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19564349Mostly Shreveport LA 1956. Good. Thirteen manuscript ledgers all quarto or folio in contemporary cloth paper or partially-leather bindings totaling approximately 650pp. of manuscript content. Condition ranges from fair to very good with a few detached covers occasional detached leaves varying levels of toning and tanning to text and other wear. Evidence of regular handling and use as expected. A highly-informative and unique manuscript record of the activities of several African-American religious and social organizations in the larger Shreveport area of Louisiana over the period of more than three decades beginning in the mid-1920s. These thirteen ledgers mainly record the minutes for organizational meetings detailing group activities and also include useful information such as member rolls monthly dues paid donations to other organizations and so forth for eleven different Black organizations in the Shreveport area some of whom are exclusively women's groups. The meeting notes record a legion of activities engaged in by the various groups often opening with the location date and time of the meetings followed by detailed reporting of activities such as organizational committee and financial reports scripture readings vocal performances the election of new members and numerous other events. The locations of the meetings sometimes include the homes of various named members. The ledgers present here are as follows in chronological order:<br /> <br /> 1 Diamond Square Lodge #170. Shreveport La. 1924-1926. 79pp. Folio. Spine perished covers detached. A highly-detailed ledger and minutes book with mostly full-page entries recording the activities of the group over a two-year period in the mid-1920s. <br /> <br /> 2 Mt. Lebanon Lodge #20. Shreveport La. 1925-1940. 132pp. Records an unusually high time frame of activities and membership information for this local Shreveport men's group with entries recorded over most of a fifteen year period with no entries for 1930-32. The ledger contains mostly meeting minutes but some of the latter section is comprised of membership dues lists. Interestingly many of the pages over the first half of the ledger are crossed out in pencil with a full-page "X" for reasons which are ultimately unclear. <br /> <br /> 3 Sunflower Choir Club #7. Shreveport and Foster La. 1931-1939. Two volumes: 15; 66pp. of manuscript entries. A co-ed organization with members referred to variously as "Brother" or "Sister." The first volume contains seven double-page manuscript tables recording the member rolls and monthly dues paid between 1931 and 1937. The second volume is a continuation of the group's records beginning with membership rolls for 1938 and 1939. This second volume also includes more than fifty pages of meeting minutes. Interestingly one page records "Disbursements" made in 1938 which included donations to two other choirs named Shiloh and Stonewall. <br /> <br /> 4 Usher Civic Association and others. Shreveport La. 1931-1939. 12pp. of manuscript. The earliest two entries record the minutes of the Usher Civic Association while some of the later entries pertain to the VFW Glee Club and other usher boards in the area. <br /> <br /> 5 Stars Chapel Church. Hosston La. Two volumes: 74; 116pp. 1939-1947. An unusually-dense and informative pair of ledgers detailing the meetings financials and other activities of this small church in the tiny town of Hosston Louisiana. Among the information here are lists of donations for church repairs and member rolls for the years 1939 to 1947. <br /> <br /> 6 Antioch Baptist Church Usher Board. Shreveport La. 1942-1944. 57pp. of manuscript text. Some portions of ledger excised. This ledger is accompanied by a delightful landscape watercolor drawing of the Antioch Baptist Church building measuring 11 x 16 inches and signed Paul L. Dutzel. This historic Black church building was constructed in 1903 and still stands precisely as it is rendered in this beautiful piece of artwork. <br /> <br /> 7 The Good Samaritan Club. Shreveport La. 1942-1943. 60pp. Some leaves detached and worn. Interestingly the early recorder of this minutes book was not a good speller often recording some version of the name of the group as "The Good Sirmaraten" or even "Good Surmearic" club. <br /> <br /> 8 Lilly Lodge #28. Shreveport La. 1951-1952. 50pp. of manuscript. A neatly-kept ledger of meeting notes and membership dues for a local Masonic group with most of the work comprised of the meeting notes with detailed membership rolls and corresponding dues amounts from the previous month listed on facing pages. Every meeting for the Lilly Lodge took place at the Union Masonic Hall in Shreveport. <br /> <br /> 9 "The Brotherhood." 1953. 9pp. Likely a partial ledger which begins on page 55 and only contains notes for a few meetings along with two double-page tables of membership rolls and dues which are only partially recorded. Still a good record of the names of this group identified only as "The Brotherhood" in the early-1950s. <br /> <br /> 10 The Elbert Net Social Club. Bossier City and Shreveport La. 1955-1956. 