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By Amber L. Moore
Collection Overview
Title: Ronnie Moore papers, 1959-2004
Predominant Dates:1964-1972
Creator: Moore, Ronnie Malcolm (1940-)
Extent: 7.12 Linear Feet
Arrangement: The papers are arranged by general format, with photographs, originally housed in albums grouped alphabetically by place.
Date Acquired: 04/16/1997. More info below under Accruals.
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The bulk of this collection consists of photographs (1964-1972) from Moore's involvement with different civil rights activities including the 1965 Voter Registration Drives in Florida, Mississippi, and South Carolina; Economic Development Commission Projects in Mississippi, Maryland and Washington D.C.; conferences; elections; and demonstrations in Louisiana, Mississippi, and North Carolina; and other activities in the South, Connecticut, Indiana, New Hampshire, and Virginia. Photographs are arranged alphabetically by geographical location (Boxes 3-8) and alphabetically by subject (Boxes 8-9). All photographs are listed at the item level.
Of note are copies of the Core-lator, the Congress of Racial Equality's (CORE) bimonthly newsletter, which reported on civil rights marches, protests, and voter registration drives; a police pass issued to Moore by the Memphis Police Department following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in April 1968; reports from the Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality, Inc. (SEDFRE); and booklets written by or featuring Moore.
Also included are correspondence, newspaper clippings, publications for the African American Youth Congress and the National Black Catholic Congress (1987-1997), as well as other collected articles and publications (1977-1999), honors, and videocassettes (1995-1997) on Tulane University training, the African Youth Congress (1995), and the National Center for the Urban Community at Tulane and Xavier University.
This collection was processed under a grant from the Council for Library and Information Resources.
Biographical Note
Ronnie Moore is a civil rights activist, community development consultant and photographer who trained leaders in community organization, youth development, cultural diversity, and team building. Moore was the field secretary in the South for the Congress of Racial Equality (1961-1965) and the executive director of the Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality, Inc. (1965-1973).
Moore, son of Albert and Beatrice (nee Andrews) was born on December 31, 1940, in New Orleans, Louisiana. At the age of 15, Moore and his peers attempted to integrate a public park across from All Saints Catholic School in New Orleans. Shortly thereafter, the police arrived ordering them to leave the park. The boys refused and were subsequently arrested and later released into the custody of their parents. Moore recalls, "We were before the movement... we were out there confronting school segregation."
Moore, a civil rights veteran, became involved in the movement in 1961. He stated, "The Civil Rights movement wasn't something you joined, it was something you got drafted and persuaded." While a student at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Moore led a group of 2,500 students to the state capitol to protest the city's hiring policies and segregated lunch counters. Moore was arrested, jailed, and expelled from Southern University for his involvement in the demonstration.
After his release from jail, Moore began working full-time as a field secretary for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in 1961. In this position, Moore worked on CORE's Southern program where he established voter registration initiatives in the South, particularly in St. Francisville and Jonesboro, Louisiana and Williamsburg, South Carolina, where he and other activists registered and recruited African Americans to vote and establish local CORE chapters.
In 1965, Moore was appointed as the executive director of the Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality, Inc. (SEDFRE), a leadership training organization committed to serving civil rights organizations and producing community leaders. As executive director, Moore was responsible for staff recruitment and the development of leadership programs in more than 25 states.
Moore also served as the director of the Institute for Resident Initiatives at Tulane University (1996-2005) and the director of the African American Youth Congress (1982-1994). He has authored articles and pamphlets on community change skills and "how to" manuals on generic skills such as listening, community organization, affirmative action and leadership training.
Administrative Information
Accruals:
Addition received 01/07/2004
Access Restrictions:
The Ronnie Moore papers are open and available for use.
Use Restrictions:
Copyright to these papers has not been assigned to the Amistad Research Center. It is the responsibility of an author to secure permission for publication from the holder of the copyright to any material contained in this collection.
Technical Access Note:
16 mm film reels of the documentary, Louisiana Diary (1963) and two video tape reels are unavailable for use.
