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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)

Gumby, L. S. Alexander, 1885-1961

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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Joseph Parrish Thompson and Leonard Bacon papers, 1845-1928 3.5 linear feet (2 document boxes 1 flat box)

Thompson, Joseph P (Joseph Parrish), 1819-1879
This collection is made up of the personal and professional files of Joseph Parrish Thompson, documenting his work in the Congregational church and as the editor of The Independent. Thompson's correspondence with fellow Congregational minister and co-editor of The Independent Leonard Bacon makes up a significant portion of the material. The collection also contains files pertaining to Thompson's children and grandchildren and some family correspondence of Leonard Bacon.
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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))

Gumby, L. S. Alexander, 1885-1961

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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