41. Fleming, Richard
1863-1865
9 items

Collected correspondence of Sarah E. Parsons Cardner, a teacher of the Freemen in New Orleans during the Civil War.

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42. Gates, Jeanette M.
1924-1986
ca. 35 items

Jeanette Gates was an educator and writer. Materials about her activities at Fort Valley State College, Georgia and in New Orleans, and about her husband's campaign for a seat on the Portland, Oregon city council.

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43. Geddes, Joseph, Family
1927-1953
1 box

Mostly books of school and baby memorabilia of this New Orleans family that was active in the mortuary and insurance fields.

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44. Goreau, Laurraine R.
1957, 1977-1981 and n.d.
0.4 ft.

Includes libretto, piano scores, correspondence, and audiotapes about her folk opera, The Ballad of Catfoot Grimes. Also includes material relating to his biography of Mahalia Jackson.

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45. Griggs, Ethel Mae
1967-1971 and n.d.
13 items

Griggs is a former nutritionist with the U.S. Public Health Service in Alaska. Mostly includes collected items about the Martin Luther King, Jr. Family.

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46. Grout, Ruth
1893-1898 and n.d.
3 items

This collection consists of photostatic copies about her mother, Laura Marie Miller Gran, an American Missionary Association teacher who taught Appalachian whites in Tennessee and black Americans in Georgia.

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47. Hall, Gwendolyn Midlo
1969
5 boxes

Includes the papers of the historian Gwendolyn Midlo Hall. Dr Hall is known for her work on African-American slavery, particularly in Louisiana. This collection contains correspondence and working papers, including notes, drafts, lectures, and a typescript of her book Slave Power: the Creoles of Louisiana.

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48. Hamer, Fannie Lou
1962-1978 and n.d.
16.4 ft., 1 box and 1 oversized item

Fannie Lou Hamer was Field Secretary for the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), founder of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, and helped to seat an integrated delegation to the Democratic National Convention. Includes correspondence, financial records, writings, and other collected items.

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49. Harvey, Claire Collins
ca. 1937-1987
27.2 ft. and 17 items

This collection includes some items about her mortuary and insurance businesses, but is mostly about her church activities, including the World Conference of Christian Youth (1939), Womanpower Unlimited (1960s), the Mississippi Advisory Committee to the U.S. Civil Rights Committee (1964-1971), and the Church Women United (1971-1974).

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50. Henderson, Vivian
1953-1961
1.6 ft.

Vivian Henderson was a Fisk University economics professor, an adjunct member of Race Relations Department, and president of Clark College. Includes writings on African-American employment.