Records, 1862-1876.

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Records, 1862-1876.

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Records of the Freedmen's Aid Society, which was founded in Boston in 1862 as the Educational Commission. Included is one vol. of meeting minutes, 1862-74; four vols. of "Daily Records," 1865-66, 1868-69, and 1871-74; three vols. of Teacher's Committee records, 1864-76; and one vol. listing teachers in southern states, their schools, salaries, supporting societies, and numbers of pupils. Daily records include notes on correspondence with teachers, agents, and others, and copies of letters by the Secretary of the Teacher's Committee, Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney. Also, correspondence between the committee and individuals actively teaching in the Southern States, describing the educational needs and the day-to-day treatment and conditions faced by the freedman in the South. Correspondents include Philena Carkin, Arthur Sumner, Lucretia Crocker, and A.D. Holmes.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Cheney, Ednah Dow Littlehale, 1824-1904

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Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney (June 27, 1824 – November 19, 1904) was an American writer, reformer, and philanthropist. She was born on Beacon Hill, Boston, June 27, 1824; and was educated in private schools in Boston. Cheney served as secretary of the School of Design for Women in Boston from 1851 till 1854. She married portrait artist Seth Wells Cheney on May 19, 1853. His ill-health limited his volume of work and after a winter trip abroad (1854-1855) he died in 1856. They had one child, Mar...

Carkin, Philena.

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Massachusetts schoolteacher of freedmen in Charlottesville, Va., 1866-1875, under the auspices of the American Freedmen's Aid Commission. From the description of Philena Carkin papers [manuscript], 1866-1902. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647842037 From the description of Reminiscences of Philena Carkin [manuscript], 1910. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647924771 ...

Holmes, A. Dorothy (Agnes Dorothy)

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New England Freedmen's Aid Society

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The New England Freedmen's Aid Society was founded in Boston in 1862 as the Educational Commission. In 1865 it became a part of the American Freedmen's Aid Commission. From the description of Daily journal : manuscript, 1869-1871. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612866273 ...

Crocker, Lucretia, 1829-1886.

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Sumner, Arthur

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