Lusher Playground Project records, 1967-1974.

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Lusher Playground Project records, 1967-1974.

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This collection consists of records of the planning of a multi-purpose playground on the uptown New Orleans campus of Robert M. Lusher Elementary School in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Included are handwritten and typed correspondence, financial records such as accounts, contributions and checks, architectural plans, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Architectural plans drawn by William K. Turner of the Tulane University School of Architecture include features such as a maze and a treehouse, as well as basketball courts and other playground equipment.

3 linear feet (1 flat box and 2 v.)

Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

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Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

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Orleans Parish School Board

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Lusher Playground Project (New Orleans, La.)

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The Lusher Playground Project, also called the Lusher School Community Recreation Area Project, came about because of a common need of Lusher Elementary School students and other children living in adjacent neighborhoods of New Orleans, for a supervised play area after school hours. The racial tensions of the era are apparent in the collection's correspondence. The school leaders and students, parents, the school board, the city recreation agency (NORD), Tulane University School of Architecture,...

Robert M. Lusher Elementary School.

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Tulane University. School of Architecture

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New Orleans (La.). Recreation Dept.

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Turner, William, 1935-

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