Acquisition Source:
Ronnie M. Moore
Acquisition Method:
Gift
Related Materials:
The Amistad Research Center holds the Charles Sherrod papers, the Gwendolyn Midlo Hall papers, and the microfilm of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) records, which are closely related topically to the Ronnie Moore papers.
Preferred Citation:
Ronnie Moore papers, Amistad Research Center at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
Processing Information:
This collection was proccessed in February 2010 by A. Moore and L. Thomson.
Box and Folder Listing
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Box 1],
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Box 2],
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Box 3],
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Box 4],
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Box 6],
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Box 7],
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Box 8],
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Box 9],
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Box 10],
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Box 11: Video tape reels, slides, and negatives, 1978, undated],
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Box 12: 16 mm Film Reel: documentary, Louisiana Diary, 1963],
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Box 13: 16 mm Film Reel: documentary, Louisiana Diary 2, 1963],
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Box 14],
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- Box 5
- Folder 1: Buckeystown, Maryland: photographs; black and white, 31 items, 1967
- Folder 2: Buckeystown, Maryland: photographs; 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 43 items, 1967 March
- Item 1: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 2: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 3: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 4: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 5: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 6: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 7: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 8: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 9: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 10: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 11: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 12: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 13: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 14: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 15: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 16: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 17: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 18: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 19: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 20: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 21: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 22: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 23: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 24: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 25: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 26: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 27: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 28: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 29: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 30: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 31: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 32: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 33: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 34: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 35: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 36: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 37: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 38: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 39: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 40: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 41: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 42: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
[Meeting]
Label reads "Buckeystown, Maryland, March 1967."
- Item 43: CORE SEDFRE training session, Waveland, Mississippi: photograph; 8 x 10 inches, black and white, 1966 January 8
- Label reads "CORE SEDFRE training session, Gulfside Association, Waveland, Mississippi, January 8, 1966"
- Folder 3: Baltimore Education Conference: photographs; 8 x10 inches, 5 items, 1970
- Item 1: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white, 1970 November
- [Woman standing in front of group]
- Item 2: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white, 1970 November
- [Group in semi-circle]
- Item 3: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white, 1970 November
- Label reads "BALTIMORE EDUCATION CONFERENCE, November 1970. Mrs. Elizabeth Murphy Moss, Executive Vice President, Baltimore AFRO-AMERICAN and Baltimore School Board Member"
- Item 4: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white, 1970 November
- Label reads "BALTIMORE EDUCATION CONFERENCE, November 1970. Samuel Banks"
- Item 5: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white, 1970 November
- [Samuel Banks standing in front of room talking to group]
- Folder 4: Mississippi Economic Development: photographs; black and white, 25 items, 1964-1971
- Item 1: Photograph: 5 x 7.25 inches, black and white, 1964 October 11
- Label reads "Neshoba County, Mississippi, October 11, 1964. Freedom rally at the Burnside Farm"
- Item 2: Photograph: 5 x 7.25 inches, black and white, 1964
- Label reads "Leake County, Mississippi, Harmony Community. Summer 1964"
- Item 3: Photograph: 5 x 6 inches, black and white, 1964 October
- Label reads "Philadelphia, Mississippi, October 1964. Voter registration Class. Standing in the back: CORE Task Force worker, George Smith and Mississippi volunteer Tom Foner"
- Item 4: Photograph: 5 x 7.25 inches, black and white, 1964 October
