21. Mysing, Zöe Shallcross
ca. 1924-1934, 1948-1984
2 items; Mss 258

Zöe Adelia Shallcross (1911-1994) was born in Nashville and moved to New Orleans at the age of eight. She attended Henry W. Allen Elementary School and Sophie B. Wright High School, and received a degree in biology from Newcomb College in 1933. From 1934 until her marriage in 1938 to Iversen Mysing, she was empoyed by the New Orleans Public Service Inc. She worked as an interviewer and investigator for the Works Progress Administration from 1939 to 1942 and, from her husband's death in 1961 until her retirement in 1975, she managed the office of Gertrude Gardner Real Estate, Inc. The collection consists of two scrapbooks containing autographs, calling cards, clippings, invitations, lists of students and teachers, notes, programs, tickets, and other items that reflect student activities at Allen, Wright, and Newcomb.

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22. New Orleans Restaurants
1995-1996
2 boxes; Mss 273, Mss 278

Interviews with proprietors and chefs of New Orleans restaurants. Women featured include Ella Brennan and Susan Spicer. Some interviews have been transcribed.

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23. O'Brien, John A. and Nell Pomeroy
1876-1968 (bulk 1891-1968)
11 linear ft.; Mss 120

Correspondence, appointment books, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, business ledgers, and other papers, of the portrait painter Nell Pomeroy, her husband, John A. O'Brien, and their daughter, Patricia Strigel. Nell Pomeroy was vice-president and director of the Art Association of New Orleans. She was the founder and first volunteer instructor of the Junior Members of the Art Association at Delgado Museum (now known as the New Orleans Museum of Art).

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24. Orleans Gallery
1956-1973
11 ft. and 18 items

Minutes, account books, bank and tax records, receipt books, invoices, inventories, shipping orders, correspondence, membership lists, artists' resumes, newsletters, photographs, and other records of the Orleans Gallery. This nonprofit, community oriented art gallery sought to foster contemporary art in New Orleans. It was founded in 1956 and closed in 1972 or 1973. Numerous women served as directors, board members, and were exhibited at the gallery.

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25. Orleans Parish School Board Archives
ca. 1840-present
100 linear ft.; Mss 147

Minutes, agendas, legal files, photographs, and publications related to publicity and curricula of the Orleans Parish School Board. There are no student records. The archive includes material relating to girls' education policies regarding the predominately female teaching force.

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26. Ormond, Suzanne L.
1951-1972 (bulk 1966-1972)
2.5 linear ft.; Mss 59

Papers collected by Suzanne L. Ormond, a New Orleans preservationist, largely relating to a proposed New Orleans Riverfront Expressway and Uptown Mississippi River Bridge. Includes minutes, correspondence, memoranda, maps and news clippings. Organizations involved include the Central Area Committee of the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, Crescent Council of Civic Associations, Independent Women's Organization, Louisiana Council for the Vieux Carré, Mississippi River Bridge Authority, New Orleans Planning Commission, the Orleans-Jefferson Bridge Advisory Committee, Regional Planning Commission, Regional Planning Forum, and Uptown Civic Association. The collection may shed light on the role of women in civic activism.

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27. Owsley, Beatrice Rodriguez
1986-1996
6 linear ft.; Mss 244

Records of an oral history project to document the activities of members of the New Orleans area Hispanic community. Homemakers, civic activists, businesswomen, and professionals are represented. Of 108 interviews, 68 are in English. Transcripts of some interviews are available.

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28. Pontalbans
1931-1932
1 item; Mss 238

This bound volume, "History of the Pontalbans, 1931-32," contains minutes, historical notes, and memorabilia pertaining to the founding and first year's activities this New Orleans women's club.

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29. Reed, Sarah Towles
1834-1979 (bulk 1865-1979)
ca. 68 linear ft.; Mss 121
(restricted)

Correspondence, publications, personal, family and professional papers, of Sarah Towles Reed (1882-1978), teacher and union activist, who spent her career in New Orleans public schools. She worked first at Sophie B. Wright High School, then at Warren Easton High School, and at Alcee Fortier High School, where she taught civics and commercial law from 1932 until 1951. In 1924 Reed became a charter member of the New Orleans Public School Teachers Association (NOPSTA), later the New Orleans Classroom Teachers Federation. From the 1920s until the 1970s she represented the interests of the teachers' union in lobbying the state legislature. After retiring in 1951, she served as Executive Secretary of the New Orleans Classroom Teachers Federation.

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30. Rogers, Elizabeth
1940-1985
78 linear ft.; Mss 176

Materials produced by or concerning Elizabeth Rogers (1891-1985), including books, pamphlets, correspondence, notes, clippings, broadsides, handbills, autobiographical manuscripts, oral history transcripts, and photographs. Many of the materials illustrate the increasingly liberal political views of Elizabeth Rogers and her husband, Walter Rogers.