MSS 533 Al Kennedy Collection: Inventory

Al Kennedy Collection

(Mss 533)

Inventory

Earl K. Long Library

University of New Orleans

June 2019

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Contents

Summary

Biographical Note

Series, Subseries

Descriptions

Container List

Index Terms

Summary

Size: Approximately 32.5 linear feet

Geographic Locations: Primarily Louisiana (New Orleans), but also including Little Rock, Arkansas.

Inclusive Dates:    1900 - 2019

Bulk Dates:           1980 - 2000

Summary: The Al Kennedy Collection contains material related to Kennedy’s personal and professional life, including historical materials from the New Orleans Public Schools, memos and operational papers from his work with the Orleans Parish School Board, interviews and photographs from his research into public education in New Orleans, interviews and photographs related to the music and culture of New Orleans, and research materials for books and other publications.

Related Collections: Orleans Parish School Board Collection (Mss 147); United Teachers of New Orleans, Local 527 Collection (Mss 135); Joseph Logsdon Collection (MSS 316)

Source: All materials came from the personal and professional files of Al Kennedy.

Finding Aid Date: June 12, 2019

Finding Aid Author: Al Kennedy

Processed by: Al Kennedy, with assistance from Aneesa Bibi, Nabeela Bibi, Madison Hazen, Jenidza Rivera, and Makenzee Brown

Access Restrictions: No restrictions

Copyright: Physical rights are retained by the Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans.

Citation:  Al Kennedy Collection, Louisiana and Special Collections Department, Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans.

Biographical Note

Al Kennedy, born in 1953 in Little Rock, AR, worked for the New Orleans Public Schools for 21 years in the school district’s public information office (1977 – 1998). He initiated the Orleans Parish School Board Collection at the University of New Orleans in 1982, and when New Orleans suffered tragic losses due to the federal levee failure of 2005, many of the historical records of the city’s public schools survived. The collection has grown to the length of five football fields.

Kennedy taught American, Louisiana, and New Orleans history at UNO (1999 – 2017), and in his research he documented the link between public school teachers and the music and musical economy of the city. He identified for scholars the dates of some of the earliest educational debates surrounding issues such as integration, corporal punishment, and prayer in schools.

As Co-Principal Investigator, he worked with UNO graduate students on a Louisiana Board of Regents grant to review the handwritten minutes of the various New Orleans school boards from the 1840s and 1850s to locate and index educational precedents for issues such as corporal punishment, textbook selection, and school construction. He also helped develop a pilot project for the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park to preserve the personal photos of area jazz musicians.

Kennedy's books include Chord Changes on the Chalkboard: How Public School Teachers Shaped Jazz and the Music of New Orleans (2002); Big Chief Harrison and the Mardi Gras Indians (2010); and Chief of Chiefs: Robert Nathaniel Lee and the Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans, 1915 – 2001 (2018). He also has authored two booklets about New Orleans Public School music teachers and other publications.

Kennedy earned a B.A. from Loyola University (2003), followed by a master’s degree in public administration (1987) and a Ph.D. in urban studies/urban history (1996) from the University of New Orleans.

 

 

Series, Subseries

SERIES 1: Orleans Parish School Board

        Subseries 1.1: Public Information Office

        Subseries 1.2: History of the New Orleans Public Schools

        Subseries 1.3: New Orleans Public Schools Documents

SERIES 2: Music

Subseries 2.1: Music in the Schools

Subseries 2.2: New Orleans Music

Subseries 2.3: New Orleans Musicians

Subseries 2.4: Interviews with Musicians

SERIES 3: Music Teachers

Subseries 3.1: Yvonne Busch

Subseries 3.2: Clyde Kerr, Sr.

Subseries 3.3: New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts (NOCCA)

Subseries 3.4: Mercedes Tucker Stamps

SERIES 4: Publications

Subseries 4.1: Chord Changes on the Chalkboard

Subseries 4.2: Big Chief Harrison

Subseries 4.3: Chief of Chiefs

Subseries 4.4: Other Writings

SERIES 5: History

Subseries 5.1: Southern History

Subseries 5.2: Louisiana & New Orleans History

SERIES 6: Personal

Subseries 6.1: Personal

Subseries 6.2: Photographs

Subseries 6.3: Photographs on CD/DVD

Descriptions:

Series 1: Orleans Parish School Board

Subseries 1.1 includes materials related to Al Kennedy’s employment in the New Orleans Public Schools’ public information office from 1977 to 1998. Materials show the areas in which the public information staff worked to share information, promote the public schools, handle media requests, and participate in community events. The series includes reports, routine information, construction issues, correspondence, newspaper articles, school programs, and photographs. It also includes some personal material, various folders regarding some aspect of the history of the New Orleans Public Schools, and news clippings and other public-school-related material beyond the years of Kennedy’s employment. Subseries 1.2  is a general category of materials related to the history of the New Orleans Public Schools, including historical and contemporary articles, news clippings, books and booklets, and correspondence.  Subseries 1.3 includes directories, annual reports, and other official school district documents from the early 1900s, projects related to documenting public school history, and information about a 2010 effort to recover boxes of folders from the 5^th floor of the 3510 Timbers administrative Center which had been abandoned after Hurricane Katrina.

Series 2: Music

Subseries 2.1 contains news clippings, photographs, publications, and scripts of presentations related to music programs in the public schools or former public school students or teachers. Subseries 2.2 includes general information about music in New Orleans such as publications, news clippings, materials about the New Orleans International Music Colloquium, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (and festival programs). Subseries 2.3, the largest subseries in the collection, includes folders of newspaper clippings, photographs, performance programs, correspondence, and interview summaries of  musicians and other artists Kennedy met, photographed, or interviewed as part of his research into New Orleans music or New Orleans Public School musicians and music teachers. Subseries 2.4 is a placeholder for the future deposit of oral history interviews conducted by Kennedy of musicians and music teachers employed in the New Orleans Public Schools and taped conversations with local musicians regarding memories of their years in the public schools.

Series 3: Music Teachers

Subseries 3.1 focuses on Yvonne Busch, with interview notes, photographs, correspondence, background information, educational influences, musical influences, and awards. Subseries 3.2 is devoted to Clyde Kerr Sr. (and Clyde Kerr Jr.) and includes information about the Kerr family, education, musical training, military career, educational career, bands he performed in or served as leader, and research notes. Subseries 3.3 details the history of the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) with information and documents discovered through research and interviews, and photographs of NOCCA events and activities. Subseries 3.4  focuses on Mercedes Tucker Stamps, including transcripts or summaries of interviews with Stamps and her former co-workers and students.

Series 4: Publications

Subseries 4.1 includes materials, correspondence, research notes, and photographs used in the preparation and publication of Chord Changes on the Chalkboard. Subseries 4.2 contains a broad range of research material, correspondence, photographs, funeral programs, and news clippings that informed the writing of the manuscript Big Chief Harrison. In addition, the subseries includes material about the Harrison family, the Guardians of the Flame, neighborhood locations, death notices of members of the masking tradition, and publication information. Subseries 4.3  is related to the above subseries on Big Chief Harrison but is focused on Robert Nathaniel Lee and the publication of his biography Chief of Chiefs, including news clippings, artifacts, and information about New Orleans history. Subseries 4.4 includes articles or drafts of articles about music, music education, or the history of public education.

Series 5: History

Subseries 5.1 includes articles and other materials documenting diverse aspects of southern history from Reconstruction through contemporary voter suppression cases. Subseries 5.2  contains political campaign materials, photographs, ephemera, articles, publications, an artist catalog, a literary journal, and pop culture materials that show another side of New Orleans history.

Series 6: Personal

Subseries 6.1 is a biographical collection of booklets, correspondence, and background information on Kennedy’s life from Little Rock to New Orleans, including education, employment, life, Boy Scouts, and friends. The subseries includes publications on Catholicism in Little Rock, from minstrel shows to an essay on the morality of segregation, and folders on the John Birch Society. Subseries 6.2  is comprised of photographs of people and events in and around New Orleans and Metairie, Louisiana. The photos are indexed in the finding aids. Subseries 6.3 includes photographic images stored on CDs or DVDs from a scanning project for the National Jazz Historical Park, New Orleans International Music Colloquium presentations, and from materials collected for Chord Changes on the Chalkboard, Big Chief Harrison, Chief of Chiefs, and Yvonne Busch and Mercedes Tucker Stamps booklets, and other publications.

 

Folder 0017

Holmes, Dr. Morris, Assignments, Memos, Reports

1: Draft – An Instructional Delivery System That is Accountable for Student Achievement

2: How the New Orleans Public School District Will Work for Creatively and Effectively to Deliver Learning to Students (n.d.)

3: Morris L. Holmes, Jr.- Resume/Professional Vita (n.d.)

4: Letter – [Rhoda Barlett] to Dr. Morris Holmes, Charter school concerns (6/5/1997)

5: Holiday Message for the Students & Staff in the New Orleans Public Schools (n.d.)

6: Letter, Monique Cossich to Dr. Morris Holmes, Commendation for Focus Area and Six Simple Measures of Success booklets (11/10/1995)

7: Opening of School Address from Dr. Morris L. Holmes, Superintendent of the New Orleans Public Schools (ca. August 1996)

8: Letter – Julie Schwartz to Dr. Morris Holmes, Student testing on Rosh Hashanah (10/3/1997)

9: Letter – Paula B. Duckett, National Science Foundation, to Dr. Morris L. Holmes, Deliverables for cooperative agreement between New Orleans Public Schools Urban Systemic Initiative and National science Foundation (10/30/1996)

10: Reorganization and Arrangement of the Central Office Over the Next Three Years, 1994-97 (8/9/94)

11: Form – New Orleans Public Schools Report on Membership for State Minimum Foundation Program Session 1993-94 (ca 10/1/1993)

12: Memo – Dr. Morris Holmes to Cabinet Members, Where You Can each Me During the Holidays (12/15/93)

13: Letter – Merlin Gilyot, Jr. to Dr. Morris L. Holmes, Commendation to Woodson Middle School (3/29/1996)

14: Fax – Judy Miller to Al Kennedy, Draft of news story: “Pooling” Option for Title I Services to Private school Students Sparks Controversy in New Orleans – Notes indicate news story never published (9/11/96)

15: Fax of assignments to Al Kennedy and attached Superintendent’s Cabinet Meeting Agenda (5/6/1996)

16: Letter – Dr. Morris L. Holmes to Friends of the N.O. Public Schools, Graduation poster and graduation statistics (ca. 5/1996)

17: Memo – Dr. Morris L. Holmes to Al Kennedy, Assignments related to district accomplishments and Annual Report (6/27/1995)

18: Notes, Al Kennedy’s scribbled notes following meeting with Dr. Holmes (Fall 1993)

19: Notes, Al Kennedy’s scribbled notes regarding reorganization following meeting with Dr. Holmes (8/9/94)

20: Notes, scribbled notes following meeting with Dr. Holmes regarding Six Simple Measures of Success and other topics (11/15/1993)

21: Printer’s Proof of document – “An Explanation to the Community About: The Graduation Rate and Allegations of Pressure to Promote Students, The Status of Discipline in our Schools, and the Real Reason Alternative Schools Have Not Been Implemented. (6/10/1996).

22: Memo, Dr. Morris L. Holmes to Members of the Superintendent’s Cabinet, Challenges for our Five-Year Plan (2/6/1996)

23: Return fax to Superintendent Holmes from Al Kennedy, Edit of comments regarding “Challenges for our Five Year Plan” (2/5/1996)

24: Press Release, Dr. Holmes considers lagging school attendance a community emergency, facts about enrollment, outline of remarks (9/14/93)

25: Letter – Dr. Morris L. Holmes to Students and School District Employees, encouragement to vote in  March 5, 1994 election – and attached flier: “It is your civic responsibility to vote” (3/2/1994)

26: Memo – Dr. Brenda Hatfield to Principals and Department Heads, Superintendent’s Opening of School Broadcast (8/23/1994)

27: Publication – Pocket Guide, Orleans Parish School Board, Sexual Harassment Policy (n.d.)

28: Memo, Dr. Morris L. Holmes to All School Principals, FY 1993-94 Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) Process (9/23/1993)

29: Referral Memo – Dr. Brenda Hatfield to Al Kennedy and Henry Joubert regarding the attached memos:

29-A: Memo: Dr. Morris L. Holmes to Superintendent’s Cabinet, Early Childhood Education (Position Notes or Position Paper) – It is the position of this superintendent that… (9/5/1995);

29-B: Memo: Dr. Morris L. Holmes, Utilization of Instructional Time (Position Notes or Position Paper) – It is the position of this superintendent that… (n.d.)

29-C: Position Notes – Topic: Utilization of Instructional Time (n.d.)

29-D: Position Notes 0 Early Childhood Education (n.d.)

30: New Orleans Public Schools Technology Enhancement Proposal (9/21/95)

31: New Orleans Public Schools – School Sites Teacher Capacity Building (n.d.)

32: Agenda, Central Office Staff Meeting, Six Areas of Focus for Project Respect (10/12/1995)

33: Letter – Jo Ann Bell to Mr. Holmes, Poem by student of Morris Jeff School about Principal Clarence A. Becknell (6/30/97)

34: Letter from Theresa Nash, Supervisor of School Nurses, to Reginald A. Parquet and Ernest Charles, Community Collaborative Institute, regarding “conspiracy” and “possible cover-up” regarding HIV/AIDS (1/23/1996) – and positive response from recipients.

35: Fax – Carl Coleman to Area I, II, and III, Minimum Foundation Program Cover Letter, 2^nd Enrollment Count (9/16/93)

36: Note – Al Kennedy to Dr. Morris L. Holmes, Report on series of articles from Sun-Sentinal (Broward County, Florida) regarding planned four-year report (n.d.)

