4-H Club Officers meeting at the Pride Branch Library. The library hosted many such meetings. These are senior club officers: Mike Pearis, President is standing. Date: February, 1967
American Delegation being received by the President of Peru. (Left to right) Charles Ertola, Adolfo Dammert, Mayor Louis Solari; San Jose, Ca, Councilman W.H. Bernhard; Baton Rouge, La. Mayor James Kinsella; Hartford, Ct., Jack Christian,...
Baton Rouge High School Band officers for 1958-1959. Front row: David Glass, president; Henry Wall, assistant student director; Warren Hubbard, publicity director; Donald Mills, assistant librarian; Pat Alello, secretary treasurer. Second row:...
(L. to r.) Henrietta Brian, Kay Johnson, Genevieve Reevs, and Dr. A. L. Bordelon, President of the Exchange Club at an unknown event at the Triad Building. Baton Rouge, La. Date: ca. 1950's
Mrs. T.J. Innes, Vice President of the East Baton Rouge Camp Fire Girls Council attend church services culminating the celebration of the 47th Anniversary of the founding of the Camp Fire Girls. Shown are Mr. and Mrs. Innes, son Dick and daughters...
Camphor Memorial Wesleyan Service Guild: 1st row (l. to r.) G.M. Handy, S.W. Walker, J.M. Cox, C. Jenkins, D.E. Carter, Miss Clarence Marie Collier, T.W. McDonald, B.E. Fleder, Adelle Jackson, Ethel London, W. L Wheelock and L. Smith (Guild...
Dr. Curtis "C.J." Gilliam [1922-1995] was a longtime Civil Rights activist and the first black optometrist in Baton Rouge. A former president of the Baton Rouge chapter of the NAACP, he was the first black Louisianan to enlist in the U.S. Marine...
East Baton Rouge Parish City Council 1976-1973. Back Row (l. to r.) Johnny Dykes, Tommy Neck, Michael G. Roubique, Edgar L. Watts Jr., Jewel J. Newman, Dr. C.P. "Tony" Carrier, Earl Harrison, William T. Winfield. Front Row (l. to r.) Joseph A....
Mayor Woody Dumas and Tillie Scheneker receive a gift of books for the East Baton Rouge Parish Library from Mr. John Reynolds, President of the Baton Rouge Amateur Radio Club. Date: June 24, 1975
Ground breaking ceremonies for the Mid City Branch Library Expansion. (L. to r.) Sallie Farrell, State Librarian; Dr. I. Ashton Robins, Library Board; Fire Chief Muller; Mrs. Jules F. Landry, Library Board President; unknown, Mrs. Max Scheneker;...
Henson Moore (b. October 4, 1939). Republican representative of the 6th Congressional District from 1975-1987. Served as deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy from 1989-1992 and Deputy Chief of Staff for President George H.W. Bush in...
School integration—Louisiana, Civil rights movement
Reverend Arthur T. Jelks, NAACP President (here at left) led this group of children to the Baton Rouge Junior High School in a futile attempt to register them at the school. Turning them away is R.L. Smith, school principal.
Mayor President Jack Christian of Baton Rouge signs the Fire Prevention Week Proclamation as Assistant Fire Chief Frank O' Callahan, left and Wharton A. LeBlanc, general chairman of Fire Prevention Week 1958 activities, look on. Original located in...
Mayor President Jack Christian (rear) presides over Woody Dumas' second term on the City Council. (Seated from left) Bonnie V. Baker, William Berhard, Robert P. Breazeale, R.T. "Bobby" Clegg, Woody Dumas, Cotton Harris, Frank McConnell, J.A....
Mayor President Jack Christian (rear) presides over Woody Dumas' third term on the Metro Council (Dumas resigned to run for mayor). The Council (from left) Goode Smith, Arthur F. Abadie, John Allphin, Bonnie B. Baker, Robert T. "Bobby" clag,...
(Left to right) ?, Mayor Christian, Presidente Ramon Villeda (Honduras 1957-1963), Governor Jimmie Davis, and ? At a reception at the Governor's Mansion on North Blvd. Baton Rouge, La. Date: June 4, 1960.
Mayors--Baton Rouge (La.)--1950-1960,Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972, Davis, Jimmie, 1899-2000
(Left to right) President Harry S. Truman, Louisiana Governor Jimmie Davis, and Baton Rouge Mayor Jack Christian at the Baton Rouge Airport making Truman an honorary citizen. Date: October 22, 1960
Jessie Stone (1924-2001). Mr. Stone was one of the first graduates of Southern University Law School in 1950. He worked as an NAACP attorney during the Civil Rights movement, served as Southern University President from 1974-1985. He was the first...
Mayors--Baton Rouge (La.)--1950-1960,Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972, Davis, Jimmie, 1899-2000
Louisiana Governor Jimmie Davis, Baton Rouge Mayor Jack Christian (standing) and President Harry S. Truman who was visiting Baton Rouge in connection with the Kennedy-Johnson campaign. Date: October 22, 1960
Junior League members at the national conference in Washington D.C. Baton Rouge League member Nina Pugh (in upper left quadrant marked with arrow) poses with President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958. Original in 1950-1959 Junior League Scrapbook