30pp. of manuscript. The second entry records the meeting minutes for the El Serepe Social Club while the remainder of the book relates to the Elbert Net Social Club likely renamed. In addition to a couple of entries recording meeting minutes most of the entries for this women's social organization pertain to itemized donations taken up for the birthdays of various members. For example for Gladis Hamilton's birthday in June 1955 ten different named women contributed a quarter each. <br /> <br /> 11 The El Serepe Ebanett Social Club. Bossier City La. 1955-1956. 30pp. of manuscript. Peculiar to this volume are several entries recording lists of donations collected for different purposes including meals multiple entries for a "Fish Supper" pictures corsages a "special fund" and more. Also contains some entries for meeting notes member rolls with dues information and birthday collections. <br /> <br /> African American religious social and mutual aid societies were and continue to be vital to the Black community. Traditionally these groups have provided a sense of community as well as support and assistance to one another through shared funds especially when facing systemic oppression and limited access to traditional social services including religious services access to colleagues in business government healthcare education and more. These groups were particularly important to the African-American community during the Jim Crow era when segregation largely kept Black people literally separated from the larger white society in America. Organizations such as those represented in the present collection were essential to the Black community in Louisiana before the legal end of segregation was announced through various court decisions in the mid-20th century and also helped the Black community organize during the Civil Rights Movement and beyond.<br /> <br /> Taken together the ledgers contain approximately 650 pages of manuscript entries providing a unique opportunity for not only deep study of the social activities of African Americans in the Shreveport area over the course of thirty years but also allowing for comparative analysis between the groups with particular regard to the financial information contained herein. An informative and important manuscript record of African American social life in Jim Crow Louisiana with broad research potential. unknown
19504646Shreveport La 1950. Good. Broadside 8 x 7 inches on cardstock. Irregularly trimmed minor soiling and toning. A striking advertisement for the Colored Funeral Service Association Inc. which offered "Funeral Service Insurance" to relevant businesses in midcentury Shreveport. The advertisement pictures a nondescript building presumably the association's home office in Minden Louisiana. It also lists the three officers of the association along with the addresses of five "Colored Funeral Homes" located in Shreveport Lake Charles Minden Winnfield and Jonesville. unknown
19784648Shreveport La 1978. Very good. 56pp. Original pictorial wrappers stapled. Moderate foxing creasing light edge wear with a few pen notations to rear wrapper. Light occasional foxing to text. A wonderful combination of souvenir program for a notable women's religious organization and overall celebration of African-American church life in Shreveport in the late-1970s. Chiefly the program contains the schedule of events for the 1978 conference of the 13th District Missionary Baptist Association Women's Auxiliary which took place over five days in August. The work also opens with a Dedication "In memory of The Black Mother" by the auxiliary's president Sister Eddie Jones and includes photographic collages of the organization's officers "Some Past President of the 13th District Association and Pioneers of Faith" other photo-collages of "Pioneers of Faith" a group photograph of the Baptist Men's Council of Louisiana" and much more. The text is supplemented with a wealth of greetings and well wishes from a legion of local citizens and religious organizations along with a number of advertisements for local businesses. One greeting that also doubles as an advertisement for the African-American newspaper The Shreveport Sun is printed in memory of the founder of the paper M.L. Collins. No copies in OCLC. unknown
19644637Shreveport La 1964. Good. 48pp. Quarto. Original pictorial wrappers stapled. Noticeable staining and edge wear head of spine chipped. The very rare if not unrecorded program issued by the Shiloh Baptist Church "celebrating the completion of a new house of worship and sixty-four years of service for God 1900-1964." The work contains a schedule of events for the week-long service and dedication of the new building as well as a wealth of information on the Shiloh church along with numerous photographs of groups within the church including the Deaconess Board the Matrons Officers Sunday School classes the "Angelic Choir" and many more. The material on the church is supplemented by dozens of congratulatory messages and advertisements for local businesses supportive of the African-American community in Shreveport. No copies listed in OCLC. unknown
