African American physicians
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Auxiliary to the National Medical Association records
Collection — 1 videotape
Identifier: 563
Scope and Contents
The Auxiliary to the National Medical Association (ANMA) was established in 1936 by Alma Wells Givens. The records of the Auxiliary encompass 8.52 linear feet and date from 1937 to 1997. They document the foundation and early years of the organization, its development from an organization for female spouses of African American doctors to one that included spouses of both sexes, and the various projects undertaken by the Auxiliary. The records contain constitutions and by-laws,...
Dates:
Created: 1937-1997; Other: Date acquired: 02/22/1999
Henry E. Braden III papers
Collection
Identifier: 549
Scope and Contents
Dr. Henry E. Braden III's papers center on New Orleans' political, professional, and social circles of the latter half of the twentieth century. The papers include personal and political correspondence, military records, awards and honors, programs, invitations, newspaper clippings on the Braden and Haydel families, photographs, and other collected materials. Of particular note is Dr. Braden's sizable collection of political correspondence and campaign materials for politicians...
Dates:
Created: 1936-2000; Other: Majority of material found in 1950-1990; Other: Date acquired: 12/13/1997
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Henry E. Braden III papers
Ernest E. Jr. Cherrie papers
Collection
Identifier: 442
Content Description
The collection contains plaques and awards honoring Dr. Ernest E. Cherrie Jr.’s long career as a physician. Also included are class photographs from Howard University Medical School.
Dates:
Other: 1927-1976
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Ernest E. Jr. Cherrie papers
Arthur T. Davidson papers
Collection
Identifier: 113
Content Description
The Arthur T. Davidson papers include correspondence, invitations, programs, speeches, and printed items generated by the medical profession and the educational institutions attended by Davidson. One speech was presented by Davidson before the Alumnae Banquet at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday, March 15, 1982. Davidson was honored as the Distinguished Alumnus of the Year 1982. The title of the address was The Role of the Historic Black College in the...
Dates:
Other: 1976-1984
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Arthur T. Davidson papers
Alexander Dutrey papers
Collection
Identifier: 139
Content Description
This collection includes a diploma form the Medical College of New Orleans University, recommendations for Dr. Dutrey and other credentials (in Spanish), and rolled portraits that have been reproduced on paper and resemble calendar art.
Dates:
Other: 1900-1902
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Alexander Dutrey papers
Rivers Frederick papers
Collection
Identifier: 156
Scope and Contents
The papers of Dr. Rivers Frederick consist of circa 250 items of correspondence and approximately 125 items of non-correspondence. The non-correspondence occupies about eighty-five percent of the shelf space allotted to this collection. Non-correspondence in these papers includes speeches and writings by Frederick; writings by others about Frederick; other collected writings; lists; programs and menus; diplomas and certificates; photographs; newspaper clippings; collected...
Dates:
Created: 1893-1961; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1976
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Rivers Frederick papers
Joseph A. Hardin papers
Collection
Identifier: 166
Scope and Contents
The papers of Joseph A. Hardin consist of approximately 248 items. Correspondence accounts for a third of the collection.The bulk of non-correspondence is clippings from newspapers and magazines. Perhaps, the most distinctive items of non-correspondence are the photographs and medals or awards, which give an otherwise unavailable glimpse into Hardin's life and that of his associates in New Orleans' Black community. The principal correspondents, with the inclusive...
Dates:
Created: circa 1880-1978; Other: Majority of material found in 1923-1978; Other: Date acquired: 06/01/1978
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Joseph A. Hardin papers
Middleton A. Harris collection
Collection
Identifier: 169
Content Description
The Middleton A. Harris collection contains five filmstrips: The Revolutionary Period, Early American Inventors, Anti-Slavery Coins, The Story of Lewis Latimer, and The Doctor is a Lady (regarding Dr. Dorothy L. Brown); three manuals accompanying the filmstrips; three speical editions of the Times and Democrat of Orangeburg, South Carolina (one for the centennial of Claflin College, 1969, one about Wilkinson High School, 1971), and one about South Carolina State College, 1967); two...
Dates:
Other: 1845-1971
Clarence C. Haydel papers
Collection
Identifier: 173
Content Description
The Clarence C. Haydel papers primarily pertain to honors and awards received during Haydel's medical career and his community activities. Included are plaques, certificates, and photographs, which document his work with Junior League teams as an administrator of Standard Life Insurance Company. Also included is a program of the International College of Surgeons into which Haydel was inducted in 1958.
Dates:
Other: 1956-1971
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Clarence C. Haydel papers
Fred Thomas Jones Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 2404
Content Description
Collection pertains to Dr. Fred Thomas Jones Sr., from Homer, Louisiana, and a graduate from Meharry Medical College. He opened the first hospital for African Americans in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1919, and founded the Great Southern Hospital in Pine Bluff, Arkansas in 1932. This small collection consists of papers collected and written by Marie Jones Griffin, Dr. Jones youngest daughter. Included is a 16-page biography written by Griffin about her and her mother, Katie Griffin, which...
Dates:
Other: 1917-2000