Berenice Bryant Lowe Papers 1880s-1980s

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Berenice Bryant Lowe Papers 1880s-1980s

Local historian and collector of historical manuscripts. Materials concerning Sojourner Truth, Black abolitionist who settled in Battle Creek, Michigan in 1857; miscellaneous letters of John G. Whittier, George W. Cable; correspondence of Lowe with writer Gerald Carson; diaries of 1963 trip to Europe; and miscellanea and photographs.

0.8 linear ft. and 1 oversize folder

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SNAC Resource ID: 6389198

Bentley Historical Library

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Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

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John Greenleaf Whittier was a wildly popular New England poet. A deeply committed and active abolitionist, he wrote many of his poems with a political agenda, although distinguished by an open-minded tolerance so often lacking in his fellow abolitionists. Although his works are somewhat marred by overtly political and overly sentimental works, the core of his output stands as fine, lyrical American verse. From the description of John Greenleaf Whittier letters, 1858 and 1876. (Pennsy...

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Phi Kappa Psi. Michigan Alpha Chapter (University of Michigan)

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Truth, Sojourner, 1799-1883

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Sojourner Truth (born Isabella Baumfree, c. 1797, Swartekill, New York-died November 26, 1883), African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist best-known for her speech on racial inequalities, "Ain't I a Woman?", delivered extemporaneously in 1851 at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention. Truth was born into slavery but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. She devoted her life to the abolitionist cause and helped to recruit black troops for the Union Army. Although Truth ...

Carson, Gerald.

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Gerald Hewes Carson (1899-1989) was an American advertising executive, social historian and author. From the guide to the Gerald Carson papers, ca. 1920-1984, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Biographical Note 1899, July 6 Born, Carrollton, Ill. 1921 A.B., U...

Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925

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George Washington Cable, an American author and critic, was born in New Orleans and fought for the South in the Civil War. His first collection of tales of life in the south was Old creole days (1879). In 1884 he went on a reading tour with Mark Twain. He moved to Northampton, Mass., in 1885. He is chiefly known for his early works describing picturesque Louisiana Creole life and courageous essays on civil rights. From the description of George Washington Cable papers, 1865-1918. (Pe...

Lowe, Berenice Bryant

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Berenice Lowe (1896-1983) was a local historian and writer from Battle Creek, Michigan. Much of her research was devoted to the life and career of African American abolitionist Sojourner Truth. From the guide to the Berenice Bryant Lowe Papers, 1880s-1980s, (Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan) Local historian and collector of historical manuscripts. From the description of Berenice B. Lowe papers, 1880s-1980s. (University of Michigan). WorldCat rec...

University of Michigan. Junior Hop.

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Triangles (University of Michigan)

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Junior honorary engineering society at the University of Michigan. From the description of Triangles (University of Michigan) minute books, March 6, 1910-January 25, 1920 and February 17, 1924-May 22, 1932. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420217 ...

University of Michigan.

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Outside of museum holdings, no comprehensive survey and inventory of campus artwork had been attempted since 1937. With support from the Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places, 1,076 items were inventoried during 1988-1990. Additional inventory work was undertaken in 1997-1998 for risk management purposed, but generated little new information. From the description of Inventory of University of Michigan-owned art, 1988-1990, 1997-1998. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id...