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American Missionary Association. Archives, 1828-1891 Archives [New] Addendum, 1869-1988.

Title: Archives, 1828-1891 Archives [New] Addendum, 1869-1988.

Organization, founded in 1846, had its origin in the Amistad [Schooner] Incident (1839). The Association supported antislavery churches and other activities on the frontier and in the Northern and Southern border states. After 1861, the AMA established hundreds of schools and churches among Freedmen and other ethnic groups. Although originally multi-denominational, it is now part of the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries. Collection is overwhelmingly correspondence, elaborately indexed. Larger addendum mostly postdates 1920's.

ArchivalResource: Archives, 84.4 ln. ft. Addendum 253.4 ft.

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Langston, John Mercer, 1829-1897. Papers of John Mercer Langston [manuscript] 1853-98.

Title: Papers of John Mercer Langston [manuscript] 1853-98.

Educator, lawyer, diplomat. Correspondence, speeches, drafts of writings, receipts, estate papers, banking papers, handbills, passports, minutes, scrapbook, and newspaper clippings. Concerns Slavery in the U.S., the abolition movement, Reconstruction, the U.S. War Dept., the U.S. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Howard University, Washington, D.C., American relations with Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Persons mentioned are: Paul H. Bracy, J.R. Galbraith, Oliver Otis Howard, John Ogden, O.S.B. Wall, John L. Waller, and Caroline M. Walls Langston.

ArchivalResource: 900 items.

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Barnard, Henry, 1811-1900. Papers, 1765-1935 (bulk 1830-1899)

Title: Henry Barnard Papers 1765-1935 (Bulk: 1830-1899)

The Henry Barnard Papers of Fales Library holds a substantial portion of the manuscript materials collected and authored by Henry Barnard (1811-1900), a nineteenth century educationalist and prominent member of the Common School Reform movement. He joined with many of his era's most respected educators in advocating the improvement of public education in the United States, a pursuit which dominated his career as a scholar, orator, and politician. Barnard was particularly involved in expanding the literature describing the history, practice, and theories of education and teaching; over the course of his life he wrote extensively on these subjects and established multiple periodicals dedicated to them, including the . The collection at Fales Library is composed primarily of correspondence, much of which is of a routine business nature, but also includes some of Barnard's diaries, draft versions of articles published in his journals, and images of Barnard's correspondents. It also contains typed transcripts of Barnard's letters prepared by the donor of the collection, Will Monroe, notes regarding the genealogy of the Barnard family, clippings that discuss Barnard's life or the subject of education, and some of Monroe's own correspondence. American Journal of Education

ArchivalResource: 18 Linear Feet (12 boxes)

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