37: Note – Al Kennedy to Dr. Morris L. Holmes,Times-Picayune story on Dr. Holmes’ first four years as superintendent (7/9/1997)

Folder 0018

Holmes, Dr. Morris, Cabinet Agendas, Memos, 1993

 

Folder 0019

Holmes, Dr. Morris, Cabinet Agendas, Memos, 1994

 

Folder 0020

Holmes, Dr. Morris, Cabinet Agendas, Memos, 1995.

 

Folder 0021

Holmes, Dr. Morris, Cabinet Agendas, Memos, 1996

 

Folder 0022

Holmes, Dr. Morris, Cabinet Agendas, Memos, 1997

 

Folder 0023

Holmes, Dr. Morris, Communications Comprehensive Plans, 1993, 1994, 1996. District-wide Communications Plans 1993, 1994 & 1996 prepared for Dr. Morris L. Holmes by Dr. Benda Hatfield and the Center for Instructional Media & Technology. Includes memo from Dr. Morris L. Holmes stating his views on media coverage, and plans for a Market Campaign for Revenue Election.

 

Folder 0024

Holmes, Dr. Morris, Memos, Project Respect and More. Folder contains a stapled copy of memos from Superintendent Holmes regarding: Project Respect, a discipline initiative; Six Simple Measures of Success; Security Incidents; Paperwork; Communications; Staffing; Strategic Plans; Parental Involvement; Grass Cutting, etc.

 

BOX 3 Folders 0025 - 0033

Folder 0025

Holmes, Dr. Morris, Memos to Al Kennedy. This folder contains several memos and correspondence by Morris L. Holmes. For example, Dr. Holmes wrote to Mr. Al Kennedy about an article to release to a National Education journal. This folder also includes a packet about price quotes on printing written by Al Kennedy to Dr. Brenda Hatfield.

 

Folder 0026

Holmes, Dr. Morris, Newspaper Articles, 1 of 2 In addition to news articles about Superintendent Dr. Morris L. Holmes, the folder also includes general education articles.

1: Task of canning a superintendent (6/19/98)

2: Franklin principal on public school needs (2/24/98)

3: School board must give answers (3/4/98)

4: Holmes buyout sparks lawsuit (2/6/98)

5: Teacher raises delayed (9/17/97)

6: The paradigm pattern (3/4/98)

7: Gambit Volume 19 #7-“winnas and loozas” (2/17/98)

8: Connick free to grill School Board (2/27/98)

9: Stop the subterfuge (2/11/98)

10: Board gets heat, but ratifies Holmes deal (2/10/98)

11: Board invites Holmes feedback (2/7/98)

12: Where Holmes went wrong (1/15/98)

13: White officials bias suit may be settled (1/13/98)

14: Commentary- Golden Opportunities (12/23/97)

15: Flak rises on deals for 3 Holmes aides (1/13/98)

16: Holmes ouster blamed on year of woes (12/21/97)

17: School system target of outrage (11/1/97)

18: Short tenure- Times Picayune 1997

19: Superintendent not the problem (12/22/97)

20: Gambit - N.O’s biggest secret (12/23/97)

21: Gambit – Speakeasy Robert Rivard (12/23/97)

22: School Board should quit too (12/21/97)

23: Time for a master plan for Orleans public schools (12/23/97)

24: Filling school leadership void (12/29/97)

25: Gambit – What a week! (12/23/97)

26: Crisis of Confidence (11/4/97)

27: Gambit – D.H Holmes’ clock back where it belongs! (11/4/97)

28: Gambit weekly – What a week! (11/4/97)

29: Teachers pick the cream of the crop (10/29/97)

30: Holmes gets show of support from board (10/28/97)

31: Holmes doesn’t make cut in Texas (10/31/97)

32: Flip-flopping on Morris Holmes (10/29/97)

33: Orleans School Board criticized (11/1/97)

34: Gambit “winnas and loozas” (10/28/97)

35: Gambit – Revenge of the Fourth Estate (11/4/97)

36: School chiefs not easy to find (12/17/97)

37: Holmes losing support as schools chief (10/23/97)

38: Reaction mixed to Morial idea for schools (10/25/97)

39: Picayune ‘toons about New Orleans schools (10/27/97)

40: LA Weekly readers not impressed with Dr. Holmes’ performance (11/2/97)

41: Contract haste makes waste (10/26/97)

42: Holmes walking a tightrope (10/26/97)

43: Gambit- Boissiere Weights Council Options (10/21/97)

44: Holmes’ discredited reputation (12/12/97)

45: 100% pass rate pledged (12/27/95)

46: School Board’s ‘good news’ gets bad reviews (6/1/97)

47: Picayune ‘toons about Holmes (10/20/97)

48: Shabby lawns the least of it (10/15/97)

49: What is Holmes really paid? (10/12/97)

50: Schools: Criticized for not filling posts (10/4/YY)

51: Civil rights anniversary points to unfinished tasks (9/21/97)

52: Public schools not improving (9/28/97)

53: Board extends Holmes’ contract (4/9/96)

54: Questions school chief’s raise (1/24/97)

55: Jeff task force takes aim at improving test scores (7/2/97)

56: Holmes refusal to resign lands him $210,000 sum (No date)

57: Holmes bows out (12/16/97)

58: After raise, it was all downhill (12/16/97)

59: Holmes will give up top school job July 1 (12/16/97)

60: Union, Holmes aim for battle (1/15/97)

61: Board- Federal team is in city to investigate (1/10/97)

62: Woman wins suit alleging school bias (11/23/96)

63: Comic on Morris Holmes (12/17/97)

64: The school superintendent selection process (12/18/97)

65: School proud of race relations (9/26/97)

66: School Board- Holmes given ‘performance raise’ (9/16/97)

67: Holmes in top rank of salary (9/11/97)

68: School Board gives Holmes a raise (9/8/97)

69: Administrator accuses Holmes of discrimination (7/2/97)

70: Flip-flopping on Morris Holmes (10/29/97)

71: Taking umbrage (2/10/97)

72: Holmes asks for public’s RSVP (2/27/96)

73: Gambit – Holmes p. 17 (12/23/97)

74: Gambit – Holmes p. 22 (12/23/97)

75: N.O schools job hinged on man’s race, suit says (2/23/95)

76: Gambit – Dr. Holmes must go (12/15/97)

77: Holmes’ exit the only start (10/17/97)

78: Schools- Get tough policy (8/16/95)

79: Seniors heed schools’ call (3/28/96)

80: Schools candidate tops after interview (4/4/93)

81: Sound off on schools (12/18/97)

82: Proper talk, extra gravy (10/23/95)

83: New school superintendent (1993)

84: Rising scores=rising hope (6/17/94)

85: Memorandum- Presentation to Orleans Parish School Board

86: Nine still in race to become head of N.O schools (1/23/93)

87: New School Board tackles health pact (3/1/93)

88: Holmes’ raise (2/4/96)

89: Fraud: School Board guilty of overbilling for insurance

90: Auditor- School Board may sue Peat Marwick (10/25/98)

91: School Board is incompetent (6/26/98)

92: School Candidates discuss wins, losses (3/19/93)

93: In their own words: Fixing N.O schools

94: 3 urban educators left in contention to run N.O schools (3/4/93)

95: Interim superintendent enjoying the honeymoon (7/2/98)

96: N.O schools to reassign, appoint 20 principals (7/1/94)

97: Board approves shifting principals (6/30/94)

98:” Schools- Education foundation…” (3/26/98)

99: Students at first integrated schools faced hatred (1/24/09)

Articles 100 to 130 moved to Folder 0042: “Newspaper Articles, Kennedy Al, Spokesperson”

131: Bus stop- Youths injured (No date)

132: Don’t fleece the taxpayers (10/13/97)

133: $325,000 award upheld in school system bias suit (4/3/97)

134: Clinton applauds Holmes (6/24/97)

135: Schools cleared of fraud (6/26/98)

136: Sweep school system out (10/16/97)

137: Holmes a finalist for Texas school job (10/22/97)

138: School busing costs rev up, Pastors pay for lobbying bus trip (3/7/09)

139: Charters cut ties with partners (4/25/09)

140: Orleans school board wants back in game (3/18/09), Task force urged on school boards (3/12/09)

141: Bickering holds back school reforms (7/22/09)

142:Teachers ask Jindal’s help with Pastorek (8/1/09)

143: Recovery district tightens budget proposal (5/18/09)

144: Improved access to school board is sought (5/20/09)

145: Applicants flocking to Teach for America (3/3/08)

146: Rumble coming over who runs schools (2/25/09)

147: Board refuses to extend teachers union contract (6/15/06), Right role for school boards (5/21/09)

148: Let’s work together (2009)

150: Chamber Music (10/21/83)

151: First woman on board (11/29/92)

153: Remembering ‘Bumpy’ Doucet (No date)

Articles 149, 152, and 154 to 164 Moved to Folder 0042: “Newspaper Articles, Kennedy Al, Spokesperson”

165: Vallas might run for office in Illinois (2/5/09), Role of local school boards up for debate (3/15/09)

166: 3 of 5 for-profit firms have split with boards (No date)

167: School Board sworn in (1/11/09)

168: Goal is to get N.O schools back, Kilbert says (No date)

169: Orleans schools superintendent quits his post (4/13/05), “Committee seeks ways to coordinate school systems” (3/28/08)

170: School Board changes urged (3/20/09)

171: Gambit- Is public education even worse than it looks? (9/17/98)

172: Jammed Calendar- Bruce Elliott (No date)

173: U.S secretary favors appointed boards (3/21/09)

174: Left to decay (No date)

175: Left to decay (No date)

176: Left to decay (No date)

177: Chief- Schools face a tight market (12/17/97)

 

Folder 0027

Holmes, Dr. Morris, Newspaper Articles, 2 of 2 . This folder contains information about the hiring of Dr. Morris Holmes in 1993 and attempts by the Orleans Parish School Board to fire him in 1997. In addition, there are misc. news articles, staff memos, drafts of announcements, and Dr. Holmes’ statement that he will be stepping down on June 17, 1998.

 

Folder 0028

Holmes, Dr. Morris, Nomination for Richard Green Award. Notes and preliminary materials for nomination of Dr. Holmes for the Richard R. Green Award sponsored by the Council of Great City Schools.

 

Folder 0029

Holmes, Dr. Morris, Pamphlets, Flyers. This folder contains brochures, pamphlets, and flyers regarding Dr. Morris Holmes, including the official welcome invitation from the City of New Orleans, invitations, reports, and publications such as Six Simple Measures of Success.

 

Folder 0030

Holmes, Morris, Photographs & Resume. This folder contains photographs of Dr. Morris Holmes, Superintendent. Photographs include Dr. Holmes giving speeches, being interviewed, and speaking to students. Also includes resume and newspaper clipping.

 

Folder 0031

Holmes, Morris, Review of 1995 - 96 Annual Report. This folder contains the draft of the 1995-96 Annual Report of New Orleans Public Schools (NOPS). Based upon information submitted by staff, the report stated there were “no major injuries incurred by students or district employees because of a violent offense.” News reports challenged that statement, and this became an issue for the public information department. Enclosed is the memo for department heads to verify the information.

 

Folder 0032

Holmes, Dr. Morris, Superintendent Search. This folder contains press releases, Board Agendas, flyers, and other material related to the search process that identified Dr. Morris Holmes as the Orleans Parish School Board’s finalist for Superintendent of the New Orleans Public Schools. 

 

Folder 0033

Invitations/Events. Includes photos of NOPS 150^th Anniversary exhibit at the New Orleans Museum of Art.

1: Sam Scarnato’s hospitality suite (2/28/82)

2: NOPS Department of Informational Services Brunch (8/10/82)

3: Louisiana School Boards Assc 48^th annual convention (2/14-16/1985)

4: Mack Spears NSBA ’85 Convention & Exhibition (3/30-4/2, 1985)

5: 1985 Convention Clinics

6: Au Revoir to Mr. Berthola E. Lumzy (5/29/80)

7: Preview Gala of the 150^th NOPS Anniversary (4/13/91)

8: Free Public Lecture on History of Public Education in N.O (4/19/91)

9: Free Public Lecture on History of Public Education in N.O (4/19/91)

10: New Orleans Museum of Arts Exhibition Previews (3/20/91)

11: Save our Youth Summit Public Rally (3/16/92)

12: Saving our Youth Summit Breakfast & Convocation (3/19/92)

13: Public Relations Meeting (10/7/92)

14: North Carolina Teaching Fellows Visitation (1/13/93)

15: Sunday 6/13/93 Conference

16: Feedback ’93 Conference

17: NOPS Communications Advisory Committee (5/9/96)

18: Arthur Ashe School 2^nd Annual Arts & Education Celebration (5/5/97)

19: Jazz Legends- Yvonne Busch Lunch-time slideshow (10/16/97)

20: Crossman Elementary School Round Table Discussions (12/1/97)

21: Principals’ Assc of NOPS Management Conference (6/7-9/98)

22: Orleans Parish School Board 2013 Inauguration Ceremony (1/14/13)

23: Orleans Parish School Board 30^th anniversary (2/28/13)

24: Jefferson Chamber Foundation Academy Commencement (3/12/13)

25: Music Workshop Schedule (4/22-29/YYYY) Includes schedules for Max Roach, The Winans, Benny Powell, Wynton Marsalis, Tito Puente, B.B. King, Danny Barker, Wardell Quezergue, Adella Adella The Story Teller.

26: WYES-TV documentary of the NOPS 150^th Anniversary (1/13/YYYY)

27: L.A.P.S.I.A Liason Committee- Mr. Kennedy speech on NOPS Archives (12/8/YYYY)

28: Invitation to a Meeting with Dr. Holmes (7/9/97)

29:  Photo: Preparing for NOPS 150^th Anniversary display at the New Orleans Museum of Art - 1991

30: Photo: Preparing for NOPS 150^th Anniversary display at the New Orleans Museum of Art - 1991

31: Photo: Preparing for NOPS 150^th Anniversary display at the New Orleans Museum of Art – 1991

 

Box 4 Folders 0034 - 0050

Folder 0034

Kennedy, Al, Information and Community Services. This folder contains articles written by Al Kennedy in the Department of Information and Community Services, Kennedy’s letters to the editor, drafts of remarks for others, remarks, correspondence about awards and community service, and research information. Includes photo of John Clif Roland, staff photographer, and two novelty photos for APPLAUSE, the employee newsletter of the New Orleans Public Schools, and Gambit news clipping about Kennedy’s retirement in 1998.

