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Collection of Negroiana : [microform], 1800-1981
22 Reels (positive reels, 1977 revised version) 17 Reels (positive reels, 1972 version; reels 15 are partly illegible) 22 Reels (master negative reels, 1977 revised version)- Abstract Or Scope
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A collection concerned with the various phases of black life in America, containing clippings, pamphlets, photographs, pictures, extracts from periodicals, and a representative group of approximately 350 letters, signatures, manuscripts, and documents. Among the letters are several each from Countee Cullen, Frederick Douglass, Alexander Dumas, fils, William Lloyd Garrison, Claude McKay, Abraham Lincoln, Henry Mencken, William Pickens, Albert A. Smith, and Booker T. Washington. Also, eighteen slavery documents.
General manuscripts, 1789-2013
41 linear feet (82 document boxes)- Abstract Or Scope
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The General Manuscript Collection is an artificial collection of correspondence, diaries, lecture notes, class work, essays, administrative documents, minutes, and other documents collected by the Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Single items or very small collections are generally classified as part of the general manuscript collection rather than assigned an individual manuscript number. Additionally, small additions to existing RBML manuscript collections may be classified as part of the General Manuscript Collection.
General manuscripts, 1789-2013 41 linear feet (82 document boxes)
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The General Manuscript Collection is an artificial collection of correspondence, diaries, lecture notes, class work, essays, administrative documents, minutes, and other documents collected by the Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Single items or very small collections are generally classified as part of the general manuscript collection rather than assigned an individual manuscript number. Additionally, small additions to existing RBML manuscript collections may be classified as part of the General Manuscript Collection.
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L. S. Alexander Gumby collection of Negroiana, 1800-1981
90 linear feet (Boxes A-B; Boxes 1-177 (includes CMI Boxes numbered consecutively), Flat box 189, one oversized folder in a mapcase (15-L-1))- Abstract Or Scope
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A collection concerned with the various phases of black life in America, containing clippings, pamphlets, photographs, pictures, extracts from periodicals, and a representative group of approximately 350 letters, signatures, manuscripts, and documents. Among the letters are several each from Countee Cullen, Frederick Douglass, Alexander Dumas, fils, William Lloyd Garrison, Claude McKay, Abraham Lincoln, Henry Mencken, William Pickens, Albert A. Smith, and Booker T. Washington. Also, eighteen slavery documents.
L. S. Alexander Gumby collection of Negroiana, 1800-1981 90 linear feet (Boxes A-B; Boxes 1-177 (includes CMI Boxes numbered consecutively), Flat box 189, one oversized folder in a mapcase (15-L-1))
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- Gumby, L. S. Alexander, 1885-1961
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A collection concerned with the various phases of black life in America, containing clippings, pamphlets, photographs, pictures, extracts from periodicals, and a representative group of approximately 350 letters, signatures, manuscripts, and documents. Among the letters are several each from Countee Cullen, Frederick Douglass, Alexander Dumas, fils, William Lloyd Garrison, Claude McKay, Abraham Lincoln, Henry Mencken, William Pickens, Albert A. Smith, and Booker T. Washington. Also, eighteen slavery documents.
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