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She curated and organized many exhibits over her career through
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before retiring. However, only five months after retiring, she returned to work as head archivist for the Center for
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She frequently lectured at events and conferences, and served as research consultant for several films and oral histories. She worked as a researcher for
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Florence Borders papers, 1933-2007, which includes many of her personal papers, essays, archival aids, interviews, and research.
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in the 1970s and in the 1980s, she helped establish the SAA Task Force on
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She and husband James B. Borders III had two sons, James IV and
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in Baton Rouge, her father's alma mater, for a BA in
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From 1970 to 1989, Borders served as the senior archivist and "pioneer staff member" of the
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499:"Bordering on Excellence: Florence Borders Carves Out Career in Libraries and Archives"
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before she trained to become an archivist. In 1970, she returned home to New
Orleans.
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Consultant for the
Neighborhood Revitalization Project of the Claiborne Corridor
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Executive Board of
Directors for Louisiana Archives and Manuscripts Association
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Unsung Heroes Plaque awarded by the
Crescent City Chapter of Links, 1987
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Mayor's Certificate of Merit awarded by the City of New Orleans, 1987
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Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana's Free People of Color
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Founder of Chicory Society of Afro-Louisiana History and Culture
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President of the New Orleans' chapter of the B Sharp Music Club
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In the 1940s, Borders worked as a library assistant at the
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Grants review committee of the Arts Council of New Orleans
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561:"Borders, Florence (1924-2018) | Amistad Research Center"
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American archivist, historian, and librarian (1924–2018)
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Vital as a Heartbeat Award from the Urban League, 1988
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404:The Callaloo Award from the
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638:Kein, Sybil (August 2000).
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529:"June e-Amistad Reports"
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388:Third World Archivists
382:Charter Member of the
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761:Rosary College alumni
477:. September 14, 2018.
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164:. She graduated from
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311:Liberty Street Blues
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