Education -- Louisiana
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Raphael Cassimere Jr., papers
Collection
Identifier: 712
Content Description
The bulk of the collection consists of Cassimere’s records of the activities of the New Orleans Branch of the NAACP and the NAACP Louisiana State Conference of Branches and Youth Councils; convention materials for the annual meeting of the NAACP; local committees and boards including, the Vieux Carré Commission in New Orleans, the Louisiana Black Culture Commission, and the Citizen’s Committee for Equality and Excellence in Louisiana’s Universities. The materials are administrative in...
Dates:
Other: 1935-2008
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Raphael Cassimere Jr., papers
Charles J. Hatfield papers
Collection
Identifier: 316
Scope and Contents
The papers of educator, union organizer, and civil rights activist Charles J. Hatfield Jr. document his life and career, as well as aspects of his family history. The collection includes correspondence; photographs; family records; financial, school, and military records; newspaper clippings; video cassettes; and writings/speeches by Hatfield. Hatfield's legal pursuits to integrate the Louisiana State University Law School, as well as his later teaching career, are documented within the...
Dates:
Created: 1872-2000; Other: Date acquired: 09/01/1998
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Charles J. Hatfield papers
M. W. Prince Hall Grand Lodge, F. & A. M. for the State of Louisiana records
Collection
Identifier: 607
Scope and Contents
The records of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons for the State of Louisiana are a rich source of primary documentation about the history of African American freemasonry in Louisiana and throughout the United States, the period of post-Civil War Reconstruction (1865-1877), the long civil rights movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries (1878-1954) and the modern civil rights movement (1955-1968). The...
Dates:
Created: 1857-2002; Other: Majority of material found in 1940-1980; Other: Date acquired: 08/13/2008
Marc H. Morial papers
Collection
Identifier: 553
Scope and Contents
The Marc H. Morial Papers span two mayoral terms from 1994 to 2002, and include his tenure as President of the United States Conference of Mayors and materials from his work as a Louisiana State Senator. The main bulk of the collection reflects and documents Mayor Morial's transition period from 1993 and his involvement in the United States Conference of Mayors from 1994 to 2002. The collection is comprised of correspondence, City of New Orleans transition reports and files, which contain...
Dates:
Created: 1977-2002; Other: Majority of material found in 1994-2002; Other: Date acquired: 06/10/2002
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Marc H. Morial papers
NAACP, Office of Field Director of Louisiana records
Collection
Identifier: 261
Scope and Contents
The records of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s (NAACP) Louisiana State Field Office consist of 21 linear feet of documents. The largest portion of the collection is comprised of correspondence; the remainder of the collection consists of reports, press releases, minutes, newsletters, complaints, newspaper clippings, and photographs. The correspondence in the collection is arranged chronologically and consists primarily of letters written to and by the NAACP...
Dates:
Created: 1964-1976; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1977
Robert N. and Lillian Dunn Perry papers
Collection
Identifier: 295
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the Robert N. and Lillian Perry papers consist of three years of personal correspondence from Mr. Perry to Lillian, prior to and early in their marriage. The remainder of the collection consists of professional papers, collected items, news clippings, and sheet music. Topics of interest are the histories of Central Congregational United Church of Christ, the Valena C. Jones Normal and Practical School, African American education, the Louisiana Education Association, civil...
Dates:
Created: 1918-1994; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1983
Robert N. and Lillian Dunn Perry papers addendum
Collection
Identifier: 295-1
Scope and Content Note
The addendum to the Robert and Lillian Dunn Perry papers reflects the B-Sharp Music Club, where Robert Perry served as a member and long-term president. Correspondence largely consists of matters pertaining to the B-Sharp Music Club and in particular their scholarship committee. Other items of correspondence include a photocopy of an eleven-page letter to James Redmond concerning personnel matters and reassignments of principals in 1958, including Charles Rousseve. Notable...
Dates:
Created: 1931-2000
Alan Wieder collection
Collection
Identifier: 685
Scope and Contents
Collection contains newspaper clippings (November 1960-January 1979) formerly housed in three scrapbooks documentating the desegregation of William Frantz and McDonogh 19 elementary schools in New Orleans by Ruby Bridges (Frantz) and Leona Tate, Tessie Prevost, and Gail Ettiene (McDonogh). Other materials include correspondence; office records of John A. Stewart, principal of McDonogh 19 when it was integrated; hand script notes by Betty Wisdom containing her reflections on the desegregation...
Dates:
Created: 1960-1984; Other: Majority of material found in 1960-1961; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2009
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Alan Wieder collection