Straight College Collection
Finding Aid Contents
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Collection Summary
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Administrative Information
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Historical Sketch
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Chronology
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Description of Series
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Container List
Creator: Straight College Collection, 1870-1934
Extent: 7 linear ft.
Scope and Content: The
Straight College Collection consists of university publications, programs,
scrapbooks, photographs and diplomas. A
highlight of the collection includes the Lucille Dandridge Collection which
chronicles her time as a student at Straight from high school through college.
Administrative
Information
Preferred Citation: Straight College Collection, Will W. Alexander
Library, Dillard University.
Information concerning copyright must be secured in writing from the Director of
the Will W. Alexander Library.
Processed by: Laura Kersting
Date completed: 7/29/02
Straight College was founded as Straight University in 1868 by the American Missionary Association. The school received its name from the Honorable Seymour Straight of Hudson, Ohio. Throughout its history Straight offered courses of study ranging from elementary school to college level courses in music, law and theology. In 1886 Straight discontinued the Law Department and began to focus on the liberal arts, industrial arts and teacher training. In 1915 the name Straight University was changed to Straight College which represented the scope of the school’s work accurately. In 1934, after experiencing financial difficulties, Straight College was merged with New Orleans University to form Dillard University.
Chronology
1868
Straight University receives its first charter.
1869
Land is bought on Esplanade Avenue and Straight University is
founded by the American Missionary
Association.
1877 The first building, on Esplanade Avenue, is
destroyed by arson.
1878
The university is rebuilt on Canal Street at the corner of Tonti.
1885
R.C. Hitchcock becomes President.
1886
Law Department is discontinued.
1890
Daniel Hand School opens.
1890
Oscar Atwood becomes President.
1915
The name of Straight University is changed to Straight College.
1935
Dillard University, formed by the merging of Straight College
and
New Orleans University, begins its’ first academic year.
Description
of Series
Series 1 Boxes
1-4
Publications (bound and
unbound)
Series 2 Box 5
Programs
Series 3 Box 5
Scrapbooks
Series 4 Box 5
Miscellaneous
Series 5 Box 6
Lucille Dandridge Collection
Series 6 Box 7
Photographs
Series 7 Box 7
Diplomas
Container List
Box 1
Series 1: Publications
Straight University
Catalogue
Bound:
1870-1900, 1887-88, 1899-1911, 1903-1905
Box 2
Series 1: Publications, cont.
Straight University Catalog/Bulletin
Unbound: 1894-1915, 1924-25
Box 3
Series 1: Publications, cont.
Straight
University/College Catalogue
Bound:
1911-12, 1913-33
Box 4
Series 1: Publications, cont.
The
Crimson Courier
Bound:
1927-28, 1929-31
Unbound:
1928-34
Straight College
Bulletin, 1926-1934
The Olio, 1903-1921
Straight College Newsletter, January 1924
The Crimson Tide,
1931
Box 5
Series 2: Programs
Exercises of Commencement, May 30, 1890.
Straight University Piano = Forte Recital in University Chapel, May
25,
1891.
The Faculty and Senior
Class … Commencement Exercises, June
12,
1907.
Closing Exercises Eighth
Grade- Grammar Department, May 26,
1911.
Junior Exhibition …, May 16, 1914.
Class Night, May 24, 1915.
Jubilee Club Concert, Straight University, May 7, 1915.
Program of the Annual
Reception to the Alumni Association of
Straight University, May
25, 1915.
Straight College Alumni Reunion, May 22, 1935.
Series 3:
Scrapbooks
Scrapbook
of Photos, <1884-1885>
Scrapbook: “Straight
University and Vieux from New Orleans”, Miss
Mary Harriet Nichols, teacher, <1906-1907>
Series
4: Miscellaneous
Correspondence between Seymour Straight and Rev. R.L.
Hitchcock,
1887-89 (copy)
The Hymnal, revised and enlarged, New York: James Pott & Co.,
1889.
Wedding announcement: Paul Lawrence Dunbar and Alice Ruth
Moore,
1898.
Newsclipping: “Straight Has its Commencement”, <1915>
Brochure: Straight College, New Orleans, Louisiana, n.d.
Solicitation brochures from the American Missionary Association,
“Straight College, New Orleans, Louisiana”, n.d.
Printing sample: Straight University Olio Printing Office, “Love and
Death” by Alfred Tennyson, printed by Alice Ruth Moore, n.d.
Obituary material on Henry Straight, n.d.
Two photo reproductions of Straight College, n.d.
Straightites, 1984.
College Football Scores, 1924-1930.
Compiled by Mel Smith,
College Football Researchers Ass’n, 1985.
Article: Camille Lucie Nickerson, “The Louisiana Lady” by
Anne
Key
Simpson, 1995
Box 6
Series 5: Lucille Dandridge Collection
Invitation: The Class of ’90 … Exercises of Commencement, May
30,
1890.
Program: Second Natal Night Triumph of Emerson Coterie, March
27, 1890.
Program: Literary and Musical Entertainment for the Benefit of the
Straight University Library (copy), March 24, 1891.
Invitation: Class of ’92 cordially invited you to attend the Class Day
Exercises …, May 23, 1892.
Program: Commencement Exercises, May 13, 1911.
Program Class Day Exercises, May 29, 1911.
Program: Closing Exercises of the Eighth Grade, Grammar Dept.,
May 8, 1914.
Program: Forty-sixth Annual Commencement Exercises, May 26,
1915.
Program: “Joan of Arc”, A Cantata, April 20, 1917.
Program:
Eleventh Grade Exhibition, “Everystudent”- A Morality
Play,
May 21, 1917.
Program: Closing Exercises of the Eighth Grade, May 25, 1917.
Program of the 48th Annual Commencment Exercises, May 30,
1917.
Program: Christmas Recital, December 23, 1918.
Invitation: Straight College Hight School Commencement Exercises,
Class 1918, May 26-29, 1918.
Scrapbook: “School Friendship Book”, 1918.
Program: Straight College Recital, Music Department, February 15,
1919.
Program: Straight College Recital, Music Department, March 15,
1919.
Program: Straight College Literary and Debating Society, March 28,
1919.
Program: Daniel Hand School Entertainment, May 10, 1919.
Program: Commencement Exercises, May 28, 1919.
Correspondence, 1920-1923.
Reports of Lucille
Dandridge, Straight College, College Department,
January 25; May 24, 1929 (2 reports)
Program: Baccalaureate Service, May 19, 1929.
Program: Commencement Exercises, May 24, 1929.
Graduation Pin, 1929.
Program: Piano Recital, March 6, n.d.
Report of Lucille Dandridge, Straight College Music Department, n.d.
Box 7
Series 6: Photographs
Class of 1901.
Class of 1906.
Class of <1907>
College Preparatory Class, 1907.
Baseball Team,
<1911>
Oscar Atwood, President of Straight University, n.d.
Series
7: Diplomas
Lucile L. Hutton, Straight University, Completion of College
Preparatory Course, May 26, 1913.
Rose Estelle Remy, Straight College,
B.A., 1933.