Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Detiege-Honore Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 2460
Content Description
This small collection consists predominantly of photocopies of original documents collected about the history of the Detiege-Honore family of St. Martinville, Louisiana. Most materials concern Emile Detiege, a Civil War veteran and politician during the Reconstruction period who served in both the Louisiana State Senate and the Louisiana House of Representatives. Detiege was a free man of color, and he organized a battalion of Black troops, the First Regiment, Corps d'Afrique in 1862. He...
Dates:
Other: 1873-1950
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Detiege-Honore Family papers
Esther W. Douglass papers
Collection — small collections
Identifier: 2473
Scope and Contents
The papers of Esther W. Douglass contain outgoing correspondence and a bound volume containing her life reminiscences written for a family member. They detail her work as a teacher and missionary with the American Missionary Association from 1865 to 1895 in Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina. The correspondence consists of nine letters and fragments of seven additional letters written by Douglass while in Oaks, North Carolina. Most are addressed to...
Dates:
Created: 1887-1909; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1984
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Esther W. Douglass papers
Lewis Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 788
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Lewis Family (circa 1860-1977; bulk 1880-1950) from Natchitoches, Louisiana, contain significant documents related to Louisiana’s Reconstruction and Post-Reconstruction eras, extensive examples of late 19th and early 20th century portraiture, and the relationships and achievements of an African American family across generations. Family members represented throughout the collection include patriarch John G. Lewis Sr. (1849-1931); his wife Virginia Thompson (1864-1931); and...
Dates:
Created: circa 1860-1977; Other: Majority of material found in 1880-1950; Other: Date acquired: 08/08/2012
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Lewis Family papers
Paper Monuments collection
Collection
Identifier: 793
Content Description
The Paper Monuments Collection is a collection of printed works produced by Paper Monuments, a project of Colloqate Design, a New Orleans-based multidisciplinary nonprofit Design Justice practice, whose mission is to intentionally organize, advocate, and design spaces of racial, social, and cultural equity. The project developed in the midst of public controversy over the status and removal of public monuments in New Orleans that commemorated Confederate and Reconstruction era people and...
Dates:
Other: 2017-2018
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Paper Monuments collection