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) 

 

Folder 11:

1. Arthur Tasker Invitation
2. Historical Marker Application
3. Historical Marker Dedication Ceremony Program
4. Rev. Arthur Tasker Brochure/ Press Release
5. Tasker Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church – June 2024 Number 560
6. The Drum “Unveiling Untold History” Rev. Arthur Tasker
7. The Louisiana Weekly “Reconstruction era hero Honored with Historic Marker”
8. The Daily Star “Rev. Tasker Marker to be Unveiled”
9. One Black Sign in Book

Images

1. Dr. Antoinette Harrell, Debra Banks, Rev. Arthur Tasker’s 4th great-granddaughter, Rev. Vera Roscoe, 3rd great-granddaughter, Robert “Bob” Zabbia, City of Ponchatoula.
2. Carla Tate, Tangipahoa Tourism Executive Director
3. Roslind Mckay Batiste, Councilwoman, Ponchatoula
4. Jim Perrin , Roslind Mckay, Bob Zabbia, and Bobby Joe Ginn
5. Dr. Keith M. Finley
6. Jim Perrin
7. Melvin Toomer and Roslind Mckay Batiste
8. Justin Fornal
9. Roslind Mckay Batiste, Chase Lacoste, Dr. Antoinette Harrell, Bobby Ginn, and Mayor Bob Zabbia
10. Carla Tate, Gary Stranga
11. Bobby Ginn, Irma T. Gordon, Mayor Walter Daniels, Dr. Antoinette Harrell, Dr. Herman Kelly
12. Audience
13. Rev. Vera Roscoe, Debra Banks, Walter Daniels, Wesley Daniels
14. Rev. Vera Roscoe, Debra Banks
15. Audience
16. Debra Banks, Vera Roscoe, Leonard Smith III
17. Debra Banks, Jim Perrin 
18. Eddie Ponds
19. Justin Fornal, Dr. Antoinette Harrell, Carla Tate, Dana Monster Musso
20. Vera Roscoe
21. Justin Fornal, Dr. Antoinette Harrell, and Bob Zabbia
22. Audience
23. Rev. Arthur Tasker cake
24. Audience
25. Vera Roscoe, Roslind Mckay Batiste, Dr. Antoinette Harrell, Louis Allen
26. Dr. Antoinette Harrell, Bob Zabbia
27. Roscoe, Debra Banks, Roslind Mckay Batiste, J. Wesley Daniels
28. Rev. Arthur Tasker’s Historical Marker, Melvin Toomer
29. Dr. Antoinette Harrell, Bob Zabbia, Debra Banks, and Rocoe
30. Councilwoman Mckay Batiste, Roscoe, and Debra Banks
31. Harrell, Zabbia
32. Harrell, Charles Lacoste
33. Walter Warren, Rev. Herman Kelly, Harrell, Dr. Charles Smith
34. Barry Bradford, Harrell, Ramon Wheeler
35. Ronald Harrell, Christian Mounger, Evelyn Morgan Williams, Jeremy Taylor, Harrell
36. Leonard Smith III, Candace Simen
37. Mckay Batiste, LaCoste
38. Chase LaCoste
39. Mckay Batiste, Harrell, Moster Musso
40. Mckay batiste
41. Jeremy Taylor and Louis Allen