the Chicago Area Alliance of Black School Educators, the National Association of Black Social Workers, the Assault on Literary Program, the National Hook-Up of Black Women, the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America, the Chicago Friends of the Amistad...
Dates:
Other: 1966-2006
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Cora L. Mayo collection
William J. and Bernice McSweeney papers
Collection
Identifier: 703
Content Description
William J. and Bernice McSweeney lived and taught in Uganda during the late 1950s and early 1960s while taking part in a Trades and Technical Institute program sponsored by the International Cooperation Administration, which was the precursor to USAID. Mr. McSweeney taught at Delgado Community College in New Orleans, Louisiana, through which the McSweeneys participated in the educational program. Working through the Kampala Technical Institute, William taught basic electricity while Bernice...
Dates:
Other: 1957-1962
Robert E. Moran collection
Collection
Identifier: 466
Content Description
Dr. Robert E. Moran taught at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and was for many years a member and officer of the Association of Social and Behavioral Scientists (ASBS). His collection documents ASBS and contains materials and records that reflect his activity in the organization. Included in the collection are announcements, correspondence, abstracts and lists of participants for ASBS annual meetings, ASBS newsletters, minutes of the ASBS business meetings and various...
Dates:
Other: 1971-2002
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Robert E. Moran collection
Walter Morial papers
Collection
Identifier: 630
Content Description
Walter Morial is the uncle of former Mayor of New Orleans, Marc Morial and the brother of Ernest “Dutch” Morial, who was the first African American Mayor of New Orleans. Walter Morial was a graduate of the University of Chicago and had various educational and social interests in New Orleans. The papers reflect his involvement with various clubs and educational institutions, and consist of correspondence files, working papers, memorabilia, and publications.Additionally, the...
Dates:
Other: 1797-1817, 1928-2000
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Walter Morial papers
Price Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 408
Content Description
The Price Family papers document the life and career of Hollis Price Sr. and his work as an educator and president of LeMoyne-Owen College from 1943-1970. Materials also document his wife Althea, an educator and counselor, and his son and economics professor Hollis Jr.
Dates:
Other: 1915-1988
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Price Family papers