19744634Shreveport La 1974. Very good. 29pp. Original blue printed wrappers stapled. Minor discoloration around edges minor wear. Previous owner's signature on inside front cover ink notation on first page. An unrecorded pamphlet containing the details of Baptist church events in Shreveport for 1974. The work includes a listing of the ministers in charge of the Fellowship as well as the program calendar of events order of events the schedule for the Christian Doctrine Lectures assignments of Sunday School teachers listings of committees and members of each and the Constitution and By-Laws of the Fellowship. The final eleven pages are comprised of a Membership Directory of the Baptist Ministers' Fellowship listing each minister's name home address church affiliation and the address and phone numbers for the church. We could locate no other copies of this rare handbook which offers ample study of the African American religious community in Shreveport in the early-1970s. unknown
19754627Shreveport La 1975. Very good. 36pp. Original tan wrappers printed in black stapled. Moderate toning to wrappers minor edge wear. Contents a bit toned but clean. A rare program printing the schedule of events for the "First Annual Banquet" of the Neighborhood Advisory Councils of Caddo Parish Louisiana. The present work prints the banquet information on the first page but the remainder of the text is comprised of advertisements for local businesses churches and more along with well wishes from politicians community leaders business owners and others. As such the work is tantamount to an African-American directory of Shreveport in 1975. Neighborhood Advisory Councils were and are just what they sound like -- organizations comprised of local leaders who serve to advocate for the citizens usually low-income citizens in their neighborhoods. We could no locate any other copies in OCLC. unknown
19684412Various locations in Louisiana 1968. 81 leaves illustrated with 701 photographs some in color but mostly in black-and-white. Oblong folio. Contemporary green cloth screw-bound. Moderate soiling and wear to album both covers and a few internal leaves detached. Album leaves with varying levels of chipping and wear a handful of photographs with paper remnants from being stuck to facing images on a few leaves but the great majority of images in very good or better condition. Overall good condition. A thoroughly charming and mammoth assortment of vernacular photographs documenting the activities of an African-American family and their friends in Jim Crow Louisiana. Many of the images contain dated captions printed in the borders helping to identify the time they were taken and are not arranged chronologically; the album was likely compiled some time in the mid-1960s. The wealth of images capture men women and children at home often playing with their children visiting sitting on the porch and so forth. The photographs also feature the family at church weddings family events swimming at Christmas and more. A great number of the images feature subjects posed in front of or near personal automobiles an important development in the lives of Black families in the mid-20th century. The album does not contain any captions or notations but the license plates of several automobiles in some of the images can be read clearly identifying the setting as Louisiana. Three photos document a young man and woman near a flooded portion of a neighborhood. A few of the men featured here sport military uniforms. The sheer number of images provide an excellent opportunity for further study into African-American life in Louisiana in the 1950s and '60s - a time of great transition and upheaval in the country. unknown
19334182Leesville La 1933. 135pp. Folio. Contemporary partially-printed ledger book bound in half black cloth over maroon cloth boards completed to various degrees in ink manuscript. Significant wear dust-soiling abrading and staining to binding with front joint partially split. Text block separated from spine with a few leaves detached but otherwise intact in gatherings. Varying levels of toning and dust-soiling to text but highly readable nonetheless. Fair condition. A unique and informative manuscript record book recording the activities of a local lodge of the Knights of Pythias in Louisiana during the Great Depression. Leesville Louisiana is atill a very small town located in Vernon Parish not far from the Texas border about fifty miles from Jasper Texas. The present ledger records meeting times and dates appointments and elections occasional committee reports and notes on meeting activities including communications dues paid suspensions and reinstatements of members disbursements made by the lodge and more in varying levels of detail throughout the book. As an example the September 18 1930 meeting records with original spelling retained that the committee "a pointed on claning off the graves Sir Jem Davis" and five others; the "unfinished business" portion records that "Some of the members of the Lodge was dissatisfied with their endetness to the Lodge which was tabled untill the next R.M. which will be Oct 2nd;" and new business included "Sir RJ Jefferson CC of Silver Star Lodge No. 110 of Slagle La visited Pine Tree Lodge on Sept 18 and md short talk on the good of the order" followed by a listing of four other members of the Slagle lodge who accompanied Jefferson. Naturally numerous other members of the Pine Tree Lodge and others are named throughout the activities recorded in the book providing a written record of an African-American organization struggling to maintain social standing and provide mutual aid to its members in a harrowing time in American history. unknown
