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American Colonization Society records

LC Control No.:	mm 78010660
Type of Material:	Archival Manuscript Material (Collection)
Corporate Name:	American Colonization Society. » More like this
Main Title:	American Colonization Society records, 1792-1964 (bulk 1823-1912).
Related Names:	McLain, William. Papers of William McLain (1831-1850) » More like this Massachusetts Colonization Society. Letterbooks of the Massachusetts Colonization Society (1856-1875) » More like this
Description:	190,198 items. 717 containers. 331 microfilm reels.
Summary:	Correspondence, financial and business papers, reports, and miscellaneous material relating to administrative and financial matters, membership, slavery and status of slaves in the pre-Civil War period, and emigration, colonization, and education in Liberia. Includes William McLain's personal papers (1831-1850) and letter books (1856-1875) of the Massachusetts Colonization Society. Correspondents include Jehudi Ashmun, one of the society's early colonial agents, Stephen Benson, Thomas Buchanan, Elliott Cresson, Thomas R. Hazard, John H.B. Latrobe, J.W. Lugenbeel, Joseph Jenkins Roberts, and Gerrit Smith.
Notes:	Maps: transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. Photographs: transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. MSS10660
Finding Aids:	Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
Acquisition Source:	Gift, American Colonization Society, 1913, 1964-1965.
Additional Formats:	Microfilm edition available, no. 14,745. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1970-1977.
Subjects:	Ashmun, J. (Jehudi), 1794-1828--Correspondence. » More like this Benson, Stephen Allen, b. 1816--Correspondence. » More like this Buchanan, Thomas, d. 1841--Correspondence. » More like this Cresson, Elliott, 1796-1854--Correspondence. » More like this Hazard, Thomas R. (Thomas Robinson), 1797-1886--Correspondence. » More like this Latrobe, John H. B. (John Hazlehurst Boneval), 1803-1891--Correspondence. » More like this Lugenbeel, James Washington, 1819?-1857--Correspondence. » More like this Roberts, Joseph J. (Joseph Jenkins), 1809-1876--Correspondence. » More like this Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874--Correspondence. » More like this African Americans--Colonization--Africa. » More like this Education--Liberia. » More like this Freedmen--Colonization--Africa, West. » More like this Slavery--United States. » More like this Liberia--Colonization. » More like this
Local Shelving No.:	0630A Small backlog (Unprocessed ac. 22,785) Small backlog (Unprocessed ac. 23,330) Microfilm 14,745-331N-331P-8P
Repository:	Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C.