 

Folder 0035

Lakeview School – Legal Challenge of Ownership. This folder contains information regarding the 1996 legal challenge to the ownership of Lakeview school.

 

Folder 0036

Legal Opinion re: July 15, 1995 Bond Election & Election Flyer (E. D. White School). Legal opinion from Board Attorney Robert Rosenberg to Dr. Brenda Hatfield regarding July 15, 1995 bond election (6/14/1995). Also, flier inviting community to join second line to support bond issue -from E. W. White School.

 

Folder 0037

Mardi Gras Band Incident. Correspondence, news clippings.

 

Folder 0038

Memos. Includes memos regarding Al Kennedy’s work responsibilities, projects, or activities in which he was involved.

1: Leah J. Pointer to Katherine Behrman (9/8/97)

2: Turner C. Thomas to Dr. Carol Allen (2/23/84)

3: Rose Drill-Peterson to Al Kennedy (5/5/87)

4: Rose Drill-Peterson to Al Kennedy (3/13/90)

5: Al Kennedy to Everett J Williams (3/19/90)

6: Al Kennedy to Brenda Hatfield (8/12/91)

7: Brenda G. Hatfield to Rosalynne Dennis (10/12/91)

8: Memo, To Principals from Everett J. Williams, regarding final Founders’ Day (4/6/1992)

9: Barbara Ferguson to Charles Hatfield (3/26/93)

10: Kenneth J Ducote to Al Kennedy (4/23/93)

11: Kenneth J Ducote to Al Kennedy (4/23/93)

12: Al Kennedy to Division Heads/Department Heads (6/30/93)

13: Al Kennedy to Wyatt Dejoie (11/11/93)

14: Morris L. Holmes to Brenda Hatfield (2/4/94)

15: Al Kennedy to Roslyn J Smith (6/30/93)

618: Morris L. Holmes to All Central Office Personnel and All Office sites (12/11/95)

622: Morris L. Holmes to Cynthia Williams (4/26/96)

23: Morris L. Holmes to Al Kennedy (6/6/96)

24: Morris L. Holmes to Cabinet and Instructional Staff (8/26/96)

25: Professional Personnel Association to Payroll Department (No date)

 

Folder 0039

Mobilizing New Orleans to Save Our Youth, Final Report. Mobilizing New Orleans to “Save Our Youth” Summit – Final Report and recommendations submitted to Mayor Sidney J. Barthelemy, September 16, 1992. Folder includes news clipping (9/24/1992) and editorial (9/26/92). Al Kennedy served as participant and photographer.

 

Folder 0040

Newspaper Articles – General, 1 of 2. Includes newspaper articles about superintendent searches, school buildings, and other school issues. The break in the numbers reflects death notices moved to another folder. The Public Information office reviewed daily and weekly newspapers for education-related news stories. In addition, Kennedy collected articles after leaving the public schools. In cases where numbers are skipped, the clippings were moved to the Obituary folder.

2: School Board is set to appoint Davis today (5/2/99)

3: School Board and auditors: Who’s to blame? (11/20/98)

4: Who can lead schools? (12/6/98)

5: Renew superintendent search (12/11/98)

6: Board has 2^nd list for top job (No date)

9: School Board terminated union contract after Katrina

10: Schools full of heroes (2/12/09)

11: Final antics of School Board laid bare (8/23/09)

12: RSD: Building can’t meet today’s standards (6/18/11); Historic Treme school meets the wrecking ball (6/18/11)

13: Judge rules in favor of fired teachers (6/21/12)

14: Questions remain after school board vote in Orleans (11/9/12)

16: Vallas is expected to unveil budget this week (5/18/09)

17: Happy 150^th, New Orleans Public Schools (No date)

18: Employee rescues N.O. schools’ history (No date)

19: Schools return to regular schedule (9/24/80)

22: Al Kennedy awarded a 1989 National School Public Relations  Assc Golden A. Award (No date)

23: Schools dig for history, uncover racist wounds (2/5/90)

24: T-P Tops List of Nominations – (4-17-79)  Al Kennedy

25: This School Official is Paid not to take his job seriously – Al Kennedy & Henry Joubert (Aug. 15)

26: School Calendar Al Kennedy (10/9/78)

27: “Letters” Al Kennedy (4/1991)

28: Parents rap cutbacks in school budget (6/2/92)

29: “Panel” –From B-1 (No date)

30: Wiretaps used in probe (No date)

31: Walker Middle coping with fall overflow (8/27/97)

32: School clinics deliver care to students, Expelled students disappear in records (2/9/09)

33: Public schools 101 Article Part 2 (No date)

34: Public schools 101 Article Part 1 (No date)

35: Martin: 2 Years to start School construction (11/6/80)

36: Scholars focus on N.O jazz (4/18/01)

37: Yvonne Crespo Laprime (6/30/11) Moved to Folder 5

38:Chief: Safety top goal (8/30/93)

39: Schools- Chief Rips irresponsible parents (1/14/97)

40: Group hopes to save 9^th ward school (2/5/09)

41: Union debate absent in N.O schools (9/24/12)

42: A leader for Orleans schools (8/30/98)

43: Retired general shows outsider can help Seattle schools work (8/30/98)

44: Schools seek deal on $30 million judgment (10/20/98)

45: N.O tries to sell school property (1/10/07)

46: Right direction on schools (10/21/09)

48: Jefferson’s request to delay trial denied (6/26/09)

51: Plessy and Ferguson unveil plaque marking their ancestors’ actions

52: Candidate quits; one left seeking N.O school post

54: Educator’s benefits are under scrutiny (6/9/93)

55: Schools candidate nets record of work, respect (4/18/93)

56: Progress in the public schools (10/11/93)

57: Candidate drops out of school chief race (3/16/93)

58 Politics-: ‘Its Gotta be a Crusade’ (No date)

59: $30 million verdict gives School Board nightmares (10/17/98)

60: Descendants stand together (2/12/09)

61: Many students withdraw to avoid expulsion (2/9/09)

62: Public Schools searching for photos to preserve history (10/21/89)

63: School chief digs into new job (7/2/93)

64: New School superintendent (5/11/93)

66: Texan takes post as N.O schools chief (5/8/93)

67: Record- candidate praised (4/18/93)

68: Bethune High holds 40 year reunion (9/3/92)

69: Judgment time for School Board (11/20/98)

70: Teens face issues during transition to adulthood (2/9/09)

72: BESE to vote today on school takeovers (1/15/09)

73: Group would target schools struggling to help students (5/11/09)

74: Schools Chief Recalls 1960s (1/5/14) Dr. Carl Dolce

75: School- Decision expected Monday (5/23/99)

76: Education chief gives high marks to N.O (3/21/09)

77: McKenna out of running (5/22/99)

78: House bill ties to corral School Board speakers (4/15/99)

79: “Their enthusiasm makes new teachers attractive hires but many say they could…” (2/15/09)

80: ‘Optimal choice has a cost’ (3/7/09)

81: Schools- Decision expected by March 1 (No date)

82: “Don’t wreck parochial schools,” Letter to the Editor (2/1/07) & “In defense of public schools,” and “The future of vouchers,” Letters to the Editor (2/5/07)

 

Folder 0041

Newspaper Articles – General, 2 of 2.

1: “School Board made fiscally prudent choice,” Letter (3/6/2011)

2A “Schools lose grant worth $3 million,” News Story (4/13/1999)

2B “Schools: N.O. can seek new grant,” Cont’d from 2A

3: “Reform team salaries approved by School Board,” News Story (4/13/1999)

4A: “Reform plan for schools reassigns duties,” News Story (5/4/1999)

4B: Reform: Board to study plan Cont’d from 4A

5: “Committed to school reform?” Editorial (5/14/99)

6: “Teachers pushed to pass, they say,” News Story, Not dated.

7: “School Board absurdity,” Letter (4/10/99)

8: “Keep public input on schools,” Editorial (4/7/99)

9: “Bill could limit talk at school meetings,” News Story (4/6/1999)

10: “Union, Holmes aim for battle,” News Story (1/15/97)

11: “Changing the school system,” Letter (7/1/1998) & “No outsiders at Ben Franklin,” Letter (1/15/97)

12: “Public schools chief of staff is leaving,” News Story (7/12/2000)

Folder 0042

Newspaper Articles, Kennedy, Al, Spokesperson

100: Between the lines (6/13/93)

101: Schools’ good news (8/28/81)

102: Look at schools (12/30/82)

103: Employee rescues N.O School’s history (1/10/83)

104: Gambit- ‘Zero-tolerance’ public schools (8/20/96)

105: Teen held in rape at N.O school (9/30/97)

106: National student testing debated (8/24/97)

107: School evicts bats (12/1/97)

108: Gang rape reported at school (10/30/96)

109: He picks up the pieces of public school past (7/31/96)

110: School Board authorizes its President to borrow Million (3-25-22)  - request for reporters to leave

111: Gambling near schools object of Board probe (2/23/27) – Allegation by community

112: Public school vice quiz opens Feb. 23 (2/20/97) Call for proof of allegations

112 B: School Evils to be probed, Item-Tribune (2/20/1927)

112 C: Rumors of Vice in Schools Turn Out to Be False (2/24/27)

113: Use of school buses called illegal (3/13/96)

114: Walker Middle coping with fall overflow (8/27/97)

115: National student testing debated (8/24/97)

116: Students urged to be ready for school (8/21/97)

117: Bus stops get patrols after student fights (10/17/96)

118: Lack of heat shuts Bradley (12/18/96)

119: Fifth-grader with knife expelled (4/29/97)

120: Schools (No date)

121: Schools dig for history, uncover racist wounds (No date)

122: 5 school openings delayed (8/24/92)

123: A new way- listening to the public (No date)

124: Pressure rises as N.O area thaws (2/7/96)

125: Bond issue to fund essential Orleans school improvements (6/15/95)

126: 3 schools close for heating repairs (11/13/95)

127: Teacher booked with hitting child (12/DD/YYY)

128: This school official is paid not to take his job seriously (8/15/YYY)

129: 2 killed in New Orleans flood (5/4/78)

149: He picks up the pieces of public school past (7/31/86)

152: Letters to the editor (5/29/82)

154: School Calendar- Al Kennedy (No date)

155: 2 Killed in New Orleans flood (5/4/78)

156: School Officials optimistic sales tax hike will pass (11/2/80)

157: Heat wave forces change in school classes (9/16/YYY)

158: Student, 11, Beaten ‘Unconscious’ at McMain is in Fair condition (1/4/78)

159: Developing positive picture of school (6/23/85) Henry Joubert, Al Kennedy

160: Public schools searching for photos (No date) 161: School worker saves history (1/10/83)

162: Schools’ good news (8/28/81)

163: Look at schools (12/30/82)

164: Al Kennedy Article (No date)

 

Folder 0043

Obituaries, Funeral Services, NOPS Employees. Includes death notices from newspapers and programs from funeral services.

1. 1. Mary L.P Grant (November 27, 1998)
   2. A)  Carmen B. Gregoire (October 1, 2006),
2. Leonard Charles Benton (July 9, 2007)
   1. A)  Mary Kate Scully (January 23, 2008)
3. Dr. J. Richard Shenkel (January 27, 2008)
   1. Ovide Vitol Verneuil (February 25, 2009)
   2. Rose Mary Billips Loving (August 11, 2009)
   3. Louis H. Meyi (January 21, 2011)
   4. Arnold Milton Radel (August 11, 2011)
   5. A)  Dolores T. Aaron (January 18, 2012)
4. Dr. Gene Catherine Hassinger (August 20, 2012)
5. Nancy Carey Gilmore (August 31, 2012)
   1. A) Lucille Lloyd (April 11, 2013)
6. Paul Elliot Trouard (April 26, 2013)
7. Judee Bourgeois Morovich (September 30, 2013)
8. Allen J. Webre (September 11, 2013)
   1. A)   Dr. Everett Joseph Williams, Jr. (July 28, 2013)
9. Anthony Amato (December 2, 2013)
10.  Judee Bourgeois Morovich (September 30, 2013)
    1. Dr. Joseph W. Davis (August 2, 2013)
    2. Carl Arthur Deroche (August 28, 2013(
    3. Feliz “Zoo” James (September 18, 2013)
    4. Marie Louise Piece Jones (March 21, 2013)

(In previous organization, items 7-1 to 7-8 moved to this folder)

1. 1. “Duncan Waters, Retired Educator” (December 28, 2006, Times Picayune)

7-1-A) Duncan August Waters Memorial Tributes –

7-1-B) Receipt for enlargement of photo of Mrs. Vorice Waters donated by Al Kennedy to be displayed in the Vorice Waters School

1. 2. “Dr. Alvin Aubry, 92, Longtime Educator” (July 3, 2007)
   3. “Mary Kate Scully, 71, Inspiring Educator” (January 26, 2008)
   4. “Elliot Willard, former School Board member, dies at 81”  (December 28, 2012)
   5. “Velma Benjamin, beloved educator” (2012)
   6. “Mary Louise Pierce Jones, educational trailblazer” (March 27, 2013, Times Picayune)
   7. “Ex- N.O. school chief dies at 66” (December 3, 2013, Advocate)
   8. “Anthony Amato, former leader of N.O. public schools” (December 4, 2013, Times Picayune”

 (In previous organization, items 8-1 to 8-7 moved to this folder)