19606351New Orleans 1960. Near fine. Broadside 9 x 6 inches. Minor toning. Broadside urging the white citizens of New Orleans to stop buying Ford cars claiming Ford profits "have been distributed to integration and civil rights organizations" to the detriment of white folks "by forcing them to associate with negroes." The broadside declaims "It is time to dry up at least one source of the money that is being used to destroy our Southern way of life. Don't ever buy a Ford again." The Citizens' Council of Greater New Orleans lobbied for boycotts on several companies that they felt were encouraging Southern society into integration. unknown
19484638St. Louis Mo 1948. Good plus. 40pp. Original yellow wrappers printed in red and black. Some uneven sunning a few ink notations moderate dust-soiling and edge wear to wrappers soft central vertical crease throughout. Minor dust-soiling to most of text a few ink notations. The official souvenir program for the 1948 national convention of the Imperial Council Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine an African-American shriner's organization. The program begins with a Foreword by the group's Imperial Potentate Raymond E. Jackson followed by photographic portraits of the Imperial Council portraits of the women of the Imperial Court greetings and notices with photographic portraits from dozens of chapters and two pages of greetings from the Grand Chapter of Missouri. The two-page centerfold prints the schedule of events for the convention which took place from August 15-20 and included dozens of sessions run by the Imperial Council and Court as well as the Heroines of Jericho Eastern Stars and Royal Arch Masons. Among the more casual events held during the convention were a "Shriners Bathing Suit & Talent Pageant" held in Kiel Auditorium a baseball game at Sportsman's Park and a tour of the Anheuser-Busch brewery. The last half of the program as well as the inside rear cover and back cover are comprised of advertisements from local Black-owned businesses and those who catered to the Black community. unknown
5549Monroe La 1991. Very good. Two large folio scrapbooks: First scrapbook: 63 leaves illustrated with seventy-seven original photographs plus numerous programs certificates newspaper clippings including many photographically illustrated and other ephemeral items. Large square folio. Contemporary green cloth with white vinyl laid down to boards the front board titled with green wooden raised letters reading "The Monroe-Grambling Chapter of The Links Inc." Two letters missing as indicated by brackets above and a few chipped. Minor wear and soiling to covers. Occasional dust-soiling to contents but generally sound and clean. Second scrapbook: 8 leaves illustrated with nine original photographs plus several programs and numerous photographically-illustrated newspaper clippings all pages with hand-painted chains "linking" the scrapbook elements. Large tall folio. Handmade binding composed of large white artist's canvas panels duct-taped together along spines. Minor wear and dust soiling. An extraordinary pair of large-format lovingly-composed scrapbooks produced to document the history and achievements of the Monroe-Grambling chapter of the Links Incorporated a local Louisiana chapter of a notable national service organization comprised of and dedicated to supporting African-American women. According to a printed notice on the first page of the earlier scrapbook: "This book is intended to trace the history of the Monroe-Grambling Chapter of the Links Incorporated and to highlight a selected number of achievements." <br /> <br /> The compilers of the scrapbooks document the group's activities through original photographs ephemeral items such as programs certificates and documents and a legion of newspaper clippings most of which also picture members of the group. The contents are then artfully arranged with scrapbook elements such as ribbon construction paper frames manuscript headings and so forth. The ephemera in both scrapbooks include officer lists and event programs for chapter meetings banquets youth service events and so forth. The scrapbooks memorialize highlights of the Monroe chapter from its founding in 1973 through 1991. The scrapbooks memorialize the chapter's first meeting initiations from various years the chapter presidents service and volunteer events youth pageants arts festivals workshops namely the Beautillion Workshop over different years and more. The great majority of these moments are captured in original photographs or photographically-illustrated newspaper clippings.