Mississippi -- Business, industries, and trades
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Luther G. Bellinger papers
Collection
Identifier: 040
Scope and Contents
The Luther G. Bellinger papers document the work of African American mathematics educator and businessman Luther Garic Bellinger. The collection spans 1947-1980 and includes biographical materials, materials from Bellinger's college years at Johnson C. Smith University, correspondence related to Bellinger's educational career in South Bend, Indiana, in the 1960s, news clippings and publications featuring Bellinger, teaching materials, and mathematics articles Bellinger wrote. The collection...
Dates:
Created: 1947-1980; Other: Date acquired: 05/19/1980
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Luther G. Bellinger papers
Collins Funeral Home records
Collection
Identifier: 094
Scope and Contents
The records of the Collins Funeral Home consist of correspondence, meeting minutes, legal documents, financial records, general business records, printed ephemera, newsletters, and memorabilia. Resonating throughout the collection include the contributions of two African American women in the male-dominated funeral and mortuary science profession. This collection is ideal for the study of African American small businesses, businesswomen, and the exploration of the intersectionality of...
Dates:
Created: 1914-1990; Other: Majority of material found in 1940-1970; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1987
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Collins Funeral Home records
Clarie Collins Harvey papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 170
Scope and Contents
The collection of Clarie Collins Harvey consists of a nine-part series arranged according to the various activities in which she was involved. Correspondence is interspersed throughout the first five series; the largest amount is in the first series , her personal papers, and is arranged chronologically. Church activities, civic activities, higher education, and business ventures comprise the next four series arranged alphabetically. The next two series are collected writings and collected...
Dates:
Created: 1907-1991; Other: Date acquired: 08/01/1985
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Clarie Collins Harvey papers
Parson v. Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation records
Collection
Identifier: 288
Scope and Contents
The Parson v. Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation records document an employment racial discrimination lawsuit filed by African American workers at the Kaiser Aluminum plant in Chalmette, Louisiana in 1967. The collection spans 1951-1985, and includes the years leading up to the case and the decades that followed, as the case went through various court systems. The collection consists of court records from Orleans Parish District Court and the Fifth Circuit Appeals Court....
Dates:
Created: 1951-1985; Other: Majority of material found in 1967-1985; Other: Date acquired: 08/22/1985