Collection Summary
Title | Black history collection, 1700-2008 |
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Span Dates | 1700-2008 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1800-1865) |
ID No. | MSS57687 |
Extent | 1,165 items ; 5 containers plus 1 oversize ; 1.9 linear feet |
Language | Collection material in English, French, and Spanish |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | Letters, court records, legal documents, slave deeds, financial records, speeches and writings, family and genealogical papers, military records, birth records, inventories, wills, ships' papers, a commonplace book, poll tax receipts, broadsides, postcards, marriage certificates, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other material pertaining to African Americans. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009282 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm82057687 |