<br /> <br /> In general the Links Incorporated's volunteer efforts center around youth global awareness and the arts for which the chapter was recognized by numerous other organizations evidenced by the run of certificates near the end of the first scrapbook received from Grambling State University some of the school's Greek chapters the Monroe Mayor's Commission on the Needs of Women and Women in the Mainstream the Girl Scouts Carver Elementary School and more. The first scrapbook ends with a long run of pages celebrating "Individual Achievement" by various member as well as a few pages of "Connecting Links" to prominent local citizens including Grambling State's legendary head football coach Eddie Robinson.<br /> <br /> The second scrapbook picks up where the first leaves off documenting chapter activities for 1990 and 1991 but is much shorter. This second scrapbook includes material similar to the first but also a page dedicated to Founder's Day nine original photographs and the "Cultural Programme" from a chapter event titled "A Tribute to the Black Woman" and two programs for events during Black Heritage Month including one honoring the aforementioned Coach Eddie Robinson "the 'winningest' coach in football history".<br /> <br /> According to the organization's website: "The Links Incorporated is an international not-for-profit corporation established in 1946. The membership consists of more than 17000 professional women of African descent in 299 chapters located in 41 states the District of Columbia the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and the United Kingdom. It is one of the nation's oldest and largest volunteer service organizations of extraordinary women who are committed to enriching sustaining and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry. The outstanding programming of The Links Incorporated has five facets which include Services to Youth The Arts National Trends and Services International Trends and Services and Health and Human Services. The programs are implemented through strategies such as public information and education economic development and public policy campaigns." These five facets are all represented in the present scrapbooks.<br /> <br /> A fabulous pair of substantial and informative scrapbooks documenting almost two decades of activities and achievements of a vital Louisiana chapter of a highly-regarded African-American women's organization. The Links Incorporated is still going strong today; as recently as 2022 the organization awarded a million-dollar grant to the Obama Presidential Center. unknown
19594635Shreveport La 1959. Very good. 8pp. Original printed wrappers stapled. Minor toning around the edges short split to spine. A very rare if not unrecorded African American religious pamphlet from Jim Crow Louisiana. This revised constitution was printed to govern the Thirteenth District Missionary Baptist Association in Shreveport in 1959. The purpose of the organization is "to promote and support Home and Foreign Missions contribute to Christian Education to develop and maintain Christian Unity and to give AID to struggling churches also to foster Charitable Institutions." The constitution provides rules for membership officers the duties of officers meetings departments within the association the presbytery and more. No copies listed in OCLC. unknown
19654642Shreveport La 1965. Good. 64pp. Original pictorial light blue wrappers printed in dark blue stapled. Text printed in blue. Moderate staining and soiling to wrappers and text minor insect damage to wrappers. An unrecorded program celebrating the anniversary and the dedication of a new building for the African-American-owned J.S. Williams Funeral Home & Burial Association in Louisiana. Williams is described on the front wrapper as "Shreveport's Oldest Negro Business." The celebration took place Sunday April 11 1965 and the program includes a schedule of events for the day. The present work contains a history of the business portraits of the company's embalmers and other staff memorial messages addressed to some deceased former employees and more. Most of the work is taken up with advertisements largely from the African-American community in and around Shreveport. The advertisers include other Black churches local African-American schools like George Washington Carver High School organizations such as the Supreme Colored Helpers Society of America and the Colored Association of Louisiana and businesses including Booker T. Washington Nursing Home Shreveport Mutual Funeral Home and the Mays Printing Company. The wealth of ads practically add up to a de facto African-American community directory of contemporary Shreveport. We could locate no other copies of this work in OCLC or elsewhere. unknown
19694641Shreveport La 1969. Fair. 64pp. Original pictorial green wrappers stapled. Substantial chipping to bottom edge throughout mostly marginal but costing some words on the first sixteen pages noticeable staining to wrappers and bottom margin throughout center two leaves detached. An unrecorded program for an African-American church in Shreveport that doubles as a program for the December 14 1969 performance of "The Heavenly Troubadours." As with other church programs of the time and place the present example includes information on various church groups often illustrated with photographs greetings and congratulatory messages from church and community members and advertisements for local businesses. No copies in OCLC. A roughly-preserved example but priced accordingly. unknown