- Label reads "Philadelphia, Mississippi, October 1964. James Collier, CORE task force worker and Rev. M.L. Kirkland in front of Neshoba County courthouse. Rev. Kirkland was the first Black registered in the registration drive (making a total of 5 in the county.) He had taken registration test 5 times since 1952, but had never passed. Collier is pinning "I am Registered" pin on Rev. Kirkland"
- Item 5: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white
- Label reads "Vocational Training Center in Fayette, Mississippi. Center completed its first cycle of six courses, training manpower for new jobs. In addition, this student is one of 120 local high school youth taking part in a morning program"
- Item 6: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white, 1971
- Label reads "FAYETTE, MISS. 1971"
- Item 7: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white
- [Man in suit giving presentation]
- Item 8: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white, 1972 January 15-17
- Label reads "Jackson, Mississippi, Hotel Heidelberg, Economic Development Conference, January 15-17, 1972"
- Item 9: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white, 1964
- Label reads "Meridian Community Center, Mississippi, 1964. Rita Schwerner"
- Item 10: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white, 1964
- Label reads "KANSAS CITY, July 3-- Civil Rights Worker-- Eugene Young, 13, Jackson, Miss., displays a copy of the Congressional Record in which testimony he gave about police brutality in Jackson is recorded. Gene is in Kansas City attending the convention of the Congress of Racial Equality. It was his being refused a haircut that prompted a sit-in at the Hotel Muehlebach barber shop. Later, he recieved the service. (AP Wirephot) (wps61630stf-wrps) 1964 (See AP wire story)"
- Item 11: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white
- Label reads "THE OLD AND THE NEW: Spiver W. Gordon, executive director of the Greene Co. Economic Development Commission. The wood-laden truck approaching the railroad crossing represents one of the natural resources of the areas, and a basis for job-intensive industry. However, many of the area's residents are still engaged in small, low-yielding agricultural enterprises, and come into town on mule-drawn wagons"
- Item 12: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white
- Label reads "GROUND-BREAKING CEREMONY: Greene Co. Economic Development Commission Chairman William McK. Branch, left, assists starts of construction for new factory being built by Fibro Products- brought to the area by SEDFRE. Also shown are Commissioner Harry C. Means, center, and Spiver W. Gordon, EDC executive director."
- Item 13: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white, 1972 January 15-17
- Label reads "Jackson, Mississippi, Hotel Heidelburg, Economic Development Conference, January 15-17, 1972"
- Item 14: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white
- [Ronnie Moore seated with arms crossed while listening to speaker]
- Item 15: Photograph: 4 x 5 inches, black and white, 1964 August 19
- Label reads "Philadelphia, Mississippi, August 19, 1964"
- Item 16: Photograph: 4 x 5 inches, black and white, 1964 August 19
- Label reads "Philadelphia, Mississippi, August 19, 1964"
- Item 17: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white
- [Schwerner, Chaney, Goodman Community Center, Meridian, Mississippi]
- Item 18: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white
- Label reads: "Schwerner, Chaney, Goodman Community Center, Meridian, Mississippi"
- Item 19: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white
- Label reads: "Schwerner, Chaney, Goodman Community Center, Meridian, Mississippi"
- Item 20: Photograph: 5.25 x 6.5 inches, black and white, 1964 August
- Label reads "Meridian, Mississippi Freedom School. August 1964"
- Item 21: Photograph: 5.25 x 6.5 inches, black and white, 1964 August
- Label reads "Meridian, Mississippi Freedom School. August 1964"
- Item 22: Photograph: 5.25 x 6.5 inches, black and white
- [Little girl making crafts out of popsicle sticks]
- Item 23: Photograph: 5.25 x 6.5 inches, black and white
- [Teenagers sitting at table]
- Item 24: Photograph: 5.25 x 6.5 inches, black and white
- [Girls writing on chalkboard]
- Item 25: Photograph: 5.25 x 6.5 inches, black and white
- [Little boy painting on paper]
- Folder 5: Mississippi Economic Development: photographs; 8 x 10 inches, black and white, 7 items, 1972
- Item 1: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white
- [Two men sitting at table]
- Item 2: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white, 1972 January 15-17
- Label reads "Jackson, Mississippi, Hotel Heidelberg, Economic Development Conference, January 15-17, 1972"
- Item 3: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white
- [Man speaking to group]
- Item 4: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white
- [Group of men and women standing arm in arm]
- Item 5: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white, 1972 January 15-17
- Label reads "Jackson, Mississippi, Hotel Heidelburg, Economic Development Conference, Janaury 15-17, 1972"
- Item 6: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white, 1972 January 15-17
- Label reads "Jackson, Mississippi, Hotel Heidelburg, Economic Development Conference, Janaury 15-17, 1972"
- Item 7: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white, 1972 January 15-17
- Label reads "Jackson, Mississippi, Hotel Heidelburg, Economic Development Conference, Janaury 15-17, 1972"
- Folder 6: Model City Training, Fayette, Mississippi: photographs; black and white, 19 items, 1971
- Item 1: Photograph: 3.5 x 5 inches, black and white, 1967 March
- [Meeting]
- Item 2: Photograph: 5 x 8 inches, black and white
- [SOME SEDRE Meeting]
- Item 3: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white, 1971
- Label reads "High-school student in a special morning program held in the Vocational Training Center at Fayette, Mississippi. This new Center has graduated all trainees enrolled in its first cyle of six courses."