1. 1.  “A Celebration of Life of Mary-Kate Lorenz Tews” (April 5, 1937-July 17, 2008)
   2. “A Celebration of Life of Mary-Kate Lorenz Tews” (Summary of Life)
   3. “Mass of Christian Burial for Myrna Janice Bright” (July 1, 1935-October 5, 2008)
   4. “A Celebration of Life for Wyatt Marietta Vandergriff Dejoie” (May 13, 1938-October 3, 2010)
   5. “Mass of Christian Burial of Cynthia Eucharist Carter George” (March 13, 1936-July 3, 2011)
   6. “In Loving Memory of Gene Catherine Hassinger M.D.” (December 3, 1926- August 20, 2012)
   7. “Celebrating the life of Marie Louise Pierce Jones” (February 25, 1918-March 21, 2013)

 (Contents of Folder 10 from original organization moved to this folder) 

10-7: Alice R. Geoffray (8/5/09) –

10-8: Willard ‘had faith’ in students, colleague says (12/29/12)

10-15: Cynthia Carter George, teacher (7/8/11)

10-37: Yvonne Crespo Laprime (6/30/11)

10-47: Rose Loving, former school board leader (8/14/09)

10-49: Judee Morovich, educator dies (10/4/13)

10-50: First black N.O school chief Williams dies (7/31/13)

10-53: Pioneering New Orleans educator dies at 82 (7/31/13)

10-65: Williams was N.O’s first back superintendent (7/31/13)

10-71: Dolores Aaron, champion of kids (1/21/12)

+ More Obituaries:

A-1: James E. Dean Jr., 89 school administrator (8/22/2004)

A-2: Jackie Leonhard, 86 journalist, civic activist (4/13/2004)

A-3: Joyce Dombourian, a longtime teacher (2/17/2004) – also reference to Peter Dombourian, Music Supervisor

A-4: Ina Claire Watts Gex, 67, noted educator (6/17/2004)

A-5: Frederick Charles Palumbo Sr. (7/1/2004)

A-6: Samuel Scarnato, 85, former Orleans deputy superintendent (2/20/2015)

A-7: Samuel A. Scarnato, A Celebration of Life, September 25, 1929 – February 16, 2015, Funeral Programme

A-8: Betty Ann Jacques Francis, (2/27/15)

A-9: In Memoriam, Betty Ann Jacques Francis, August 28, 1938 – February 20, 2015, Funeral Programme

A-10-A: Aurolyn Liuzza Castigliola (!0/16/2014)

A-10-B: Alphonse John Guma Jr. (11/20/2014)

A-11-A: Dr. Norward Roussell (10/16/14)

A-11-B: Dr. Gino Gautreaux (11/22/2014)

A-11-C: Dr. Sara Louise Foulks (11/16/2014 – online)

A-11-D: First black superintendent of Selma schools dies at 80 (Norward Roussell) (10/18/2014)

A-12: Dr. Anita Concha Prieto (11/18/2014)

A-13: Lorenzo Gunn (5/20/98)

A-14: Paul William Kluchin (7/6/07)

A-15: In Memory of Mr. Victor A. Gordon, Sr.

A-16: Constance “Connie” Yeaton

A-17:Samuel Scarnato dies at 85.

A-18: Andrew Rinker, MD

A-19: Dr. Edward Reed Washington, Dr. Julianna Liles Boudreaux

A-20: Victor Anthony Gordon Sr., Carmen Rogers Morial

A-21: Melva D. Borris Williams, Robert Edgar Wall

A-22: Former OPSB president, pediatrician dies – Dr. Andrew Rinker

A-23: Lorraine Poret Wilson, Dolcina Geldersma, Maurice Geisel Jr.

A-24: Dr. Lorraine Wilson, Funeral Arrangements

A-25: Mechtild “Medy” Friderici Cazzetta

A-26: Dr. Olympia Eaglin Boucree

A-27: Calvin Peter Casmier.

 

Folder 0044

Official Motto, Six Simple Measures of Success, Publications

1: Designs for School System Logo (8/18/93)

2: Resolution: The Official Motto of the New Orleans Public Schools (5/8/95)

3: Overlay of Respect for Life, Property and Learning (8/16/93)

4: Rough design for motto button (8/5/93)

5: Memo – Trademark Patent for NOPS Logo & Motto (12/14/93)

6: Letter --  Copyright for Publications (10/25/93)

7: Letter -- Re. Logo Stickers from Leslie Jacobs (8/8/1994)

8: Booklet – Six Simple Measures of Success (1993)

9: Booklet – The Superintendent’s Report to the Community: 90 Days and Beyond, (11/22/1993)

 

Folder 0045

Photographs, Central Services, 4300 Almonaster, Print Shop, Food Services

97-A: Print Shop Staff: Darwin Glapion, Claude "CJ" Boyd, Gilma Pavon, Cynthia M. Farinas, Viola T. Johnson, Sandra Langlois, Glenn Fontenot, Diane Hampton, Joseph Wallace, Patricia Vallery (stooping).

97-B: Child Nutrition (Food Services) New Orleans Public Schools, Easter 1993. Margaret Dobbins (left).

97-C: Child Nutrition (Food Services) New Orleans Public Schools, Easter 1993. Margaret Dobbins (left).

97-D: Roof leak in the 4300 Almonaster Central Services building by Print Shop. (5/26/93)

 

Folder 0046

Photographs, District Rally, Joe Brown Park, 1993. District Rally, Joe Brown Park (9/25/1993). Color 35mm slides. Superintendent Morris Holmes and Sammie Holmes with School Board staff

 

Folder 0047

Photographs, Holmes, Dr. Morris, Announcing Stepping Down as Superintendent (12/15/97), Last Day, (6/17/1998)

Folder contains:

A)  4” X 6” prints of the evening Dr. Holmes announced he would be stepping down as Superintendent. Includes shots on the dais with the members of the School Board, greeting Board members, answering media questions, talking to Cheron Brylski and Dr. Linda Stelly (12/15/97)

B) Dr. Holmes’ last day as Superintendent (6/17/1998 – 4” X 6” prints), after which he took a lesser position as an administrator in the school system until his agreed upon departure date. Photos include shots in his office and a meeting with other administrators: Cynthia Williams, Charles Hatfield, Reggie Zeno, Cynthia George, Rosalyn Dennis. Holmes’ Secretary, Carole Chevalier,

 

Folder 0048

Photographs, Misc NOPS, 1 of 2. Miscellaneous photographs of New Orleans Public School staff or events.

93-A: Marcus Christian Circle and Press Street, New Orleans (near Moton School)

93-B: Gloria Boyd, Center for Instructional Media & Technology (CIMT) NOPS

93-C: CIMT staff – Evelyn Monjure, Deane Scott, Gail Young, Althea Goodall, Ireland Tuckerson (two photos)

93-D: Dr. Brenda Hatfield – CIMT Director

93-E: Judge C. Hearn Taylor at Kennedy graduation (5/93)

93-F: Student in Homework Assistance Program, CIMT

93-G: Alfred Richard as Klingon in CIMT Studio (Channel 48), Halloween, CIMT (fragment)

93-H: Dr. Everett Williams, Superintendent, with Francis Nguyen, Rosenwald School, 1987-88 school year – with halftone negative

93-I: Dollars for Scholars (9/7/95) New Orleans Centre, Ray Cresson, former manager of K&B camera, sold film supplies to NOPS Public Information Office.

93-J: Dr. Martin Luther King Parade 1989 – Carl Galmon, Dorothy Mae Taylor, Edwin Edwards

93-K: Dedication of Lawless High Health Clinic – John Breaux, Cheryl Cramer, Mother Griffin, Dr. Barbara Ferguson

93-L: Page from Fillmore School/McDonogh 16 book showing occupations of parents – in OPSB Collection at UNO

94-A: Tommy Morgan, CIMT, in Channel 48 studio, 4300 Almonaster

94-B: Tommy  Morgan in Mardi Gras Parade.

95: Dr. Matthew Proctor named Interim Superintendent of the New Orleans Public Schools, June 26, 1998.

 

Folder 0049

Photographs, Misc NOPS, 2 of 2. Miscellaneous photographs of New Orleans Public School staff or events.

96-A:  Mack J. Spears Funeral, Central Congregational Church. Dr. Spears was a former President of the Orleans Parish School Board. He died on October 28, 1998.

96-B: Charles J. Hatfield, teacher, union leader. (Hatfield’s papers are at the Amistad Research Center)

96-C: Dr. Everett Williams, NOPS Superintendent, and Mrs. Beatrice Owsley, archivist, UNO, Special Collections, viewing items from Orleans Parish School Board Collection.

96-D: Driver, Transportation Department, 4300 Almonaster Ave., Central Services, New Orleans Public Schools. – Part of Photo Exhibit of Central Services employees. (identifying information might be with original photos in OPSB Collection, UNO).

96-E: Member of Dixie Arts Supply putting up display at New Orleans Museum of Art for New Orleans Public Schools Sesquicentennial exhibit (150^th Anniversary – 1841-1991)

96-F: Elizabeth Shannon, artist who served as curator of the New Orleans Public School District’s 150^th anniversary exhibit at the New Orleans Museum of Art – Sesquicentennial, in her studio on Spain Street.

96-G: McDonogh 36 becomes Mahalia Jackson Elementary (10/22/93). Mahalia Jackson’s older sister, Pearl, and younger brother Johnny, with Dr. Morris L. Holmes.

96-H: Dr. Morris Jeff at the 50^th anniversary of Booker T. Washington High School, (9/6/92) – Booker T. Washington Auditorium.

96-I: Arts Council Panel Discussion at Gallier Hall, (12/10/91) (two photos)

96-J-1: Shirley Corey, Arts Supervisor, Retirement Party at the Aquarium, (11/10/91) - Friends gather for the party.

96-J-2: Shirley Corey, Arts Supervisor, Retirement Party at the Aquarium, (11/10/91) – Guste student group waits to perform

96-J-3: Shirley Corey, Arts Supervisor, Retirement Party at the Aquarium, (11/10/91) – Guste student group performs

96-J-4: Shirley Corey, Arts Supervisor, Retirement Party at the Aquarium, (11/10/91) – Shirley Corey and John Otis

96-K: Announcement for surplus property auction at School Board headquarters, 4100 Touro Street, (1/25/92)

96-L: Scene of McDonogh 15 Fair, View from the Street (5/9/92)

96-M: Alvi Mogilles, Director of Purchasing, New Orleans Public Schools (ca 1989)

 

Folder 0050

Photographs, Warren, Mrs. George Ethel, King Elementary. George Ethel Warren (wheelchair) attends anti WWL rally at King Elementary following series by WWL’s Bill Elder (8/15/1996) Three photos.

 

Box 5 Folders 0051 - 0064

Folder 0051

Professional Personnel Association (PPA). PPA News – Newsletter of the Professional Personnel Association, October 1991 – June 1996. – Also contains subpoena for “Ovide Verneuil, Jr vs Orleans Parish School Board,” a case involving GIA Insurance. PPA challenged GIA Insurance in its newsletters. Photos of Al Kennedy’s presentation, and Charles Hatfield, President.

Folder 0052

Public Information Activities. Includes research, correspondence, and reports.

1. 1. NOPS Media Report-January 1^st-December 31, 1988 – Special research report by Al Kennedy based upon a content analysis of 1763 news articles
   2. Women in the School System-Dates
   3. NOPS Division of Communications

3a) To: Ms. Thelva Brown (June 14, 1996) – Plaster bust of John McDonogh

3b) Receipt of Marble Bust of Samuel J. Peters (February 7, 1997) – Never removed from Peters School.

3c) To: Dr. Ken Ducote (July 9, 1997)

3d) List of portraits and busts Stored (December 9, 1997): General Pershing, Woodrow Wilson, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, John McDonogh.

3e) Confirmation of Received Books (December 18, 1997)

3f) Receipt of Plaster Bust of John McDonogh loaned to Gretna Historical Society (July 2, 1998) (2 Copies)

1. 4. Letter to Mr. Frank Williams-January 10, 1999
   5. NOPS Alumni Times!-Volume 3, Edition 2
   6. To: Dr. Al Kennedy from G. Leighton Ciravolo (November 13, 1997)
   7. Letter from Superintendent Gene Geisert to Al Kennedy (2/29/1980) Commendation
   8. 8 A-I) Memo from Dr. Alice Geoffray to Dr. Morris Holmes defending Al Kennedy’s work performance (7/23/1996) – with supporting information.
   9. The Hester Report, Vol 1, Issue 3, May 10, 1999: “Lessons We Haven’t Learned from Littleton or Elsewhere.”
   10.  

Folder 0053

Public Relations Consultants. This folder contains suggestions for media strategies, and other information issues from media consultants.

 

Folder 0054

Ragan Report, 1978 – 1980. A Weekly Survey of Ideas and Methods for School Communicators, references to Al Kennedy’s work on APPLAUSE.

1) The Ragan Report (10/16/78)

2) The Ragan Report (11/6/78)

3) The Ragan Report (11/6/78)

4) The Ragan Report (12/4/78)

5) The Ragan Report (2/12/79)

6) The Ragan Report News & Views (4/16/79)

7) The Ragan Report News & Views (10/8/79)

8) The Ragan Report News & Views (10/8/79)

9) The Ragan Report (12/22/80)

 

Folder 0055

Retreat Notes, September 16 & 17, 1994. Notes from two-day retreat to discuss issues related to the students and schools

 

Folder 0056

School Name Changes, PANOPSI Files. Two copies of the Principals’ Association of New Orleans Public Schools, Inc. (PANOPSI) newsletter, The PANOPSI Files – related to school name changes (January, 1994 & February 1994). All of the files on the whole name-changing process were left with the information office and lost in the federal floods following Hurricane Katrina.

 

Folder 0057

School Tax Election, 1990, Analysis. Analysis of loss of March 3, 1990 school tax election to build two high schools and replace 300 dilapidated temporary classrooms.

 

Folder 0058

Subpoenas, Freedom of Information Requests. Media freedom-of-information requests, and subpoena information from District Attorney Harry Connick to Morris L. Holmes.

