Elizabeth Cady Stanton papers, 1814-1946
1,000 items ; 10 containers plus 1 oversize ; 4.3 linear feet; 5 microfilm reels -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Reformer and feminist. Correspondence, speeches, articles, drafts of books, scrapbooks, and printed matter documenting Elizabeth Cady Stanton's career as an advocate for women's rights. Includes material on her efforts on behalf of women's legal status and women's suffrage, the abolition of slavery, rights for African Americans following the Civil War, temperance, and other nineteenth-century...
Theodore Parker papers, 1838-1910
180 items ; 1 container ; .2 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Unitarian clergyman, theologian, author, and abolitionist. Correspondence, writings, poetry, and printed material relating to Parker's antislavery lectures and to the publication of his biography and collected writings.
Lewis Tappan papers, 1809-1903
5,200 items ; 15 containers ; 10 linear feet ; 7 microfilm reels -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Abolitionist, merchant, and publisher. Correspondence, journals, and other papers reflecting Tappan's interests in abolition, African-American education, religion, and his business ventures.
Benjamin Tappan papers, 1795-1900
3,650 items ; 25 containers ; 6 linear feet ; 11 microfilm reels -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Jurist and United States senator. Correspondence, speeches, legal and business records, and genealogical material relating to Ohio and national politics, antislavery movement, family matters, and Tappan's interests in mineralogy and conchology.
William Medill papers, 1834-1864
2,300 items ; 6 containers ; 2.4 linear feet ; 1 microfilm reel -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer, United States representative and governor of Ohio, and United States government official. Correspondence, account books, and miscellaneous material primarily relating to Medill’s service as assistant postmaster general (1845), commissioner of Indian affairs (1845-1850), and first comptroller of the United States treasury (1857-1861).
Joshua R. Giddings and George Washington Julian papers, 1839-1899
900 items ; 7 containers ; 1.8 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
United States representative from Ohio, abolitionist, and consul general to Canada (Joshua R. Giddings); United States representative from Indiana and biographer (George Washington Julian). Chiefly family letters of Giddings and Julian, together with some political correspondence. Topics include Ohio and Indiana politics and the abolition of slavery.
Susan B. Anthony papers, 1846-1934
500 items ; 7 containers ; 3 linear feet ; 7 microfilm reels -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Reformer and suffragist. Correspondence, diaries, daybook, speeches, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous papers relating primarily to Anthony's writings, lectures, and other efforts on behalf of women's suffrage and women's rights. Includes material pertaining to the National Woman Suffrage Association, after 1890 the National American Woman Suffrage Association, and to the New York State Woman...
James Gillespie Birney papers, 1830-circa 1895
22 items ; 1 container ; 0.2 linear feet ; 1 microfilm reel -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Abolitionist and editor. Correspondence, diaries, a notebook, and newspaper clippings primarily concerning Birney's participation in the antislavery movement.
A. Sankey Latty papers, 1851-1890
60 items ; 1 container ; 0.2 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Judge and publisher. Correspondence, printed material, and photographs relating primarily to Latty's career as a judge and newspaper publisher in Paulding County, Ohio.
Jeremiah S. Black papers, 1813-1904
10,070 items ; 80 containers ; 34 linear feet ; 36 microfilm reels -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Lawyer, public official of Pennsylvania, United States attorney general, and United States secretary of state. Correspondence, legal files, speeches, writings, scrapbooks, family papers, and other papers relating primarily to various legal matters in which Black was involved.