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Collection SummaryTitle: Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association RecordsSpan Dates: 1900-1990 Bulk Dates: (bulk 1950-1980) ID No.: MSS56291 Creator: Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association Extent: 6,500 items; 20 containers; 5.8 linear feet Language: Collection material in English Repository: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Abstract: Association dedicated to preserving Douglass's home and to disseminating knowledge of African-American history. Correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports, and other records relating to the preservation of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Home, Cedar Hill, and to African-American history. Also includes official files and personal papers of past president Mary E. C. Gregory. Selected Search TermsThe following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein. Personal Names Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. Organizations Frederick Douglass Housing Corporation. Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association. Frederick Douglass Memorial Home. Subjects African Americans--History. African Americans--Societies, etc. African Americans--Washington (D.C.) Memorials--Washington (D.C.) Locations Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)--History. Related Names Gregory, Mary E. C. Mary E.C. Gregory papers. Administrative InformationProvenance:The records of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association were given to the Library by the association, by past president Mary E. C. Gregory, and by other officers between 1975 and 1990. Other gifts were presented to the Library in 1975 by the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs via Juanita Brown, president, and from the National Park Service via Edward Fitzgerald. Processing History:The records of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association were arranged and described in 1994. The finding aid was revised in 2008. Transfers:A wooden plaque with an inserted medal has been transferred to the Smithsonian Institution. Copyright Status:The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of the records of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.). Preferred Citation:Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Scope and Content NoteThe records of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association (FDMHA) span the years 1900-1990, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1950-1980. The collection is arranged in six series: Correspondence; Corporate Records; Miscellany; Printed Matter; Clippings; and Additions. Based in Washington, D.C., the FDMHA was first envisioned in the will of Helen Pitts Douglass, Frederick Douglass's second wife, who bequeathed their home in Southeast Washington (Anacostia) to the American people as a memorial to her husband. It became the main function of the association to preserve the Frederick Douglass Memorial Home at Cedar Hill and to reunite surrounding lands once part of the estate into the whole of the memorial. The FDMHA also undertook to disseminate knowledge concerning Afro-American history in Washington and throughout America. The collection includes minutes of meetings, reports, and related material not only of the FDMHA but also of the Frederick Douglass Housing Corporation, Inc. (FDHC), an organization closely allied to the association. Interaction between the two organizations, occasionally via the National Park Service, is documented throughout the records. Much material reflects the personal interests of FDMHA's past president Mary E. C. Gregory, whose papers were intermingled among the association's records she gave to the Library. Other organizations represented among her files include the Museum of African Art (located first in a Douglass home on Capitol Hill and later a part of the Smithsonian Institution), the Douglass Glenn Gardens apartment complex, National Association of Colored Women, National Council of Negro Women, National Urban League, Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, and the Phyllis Wheatley Young Women's Christian Association in Washington, D.C. Arrangement of the RecordsThis collection is arranged in six series:
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