 

Folder 0059

Teachers’ Strike, 1990. Includes timeline, Strike Information Updates, news clippings.

 

Folder 0060

Thank-You Notes

1) Thank you note from Louis G. Riecke to Mr. Al Kennedy

2) Thank you note from Tom Tews to Al (11/11/82)

3) Thank you note from Joan Garvey (1/14/83)

4) Thank you note from [Carlo Ostello] to Al (4/1984)

5) Thank you note from Letty Jane Clark, Gregory Cafeteria Manager (10/4/84

6) Thank you note from Art Greene, LSBA, to Mr. Al Kennedy (1/9/85)

7) “Dear Big Brother” - From Tina Perrin (1/15/85)

8) Simonia E. Milton to Mr. Kennedy (2/25/86

9) Julianna Boudreaux to Al Kennedy (8/2/86)

10) Thank you note from Myrna Bright  to Al (8/9/89)

11) Thank you from Betty H. Lala (9/8/1989)

12) Betty W. Carter to Mr. Kennedy (9/15/89)

13) Al Kennedy to Rose Peterson re) Mrs. Hodding Carter (8/30/89)

14) Thank you note from Dixie Sanders Harney to Mr. Kennedy (8/14/91)

15) Happy Holidays from Julianna Boudreaux & “Doc” (No date)

16) Thank you Note from Dr. Brenda Hatfield to Al (2/4/96)

17) Thank you from Campbell Hutchinson, KidsmART, for service on Board (7/1/2002)

18) Thank you from Collin Hamer, New Orleans Public Library, for Grace King High school yearbooks (8/28/1992)

 

Folder 0061

Vitter, David, urges criminal prosecution, Public School Millage Parade, 1998. On May 1, 1998, students and teachers from five schools participated in a parade through the community urging support for four tax proposals on the ballot on May 2. Folder includes: news story about the parade; press releases from State Rep. David Vitter urging prosecution of school officials; statements from school spokesperson Cheron Brylski; editorial from the Times-Picayune; a resolution by Peggy Wilson, City Council member, regarding use of “yes” language on buses; flier for election victory party; and thank-you note from Dr. Linda Stelly to election workers.

 

Folder 0062

WWL-TV SERIES, School Construction, 1996, 1 of 3

Memos:

1. 1. August 7, 1996 - From: Morris L. Holmes (Response to the Show Aired on Channel 4)
   2. August 9, 1996 - From: Morris L. Holmes (See that a watch dog..)
   3. August 14, 1996- From: Warren Bell Jr. (Video for NOPS Campaign to Counter WWL-TV News)
   4. August 15, 1996 - From: Morris L. Holmes (Citizens Oversight Committee)
   5. August 19, 1996 - From: Warren Bell Jr. (Production of: 30 Minute Video)
   6. August 20, 1996 - From: Warren Bell Jr. (Thirty-Minute Video)
   7. August 20, 1996 - From: Warren Bell Jr. (Attendance at NABJ Convention)
   8. August 23, 1996 – From: Kenneth J. Ducote (Bill Edler’s Story)
   9. October 21, 1996 – From: Morris L. Holmes (Factual Information on School District Construction)
   10. Undated- From: Al Kennedy To: Linda (Fax Bill Elder Fact Sheet)     

Faxes:

1. 11. July 30, 1996- Transaction Report
   12. August 8, 1996- From: Warren Bell
   13. August 8, 1996- From: Warren Bell
   14. August 11, 1996- From: Rose Drill-Peterson & Frank Peterson
   15. August 12, 1996- From: Al Kennedy
   16. August 13, 1996-From NOPS Secretary (Notice)
   17. August 13, 1996- From: NOPS Secretary (Notice Cancelled)
   18. August 15, 1996- Transaction Report
   19. August 30, 1996- Fax Transmission

Construction Costs:

1. 20. Martin Luther King Elementary School
   21. Chester Elementary School
   22. Acquisition of Ganus in Lieu of Acquisition of Portables
   23. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School
   24. Medard Nelson Elementary

Other Documents/Photos:

1. 25. School Walls Called Unsafe (May 25, 1996)
   26. Video Highlights of Bill Edler (August 12, 1996)
   27. Transcript-WWL TV Channel Four (August 14, 1996)
   28. Martin Luther King Rally Internal Agenda (August 15, 1996)
   29. Agenda of Upcoming Events
   30. Response to Bill Edler-Newsletter
   31. Notes on Dr. Martin Luther King Elementary School
   32. Rebuilding Our Schools- A Progress Report to the Community
   33. Citizens Oversight Committee Press Release
   34. The School Board is NOT failing our Children!
   35. Our Children Deserve a Bright and Beautiful Martin Luther King Elementary School!
   36. PHOTOS: Undated- 7 total (1-36a until 1-36g – includes Dr. Ken Ducote, Bill Elder, Maudelle Cade, Ron Leone)

Folder 0063

WWL-TV SERIES, School Construction, 1996, 2 of 3

Memos:

2) August 9, 1996 From: Kenneth J. Ducote (Claims Made by Oversight Committee Members)

3) August 9, 1996 From: Kenneth J. Ducote (Request by Members of Citizens Oversight Committee)

4) August 14, 1996 From: Dr. Linda J. Stelly (Re: Recent WWL Allegations)

5) August 15, 1996 From: Morris L. Holmes (Re: Do Large Charts...)

Faxes:

6) August 7, 1996 From: Warren Bell Jr. (Re: Bill Edler at Timbers…)

7) August 13, 1996 Transaction Report (MLK Released Flier)

8) August 14, 1996 From: Kenneth J. Ducote (Call From Bill Edler Today)

9) August 19, 1996 From: Warren Bell Jr. (Re: Draft Script)

NOPS Budget Reports:

10) Orleans Parish School Board- Capital Improvements Program and Budget Draft (November 13, 1995)

11) NOPS Department of Facility Planning- Capital Projects Status Report (May-June 1996)

Text of WWL Newscasts:

12) Text of “Is the School Board Failing Our Children” Part 1 (August 5, 1996)

13) Text of “Is the School Board Failing Our Children” Part 1 Copy (August 5, 1996)

14) Text of “Is the School Board Failing Our Children” Part 2 (August 6, 1996)

15) Text of Board Response to Bill Edler Series (August 14, 1996)

16) Text of Report on Martin Luther King Rally in Response to Bill Edler Series

Newspaper Articles:

17) School Walls Called Unsafe- May 25, 1996

18) Construction Winds Down on Big New Library in Jeff- August 14, 1996

Other Documents:

19) Facts about Martin Luther King Elementary School (Response to WWL Series)

20) Facts about Chester Elementary School Project (Response to WWL Series)

21) Rebuilding our Schools- Response to Claims Made Regarding the Chester Roof Replacement, Project No. 89007

22) NOPS Division of Communications- Ninth Ward Community to Hold Support Rally for King Elementary- (DRAFT) August 15, 1996

23) NOPS Division of Communications- Ninth Ward Community to Hold Support Rally for King Elementary- (FINAL) August 15, 1996

24) Rebuilding our Schools- Schools Set WWL-TV Straight! (Final Draft)

25) The School Board is NOT Failing our Children!- Informational Flier

26) Construction Costs- Untitled                                                                                                                

27) Agenda- “Rebuilding Our Schools” – June 4, 1996

28) News Notes- Area Principals Meeting- August 15, 1996

29) Video Highlights of Bill Edler/ WWL- Interviews- August 14, 1996

20) Rough Draft of Response to Claims

31) Letter from Roslyn J. Smith (Principal) to Mr. Mike Early (General Manage, WWL-TV) –August 19, 1996

32) Postcard to Mr. Early Regarding Bill Elder Series

 

Folder 0064

WWL-TV SERIES, School Construction, 1996, 3 of 3

Memos:

1) August 5, 1996- From: Kenneth J. Ducote (Questions Posed by Bill Edler to Dr. Brechtel Two Weeks Ago)

2) August 7, 1996- From: Kenneth J. Ducote (Portable Classrooms Estimated Cost)

3) August 9, 1996- From: Kenneth J. Ducote (Claim Made by an Oversight Committee Officer)

4) August 13, 1996- From: Morris L. Holmes (Re: Communication with Media, Parents and Public, Especially at the School Site)

5) August 28, 1996- From: Morris L. Holmes (Re: Warren Bell’s Special Tape)

6) August 29, 1996- From: Morris L. Holmes (Re: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School for Science and Technology)

7) August 30, 1996- From: Dr. Linda J. Stelly (Re: WWL Broadcast Response)

9) September 20, 1996- From: Morris L. Holmes (No Subject)

10) September 24, 1996- From: Morris. L. Holmes (Re: The Draft of Rebuilding Our Schools)

11) October 7, 1996- From: Morris L. Holmes (Re: Channel 4 and the Citizens Oversight Committee)

12) October 8, 1996- From: Morris L. Holmes (Re: Drama and Skits)

Faxes:

13) August 30, 1996- From: Citizens Oversight Committee

14) September 5, 1996- Transaction Report

15) September 12, 1996- From: Al Kennedy

16) September 12, 1996- From: Al Kennedy

17) September 17, 1996- From: Al Kennedy

18) September 17, 1996- From: Al Kennedy

19) September 17, 1996- From: Al Kennedy

20) September 17, 1996- From: Al Kennedy

21) October 21, 1996- From: Al Kennedy

22) September 4, 1996- From: Leonard C. Washington

23) September 13, 1996- From: Al Kennedy

24) September 19, 1996- CC: Al Kennedy

Letters:

25) August 8, 1996- DRAFT To: Mr. Michael Early From: Maudelle Cade

26) August 11, 1996- To: Citizens Oversight Committee From: Kenneth J. Ducote

28) August 16, 1996- To: Dr. Morris Holmes From: Kim & Bettye DeLarge

30) August 28, 1996- To: Dr. Morris Holmes From: Leonard C. Washington

31) August 29, 1996- To: Ms. Roslyn J. Smith From: J. Michael Early

32) October 16, 1996- To: Mr. Paul Pastorek From: Kenneth J. Ducote

33) October 21, 1996- To: Mr. Jim Moroney From: Mr. Mike Early & Mr. Phil Johnson

34) April 9, 1997- To: Mrs. Doris Riley & Mrs. Rosie Jackson From: Al Kennedy

Other Documents:

35) Citizens Oversight Committee Press Release- August 30, 1996

36) Resolution of the Project Priority Subcommittee of the C.O.C

37) Construction Costs for NOPS (Elementary Level)

38) Vision 2000- Strategic Facilities Plan- Capital Improvements Program III

 

Sub-Series 1.2: History of the New Orleans Public Schools

BOX 6 Folders 0065 - 0079

Folder 0065

150^th Anniversary of the New Orleans Public Schools, Sesquicentennial Exhibit, New Orleans Museum of Art, 1991. Includes brochure “New Orleans Public Schools 1841- 1891, A History of Achievement, A Future of Hope – Sesquicentennial Display, New Orleans Museum of Art, April - June 1991”; and “Shannon shows eye for beauty in her sculptures and photos” (4/18/97) – Review of an exhibition by Elizabeth Shannon, artist who designed NOPS Sesquicentennial Exhibit in the New Orleans Museum of Art, April 14-June 30, 1991. Also has guide for portraits of persons after whom schools were named displayed at the New Orleans Museum of Art.

 

Folder 0066

African American Principals in the New Orleans Public Schools. “Greetings from the Principals of the First District,” Louisiana Education Association – Printed photos of African American Principals in the New Orleans Public Schools.

 

Folder 0067

An Exceptional Approach to Education, Conference Program, 1996. Program for “An Exceptional Approach to Education,” Conference sponsored by the New Orleans Public Schools Department of Exceptional Children’s Services at which Al Kennedy made a presentation on the history of the New Orleans Public Schools. (8/15/1996)

Folder 0068

Butler, Al, U.S. Marshal. Federal Marshal Al Butler was assigned to New Orleans in 1960 to help protect Leona Tate, Gail Etienne, and Tessie Prevost as they entered McDonogh 19. The articles in the folder describe the ceremony when, at his request, some of his ashes were scattered at the site of McDonogh 19 school building site. Folder also includes program for the memorial service.

 

Folder 0069

Carlson, Oscar and Little Woods Bus Service

1: Photograph of children sitting on the Oscar Carlson Little Woods bus

2: Oscar Carlson and Little Woods Bus Service

3: Article on W.H Luck Wooden School Busses

 

Folder 0070

Carver Senior High School, Errors by School Counselors, Notes, 1989. During the 1988-89 school year, school counselors made some errors in advising students causing the school to inform the students in late spring they would not be able to graduate. The hastily scribbled notes, some intelligible, came from a meeting with school officials and parents.

 

Folder 0071

Children of Crisis, Coles. Book. Children of Crisis: A study of Courage and Fear, by Robert Coles, 1967, Dell Publishing. Sections on Ruby Bridges, who integrated Frantz Elementary School in 1960.

 

Folder 0072

Crescent City Schools (Book) – Publication Information. This folder contains the original grant for Crescent City Schools: Public Education in New Orleans, 1841 – 1991, the book documenting the history of the New Orleans Public Schools by Donald E. DeVore and Joseph Logsdon. Also, correspondence, sales and distribution information, a clipping from the Historic New Orleans Collection Newsletter with a photo of Al Kennedy visiting the McDonogh exhibit, Kennedy’s article in the New Orleans Museum of Art newsletter, notification from the AASLH that Crescent City Schools had won an award, and a clipping from the Urban Educator describing the OPSB Collection at UNO.

 

Folder 0073

Documentary Film, History of Public Education in New Orleans, 2009. Documentary film on the history of public education in New Orleans by Lloyd Dennis, with some scripting by Al Kennedy. Produced through Orleans Public Education Network. Folder includes images from Crescent City Schools and the locations of the images in area archives, correspondence, costs for using photos, copyright term and public domain information, permissions.

