John A. Carpenter research material collection 1948-1975

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John A. Carpenter research material collection 1948-1975

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Professor of history. Holograph manuscripts and typescripts; research notes; photocopies of correspondence and reports from the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1860s; biographical data sheets on military and civilian agents of the Freedmen's Bureau; and miscellaneous correspondence and printed matter used by Carpenter. Subjects include Freedmen's Bureau agents, Oliver Otis Howard, and Ulysses S. Grant. Manuscripts entitled "The Military Career of Oliver Otis Howard," "The Civil War Career of Oliver Otis Howard," and "An Account of the Civil War Career of Oliver Otis Howard, Based on His Private Letters." Also, miscellaneous correspondence, articles, book reviews, lectures, notes, and bibliographies.

9.4 lin. ft.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section

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Howard, Oliver Otis, 1830-1909

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Oliver Howard was born in Leeds, Maine, the son of Rowland Bailey Howard and Eliza Otis Howard. Rowland, a farmer, died when Oliver was 9 years old. Oliver attended Monmouth Academy in Monmouth, North Yarmouth Academy in Yarmouth, Kents Hill School in Readfield, and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1850 at the age of 19. He then attended the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1854, fourth in his class of 46 cadets, as a brevet second lieutenant of ordnance. He served at the Watervlie...

Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885

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Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio-died July 23, 1885, Wilton, New York) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who worked with the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction to protect African Americans, created the Justice Department, and reestablish the public credit. Promoted lieutenant-general, in 1864, Grant led the Union Army in winning the American Civ...

Carpenter, John A. (John Alcott), 1921-

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Professor of history. From the description of John A. Carpenter research material collection, 1948-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122378699 From the guide to the John A. Carpenter research material collection, 1948-1975, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.) ...

United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands

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The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as simply the Freedmen's Bureau, was a U.S. federal government agency that aided distressed freedmen (freed slaves) in 1865–1869, during the Reconstruction era of the United States. The Freedmen's Bureau Bill, which created the Freedmen's Bureau, was initiated by President Abraham Lincoln and was intended to last for one year after the end of the Civil War. It was passed on March 3, 1865, by Congress to aid former slaves ...