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Fletcher, Joel L., Jr. (1897–1972). Papers, 1843-2024, undated

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0012B

Scope and Contents

This addition to the collection includes handwritten letters from Joel Fletcher, Jr. to his wife, Frances Allen McLees Fletcher during the 1940s and a thank-you note from Dr. Michael Wade to Joel Fletcher III for using the letters for research on his forthcoming book about desegregation in higher education in Louisiana. Also included is correspondence from Joel Fletcher III to UL Lafayette faculty, a student who wrote a thesis about his father, and President Savoie; articles and correspondence concerning the relationship between President Fletcher and Grambling President Ralph W.E. Jones, an extension of remarks by Patrick T. Caffery, House of Representatives, and an article about Desegregation at SLI by Joel L. Fletcher III.

Dates

  • Majority of material found within 1943 - 2024

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Joel L. Fletcher, Jr. served as an educator in Louisiana over fifty years. For most of that time, he was at the University of Southwestern Louisiana (formerly Southwestern Louisiana Institute and later the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) – twenty years in the College of Agriculture and twenty-five years as President.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

These additions were donated by Paul D. Nevels, grandson of Joel Fletcher, and by Joel Lafayette Fletcher, III, in 2024.

Related Materials

Related materials include COLL 12 and 12A, both of which are included in the Joel L. Fletcher, Jr. Papers, and University Archives A 03 (Joel Fletcher Presidential Papers, 1941-1966).

Title
Joel L. Fletcher, Jr. Papers 2024 Addition
Status
Completed
Author
Scott Jordan
Date
2024-07-08
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection Repository

Contact:
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031