 

Folder 0074

Documentary Film, History of Public Education in New Orleans, Script, 2009. The script is broken up into the following segments: Introduction; Getting started – 1841; Race and Education; Governance/Board; Discipline; Social Services; Social Services; Yellow Fever-Influenza; Buildings; Financing Public education; Community in Schools/parents; Teachers; Goals of Public Education; Illustrated Lectures – Lantern slides are too old-fashioned; Board Bans Jazz; Caterpillar Killing Contest; Swimming in the New Basin; Lafon and the 1900 “race riot”; MISC; Public Education in Post-Katrina New Orleans; Conclusion; Piece on OPSB Collection at UNO; Credits.

 

Folder 0075

Eddy Oliver, Oscarlene Nixon and Mildred Goodwin, et al versus Orleans Parish School Board. Beginning with a petition filed October 28, 2005, the folder contains “Selected Pleadings and Exhibits” of the legal challenge to the firing of more than 7000 School Board teachers and other employees following the federal floods caused by Hurricane Katrina. Willie M. Zanders was the lead attorney. Presents history of the takeover of the city’s public schools. 

 

Folder 0076

Edmunds, E. J., Math Teacher Who Integrated Central High School During Reconstruction. E. J. Edmonds [Edmunds], Math Teacher Who Integrated Central High School During Reconstruction – Clippings from: APPLAUSE, The Employee Publication of the New Orleans Public Schools;  (n.d.), New Orleans Times (9/14/1875); The Weekly Louisianian (9/18/1875 & 9/25/1875)

 

Folder 0077

Fashioning the Souls of a People, McKenna Museum. Publication of the McKenna Museum for “Fashioning the Souls of a People: Honoring New Orleans African American Iconic Public School Female Educators.” 2018.

 

Folder 0078

First Street United Methodist Church, History, 1833–2005. One-page history of the First Street United Methodist Church in New Orleans.

 

Folder 0079

Freedmen Schools in New Orleans. This folder contains a “Report of the Board of Education for freedmen, Department of the Gulf for the year 1864” regarding the Freedmen Schools in New Orleans, and a copy of one page of “Report of Colored Schools for the West,” 1864, showing P. M. Williams, A. P. Williams, and Mary Williams on the roster. Also, information about “Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1864 – 1869,” from the National Archives, and “The Yankee Schoolmarm in Freedmen’s School’s: An Analysis of Attitudes,” by Sandra E. Small.

 

Box 7 Folders 0080 - 0093

Folder 0080

Goslings, The, A Study of the American Schools, Sinclair, 1924. Book makes several references to former New Orleans Public Schools Superintendent Joseph Marr Gwin, p. 119, 254, 270. See index.

 

Folder 0081

Lafayette Elementary Yearbook. Copy of the Lafayette Elementary School 1980-1981 Yearbook, and Adventures of a Gerbil Family – Lafayette Elementary School student publication, from Sue Hall, teacher.

 

Folder 0082

Legacy of John McDonogh, Ciravolo. The Legacy of John McDonogh, G. Leighton Ciravolo, 2002.

 

Folder 0083

Lessons Learned, WYES Documentary on the History of the New Orleans Public Schools. Project headed by Lyn Adams in which Al Kennedy assisted, based, in part, on Crescent City Schools by Dr. Donald DeVore and Dr. Joe Logsdon, January 1992. Includes promotional materials, photos, and some pages from NOPS directories showing listings for E. A. Christy Architect.

 

Folder 0084

Life and Work of John McDonogh, Allan. By William Allan, LL.D., 1983, Jefferson Parish Historical Commission. Reprint.

 

Folder 0085

McDonogh 15: Becoming a School, Carmichael, Book. McDonogh 15: Becoming a School, by Lucianne Bond Carmichael, 1981, Avon Books. “The magnificent true story of a principal’s dream that became an outstanding public school in New Orleans.”

 

Folder 0086

McDonogh, John, General Information. Norman O. Wright, Texas Bank Executive, says his grandmother related to John McDonogh. Misc papers and APPLAUSE story about family. 1980. Correspondence from Frayda Cohen, McDonogh School, McDonogh, Maryland.

 

Folder 0087

McDonogh Memorial Mothers Remove Equipment from Building Slated for African American Students, 1924. Times-Picayune news story from August 9, 1924: “School Mothers’ Club Disperses Equipment, Fund.”

 

Folder 0088

Names Over New Orleans Public Schools, Meyer, Abridged. 1973. Autographed by Robert Meyer Jr.

 

Folder 0089

New Orleans Public Education History, Three Articles/Chapters. Three articles/chapters on New Orleans Public Education History:1)  “History of Education in New Orleans,” John R. Ficklen, in Standard History of New Orleans, edited by Henry Rightor, 1900; 2) “Education in New Orleans,” John P. Dyer, in The Past as Prelude – New Orleans 1718-1968, edited by Hodding Carter et al.; 3) Protest against consolidation of school districts in 1852 in The Administration of Public Schools in New Orleans, 1841-1861, pt. 2, Dissertation, A. Peterson, pp. 732-735

 

Folder 0090

NOPS Talk/Slide Show, Timeless Heroes, Trying Times, 1991. NOPS Talk/Slide Show – “Timeless Heroes, Trying Times.” Presentation made by Al Kennedy at Historic New Orleans Collection (4/19/1991) and at other venues. Folder includes rough transcript (by Lyn Adams) of Kennedy’s presentation, and notes on School Board history.

 

Folder 0091

Orleans Parish School Board Collection, MSS 147, UNO. Depository Agreement, Brochures describing collection, news articles, 2013 letter to the editor, general correspondence, and correspondence regarding 30^th anniversary of the collection in 2012; Photo on day of signing, February 1983 – Freda DePolitte (Board Secretary); Dr. Rose Loving (OPSB Member); Dr. Leon Richelle, (UNO Chancellor); Al Kennedy (NOPS); D. Clive Hardy (UNO Archivist).

 

Folder 0092

Paupers and Public Education, Searching for Source. Correspondence regarding a search for 1818 source of information cited by Thomas Conway that in New Orleans “few children were educated due to the unwillingness of parents to submit to a pauper’s oath.”

 

Folder 0093

Politics and Reality in a American Crisis: The New Orleans School Crisis of 1960. A publication of the Center for Urban Education, 1969.

 

BOX 8 Folders 0094 - 0101

Folder 0094

Public Education in Louisiana After 1898, Transportation. This file contains copies of an excerpt from the book, “Public Education in Louisiana after 1898.” The pages that were copied are related specifically to transportation to Louisiana schools during the 1900s.

 

Folder 0095

Public Schools and the Civil War. Photocopied pages from the Report of the State Superintendent of Public Education to the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, October 1864; Tabular Statement of Private Schools in the City of New Orleans, Department of the Gulf, giving names of teachers regarding their loyalty to the Union and general remarks, such as “Makes evasive answers generally.”

 

Folder 0096

Reconstruction and the Public Schools of New Orleans – Articles. This folder contains various articles that focus on the issue of segregation during reconstruction in New Orleans. Listed below are the five different articles in this folder that relate to this topic.

1: The Segregation Struggle in Louisiana (1862-77)

2: Desegregation in New Orleans Public Schools During Reconstruction

3: An Analysis on Some Reconstruction Attitudes

4: Louisiana Reconstruction (1863-1877)

5: The Freedmen’s Bureau in Louisiana

 

Folder 0097

Religious Practices in the Schools. Copy of City Council resolution from February 18, 1851, in which the council resolved that “no religious service shall hereafter be introduced in the public schools.”

 

Folder 0098

Rice, Bernardine, Wright Girls High School 1911 – 1914. Submitted by John C, Rice Jr., the folder contains copies from the class book of Bernardine Rice, a member of the first class to graduate from the Sophie B. Wright Girls High School and a teacher at Crossman Elementary for 38 years. Notes discuss pranks in school.  Includes a photo and bio of Principal Harriet A. Suter. The original material is in the OPSB Collection at UNO.

 

Folder 0099

Southern Women in Politics and Education. Conference agenda featuring Leslie Parr, author of biography of Sarah Towles Reed, and teacher-union pioneer, Veronica Hill, April 19, 1996.

 

Folder 0100

Stack, Chris. Correspondence regarding manuscript on desegregation of the New Orleans Public Schools.

 

Folder 0101

State Takeover Not Working For New Orleans High Schools, Dr. Barbara Ferguson, 2008. “State Takeover Not Working For New Orleans High Schools” – Report prepared by Dr. Barbara Ferguson, November 2008 – 10 pages - ResearchonReforms.org. Folder also includes articles related to the reform efforts, and a program from “Lockdown,” a theatrical production sharply critical of the paternalistic policies of the charter school movement in New Orleans.

 

Sub-Series 1.3: New Orleans Public Schools Documents

BOX 9 0102 - 0117

Folder 0102

150^th Anniversary of the New Orleans Public Schools, Commemorative Doubloon, (Oversize Box). Metal, in plastic case. Doubloon created for Sesquicentennial of the New Orleans Public Schools, 1841 - 1991. Found in same envelope in Oversize Box with Nagin, C. Ray, Mayor, Commemorative Keychain & Pen.

 

Folder 0103

150 Years, New Orleans Public Schools Sesquicentennial Calendar (Oversize Box) celebrating the history of the New Orleans Public Schools, 1841 – 1991.

 

Folder 0104

Annual Report, 1902-1903. New Orleans Public Schools Annual Report of the Superintendent of Schools Session 1909-1910. Listed as “Annual Report.”

 

Folder 0105

Annual Report, 1903-1904.

 

Folder 0106

Annual Report, 1904-1905 (Paperback).

 

Folder 0107

Annual Report, 1904-1905 (Hardback).

 

Folder 0108

Annual Report, 1905-1906.

 

Folder 0109

Annual Report, 1906-1907.

 

Folder 0110

Annual Report, 1907-1908.

 

Folder 0111

Annual Report, 1908-1909.

 

Folder 0112

Annual Report, 1909-1910.

 

Folder 0113

Annual Report, 1910-1911.

 

Folder 0114

Annual Report, 1911-1912.

 

Folder 0115

Annual Report, 1912-1913.

 

Folder 0116

Annual Report, 1913-1914

 

Folder 0117

 Annual Report, 1914-1915.

BOX 10  0118 - 0135

Folder 0118

Annual Report, 1915-1916 (Hardback, Part I)

 

Folder 0119

Annual Report, 1915-1916 (Paperback, part II Two copies).

 

Folder 0120

Annual Report, 1916-1917.

 

Folder 0121

Annual Report, 1917-1918.

 

Folder 0122

Annual Report, 1918-1919.

 

Folder 0123

Annual Report, 1919-1920.

 

Folder 0124

Annual Report, 1920-1921.

 

Folder 0125

Annual Report, 1953-1954.

 

Folder 0126

Annual Report, 1955-1956.

 

Folder 0127

Annual Report, 1956-1957.

 

Folder 0128

Annual Report, 1962-1963.

 

Folder 0129

Annual Report, 1987-1988

 

Folder 0130

Annual Report, 1988-1989

 

Folder 0131

Annual Report, 1989-1990.

 

Folder 0132

Annual Report, 1993-1994.

 

Folder 0133

Annual Report, 1994-1995.

 

Folder 0134

Annual Report, 1995-1996.

 

Folder 0135

Annual Reports, Excerpts. New Orleans Public Schools Annual Reports excerpts. Many complete Annual Reports can be found in the Orleans Parish School Board Collection, Mss 147, also in Special Collections in the Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans.

1: Annual Reports of the council of Municipality Number Two of the City of New Orleans - 1845

2: Annual Report of the Board of Directors and of the Superintendent of the Public Schools of New Orleans 1906-1907

3: Annual Report of the New Orleans Public Schools of the Parish of Orleans 1914-1915

4: Division of Attendance Annual Report Session 1914-1915

5: “The Distribution of Eighty Thousand Children in New Orleans” by Paul B. Habans 1915

6: Annual Report of the New Orleans Public Schools 1918-1919

7: Annual Report of the New Orleans Public Schools 1919-1920

8: “Penny Lunch Room: Paulding School,” from 1914-1915 Annual Report

8-B – Map showing approximate location of Paulding School. Includes photo copied from Annual Report of Paulding students.

9: Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the public Schools City of New Orleans 1866-1867

10: Report of the Chief Superintendent of the Public Schools of New Orleans LA to the Board of School Directors 1884

11: Report of the Chief Superintendent of the Public Schools of the City of New Orleans, LA. To the State Board of Education 1886

12: Report of the Chief Superintendent of the Public Schools of New Orleans to the State Board of Education 1882

13: Report of the Chief Superintendent of the Public Schools of New Orleans to the State Board of Education 1882

14: Report of the Chief Superintendent of the Public Schools of New Orleans to the State Board of Education 1879

15: Acts passed at the First Session of the Fifteenth Legislature of the State of Louisiana, Began and Held in the city of New Orleans, January 4, 1841. See p. 21 – [No. 20] – An Act (to establish public schools).  And, [No. 43.] – Resolution relative to sixteenth  section of School Lands.

16: A New Digest of the Statute Laws of the State of Louisiana, From the Change of Government to the year 1841, Inclusive

 

BOX 11 Folders 0136 - 0144

Folder 0136

APPLAUSE, 1978 – 1991. Oversize Box. A Publication of the New Orleans Public Schools. Employee newsletter, edited by Al Kennedy. Bound volume in Oversize Box.

 

Folder 0137

“Birth Certificate” of the New Orleans Public Schools. Photographic copy of the first paragraphs of Ordinance 159 “For the Establishment and Organization of Public Schools Within  Municipality Number Two of the City of New Orleans.” Original in New Orleans Public Library. Signed March 26, 1841.

 

Folder 0138

Board Members, List, Orleans Parish School Board, 1851 – 1861. Terms of Office of Directors of the Four Municipal Districts of the Public Schools of New Orleans, 1852-1861, from “The Administration of Public Schools in New Orleans, 1841 – 1861, P. 2,” pp 739-745, from1964 dissertation by A. Peterson.

