61. Jessye, Eva
1936-1943, 1959, 1978-1982
21 items

Collection includes correspondence and collected printed items of this Kansas musician.

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62. Johnson, Helene
1987
1 item

Oral history interview with Harlem Renaissance poet. Includes reminiscences with special emphasis on Countee Cullen.

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63. Johnson, Juanita Page
1923-1928
0.2 ft.

Scrapbook of Juantia Johnson including photographs and collected printed items mostly about her school days in Chicago.

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64. Julius Rosenwald Fund
1917-1948
140,789 microfilm exposures and 50 microfilm reels

Founded by Julius Rosenwald, this fund was chartered in 1917 with an endowment of $20 million. It sought to equalize opportunities among Americans by supporting Negro education and health programs, fellowships for Negroes and white Southerners, and other activities. The archival collection includes records relating to the Fund's fellowships and scholarships, trustees, administration, and to the Rosenwald family; financial records; correspondence; publications; and studies. Correspondents include Eleanor Roosevelt, Edith Rosenwald Stern, Pearl S. Buck, Lillian Smith and others. There is also material regarding rural education and schoolhouses, teacher training at universities, social and research studies, and race relations projects. Many female scholars benefited from the Fund.

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65. Keller, Rosa Freeman
1955-ca. 1977 and n.d.
0.2 ft.

Includes correspondence, legal records, autobiographical notes and drafts, and clippings of Rosa Keller (1911-2001), a New Orleans community activist. She was a leader of the movement to desegregating public libraries, was president of local Urban League, and played an active role in the campaign to desegregate Tulane University.

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66. Ladies Friends of Faith Benevolent Association, New Orleans, LA
1914-1916
1 item

Minute book of the Association. This volume provides useful information on sick relief, death benefits, and payments to the society's pharmacist and physician.

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67. Lemann, Jane T.
ca. 1950-1964
1 ft.

Mostly correspondence, reports, and collected printed items about race relations and desegregation in New Orleans.

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68. Lewis, Elsie
ca. 1863-ca. 1975 and n.d.
13.4 ft. and 2 boxes

Elsie Lewis was a Fisk University graduate, historian, and long-time department head at Howard University. This collection includes correspondence, research notes, lectures, manuscripts and clippings.

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69. Lewis, Hylan Garnet
1904-2000, n.d.
278 linear feet

Lewis Hylan Grant was a sociologist, educator and community activist. During his career he served on numerous review committees, and panels for government offices and private institutions. His papers include proposals and reports for hundreds of research projects that reflect the major concerns of sociologists and social scientists for over fifty years. The collection also includes correspondence, personal papers, papers relating to professional activities, consultant work, and research. Much of his work concerns women and the family.

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70. Lincoln Academy
1915-1957
50 items

Includes records of the Academy, which was founded in 1888 in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, by Emily C. Prudden, a New England woman. For decades, it was the only institution in several counties to offer secondary education to Negroes. The records consist of correspondence, manuscripts, bulletins and pamphlets.