Reverend Arthur Tasker Collection

Box 1:

Folder 1:

1.      Program, “Dedication Service, Tasker Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 23 November 1992”

2.      Booklet, “The 136th Church Anniversary of the Tasker African Methodist Episcopal Church”

3.      Untold History Foundation Newsletter, “Rev. Arthur Tasker,” 23 March 2024

 

Folder 2:

1.      Article about Rev. Arthur Tasker (2 copies)

2.      8 x 10 photograph of Rev. Arthur Tasker

 

Folder 3:

1.      Copy of Arthur Tasker Registration Card

2.      Arthur Tasker Lifestory, including marriage record, Ancestry (3 pages)

3.      Copy of 1880 United States Census, Arthur Tasker entry

4.      Copy of information from 1870 United States Census

 

Folder 4: William Clinton Tasker

1.      William Clinton Tasker Lifestory, including copy of marriage record and obituary, Ancestry (6 pages)

 

Folder 5: Pearl Tasker

1.      Copy of “Last Rites Held for Miss Pearl C. Tasker,” Louisiana Weekly, 10 June 1967

 

Folder 6: Church Programs and Booklet

1.      Copy of “African M. E. Zion Conference,” New Orleans Republican, 26 April 1868

2.      “Church History,” Reverend Arthur Tasker 1867

3.      Copied photographs of church building

4.      Copy of front cover, “Tasker Memorial A. M. E. Zion Church Annual Homecoming Celebration,” 150 years, 17 October 2017

 

Folder 7:

1.      Louisiana Historical Marker Application (6 pages)

 

Folder 8:

1.      City Hall, Minutes Record Book (page 46) Mayor Arthur Tasker, Certified Copy

2.      Old School House, Ponchatoula, La. (page 47), 25 June 1877, Certified Copy 

3.      Town Hall, Ponchatoula, LA. (page 56), 18 Feb. 1878, Mayor Arthur Tasker, Certified Copy

4.      City Hall, Town of Ponchatoula, La. (page 43), Mayor Arthur Tasker, Certified Copy

5.      Resolution Donating Public Square to Colored School (page 38), 1873, Mayor Arthur Tasker, Certified Copy

6.      Sale of Public Square to Colored School (page 34), 1873, Mayor Arthur Tasker, Certified Copy

7.      Town Hall, Ponchatoula, LA. (page 37), 18 Sept. 1873, Certified Copy

8.      Board of Aldermen, Ponchatoula, La. (pages 40 &41), 873, Mayor Arthur Tasker, Certified Copy

9.      Town of Ponchatoula Regular Session of Council, April 1874, Mayor Arthur Tasker, Certified Copy

 

Folder 9:

1.      William Akers to Sarah Tasker, pages 162-163, 1887, Tangipahoa Parish Clerk’s Office

2.      Act of Sale, Mrs. J. C. Akers to William C. Tasker, 1893 (4 pages)

3.      Sale of Property, Richard Roberts to Arthur Tasker, 1871 (4 pages)

4.      Sale of Land, Eugene Munford to William C. Tasker, 1896 (4 pages)

5.      Sale of Land, Thomas M. Akers to Arthur Tasker, 1868 (4 pages)

 

Folder 10:

1.      Photographs of Rev. Arthur Tasker and Tasker Family (5 photographs)

2.      Photographs of Rev. Arthur Tasker Committee (7 photographs)

3.      Photographs of Mayor Robert “Bob” Zabbia with Committee (5 photographs)

4.      Photographs of Rev. Arthur Tasker gravesite (4 photographs)