Ida Husted Harper collection of letters and autographs, 1854-1906, undated
.5 Linear FeetThis two-volume extra-illustrated version of The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony contains 38 tipped-in letters and autographs inserted into the book by its author, Ida Husted Harper. She placed them into the book at the appropriate point in the narrative. The material covers the bulk of Anthony's working life. 19 of the letters are addressed to Anthony, and another 3 to Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The letters were evidently in the possession of Harper, who had access to Anthony's correspondence while writing the biography.
Josephine W. Griffing letters, 1862-1872
0.5 linear feetLetters written to Mrs. Josephine Sophie White Griffing relating to her interests in the emancipation of African-Americans, temperance, and woman's suffrage. It is evident that the letters have been preserved selectively from Mrs. Griffing's papers, all of them being from well-known contemporaries. Correspondents include Frederick Douglass, Charles Sumner, Horace Greeley, Henry Ward Beecher, Anna Dickinson, Lucretia Mott, William H. Seward, and John Greenleaf Whittier. Many of the letters relate to her efforts to have prominent people give lectures in support of women's suffrage. Also, a scrapbook of clippings about Mrs. Griffing's life and activities and the autograph book of George T. Driggs, a relative, which contains the signatures of prominent political and military figures, particularly members of Congress, during the late 1860s.
L. S. Alexander Gumby collection of Negroiana, 1800-1981
88 linear feetA collection concerned with the various phases of black life in America, containing clippings, pamphlets, photographs, pictures, extracts from periodicals, and a representative group of approximately 350 letters, signatures, manuscripts, and documents. Among the letters are several each from Countee Cullen, Frederick Douglass, Alexander Dumas, fils, William Lloyd Garrison, Claude McKay, Abraham Lincoln, Henry Mencken, William Pickens, Albert A. Smith, and Booker T. Washington. Also, eighteen slavery documents.
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- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-18952
- Gumby, L. S. Alexander, 1885-19612
- Battersea, Constance Flower, Baroness, 1843-19311
- Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-18871
- Besant, Annie, 1847-19331
- Bloomer, Amelia Jenks, 1818-18941
- Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-18931
- Childs, George William, 1829-18941
- Curtis, George William, 1824-18921
- Davis, Varina, 1826-19061
Current results range from 1800 to 1981
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895✖[remove]4
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-18793
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library3
- Baker, Josephine, 1906-19752
- Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-18872
- Cullen, Countee, 1903-19462
- Dumas, Alexandre, 1824-18952
- Gumby, L. S. Alexander, 1885-19612
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-18652
- Louis, Joe, 1914-19812
- Autographs (manuscripts)✖[remove]4
- Postcards2
- Bibliographies1
- Brochures1
- Correspondence1
- Galley proofs1
- Greeting cards1
- Notebooks1
- Photographic prints1
- Photographs1