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...

Scope and Contents This collection is the result of a project sponsored by the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) and funded by the Louisiana Council for the Humanities and the Acadiana Committee in Human Relations. The project directors were Drs. Patricia Rickels and Matthew Schott with assistance from Barry Ancelet, Elemore Morgan, Jr., and Doris White. The collection contains taped interviews with several participants in Louisiana's civil rights movement. The...

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This collection consists of federal cases mainly from Louisiana. Many of the cases deal with school desegregation. There are also cases from other states as well. Also included are correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and court orders. This collection is arranged alphabetically by parish within Louisiana, and then by other state.

Scope and Contents Among the many subjects and people represented in the collection are: Subject: Alexandria (Virginia)--Description and Travel American Association of University Women. Lafayette (Louisiana) Chapter American Association of University Women. Louisiana Branch American Institute of Architects American Institute of Architects. Dallas (Texas) Chapter Architecture--Texas Architecture--Texas--History Architecture--Texas--Pictorial Views Architecture--United...