- Item 4: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white
- [Front door of Circuit Controls Division of I.T.T. Thompson Ind. Inc.]
- Item 5: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white
- Label reads "Despite recent layoffs in the auto industry, the IT&T plant in Fayette, Mississippi is adding new jobs monthly to fill its expanding schedule of production for car parts. Women employees shown here were formerly on the welfare rolls."
- Item 6: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white
- [Women working in factory]
- Item 7: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white, 1971
- Label reads "Fayette, Miss. 1971. Alfonso Deal, Police Training"
- Item 8: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white
- Label reads "The IT&T plant in Fayette, Mississippi, with new contracts for auto components, takes on more local employees each month. Shown here are several of the 34 women employees , many former welfare recipients."
- Item 9: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white
- Label reads "The IT&T plant in Fayette, Mississippi, with new contracts for auto components, takes on more local employees each month. Shown here are several of the 34 women employees , many former welfare recipients."
- Item 10: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white
- [Man painting with paintbrush] Label reads "Fayette, Miss. 1971]
- Item 11: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white
- [Three men standing at table, Fayette, Miss.]
- Item 12: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white
- Label reads "Shown here under construction, this Commerical Chemical Corporation plant began operating in May 1971, well ahead of schedule. The first ten employees (of a potential 125) take part in a Federally assisted on-the-job training program CCC is one of the first new industries attracted to Fayette, Mississippi after Charles Evers became mayor."
- Item 13: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white
- [Man standing at table with woodwork, Fayette, Miss.]
- Item 14: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white
- [Men standing at table with woodwork and paintcans, Fayette, Miss.]
- Item 15: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white
- Label reads "Shown here under construction, this Commerical Chemical Corporation plant began operating in May 1971, well ahead of schedule. The first ten employees (of a potential 125) take part in a Federally assisted on-the-job training program CCC is one of the first new industries attracted to Fayette, Mississippi after Charles Evers became mayor."
- Item 16: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white
- [Men standing at table with woodwork and paintcans, Fayette, Miss.]
- Item 17: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white
- Label reads "Vocational Training Center in Fayette, Mississippi. Center completed its first cycle of six courses, training manpower for new jobs. In addition, this student is one of 120 local high school youth taking part in a morning program."
- Item 18: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white
- [Vocational Training Center in Fayette, Mississippi. Center completed its first cycle of six courses, training manpower for new jobs. In addition, this student is one of 120 local high school youth taking part in a morning program.]
- Item 19: Photograph: 8 x 10 inches, black and white, 1971 October
- [Woman sitting at table] Photo credit: John D. Herman
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Box 2],
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Box 3],
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Box 4],
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Box 7],
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Box 8],
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Box 9],
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Box 10],
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Box 11: Video tape reels, slides, and negatives, 1978, undated],
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Box 12: 16 mm Film Reel: documentary, Louisiana Diary, 1963],
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Box 13: 16 mm Film Reel: documentary, Louisiana Diary 2, 1963],
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