Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association Records 1900-1990 (bulk 1950-1980)

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Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association Records 1900-1990 (bulk 1950-1980)

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Association dedicated to preserving Douglass's home and to disseminating knowledge of African-American history. Correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports, and other records relating to the preservation of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Home, Cedar Hill, and to African-American history. Also includes official files and personal papers of past president Mary E. C. Gregory.

6,500 items; 20 containers; 5.8 linear feet

eng,

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6356450

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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Gregory, Mary E. C.

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African American community activist. From the description of Mary E.C. Gregory papers, 1922-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70938828 ...

Frederick Douglass Housing Corporation

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Frederick Douglass Memorial Home

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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

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Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born into slavery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1818. He barely knew his mother, who lived on a different plantation and died when he was a young child and never discovered the identity of his father. When he turned eight years old, his slaveowner hired him out to work as a body servant in Baltimore. At an early age, Frederick realized there was a connection between literacy and freedom. Not allowed to attend school, he taught himself to read and wr...

Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association

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Association dedicated to preserving the Frederick Douglass Memorial Home, Cedar Hill, Anacostia, Washington, D.C., and to disseminating knowledge of African American history. Based in Washington, D.C. From the description of Records of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association, 1900-1990 (bulk 1950-1980). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84452116 ...