Papers. 1865-1915.

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Papers. 1865-1915.

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The collection consists of duplicate materials in the University of Michigan, Michigan Historical Collections, Ann Arbor. Esther W. Douglass was a teacher and missionary for the American Missionary Association in Virginia, Georgia, North and South Carolina, and Tennessee for 31 years. Included in the collection are 22 outgoing letters to family members, 32 incoming letters from her family and such persons as Booker T. Washington, and Billy Sunday. Further included is the autobiography written for her great-nephew, James Adams, a diary and memoirs, a speech on the WCTU, poems, homilies, religious notations, clippings, and miscellaneous items. Subjects deal with the period of Reconstruction generally - the life of the ex-slaves, their need for and desire for education and religious instruction, the Ku Klux Klan in Tennessee, the night riders in the South, and the attitudes of the whites toward those who attempted to educate or assist Negroes.

103 items and 2 v.

Tulane University, Amistad Research Center

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Tulane University, Amistad Research Center

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Ku-Klux Klan

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Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935

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William Ashley Sunday, Sr., American evangelist, was born November 19, 1862 in Ames, Iowa. After holding various jobs while completing high school, he was recruited to join the Chicago White Stockings, a professional baseball team. He committed his life to Christ in 1886 or 1887, upon following a street gospel band back to their mission. He married Helen Amelia Thompson in 1888. He gave talks to young men in the cities his team visited and worked part-time for the Chicago YMCA. He coached the ba...

Douglass, Esther W.

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Aunt of Ephraim Douglass Adams and Henry Carter Adams, who served as missionary-teacher in the South after the Civil War. From the description of Esther W. Douglass papers, 1864-1914. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 154302106 From the description of Esther W. Douglass papers, 1864-1914. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419852 ...

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

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Booker T. Washington was an African American educator and public figure. Born a slave on a small farm in Hale's Ford, Virginia, he worked his way through the Hampton Institute and became an instructor there. He was the first principal of the Tuskegee Institute, and under his management it became a successful center for practical education. A forceful and charismatic personality, he became a national figure through his books and lectures. Although his conservative views concerned many critics, he...