(Mss 11)
INVENTORY
Earl K. Long Library
University of New Orleans
September 1997
Contents
Procedures for Requesting Special Collections Materials
Size: |
Approximately 146 linear feet. |
Geographic Locations: |
New Orleans, Louisiana and the American South. |
Inclusive Dates: |
1724 to 1976. |
Bulk Dates: |
1928 to 1976. |
Summary: |
These papers of Marcus Bruce Christian (1900-1976), a businessman, a writer and poet, teacher, and head of the “Colored Project” of the Louisiana Federal Writers’ Project (FWP), include personal papers, historical and literary writings, and data compiled by the FWP pertaining to the black experience in America. |
Related Collections: |
Marcus Christian Collection, Addendum 1 (Mss 249) |
Source: |
Gift, 1978. |
Access: |
No Restrictions. |
Copyright: |
Physical rights are retained by the Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans. |
Citation: |
Marcus Christian Collection (MSS 11), Louisiana and Special Collections Department, Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans |
Marcus Bruce Christian, the son of Emanual Banks Christian and Rebecca Harris, was born on March 8, 1900, in Mechanicsville (now incorporated into Houma), Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. The son and grandson of teachers, he was educated at Houma Academy and an evening public school in New Orleans. Orphaned at thirteen, Christian moved to New Orleans in 1919 and resided there until his death on November 21, 1976.
From 1926 until 1935, Christian owned and operated a dry-cleaning business. In 1936 he joined the Federal Writers’ Project and was assigned to the “Colored Project” at Dillard University, eventually becoming its director and holding that post until the project’s demise in 1943. Under Christian’s authority, the Dillard project contributed information about black writers to the New Orleans City Guide (1938) and Louisiana: A Guide to the State (1941), both published by the Federal Writers’ Project.
Upon the termination of the Writers’ Project, Christian served as director of the Dillard University War Information Center. Also in 1943, he received a Julius Rosenwald Fellowship to pursue historical research on African Americans in Louisiana. A year later, he was appointed assistant librarian at Dillard. During this period he also operated his own printing company. From 1972 until his death in 1976, Christian held the post of special instructor in English and history at the University of New Orleans.
Widely acclaimed as poet laureate of the New Orleans African American community, Christian composed some two thousand poems over the course of his life. His first book of poetry was published in 1922, and he contributed poetic, literary, and historical works to the Afro-American, the Pittsburgh Courier, Opportunity, Crisis, the Dillard Arts Quarterly, the New Orleans States-Item, the New York Herald-Tribune, Phylon, and the Louisiana Weekly. He also served as poetry and contributing editor of the Louisiana Weekly. An active historian, Christian did extensive research on Louisiana and assisted in the writing of “A Black History of Louisiana,” an unpublished manuscript produced by the Federal Writers’ Project. His published works include Negro Ironworkers of Louisiana, 1718-1900; Battle of New Orleans; From the Deep South; and Common People’s Manifesto of World War II.
Series I: |
Art ([n.d.]). |
Series II: |
Biographical Material on Marcus Christian ([n.d.], 1967-1975). |
Series III: |
Books. |
Series IV: |
Broadsides and Handbills ([n.d.], 1854, 1910-1976). |
Series V: |
Cassette Audiotapes ([n.d.]). |
Series VI: |
Clippings ([n.d.], 1913-1976). |
Series VII: |
Correspondence ([n.d.], 1913-1976). |
Series VIII: |
Deep South Human Relations Seminar, Xavier University (April 1963). |
Series IX: |
Diary, Notes, Business Cards ([n.d., ca. 1924-1973]). |
Series X: |
Dillard University (1940-1970). |
Series XI: |
Historical Source Materials ([n.d.], 1724-1967). Subseries XI.1 Bibliographies. Subseries XI.2 Business Records. Subseries XI.3 Government Documents (U.S.) Subseries XI.4 City of New Orleans. Subseries XI.5 State of Louisiana. Subseries XI.6 Miscellany. Subseries XI.7 Notes, Excerpts from books. Subseries XI.8 Notes, Excerpts, and Articles. Subseries XI.9 Photographs. Subseries XI.10 Prints. Subseries XI.11 Research Data. |
Series XII: |
Julius Rosenwald Fund (1939-1944). |
Series XIII: |
