American Colonization Society records
LC Control No.: |
mm 78010660
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Type of Material: | Archival Manuscript Material (Collection) |
Corporate Name: | American Colonization Society. |
Main Title: |
American Colonization Society records,
1792-1964
(bulk 1823-1912).
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Related Names: |
McLain, William.
Papers of William McLain (1831-1850)
Massachusetts Colonization Society. Letterbooks of the Massachusetts Colonization Society (1856-1875) |
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.
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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.
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Acquisition Source: |
Gift,
American Colonization Society,
1913, 1964-1965.
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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. Benson, Stephen Allen, b. 1816--Correspondence. Buchanan, Thomas, d. 1841--Correspondence. Cresson, Elliott, 1796-1854--Correspondence. Hazard, Thomas R. (Thomas Robinson), 1797-1886--Correspondence. Latrobe, John H. B. (John Hazlehurst Boneval), 1803-1891--Correspondence. Lugenbeel, James Washington, 1819?-1857--Correspondence. Roberts, Joseph J. (Joseph Jenkins), 1809-1876--Correspondence. Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874--Correspondence. African Americans--Colonization--Africa. Education--Liberia. Freedmen--Colonization--Africa, West. Slavery--United States. Liberia--Colonization. |
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.
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