Cade Library Louisiana Pictorial History Initiative (CLLPHI)

FAIN: ZPA-284040-22

Southern University and A & M College (Baton Rouge, LA 70813-0001)
Dawn Kight (Project Director: May 2021 to November 2023)
Angela Proctor (Co Project Director: December 2021 to November 2023)
Maya Banks (Co Project Director: December 2021 to November 2023)

The retention of four senior positions and three staff positions; the hiring of a graduate student and a consultant, and the purchase of supplies to enable the preservation, digitization, and processing of materials from two collections related to twentieth-century African-American history.  

John B. Cade Library proposes the Cade Library Louisiana Pictorial History Initiative (CLLPHI) to digitize, catalog, and disseminate collections of historical significance to the University community as well as users interested in African American history. CCLPHI will preserve and provide access to two historical collections: The Louisiana Colored Teachers Journal, and the Baton Rouge Civil Rights Protest Photography Collection, a pictorial collection of life in Baton Rouge in the 1960s and 70s when segregation and integration met colliding paths. The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated the necessity to provide digital access to these collections. NEH funding will be used for personnel support, digitization, and preservation of collections. It is important to preserve and increase access to these critical collections that document the stories of America’s history.