Literary and Historical Manuscripts ([n.d.], 1932-1975). Subseries XIII.1 Historical Manuscripts by Christian. Subseries XIII.2 Literary Manuscripts by Christian. |
Series XIV: |
Maps ([n.d.], 1775-1966). |
Series XV: |
Miscellany ([n.d.]). |
Series XVI: |
Pamphlets, Programs, Reprints ([n.d.], 1929-1974). |
Series XVII: |
Personal Photographs ([n.d.], 1911-1970). |
Series XVIII: |
Personal Records. |
Series XIX: |
Phonograph Recordings. |
Series XX: |
Records of Small Businesses Operated by Marcus Christian. Subseries XX.1 Bluebird Cleaners. Subseries XX.2 Newspaper Delivery Routes. Subseries XX.3 Southern Publishing Company. |
Series XXI: |
Scrapbooks ([n.d.], 1887-1948). |
Series XXII: |
Serials ([n.d.], 1828-1976). |
Series XXIII: |
Sheet Music. |
Series XXIV: |
University of New Orleans Teaching Assignments ([n.d.], 1972-1975). |
Series XXV: |
WPA Transcriptions of Negro Activities Chiefly from New Orleans Newspapers ([ca. 1729-1941). |
Appendix A: |
“A Black History of Louisiana,” Table of Contents. |
Appendix B: |
Newspaper Index of WPA Newspaper Transcriptions. |
Appendix C: |
List of Books in the Marcus Christian Collection. |
Series Descriptions
I. |
Art ([n.d.]) Includes art work, children’s drawings, etc., found throughout the collection. |
II. |
Biographical Material on Marcus Christian ([n.d.], 1967-1975) Contains biographical data pertaining to Marcus Christian, genealogy of the Christian family, and newsclippings concerning Marcus Christian. |
III. |
Books Books and pamphlets from Marcus Christian’s personal collection. |
IV. |
Broadsides and Handbills ([n.d.], 1854, 1910-1976) Materials pertaining to commercial advertising (notably including examples), neighborhood newspapers, and political statements. |
V. |
Cassette Audiotapes ([n.d.]) Chiefly consisting of light classical music; one audiotape contains Marcus Christian’s reminiscences about his past, as well as lecturing to a poetry class. A notation handwritten by Christian is also present. |
VI. |
Clippings ([n.d.], 1913-1976) Nineteenth-century clippings include articles about the slave trade, sugar and cotton manufacturing, disease, and illustrations of New Orleans architecture. Sources include both American and British serials. Twentieth-century materials contain information about Negro athletes, musicians, the national and local economies, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People lawsuits, desegregation, education, and health care. The materials appeared in various national and local publications. |
VII. |
Correspondence ([n.d.], 1913-1976) Business correspondence from Louisiana Weekly, Pittsburgh Courier, Afro-American, New Orleans Daily States, New Orleans Item-Tribune, Arts Quarterly (Dillard University), The Crisis, Opportunity, New York Herald Tribune, and Phylon; letters written as director of the Dillard University Unit, WPA Louisiana Federal Writers’ Project, and as special lecturer in English and history at the University of New Orleans. This series includes letters from Eleanor Roosevelt (January 8, 1947), John Blassingame, Arna Bontemps, Lyle Saxon, Langston Hughes, A. P. Tureaud, Benjamin Quarles, Sterling A. Brown, W. E. B. DuBois, W. C. Handy, and Herbert Aptheker. There is also correspondence received from persons other than Christian. |
VIII. |
Deep South Human Relations Seminar, Xavier University (April 1963) Correspondence and workshop materials. |
IX. |
Diary, Notes, Business Cards ([n.d., ca. 1924-1973]) Marcus Christian’s diary, bound and unbound, includes miscellaneous and household notes, personal observations combined with segments of short stories, and an entry under Dark Record: Incidents in My Life. |
X. |
Dillard University (1940-1970) Includes press releases, exhibit announcements, and programs pertaining to Dillard events; articles compiled by Christian to be presented on Freedom’s People, dramatized educational broadcasts depicting Negro participation in American life; and papers generated by Christian as a member of the teaching faculty and the library staff. |
XI. |
Historical Source Materials ([n.d.], 1724-1967) Includes both manuscript and published materials (original and photocopied) relative to the black experience in the United States. Subseries XI.1 Bibliographies Subseries XI.2 Business Records Subseries XI.3 Government Documents (U.S.) Subseries XI.4 City of New Orleans Subseries XI.5 State of Louisiana Subseries XI.6 Miscellany Subseries XI.7 Notes, Excerpts from books Subseries XI.8 Notes, Excerpts, and Articles Subseries XI.9 Photographs Subseries XI.10 Prints Subseries XI.11 Research Data |