 

Folder 0139

Directory, 1921-1922.

 

Folder 0140

Directory, 1924-1925.

 

Folder 0141

A: Directory, 1925-1926. (Volumes 1925 – 1926 through 1930 – 1931 in 0141 envelope.)

0141 – B: Directory, 1926-1927.

0141 – C: Directory, 1927-1928.

0141 – D: Directory, 1928-1929.

0141 -  E: Directory, 1929-1930.

0141 – F:  Directory, 1930-1931.

 

Folder 0142

A: Directory, 1936-1937. (Volumes 1936 – 1937 through 1942 – 1943 in 0142 envelope.)

0142 – B: Directory, 1937-1938.

0142 – C: Directory, 1938-1939.

0142 – D: Directory, 1939-1940.

0142 – E: Directory, 1941-1942.

0142 –  F: Directory, 1942-1943.

 

Folder 0143

A: Directory, 1944-1945. (Volumes 1944 – 1945 through 1950 – 1951 in 0143 envelope.)

0143 – B: Directory, 1945-1946.

0143 – C: Directory, 1946-1947.

0143 – D: Directory, 1949-1950.

0143 – E:  Directory, 1950-1951.

0143 – F: Directory, 1950-1951 (Duplicate).

 

Folder 0144

A: Directory, 1951-1952 (Volumes 1951 – 1952 through 1953 – 1954 in 0144 envelope.)

0144 – B: Directory, 1952-1953.

0144 – C: Directory, 1953-1954.

0144 – D: Directory, 1953-1954 (Duplicate).

 

BOX 12 Folders 0145 - 0149

Folder 0145

A: Directory, 1954-1955. (Volumes 1954 – 1955 through 1955 – 1956 in 0145 envelope.)

0145 – B: Directory, 1954-1955 (Duplicate).

0145 – C: Directory, 1955-1956.

0145 – D: Directory, 1955-1956 (Duplicate).

0145 – E: Directory, 1955-1956 (Duplicate).

 

Folder 0146

A: Directory, 1956-1957. (Volumes 1956 – 1957 through 1959 – 1960 in 0146 envelope.)

0146 – B: Directory, 1957-1958.

0146 – C: Directory, 1958-1959.

0146 – D: Directory, 1959-1960.

 

Folder 0147

A: Directory, 1960-1961. (Volumes 1960 – 1961 through 1962 – 1963 in 0147 envelope.)

0147 – B: Directory, 1961-1962.

0147 – C: Directory, 1962-1963.

0147 – D: Directory, 1962-1963 (Duplicate).

 

Folder 0148

A: Directory, 1963-1964. (Volumes 1963 – 1964 and 1971 – 1972 in 0148 envelope.)

0148 – B: Directory, 1971-1972.

 

Folder 0149

A: Directory, 1972-1973. (Volumes 1972 – 1973 through 1974 – 1975 in 0149 envelope.)

0149 – B: Directory, 1973-1974.

0149 – C: Directory, 1974 – 1975

 

BOX 13 Folders 0150 - 0156

Folder 0150

Directory, 1975-1976.

 

Folder 0151

Directory, 1976-1977.

 

Folder 0152

Directory, 1976-1977 (Duplicate).

 

Folder 0153

Directory, 1980-1981.

 

Folder 0154

Directory, 1982-1983.

 

Folder 0155

Directory, 1983-1984.

 

Folder 0156

Directory, Feb. 1995 (Listed as Confidential – for limited use).

 

BOX 14 Folders 0157 - 0166

Folder 0157

Homecoming Project – Bell School, Fan. Promotional fan for Junebug Productions’ Homecoming Project for Bell School, 10-26-18 (Oversize Box).

 

Folder 0158

Indexing OPSB Minutes, Grants. Details and reports of “Unclaimed History: The Orleans Parish School Board Collection at the University of New Orleans – Pilot Project,” funded by a Board of Regents grant (2010). Also, reports and correspondence related to two follow-up projects sponsored by the Midlo Center New Orleans Studies. 2014, 2015. Researchers went page-by-page through selected volumes of Orleans Parish School Board Minutes, recording names, summarizing meetings, and highlighting key issues. Material should be part of Orleans Parish School Board Collection (MSS 147) finding aids.

 

Folder 0159

Living and Learning in the New Orleans Public Schools, 1937. Promotional booklet showing images only of white children in the New Orleans Public Schools. In 1937, there were 57,496 white children in the public schools; however, the 29,062 African American children in the public schools were not represented in the book.

 

Folder 0160

Logo, New Orleans Public Schools. (In Oversize Box) “Working to Build Respect for Life, Property & Learning,” approximately 17” X 17,” printed by the NOPS Print Shop.

 

Folder 0161

Microfilm List, Orleans Parish School Board. List of NOPS documents on microfilm in the Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans.

 

Folder 0162

Operating Principles of the Orleans Parish School Board, 1986. Operating Principles of the Orleans parish School Board and Dr. Everett J. Williams, Superintendent (Board Member Harwood “Woody” Koppel refused to sign the document). Also includes 1974 campaign flyer listing the candidates: Rev. Edward A. Kennedy, Harwood “Woody” Koppel, Mrs. Rose Mary Loving, and Dr. Mack J. Spears.

 

Folder 0163

Recover OPSB Documents, 3510 Timbers. Unfunded project conducted by Al Kennedy, with assistance of James Lien (UNO Special Collections), to remove historical records of the Orleans Parish School Board from the 5^th floor of 3510 Timbers, the New Orleans Public Schools administrative Center, which had been damaged during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Folder contains correspondence from 2010-2011, notes, and hold-harmless forms, as well as additional information about the former McDonogh 16 site which was emptied before materials could be saved.

 

Folder 0164

Recover OPSB Documents, 3510 Timbers, Photos. 8X10 photos of project to recover New Orleans Public Schools records from 3510 Timbers Administrative Center. Includes images of “saved” materials that were boxed, placed in a place of safety, then flooded with 2 inches of water on the 5^th floor. James Lien and Al Kennedy. Also several images of OPSB collection at UNO.

 

Folder 0165

Rules and Regulations, 1930. Rules and Regulations of the Orleans Parish School Board and the New Orleans Public Schools, 1930.

 

Folder 0166

Spelling List, 1930. The New Orleans Public School Spelling List, 1930.

 

SERIES 2: Music

Sub-Series 2.1 : Music in the Schools

BOX 15 Folders 0167 - 0175

Folder 0167

Delta Blues Education Program, 1993/94. Student Workbook and Journal, and Delta Blues Map Kit, 1993 – “descriptive notes on historical sites, jook joints, and blues festivals.”

 

Folder 0168

History of NOCCA, New Orleans International Music Colloquium, 1998. Presentation on History of NOCCA at the New Orleans International Music Colloquium (NOIMC) 1998. Includes: program of conference (Miss Busch honored); tentative schedule; and program for “The Roots and Revolution: New Generations in Jazz” field trip performance featuring Carl LeBlanc, Next Stop, and Donald Lewis.

 

Folder 0169

Music, Educational Benefits. News stories about the educational benefits of music programs for children.

 

Folder 0170

Music in the Schools, 1 of 3

Articles

1. 1. Musicians’ Guild of New Orleans-Article (Daily Picayune, November 1890)
   2. Music to be introduced in the Schools-Article (The Daily Picayune, November 15, 1890)
   3. List of Music Teachers in 1912- Clipping (Woods Directory, 1912)
   4. Orleans School Board Puts Ban on Jazz Dancing-Article (Times Picayune, March 25, 1922)
   5. Jazz Piano Playing Taught-Article (September 1926)
   6. Music in Catholic School-Article (La Weekly, April 1926)
   7. Community Singing-Article (La Weekly, April 1927)
   8. Lyric Packed to Witness Songfest- Article (LA Weekly, May 1927)
   9. New Orleans’ Greatest Musical Demonstration-Ad (La Weekly, April 1927)
   10. New Music School Opens on Rampart St.-Article (La Weekly May
   11. Music In the Colored Schools-Article (1939)
   12. Musicians Differ on Future of New Orleans Jazz-Article (Nov 1955)
   13. Public School Music Department Held Picturesque- Article (La Weekly, May 1955)
   14. Annual Public School Music Festive May 10-Article (La Weekly, May 7, 1955)
   15. No Auditions Scheduled for Negroes-Article (La Weekly Feb 1959)
   16. NOPS Negro Instrumental Music Teachers- List (1964-1965)
   17. Bands March in Suburbs- Article (Vol. 2. No. 11, 1979)
   18. Danneel Music-Article (Vol. 2, No. 11, 1979)
   19. Harte Sings (And How!)-Article (Vol. 2, No. 14, 1979)
   20. John McDonogh Outfoxes Nash Roberts-Article (Vol. 2, No.16, 1979)
   21. Emile Robichaux-Article (Vol. 2, No. 16, 1979)
   22. Nicholls Music-Article (Vol. 2, No. 16, 1979)
   23. From the Parade Route to the Concert Stage-Paper (Kennedy, Al 1985)
   24. Wavelength Article- (Al Kennedy, 1985)
   25. Rhythm and Blues-Article (Broven, John, 1988)
   26. Education Life-Articles (The New York Times, November 6, 1988)
   27. Louis Armstrong and Opera- Article (Berrett, Joshua, 1990)
   28. Major Jazz/Blues Artists in New Orleans-Listing (Earth Search Inc. April 16, 1990)
   29. The Church, the Family, and the School in the African American Community-Article (Billingsley, Andrew and Caldwell, Cleopatra, 1991)
   30. Gospel and Jazz on Carrollton Avenue-Flyer (Lafayette Elementary, November 16, 1991)
   31. Dillard University Choir-Messiah Program (December 8, 1991)
   32. New Orleans Map-Bunny Matthews, 1991
   33. An Interview with Rebecca Bower- Article (Johsen, Gladys, March 1992)
   34. An Interview with Ellen Taaffe Zwilich- Article (DeLorenzo, Lisa, March 1992)
   35. An Interview with Catherine Comet- Article (Scanlan, Mary, March 1992)
   36. NOPS Music Department Meeting- Agenda (February 21, 1992)
   37. Jazz Takes to the Waves-Article (September 25, 1992)
   38. Gospel Extravaganza-Programme- (Booker T. Washington HS, May 31, 1992)
   39. The Superintendent’s Music Festival-Flyer (April 23-24, 1992)

 

Folder 0171

Music in the Schools, 2 of 3

0. 40. NOPS Mardi Gras Parades: (February 1992)
1. Marion Abramson High School- Memo
2. George Washington Carver Junior-Senior High School-Memo
3. Transportation Department Bus Schedule-Memo\
4. Warren Easton Parade List-Memo
5. Alfred Lawless High School Band-Memo
6. Edward Livingston Middle School Parade Schedule-Memo
7. Francis T. Nicholls Senior High School Parade Schedule
8. Samuel J. Peters Middle School Parade List
1. Sarah T. Reed Senior High School Parade Schedule
10. Fannie C. Williams Middle School Parade Schedule
    41. “Bands to Keep Parade Dates”-Article (February 22, 1992)
    42. $11 million in Cuts OK’d for Schools-Article (August 1993)
    43. Raizin’ Kane for Kids (1993)
    44. Superintendent’s Musicale-Schedule (December 1993)
    45. Bands Squeak by on Little Money-Article (Times Picayune, January 11, 1993)
    46. School Halts Dances after N.O Shooting-Article (Times Picayune, January 26, 1993)
    47. Music Authorized in Colored Schools-UNO Archive (May 1994)
    48. Teacher Certificates Results-Record (1994)
    49. Renowned Mississippi Music Teacher Dies-Article (Times Picayune, July 11, 1994)
    50. Boys Choir of Harlem Saenger Theatre-Admit Card (February 25, 1994)
    51. Mardi Gras Parade Schedule for School Bands-Memo (Holmes, Morris 1995)
    52. Band Music? –Article (Rolfes, Annette, March 1996)
    53. Workshops Bring African Music to Chorus- Article (Faciane, Valerie,  Feb 1996)
    54. NOPS Superintendent’s Music Festival- Brochure (1996)
    55. NOPS Superintendents Music Festival-Schedule (March 22, 1996)
    56. Surprise Play-Article (Times Picayune, November 2, 1997)
    57. Jazz Workshop- Thank You Letter (1998)
    58. New Generations in Jazz Field Trip-Brochure – Roots and Revolution (LeBlanc, Carl, 1998)
    59. New Generations in Jazz Field Trip-Student Responses (1998)
    60. Jazz Workshop-Study Guide (Music Department NOPS, 1998)
    61. Jazz Workshop-Evaluations (1998)

 

Folder 0172

Music in the Schools, 3 of 3

1. 62. Cultural Resources News- Publication (May 1998)
   63. Deep in the Heart of Texas- Newsletters (Geoffray, Alice, 1999)

63a) First Edition

63b) Second Edition

63c) Third Edition

63d) Fourth Edition

1. 64. Teacher Magazine-Magazine (January 1999)
   65. School Taught Unique but Necessary Skills-Article (July 2000)
   66. Secretarial School Faculty, Alums Reunite- Article (July 2000)
   67. Battle of the Bands-Crescent City Crunk-Ticket (Nov 2004)
   68. Concerts Schedule-Article (Times Picayune, November 12, 2004)
   69. Giving Back to Our Bands-Article (Gambit Weekly, February 24, 2004)
   70. Leading Jeff Parade, Orleans Band Faces Insults-Article (Times Picayune, February 28, 2004)
   71. April 2005 NOPS Jazz Studies Program-Flyer (April 1, 2005)
   72. Alice R. Geoffray- Address
   73. School Bands Strike up Blaze of Sound-Article (Times Picayune, February 13, 2007)
   74. Most Bands Bounce Back Strong-Article (Times Picayune, February 13, 2007)
   75. I’m a Marcher, not a Walker-Article (Times Picayune, February 13, 2007)
   76. A New Realm of Jazz – Article (Bennett Elizabeth)
   77. Up From the Cradle of Jazz-Article (Berry, Jason- Foose, Jonathan & Jones, Tad)
   78. D. Antoinette Handy- Article
   79. Schooling and Early Musical Influences- Article
   80. Some Facts Concerning the B-Sharp Music Club- Article
   81. In Our Schools-Article
   82. Why We Teach Music-Article (Hurley, Martin & Caronna)
   83. The Music of the City-Flyer
   84. Biographical Questions-Paper
   85. “Jazz Sounds Death-Knell of Opera”-Article
   86. Danny Barker-(Excerpt from book, pg. 220-221)
   87. “Minutes”-Note Cards
   88. Music in Schools “Minutes”-Index from Orleans Parish School Board Minute Volumes