195512990New Orleans 1955. Photo-illustrated trade card 2.75 x 6.25 inches. Minor edge wear and toning horizontal crease some biopredation to bottom and right portions costing a handful of letters. Good condition. An extraordinary survival from Jim Crow Louisiana advertising the New Patterson Hotel in New Orleans owned and operated by John Robert Patterson. The hotel was the first African American-owned hotel in New Orleans and became one of the most popular during the Green Book era of African American travel. The hotel was located at two different addresses during its years of operation in which it was routinely listed in the annual publication of The Negro Traveler's Green Book. The present trade card emanates from the hotel's second location at 1815 Bienville Avenue where the hotel moved in 1954 or 1955; the hotel is listed at its first address on Rampart Street in the 1954 edition and the Bienville location by the time of the Green Book's 1955 edition.<br /> <br /> The trade card features two small photographs. At left is an image of the hotel itself with some promotional slogans beneath reading "One of America's Finest Colored Hotels and 'New Orleans Most Discriminating'" and "The 'Very' Best Place to Sleep Away from Home." The right side of the card prints a portrait of J.R. Patterson who is touted for his "Years of Business Experience in Successful Service" and "Nationally and Internationally Known." The center of the card prints information about the hotel located "In the Heart of Downtown New Orleans Close to Everything" offering "Rooms With Baths" and "Hot and Cold Running Water in Each Room" and with the address and phone number at bottom. The card is similar to the regular newspaper advertisement for the hotel printed in The Louisiana Weekly from 1956 to 1965. We could locate no other copies of this striking trade card for an important African American hotel in New Orleans founded owned and operated by a notable local businessman. unknown
19754636Shreveport La 1975. Very good. 36pp. Original cream pictorial wrappers printed in blue stapled. Text printed in blue. Minor wear and some soiling to wrappers. A few blue pen marks to wrappers and a few text pages. An unrecorded program for a bass baritone performance by Reverend John D.V. Hamilton Jr. hosted by the Shreveport chapter of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. The program includes the schedule of events for the night of the performance which took place at the Shreveport Convention Theatre on September 21 1975 but also includes much more information on the African American community of the area. The program is profusely illustrated with photographs of sorority members Hamilton himself local Black political candidates and more and includes lists of the Blue Revue Committee the chapter members a biographical sketch of Hamilton and much more. In addition the work contains a great many well wishes from various parties and numerous advertisements for local businesses serving the Black community in Shreveport such as the Shreveport Sun newspaper the Benevolent Life Insurance Company Armanda's Beauty Salon J.S. Williams & Son Funeral Home and many others. Hamilton's musical performances included pieces by Handel Tchaikovsky Rodgers and Hammerstein Gershwin and one of his own compositions as part of a section of songs called "God in the Black Experience." We could locate no other copies of this program in OCLC or elsewhere. unknown
19694640Shreveport La 1969. Very good. Three programs: 48; 32; 306pp. each bound in yellow wrappers stapled. Mostly minor wear some dust-soiling a few stray ink marks one ownership signature. Overall a nice group. A trio of souvenir programs memorializing various events at Shreveport's J.S. Clark Junior High School beginning in the Jim Crow years and ending at the close of the 1960s. The earliest program was issued at the dedication ceremony for the new school in 1959. It features the speakers for the day including J.S. Clark himself group photographs of the faculty and various staff departments a list of patrons and more. The preponderance of the work is comprised of advertisements for local businesses and congratulatory messages from community members. Laid into this program is a printed letter from the day of the dedication with further information about the school. The second and third programs present here were issued to celebrate the school's annual homecoming both in October in 1967 and 1969 respectively. Each program is illustrated on the front cover with a photograph of football players. Each program contains information and sometimes images of the school its faculty the football team the Homecoming court and more with team rosters. As with the earlier dedication ceremony program these works contain numerous advertisements and well wishes from the larger community. The abundance of advertisements within these three programs provides a valuable source for studying the population of commercial and private supporters of the Black community in midcentury Shreveport. Also the programs are important as representations of the slow process of school desegregation in Louisiana specifically Shreveport. The school system in Shreveport did not fully integrate until after the Alexander v. Holmes County case in 1969 in which integration was ordered by the Supreme Court immediately no longer with "all deliberate speed. unknown