XII. |
Julius Rosenwald Fund (1939-1944) Consists chiefly of publications, forms, and Marcus Christian’s “Statement of Plan of Work.” |
XIII. |
Literary and Historical Manuscripts ([n.d.], 1932-1975) Subseries XIII.1 Historical Manuscripts by Christian Prominent among these unpublished manuscripts is “A Black History of Louisiana.” Subseries XIII.2 Literary Manuscripts by Christian These manuscripts include articles for the Louisiana Weekly and other publications, 1175 poems, plays, and speeches, as well as a small quantity of poems by other writers. |
XIV. |
Maps ([n.d.], 1775-1966) |
XV. |
Miscellany ([n.d.]) Personal and printed oddments. |
XVI. |
Pamphlets, Programs, Reprints ([n.d.], 1929-1974) |
XVII. |
Personal Photographs ([n.d.], 1911-1970) |
XVIII. |
Personal Records Includes financial, medical, insurance, and business records. |
XIX. |
Phonograph Recordings Includes classical and mood music, and narratives about black history. |
XX. |
Records of Small Businesses Operated by Marcus Christian Subseries XX.1 Bluebird Cleaners Subseries XX.2 Newspaper Delivery Routes Subseries XX.3 Southern Publishing Company |
XXI. |
Scrapbooks ([n.d.], 1887-1948) Contain newsclippings, chiefly from New Orleans newspapers; poems; book reviews; and reproductions of well-known paintings. |
XXII. |
Serials ([n.d.], 1828-1976) |
XXIII. |
Sheet Music Chiefly pieces published in New Orleans and/or written by Louisiana composers. |
XXIV. |
University of New Orleans Teaching Assignments ([n.d.], 1972-1975) Includes university publications, lecture notes, tests, and student papers. |
XXV. |
WPA Transcriptions of Negro Activities Chiefly from New Orleans Newspapers ([ca. 1729-1941) Consists chiefly of materials transcribed from New Orleans newspapers. |
A. |
“A Black History of Louisiana,” Table of Contents |
B. |
Newspaper Index of WPA Newspaper Transcriptions |
C. |
List of Books in the Marcus Christian Collection |
Series I. Art, [n.d.] (18 items).
1 box, OV.
Artwork, children’s drawings, etc., found throughout the collection, [n.d.].
Series II. Biographical information on Marcus Christian, [n.d., 1967-1975] (1 folder).
Biographical data, [n.d.].
Genealogy of Christian family, [n.d.].
Serial clippings concerned with Marcus Christian, [n.d.], 1967-1975.
Series III. Books (822 items).
(See Appendix C for listings.)
Series IV. Broadsides and handbills, [n.d.], 1854, 1910-1976.
The series consists of materials exemplifying commercial advertising, neighborhood newspapers, and political statements.
Subseries IV.1: Advertisements.
1 box, OV.
Announcements of future events, [n.d., ca. 1933-ca. 1975].
Miscellaneous, [n.d.], [ca. 1963], [ca. 1965].
Neighborhood newspapers, [n.d.], 1954-1961.
Psychics and healers, [n.d.], 1947-[ca. 1961].
Subseries IV.2: Political statements.
[n.d., ca. 1910-1975].
Subseries IV.3: Proclamation by General Benjamin F. Butler, May 1, 1962.
Copy, [n.d.].
Series V. Cassette tapes, [19--] (1 folder).
The series consists of three audiotape cassettes: two presenting light classical music and one containing Christian’s reminiscences about his past and his lecture to a poetry class. There is also a notation written in Christian’s hand.
Folder 1 [19- -].
Series VI. Clippings from American and English Publications, [n.d.], 1816-1976 (32
boxes and 1 oversized folder).
Nineteenth-century clippings include articles about the slave trade, sugar and cotton
manufacturing, and disease, and illustrations of New Orleans architecture. The materials were
published in various American and British serials.
Twentieth-century materials contain information about Negro athletes, musicians, national and local economy, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) lawsuits, desegregation, education, and health care. The materials appeared in various national and local publications. Certain clippings from 1937 through 1968 were annotated by Marcus Christian.
Clippings are to be found also under “Marcus Christian Manuscripts,” “Household
Records”, “Southern Printing Publishing Company,” and “WPA Transcriptions from New Orleans Newspapers.”
Box 1 [n.d.].
Box 2 1816-1849.
Box 3 1850-1868.
Box 4 1873-1898.
Box 5 1904-1929.
Box 6 1930-1940.
Box 7 1941-1949.
Box 8 1950-1954.
Box 9 1955.
Box 10 January-June, 1956.
Box 11 July-December, 1956.
Box 12 1957.
Box 13 1958.
Box 14 January-June, 1959.
Box 15 July-December, 1959.
Box 16 January-July, 1960.