Photos:

1. 89. Students Perform at Carver Debutant Ball-Photo (December 1989)
   90. Superintendents Music Awards- 2 Photos (April 1989)

4-90a-b) Choir

1. 91. Colton School Band Performing for Gayarre Mardi Gras Parade- Photo (1989)
   92. Choral Music Festival- 9 Photos (March 16, 1990) held at Sarah Towles Reed High School

92a-h) Students Performing

92i) Cheryl Tolbert-Bell Choral Director

1. 93. Performance – artists unnamed (1990-1991)
   94. Livingston-Photo Music teachers  in classroom (1992-1993)
   95. SUNO Homecoming- 2 Photos (1993)

95a) Band in the Rain

95b) Cheerleaders in the Rain

1. 96. Ivory Coast musician- (October 1993)
   97. Dr. Alice Geoffray with CIMT Staff (1995) – Lenoir Encalarde, Dr. Alice Geoffray, Alfred Richard, _____Gloria Boyd, Robert Kitchen, _______, Wilson Joseph.
   98. Dr. Alice Geoffray with Dr. Al Kennedy (1995) – Almonaster Ave. Office -
   99. Dr. Alice Geoffray Honored for her Work (1995)
   100.  “Another New Orleans Public School Band” - Mardi Gras Banner- McDonogh 35 Band (1986-1987)
   101.  Lusher Chorus Makes Tape (1988-1989)
   102.  Wheatley School  - student holding trumpet - Music (October 20, 1989)
   103. Copy of image of John McDonogh High School Orchestra (1936)
   104.  Member of “Adolescents” at Jazz Festival (1979) -
   105.  Bands Performing-3 Photos

105a-c) Student Musicians Performing (with symphony)

1. 106.  Jazz Outreach at Orpheum Theatre 2 Photos

106a-b) Audience in Theatre  - Shirley Corey, Peter Dombourian

1. 107.  Gentilly Terrace-Photo (Students Practice in Schoolyard)
   108.  Loyola University- Group
   109.  Loyola University- Performer
   110.  Students Practicing With Music Teacher Paul Batiste
   111.  Music Therapy at Charity Hospital-Federal Program
   112. 1993 Louisiana Jazz Federation Jazz Notes.
   113.  Kennedy Band in Rain – parade

Additional loose clippings added.

 

Folder 0173

Music Legislation. News clippings.

 

Folder 0174

Music Teachers, ca 1999. This folder contains information provided by music teachers (ca 1999) regarding how long they had been teaching music, who inspired them, and the schools where they taught.

 

Folder 0175

Scripts, NOIMC, OPSB. Includes presentations for the New Orleans International Music Colloquium (NOIMC), Orleans Parish School Board, and other events. These were the narrations for slide-show-and-PowerPoint presentations on educators, local musicians, and New Orleans Public School history.

1) Elias Barreiro Script- La Tarde- Queen of the Flowers  - New Orleans International Music Colloquium (NOIMC), Old Mint

2) Germaine Bazzle Script- New Orleans International Music Colloquium (NOIMC), Old Mint

3) Don Marquis Script - New Orleans International Music Colloquium (NOIMC), Old Mint

4) Big Chief Donald Harrison Script- New Orleans International Music Colloquium (NOIMC), Old Mint

5) Gerald Adams Script- New Orleans International Music Colloquium (NOIMC), Old Mint

6) Joe Logsdon Script- New Orleans International Music Colloquium (NOIMC), Old Mint

7) Joseph Logsdon Founders’ Luncheon, narration for: A. J. Guma and Michael Guma; Dr. 8) Bert Braud; Dr. Ernest Chachere; Stanley Mendelson; Lionel Ferbos.

8) Lecture for Louisiana State Museum,- November 20, 2008 – Public School Musicians

9) NOPS Public Schools PowerPoint- Timeless Heroes, Trying Times – Tulane University, Dec. 14, 2007

10) Alcide “Yellow” Nunez Script- 

11) Script about Lloyd J. Rittiner, retiring President of the Orleans Parish School Board

Yvonne Busch Slide Show- Script

12) Jazz in the Schools lecture, Dr. Connie Atkinson’s Class, 2-22-99.

 

Sub-Series 2.2: New Orleans Music

BOX 16 Folders 0176 - 0191

Folder 0176

Jazz in the Pass. Program for music festival in Pass Christian, MS, 2000. Correspondence from Jennie Lou Mintz.

 

Folder 0177

Jazz, Negative Stories. Local stories from the Times-Picayune or Louisiana Weekly presenting jazz as negative, including “Orleans School Board Puts Ban on Jazz Dancing,” 1922.

 

Folder 0178

Jazz, New Orleans. Includes newspaper articles from the Times-Picayune and other publications. (Folder includes clippings that need to be photocopied).

 

Folder 0179

Jazz New Orleans 1885-1963: An index to the Negro Musicians of New Orleans, Samuel B. Charters. Jazz New Orleans 1885-1963 – An index of the Negro Musicians of New Orleans by Samuel B. Charters – copy

 

Folder 0180

Jazz Photographers, Photo by Al Kennedy. Photograph of jazz photographers published in The Jazz Archivist, A Newsletter of the William Ransom Hogan Jazz Archive, Vol. XV (2001), p. 22.

 

Folder 0181

Lollapalooza ’96 Magazine. (IN OVERSIZE BOX)

 

Folder 0182

Music Calendar, 1997-98, New Orleans Music Industry Foundation. The 1997-98 New Orleans Louisiana Music Calendar. Nita Ketner, Project Coordinator. Five photos by Al Kennedy.

 

Folder 0183

New Orleans International Music Colloquium (NOIMC). This folder contains articles and newsletters about the New Orleans International Music Colloquium (NOIMC) showcasing recent research on New Orleans music. Includes the Ellington Centennial Colloquium, and Kennedy’s presentations on Clyde Kerr Sr. Big Chief Donald Harrison, and other New Orleans Public School musicians.

 

Folder 0184

New Orleans International Music Colloquium (NOIMC), Presentation Slides, 2000. Folder includes 11 sheets of 35-mm color slides of presentations made at 2000 New Orleans International Music Colloquium. Also see “Scripts” file. Includes various images of Harold Battiste, Germaine Bazzle, Don Marquis, Joseph Logsdon, Alcide “Yellow” Nunez and Nunez Family, Elias Barrairo, Gerald Adams,  Clyde Kerr Sr. and Clyde Kerr Jr. Includes photos from family scrapbooks. Additional images of McDonogh 35 (Rampart & Girod), Fannie C. Williams, Dr. Mack J. Spears, Osceola Blanchet, Sam Henry, Clarence Ford, Wilson Turbinton (Willie Tee),  Earl Turbinton, Danneel School, A. E. Perkins, Dave Bartholomew, and Louis Nelson performing at Lafayette Elementary.

 

Folder 0185

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Participation by Al Kennedy. Credentials, contracts, parking passes, and interview notes for Al Kennedy’s participation in the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival as a panel moderator, interviewer, or author in the Book Tent. 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2012. Interviews with Ronnie Kole and Wendell Brunious, and panelists, including Ellis Marsalis, Alvin Batiste, Clyde Kerr Jr. (cancelled because of rain), Joseph Torregano, Wilbert Rawlins, and Wardell Quezergue; and panel with Dr. Maurice Martinez and Kalamu ya Salaam. Panel photos: Dr. Joyce Jackson, Dr. Connie Atkinson,

 

Folder 0186

NOJHF Program 1970 (New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival). Photocopy.

 

Folder 0187

NOJHF Program 1975

 

Folder 0188

NOJHF Program 1976

 

Folder 0189

NOJHF Program 1980

 

Folder 0190

NOJHF Program 1982

 

Folder 0191

NOJHF Program 1983

 

BOX 17 0192 - 0207

Folder 0192

NOJHF Program 1984

 

Folder 0193

NOJHF Program 1985

 

Folder 0194

NOJHF Program 1986

 

Folder 0195

NOJHF Program 1987

 

Folder 0196

NOJHF Program 1988

 

Folder 0197

NOJHF Program 1989

 

Folder 0198

NOJHF Program 1990

 

Folder 0199

NOJHF Program 1991

 

Folder 0200

NOJHF Program 1992

 

Folder 0201

NOJHF Program 1993

 

Folder 0202

NOJHF Program 1994

 

Folder 0203

NOJHF Program 1995

 

Folder 0204

NOJHF Program 1996

 

Folder 0205

NOJHF Program 1997

 

Folder 0206

NOJHF Program 1998

 

Folder 0207

NOJHF Program 1999

 

BOX 18 Folders 0208 - 0223

Folder 0208

NOJHF Program 2000

 

Folder 0209

NOJHF Program 2001

 

Folder 0210

NOJHF Program 2002

 

Folder 0211

NOJHF Program 2003

 

Folder 0212

NOJHF Program 2004

 

Folder 0213

NOJHF Program 2005

 

Folder 0214

NOJHF Program 2006

 

Folder 0215

NOJHF Program 2007

 

Folder 0216

NOJHF Program 2008

 

Folder 0217

NOJHF Program 2009

 

Folder 0218

NOJHF Program 2010

 

Folder 0219

NOJHF Program 2011

 

Folder 0220

NOJHF Program 2012

 

Folder 0221

NOJHF Program 2013

 

Folder 0222

NOJHF Program 2014

 

Folder 0223

NOJHF Program 2015

 

BOX 19 Folders 0224 - 0230

Folder 0224

NOJHF Program 2016

 

Folder 0225

NOJHF Program 2017

 

Folder 0226

NOJHF Program 2018

 

Folder 0227

NOJHF Program 2019

 

Folder 0228

Nicknames in New Orleans Music. Article from May 1999, Offbeat.

 

Folder 0229

Remembering Song, Turner, Frederick, 1982. This folder contains a photocopy of Remembering Song: Encounters with the New Orleans Jazz Tradition (Frederick Turner, 1982), from the Professional Library of the New Orleans Public Schools.

 

Folder 0230

Second Line. New Orleans Jazz Club. Winter 1990 issue, and Fall 1988 “The Second Line 1980-1987 Index” issue.

 

Sub-Series 2.3: New Orleans Musicians

BOX 20 Folders 0231 - 0262

Folder 0231

Abraham, Wilson. Obit.

 

Folder 0232

Adams, Darryl Anthony “Lil Jazz.” Funeral Program.

 

Folder 0233

Adams, Dolly. Articles.

 

Folder 0234

Adams, Gerald. 35mm color slides, photos, news clippings, obit.

 

Folder 0235

Adams, Johnny. Articles, death notice.

 

Folder 0236

Agents, Managers. Correspondence, promotional materials.

 

Folder 0237

Ahmed, Babatunji. James Tucker. Memorial program, death notice.

 

Folder 0238

Albert, Don. Photos, news clippings.

 

Folder 0239

Alcorn, Alvin. Death notice, portrait, photo of Don Marquis, Alvin Alcorn, Clyde Kerr Jr., Al Belletto.

 

Folder 0240

Alexander, Adolphe. Obit.

 

Folder 0241

Alexander, Elliot Allen. Death notice.

 

Folder 0242

Alexis, Lucien V. Photo, news clippings, notes.

 

Folder 0243

Algiers, Exhibit. Correspondence, notes related to planning portable exhibits, LEH grant applications.

 

Folder 0244

Algiers, Jazz Walk of Fame. News clipping.

 

Folder 0245

Algiers, Musicians. News clipping, brochure for free walking tour by Kevin Herridge.

 

Folder 0246

Allen, Carol. Invitation to Allen’s book-signing, photo with George Dureau, Allen’s interview with Ernest Gaines, invitation to reception for Allen’s Leah Chase: Listen, I Say like This.

 

Folder 0247

Allen, Dick.  Richard B. Allen. Death notice, memorial invitation, resume, and tribute letters in The Jazz Archivist (Vol. XIV, 2000).

 

Folder 0248

Allen, Henry “Red.” News clippings.

 

Folder 0249

Allen, John Wesley III.  Death notice.

 

Folder 0250

Allen, Lee. News clippings, death notice, 1992 photo performing with Clarence Ford, Earl Palmer.

 

Folder 0251

Allie, Nonc. Photo: performing at Fireman’s Hall, 6-27-93 – Rand Speyrer’s Fais-Do-Do; news clipping.

 

Folder 0252

Always for Pleasure, Film.  Promotional materials, press releases, and publicity photos showing Joe Torregano in jazz funeral, Chief of the Black Eagles, Professor Longhair, St. Patrick’s Day parade, the Wild Tchoupitoulas.

 

Folder 0253

Ancestro. Photo showing Ancestro performing in French Quarter, news story.

 

Folder 0254

Anckle, Himas “Flo.” Death notice.

 

Folder 0255

Anderson, Carl. Brochure for Jazz Journey, UNO and Jazz Fest, 1997.

 

Folder 0256  

New Orleans in the Booker T. Washington Auditorium.

 

Folder 0257

Andersson, Theresa. Photo performing in the WWOZ studio.

 

Folder 0258

Andrews, Darnel “D-Boy.” Death notice.