19265509Shreveport: The Service Print Shop July 1926. Good. Broadside 12 x 6 inches. Old folds small chip to upper corner noticeable soiling and staining. An unrecorded broadside advertising a membership drive for the Damon Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias of the Universe in Shreveport Louisiana in the midst of the Roaring Twenties. The text asks "Do you want to join a Good Lodge" before asserting that this present membership drive is a unique opportunity: "The doors are opened for you that will never be opened again." The text then relays the price for membership $3.50 and then fifty cents per month and details some of the potential benefits of joining the Knights: "We Pay $3 Per Week Sick Benefit $50 Burial and a $300 Policy." The broadside is signed in type at the bottom by B.L. McElroy Grand Chancellor of the Damon Grand Lodge. Interestingly the Damon Lodge was located 10511/2 Texas Avenue in Shreveport; the present broadside was printed by the Service Print Shop on the same street at 1009 Texas Avenue. As such the print shop was most likely a Black-owned-and-operated enterprise. Another interesting note -- near the bottom several individuals are named as contacts for prospective new members mainly pastors and doctors; most of these men also reside or work on Texas Avenue. A decidedly ephemeral and hyper-local advertisement for a Shreveport lodge of the Knights of Pythias with no copies in OCLC or anywhere we could think to check. The Service Print Shop, July unknown
193114390Minden LA 1931. Very Good. Minden LA: 1931. Original black and white photograph 15.5x25.5cm. depicting the girls' basketball team alongside their coach Mr. Russ each player identified in ink manuscript along bottom of image. Photograph slightly curled with very small flaw at bottom of image else Very Good overall. Misidentifying manuscript label mounted to verso identifying the team in "Shreveport LA / Circa 1947 / Washington ".<br /> <br /> The label is a red herring misdating and misplacing the photograph sixteen years late and thirty miles west. The center player holds a basketball dated '31 nineteen years before Booker T. Washington High School was founded. The school almost certainly is Webster High School in Minden Louisiana thirty miles east. The building in the background and the women's slightly mismatching uniforms conform to those depicted in W.L.G. Abney's 1950s booklet "The History of Webster High School." Indeed the simple whitewashed wooden structure sitting on a brick pile foundation appears to be either the back of the dormitory or the newly-completed library the ground still unpaved dirt. <br /> <br /> The story of the founding of Webster High School less than ten years earlier in 1922 displays the dedication and financial burden of a Black community in the heart of the Jim Crow South. According to Abney's history a Colored Board of Trustees comprised of members of the community first set out to find a suitable site for a new school settling on a piece of land "owned and occupied as a home by one of Minden's colored citizens Mr. Henry Harris who was perfectly happy there and had no desire to sell." Abney glosses over the displacement of Harris but the site was secured and approved by the White Parish board "with the understanding that the colored people themselves would have to make substantial financial contribution if they were to secure this site because no money had been budgeted for the cause at that time." Indeed by 1931 the list of state-sponsored schools in Louisiana for White and Black students was sixty-eight to four. Webster was not one of those four schools. <br /> <br /> As Abney's history delineates however the money was raised by the community through the leadership and outreach of the Colored Board of Trustees and by 1931 a library had been erected and numerous sports teams active. The date is also significant as it coincides with the founding of two of the first all-Black all-women's professional basketball clubs the Philadelphia Tribune Girls and the Chicago Romas. Perhaps these pioneering teams inspired the formation of Webster High School's girls' basketball team. In any case the members listed are as follows: Coach Mr. Russ Tena Lowery Hazel Garrett Willie Stewart B. Green M. Ford Bran Watson M. Gafford E. McCorey Ella B. Gafford Lorscie Henry and Louella Ruffin. unknown
1768122974à Paris, chez Le Jay 1768 2 parties en 1 volume. In-12 18 x 10 cm. Reliure de l’époque veau havane, dos lisse orné de double filets dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison maroquin grenat et noir, XX-244-264 pp., notes en bas de page, bandeaux, table, catalogue libraire in fine. Accrocs en pied et en tête de dos, coins émoussés et frottés, intérieur frais.