Box 17 August-December, 1960.
Box 18 January-June, 1961.
Box 19 July-December, 1961.
Box 20 January-June, 1962.
Box 21 July-December, 1962.
Box 22 January-June, 1963.
Box 23 July-December, 1963.
Box 24 1964.
Box 25 January-June, 1965.
Box 26 July-December, 1965.
Box 27 1966.
Box 28 1967.
Box 29 1968.
Box 30 1969.
Box 31 1970-1976.
Box 32 Annotated clippings, 1937-1968.
Box 33 OV Oversized clippings, 1848-1864.
Series VII. Correspondence, [n.d.], 1913-1976 (20 boxes).
Business correspondence from Louisiana Weekly, Pittsburgh Courier, Afro-American, New Orleans Daily States, New Orleans Item-Tribune, Arts Quarterly (Dillard University), The Crisis, Opportunity, New York Herald Tribune, and Phylon; letters written as director of the Dillard University Unit, WPA Louisiana Federal Writers’ Project, and as special lecturer in English and history at the University of New Orleans. This series includes letters from Eleanor Roosevelt (January 8, 1947), John Blassingame, Arna Bontemps, Lyle Saxon, Langston Hughes, A. P. Tureaud, Benjamin Quarles, Sterling A. Brown, W. E. B. DuBois, W. C. Handy, and Herbert Aptheker. There is also correspondence received from persons other than Christian. Additional letters are to be found under “Personal House Records,” Records of Small Businesses Owned by M. Christian, “Published Articles by M. Christian,” and “A Study of Sales Approvals and Rebuffs Employed by White Businessmen of New Orleans for Negro Consumers.”
Box 1 -
Box 3 [n.d.].
Box 4 May 23, 1913 - July 12, 1939.
Box 5 July 15, 1939 - October 30, 1942.
Box 6 November 16, 1942 - February 14, 1945.
Box 7 February 17, 1945 - October 10, 1945.
Box 8 October 12, 1945 - December 30, 1948.
Box 9 January 11, 1949 - February 28, 1952.
Box 10 February 29, 1952 - August 20, 1954.
Box 11 August 24, 1954 - February 4, 1958.
Box 12 February 9, 1958 - April 9, 1960.
Box 13 April 11, 1960 - May 30, 1963.
Box 14 June 4, 1963 - December 29, 1966.
Box 15 January 1, 1967 - May 24, 1970.
Box 16 May 29, 1970 - August 10, 1971.
Box 17 August 11, 1971 - December 31, 1972.
Box 18 January 3, 1973 - April 22, 1974.
Box 19 April 30, 1974 - October 31, 1975.
Box 20 November 2, 1975 - October 15, 1976.
Series VIII. Deep South Human Relations Seminar, 1963 (1 folder).
Correspondence and workshop materials.
Folder 1 April 11-13, 1963.
Series IX. Diary, Notes, Business Cards, [n.d., ca. 1924-1973] (2 boxes).
Marcus Christian’s diary, bound and unbound, includes miscellaneous and household notes, personal observations combined with segments of short stories, and an entry under Dark Record: Incidents in My Life. Bound materials are not in chronological order because entries were not always recorded in sequential order. (See also under “Household Records” and notes in “Historical Research.”)
For the most part, the contents of Box 1 is in fragile condition.
Box 1 Dark Record: Incidents in My Life.
[n.d.].
Diary and notes.
[n.d.], 1924, 1931.
1928 - 1939.
[ca. 1940s] - September 1, 1948.
September 2, 1948 - August 15, 1951.
December 2, 1949 - August 30, 1950.
1942, 1952, 1953.
August 18, 1951 - December 25, 1952.
April 20, 1953 - August 30, 1954.
September 4, 1954 - August 28, 1955.
February 23, 1956 - October 5, 1959.
June 2, 1960 - March 2, 1965.
July 24, 1966 - September 26, 1966.
August 14, 1965 - December 1966.
1967 - [ca. 1970].
Box 2 Notes by Marcus Christian and others, [n.d.], 1943-1969.
Addresses and telephone numbers.
[n.d.].
Fragments of stories and ideas for future articles.
[n.d.], 1945.
Information on bookbinding, grammar, writing style, foreign languages.
[n.d.].
Miscellaneous.
[n.d.], February 19, 1943 - March 23, 1969.
Series X. Dillard University, 1940-1970 (1 box).
Amistad Research Center (Dillard University).
[n.d.], 1970.
Press release.
[n.d.].
Exhibit announcement and program, Mrs. Countee Cullen’s visit to the center.
November 24, 1970.
“Dan Thompson Et. Cetera.”
Christian file of correspondence, clippings, and notes concerning his relationship with Dr. Daniel Thompson.
1958-1968.
Dillard University and the U.S. Department of Education.
Articles compiled by Christian for use on Freedom’s People, dramatized educational broadcasts on Negro participation in American life. Includes information on Camille Thierry, Victor Séjour, Norbert Rillieux, Georges Alcès, James Derham, J. T. Newman, Alexander Chaumette, Cyprien Ricard, Eugene Warburg, Joseph Abeilard, Jules Abeilard, Langston Hughes.
1942.
Miscellaneous.
Various press releases, notes.
[n.d.], 1947-1950.
Spanish Institute of Dillard.
[n.d.], 1953.
Special lecturer in history.
Papers including classroom memoranda and lecture notes used by Christian in his teaching assignments at Dillard.
[n.d.], 1944-1950.
William Alexander Library (2 folders).
Materials generated while Marcus Christian was on the staff of Dillard University’s library. Included are work schedules, correspondence, book lists, and catalogs.
[n.d.], 1949-1950.
Series XI. Historical Source Materials; [n.d.], 1724-1967 (16 boxes, 1 portfolio).
Subseries XI.1: Bibliographies
Box 1 Howard, Paul E. Books and Pamphlets by and about the Negro, 1939.
Listing of materials pertaining to black history, presumably compiled by Marcus Christian.
[n.d.].
[Negro] Newspapers of Local Publication or of Local Circulation.
[n.d.].
Unknown sources.
Resource list, economic statistical tables concerned with negroes in New Orleans.
1860-1880.
Unknown source. Fragmentary book list.
[n.d.].
Unknown source. Southern Black Newspapers: Reconstruction to 1890.
Subseries XI.2: Business Records.
The following manuscripts are original handwritten or printed documents, unless otherwise indicated. The dates given are those listed on the documents.
Many documents are in fragile condition.
Box 2, OV Bills of lading and receipts.
1831-1859.
Contracts, acts of sale, powers of attorney.
1830-1858.
Miscellaneous including slave sale records and fragments of manuscripts.
1821-1843.
Statement of Accounts from various New Orleans merchants.
[n.d.], 1832-1839.
Unknown source. Account book, incomplete.
[n.d.].
Subseries XI.3: Government Documents (United States).
Box 3 The Black Code. Holographic copies in French and English.
1724.
Miscellaneous receipts.
1846, 1847.
War Department. Headquarters, Military Division of the Gulf.
Circular No. 129 (July 25, 1865).
Circular No. 7 (August 8, 1865).
Subseries XI.4: City of New Orleans.
Box 2, OV Charity records - New Orleans City Council.
[n.d.], 1825-1828.
Mandats de payement.
[n.d.], 1814, [ca. 1825].
Mayor’s office records.
[n.d.], 1809-1857.
Miscellaneous.
[n.d.], 1808-1825.
Box 3 New Orleans Census.
1791.
Ordinances, resolutions of City Council.
[n.d.], 1817-1870.
Receipts and bills.
1832-1842.
Reports of coffee houses.
[n.d.], 1848.
Subseries XI.5: State of Louisiana
Box 3 Act of the Legislature relative to slaves and free colored persons. Typescript.
[n.d.].
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.
Circular No. 29 (December 4, 1865).
Circular No. 7 (July 25, 1866).
Correspondence of Governor Francis T. Nicholls to Speaker and members of the House of Representatives. Photocopy.
July 7, 1890.
Box 2, OV Election returns from the first registration under the Reconstruction Act of Congress, 1867, to the general election of November 7, 1876. Handwritten copy.
Notary Public commission of Abel Dreyfous. Photocopy.
1845.
Slave sale certificates.
1836, 1833.
Box 4 Works Progress Administration. Federal Writers’ Project. Four ex-slave
studies (slave narratives). Original and photocopies.
Catherine Cornelius
Louise Emily Williams Downs
Louise Martin
Martha Stewart
1938.
Subseries XI.6: Miscellany
Archives of Negro History. Articles of Incorporation. Photocopy.
1968.
Box 5 Bush v Orleans Parish School Board. An Outline of Proceedings.
1952-1960.
Chancellor, William E. “To the Men and Women of New Orleans — An Open Letter.” Photocopy.
[ca. 1921].
Box 2, OV Chronological [History] Map of the United States.
[n.d.].
Box 5 Correspondence from Edmond Dédé with calling card. Photocopy.
[ca. 1894].
“Harris Dickson and Old Reliable.” Flyer.
[n.d.].
Douglas, Nils R. “Who Was Louis A. Martinet.” Photocopy.