1983LFA-126740136N° 174 (Janvier 1983) : 84 pages, format 215 x 285 mm, illustré, broché couverture couleurs, bon état
8998Alençon, Imprimerie Alençonnaise, 1982, 1 vol. petit in-4 (240 x 190) broché sous couverture illustrée en couleurs, de 128 pp. Très bon état.
192140729Washington D.C.: Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 1921. Large folding nautical chart printed on heavy paper stock. Colored. A rare original coastal survey of the Northern Gulf coast from Florida to Louisiana encompassing Panama City Rosemary Beach Seaside Grayton Destin Pensacola Gulf Shores Mobile Gulfport and the Mississippi Delta.<br/> <br/> Established by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807 as the Survey of the Coast the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey was the United States' first civilian scientific agency. This agency has followed its mission to survey the U.S. coastline create nautical charts of the coast and help increase maritime safety since its founding and has often played fascinating roles in significant chapters of U.S. history. It served in all theaters of the Civil War in the service of the Union Army and Navy pioneered acoustic exploration in the wake of the sinking of the Titanic and during WWI it worked to detect enemy submarines. In addition this agency worked to survey and produce detailed maps and renderings of the U.S. coast. These nautical survey maps commonly referred to as "T-sheets" provide fascinating insights into the history of the United States coastline which has and will continue to shift. These maps are the most important data source for understanding the physical and ecological characteristics of the U.S. shoreline. The present map is a highly detailed and accurate sea chart of the Gulf coasts of Florida Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana and an important historical view of the developing states. Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey unknown
190840737Washington D.C.: Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 1908. Large folding nautical chart printed on heavy paper stock. Colored. A rare original coastal survey of the Gulf coasts of Florida Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana including the Keys Fort Myers Sarasota Tampa Panama City Destin Pensacola Gulf Shores Mobile Biloxi Gulfport New Orleans and the Mississippi Delta.<br/> <br/> Established by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807 as the Survey of the Coast the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey was the United States' first civilian scientific agency. This agency has followed its mission to survey the U.S. coastline create nautical charts of the coast and help increase maritime safety since its founding and has often played fascinating roles in significant chapters of U.S. history. It served in all theaters of the Civil War in the service of the Union Army and Navy pioneered acoustic exploration in the wake of the sinking of the Titanic and during WWI it worked to detect enemy submarines. In addition this agency worked to survey and produce detailed maps and renderings of the U.S. coast. These nautical survey maps commonly referred to as "T-sheets" provide fascinating insights into the history of the United States coastline which has and will continue to shift. These maps are the most important data source for understanding the physical and ecological characteristics of the U.S. shoreline. The present map is a highly detailed and accurate sea chart of the coasts Florida Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana along the Gulf of Mexico and an important historical view of the developing states. Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey unknown
2006LFA-126734971Hors-série N° 2H (2006) : 144 pages, format 215 x 270 mm, illustré, broché couverture couleurs, bon état