[n.d.].
David Fisher v William Bogel. Fourth District Court. Typescript.
[ca. 1873].
“Incomplete Chronology of Efforts to Save the Site of the Battle of New Orleans . . . January 8, 1815.” Photocopy.
Johnson, John E. Republican State Central Committee of Louisiana. Radio address delivered at WDSU, March 9, 1931. Photocopy.
Louisiana Lottery tickets.
1938, 1939.
Pan African Congress speeches. Photocopy.
1974.
“Palace and Stockade of an African King Who Dealt in Slaves.” Photocopy.
[n.d.].
“Private Signal Code of a Slave Ship.” Photocopy.
[n.d.].
Rimesters Club. Listing of individuals who attended meeting.
[ca. 1932].
Tureaud, A. P. “The Negro at the Louisiana Bar.” Photocopy.
[ca. 1953].
Unknown source. French documents concerning slave trade from Senegal to the Americas. Typescript.
[ca. 1725-1750].
Subseries XI.7: Notes, Excerpts from Books.
Box 6 Arlington, Josie. Hello, [ca. 1900]. Facsimile.
Barde, Alexandre. Histoire des Comités de Vigilance aux Attakapas. Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lne.: Impr. du Meschacebe et de l’Avant-Coureur, 1861. Excerpt. Typescript.
Brown, Sterling A., Arthur P. Davis, and Ulysses Lee, eds. The Negro Caravan. New York, 1941. Excerpt with notes. Photocopy.
Desdunes, Rodolphe L. Nos hommes et notre histoire. Montreal, 1911. Various English translations (5 folders).
Didimus, H. New Orleans As I Found It, 1945. Excerpts. Typescript.
Gayarré, Charles. History of Louisiana. New Orleans, 1885. Excerpts. Typescript.
Gibson, John W. Progress of a Race. Naperville, Ill., 1920. Fragments. Photocopy.
Hosmer, James K. The History of the Louisiana Purchase. New York, 1902. Excerpts. Typescript.
King, Grace. Creole Families of New Orleans. New York, 1921. Excerpts. Typescript.
Lanusse, Armand. Les cenelles. New Orleans, 1845. French with English translations. Holograph and typescript.
Box 7 Phelps, Albert. Louisiana: A Record of Expansion. Boston, 1905. Excerpts. Typescript.
Raynal, Abbé. History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies. Dublin, 1784. Excerpts. Photocopy.
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana, 1837-1857. Excerpt with notes. Holograph.
Robin, C. C. Voyage to Louisiana. New Orleans, 1966. Excerpts. Typescript.
Sharp, Granville. Extract of a Letter to a Gentleman in Maryland. London, 1806. Facsimile.
Simmons, William. Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising. Cleveland, 1887. Excerpts with notes. Holograph.
Stoddard, Amos. Sketches Historical and Descriptive of Louisiana. Philadelphia, 1812. Excerpts. Typescript.
Tinker, Edward L. Les écrits de langue française en Louisiane au XIX siècle. Paris, 1933. Excerpts. Holograph and typescript.
Box 7 Wells, H. G. Outline of History. Garden City, N.Y., 1920. Excerpts on American slavery. Holograph.
Williams, Gomer. History of the Liverpool Privateers. Liverpool, 1897. Excerpts. Photocopy.
Wilson, Joseph T. The Black Phalanx. Hartford, 1891. Excerpts. Typescript and holograph.
Unknown source. Fragments from books, [n.d.]. Photocopy.
Notes and lists concerned with free people of color from various New Orleans city directories, 1853-1860. Holograph.
Notes with identifying citations, [n.d.].
Notes with identifying citations, damaged material; [n.d.]. Holograph.
Subseries XI.8: Notes, Excerpts, Articles from Serials, Booklets, and Theses.
Box 8 “Art in Colored Louisiana.” New Orleans Tribune. Articles, notes; [n.d.], 1862-1867. Typescript (7 folders).
Bradford, S. Sidney. “The Negro Ironworker in Ante Bellum Virginia.” Journal of Southern History, 1959. Photocopy.
“Colored New Orleans.” The Crisis (February 1916). Photocopy.
DeCournay, P. F. “The F.M.C.’s of Louisiana.” Lippincott Monthly Magazine (April 1894). Typescript.
Drake, St. Clair, and Horace R. Catton. “Black Metropolis.” [S.l., n.d.]. Photocopy.
Frazier, E. Franklin. “Behind the Masks.” [S.l., n.d.]. Photocopy.
History, Catholic Indigent Orphans’ Institute, [ca. 1915]. Typescript.
Landers, Ernest M. “The Iron Industry in Ante Bellum South Carolina.” The Journal of Southern History, [n.d.]. Photocopy.
Lapedes and Burrows. “Report of Recession — A Casebook.” The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, [n.d.]. Photocopy.
Martinez, Maurice M. “The History of Education in Louisiana (1706 - the Present.” Thesis, University of Michigan, 1969. Photocopy.
Moniteur de la Louisiane (March 1808). With notations. Photocopy and holograph.
Tinker, Edward Larocque. “Les cenelles.” Part 3. Colophon (July-September 1930). Typescript.
Unknown source. Fragments from various serials, [n.d.]. Photocopy.
Notes citing serials, booklets, and theses, [n.d.]. Typescript and holograph.
Subseries XI.9: Photographs.
Box 9 1-181, 196-238; Slides 1A-10A, 1B-10B.
Box 10 182-190, 192-195.
Portfolio 10A-Oversized 191.
196 John Q. Adams.
197 Rev. A. E. P. Albert.
Slide 1A Richard Allen.
198 G. W. Anderson.
1 Marian Anderson.
76 Martha B. Anderson.
199 W. H. Anderson.
200 Anti-Slavery Recorder. Front cover. July 1837.
Architecture.
2 Colored Pythian Building.
192,
193,
194 Dillard University.
182 French Quarter - 516 Bourbon Street.
183 French Quarter - Conti and Royal Streets.
184 French Quarter - 425 Dauphine Street.
185 French Quarter - 409 Royal Street.
186 Gas Plant.
3 Masonic Temple.
4 Negro Farmer’s One Room Log Cabin.
187 Perseverance B.M.A.A.
5 Benjamin W. Arnett.
6 Julian Talbot Bailey.
7 Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett.
201 Phillip A. Bell.
8 R. C. O. Benjamin.
202 Rev. Daniel S. Bentley.
9, Slide 5A Mary McLeod Bethune.
10 Jesse Binga.
12 Jas. A. Booker.
13 Boston Massacre.
14 J. W. E. Bowen.
15 Mrs. J. W. E. Bowen.
16 Eva D. Bowles.
17 Robert F. Boyd.
18 Calvin S. Brown.
144 Charlotte Hawkins Brown.
19 Resurrection of Henry “Box” Brown.
20 Jere A. Brown.
21, 22 John Brown.
23 John M. Brown.
191, OV William G. Brown.
24 William Wells Brown.
25 Blanche Kelso Bruce.
26 John Edward Bruce.
144 Josephine B. Bruce.
27 Ralph Bunche.
28 A. A. Burleigh.
203 Bishop Richard H. Cain.
204 Abel P. Caldwell.
29 Jabez Pitt Campbell.
30 Wm. H. Carney.
31 James G. Carter.
32 George Washington Carver.
33 William Calvin Chase.
34 Henry P. Cheatham.
35, 36, 37,
38, Slides
1B-10B Civil Rights, ca. 1960.
39, 40 Civil War.
41 Rev. & Mrs. M. W. Clair.
42 George W. Clinton.
43 Cleota J. Collins.
44 Edward Elder Cooper.
205 Rev. L. J. Coppin.
96 Cotton, Negroes picking.
206 W. H. Councill.
45 W. H. Crogman.
46 Alexander Crummell.
207 John C. Dancy.
47 Richard De Baptiste.
208 M. R. DeLaney.
48 Robert C. Delarge.
49, Slide 3A Frederick Douglass.
Slide 6A W. E. B. DuBois.
50 Paul Laurence Dunbar.
51 John Durham.
52 Robert Brown Elliott.
53 “Jimmie” Europe.
209 “Father Time.”
54 Fisk Jubilee Singers.
55 Henry Fitzbutler.
210 T. Thomas Fortune.
56 W. H. Franklin.
57 Wm. H. Furness.
58 Henry Highland Garnett.
59 William Lloyd Garrison.
Slide 7A Marcus Garvey.
211 Rev. G. W. Gayles.
212 Charles B. W. Gordon.
60 Ulysses S. Grant.
61 R. T. Greener.
62 F. M. Hamilton.
63 Mrs. F. E. W. Harper.
213 B. T. Harvey.
64 William H. Hastie.
65 Roland W. Hayes.
66 Lemuel Haynes.
164 Wm. Hayward.
67 Chas. Hendley.
68 Augustus M. Hodges.
69 J. Alexander Holmes.
70 Albon L. Holsey.
71 Solomon P. Hood.
72 Charles A. Johnson.
73 Edward Johnson.
74 William H. Johnson.
188 Anaise Jones.
214 J. E. Jones.
75 R. A. Jones.
76 Mrs. M. S. Josenberger.
77, 78,
Slide 9A,
215 Martin Luther King, Jr.
189, 190 Thomy Lafon.
79, 80 John Mercer Langston.
81 J. H. Lawson.
82 Benjamin F. Lee.
216 E. H. Lipscombe.
217 R. D. Littlejohn.
218 Rev. W. S. Lowry.
83 John R. Lynch.
84 Antonio Maceo.
85 A. N. McEwen.
86 Annie M. Pope Malone.
87,
Slide 10A Thurgood Marshall
219 John Mitchell, Jr.
220 W. H. Mixon [?].
88 John T. Morris.
221 Mrs. N. F. Mossell.
89 Robert Russia Moton.
Slide 8A Elijah Muhammed.
90 Cyrus Myers.
91 J. C. Napier.
92 Richard Nelson.
195 New Orleans States Newspaper Page re: September 14, 1874 Incident.
93 E. W. S. Peck.
199 B. B. Pelham.
222 Christopher J. Perry.
94 Wendell Phillips
95 William Pickens
97 P. B. S. Pinchback
98 Ida Platt
223 Rev. J. C. Price.
224 Charles B. Ray.
225 J. Randall Reid.
99, 100 Hiram Revels.
101 Hiram Revels with Charles Sumner.
102 R. W. Rose.
103 H. A. Rucker.
104 Daniel A. Rudd.
105 S. D. Russell.
106 John B. Russwurm.
107 W. Scarborough.
226 W. S. Scott.
108 J. T. Settle.
227 Rev. W. J. Simmons.
Slavery.
109 Slavery.
110 Capturing Slaves.
111, 112,
113 Ex-Slave.
114 Grandchildren of Slaves.
115 Slave Ship.
116 Slave Traders Marching Their Captives to the Coast.
117 Left by Slave Traders To Their Fate.
118 Desperate Conflict in a Barn - “Underground Railroad.”
119 Whipping a Slave in Washington, D.C.
120 Robert Smalls.
121 James McCune Smith.
122 Jeremiah R. B. Smith.
123 W. C. Smith.
124 Southern Industry.
125 Spanish-American War.
228 James J. Spelman.
126, 127 Spelman Seminary.
229 George E. Stephens.
128 Charles Carroll Stewart.
73 G. H. Stewart.
230 Rev. T. G. Stewart.
129, 130 Charity Still.
131 James T. Still.
132 “A Stitch in Time Saves Nine.” Photograph of Negro family scene.
133 Harriet Beecher Stowe.
199 Walter H. Stowers.
134 D. Augustus Straker.
135 J. Gordon Street.
136 C. C. Stumm.
101, 137 Charles Sumner.
138 W. Allison Sweeney.
139, 231 Benjamin Tucker Tanner.
140 C. H. J. Taylor.
141 H. Coleridge Taylor.
232 Marshall W. Taylor.
142 Robert T. Teamoh.
143, 144 Mary Church Terrell.
145 Edward Loften Thornton.
146 William Boden Townsend.
147 Frank Trigg.
148,
Slide 2A Harriet Tubman.
149 Benjamin S. Turner.
150 Henry McNeal Turner.
151 S. B. Turner.
Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northrup.
152, 153,
154 Solomon Northrup.
155 Flogging of the Girl Patsey - Slave Punishment.
156 Separation of Mother and Child.
157 Underground Railroad.
76 Mrs. C. J. Walker.
158 Charles T. Walker.
233 John L. Walker.
159 Josiah T. Walls.
160,
Slide 4A Booker T. Washington.
161 Mrs. Booker T. Washington.
162 Phillis Wheatley.
163 Lloyd G. Wheeler.
234 William Whipper.
164 Bert Williams.
165 Daniel B. Williams.
166 E. A. Williams.
167 Fannie Barrier Williams.
144 Sylvania F. Williams.
235 John H. Williamson.
168 Henry Wilson.
236 Col. Joseph T. Wilson.
World War I.
169 Colored Soldiers in the Trenches.
170 Convalescing Wounded Soldiers.
171 Moments Which Live Forever in the Memory of Man: Railroad departure of
Negro troops.
172 Negro Troops on the March in France.
173 One of the First American Prisoners in a German Prison Camp.
174 U.S. Flag & 369th Regimental Colors.
175 Watching a German Airplane at Mess Time.
176 C. E. Yarboro.
177 Charles Young.
178-181,
237 No Identification.
238 Damaged Photographs.
Subseries XI.10: Prints.
Box 2, OV “Add