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Sender: American Memory Fellows <AMFELLOWS@RS8.LOC.GOV>
Poster: "Elizabeth L. Brown" <ebro@LOC.GOV>
Subject: new African-American collection
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The following announces a new addition to the American Memory online
collections at the Library of Congress. Please accept our apologies for
any duplicate postings.
From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection,
1824-1909
Pamphlets documenting the African-American experience=20
from slavery to the early twentieth century are the most=20
recent addition to the American Memory historical collections. =20
From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet=20
Collection, 1824-1909 contains 397 pamphlets written by=20
African Americans and others on a variety of subjects
relating to African-American history, including slavery,
African colonization, Emancipation, and Reconstruction.=20
The materials range from personal accounts and public=20
orations to organizational reports and legislative speeches. =20
Authors include Lydia Maria Child, Alexander Crummell,=20
Frederick Douglass, Kelly Miller, Charles Sumner, Mary=20
Church Terrell, and Booker T. Washington.
From Slavery to Freedom offers page images of each=20
pamphlet as well as fully searchable transcribed texts and=20
browse lists organized by author, title, and subject. A=20
special presentation highlights approximately twenty=20
collection titles. These include The Life of James Mars, a
first-person account of slave life in Connecticut; The=20
Influential Appeal to the Christian Women of the South=20
by abolitionist Angelina Emily Grimk=E9; a turn-of-the-century=20
voting manual for African-American men; and a speech by=20
Booker T. Washington advocating support for initiatives=20
to educate African Americans.
Although they do not offer a comprehensive history of=20
African-American life, these pamphlets provide insight into=20
the ideas and events of their day in a historically important=20
physical format that often fails to survive the test of time. =20
Those interested in publishing will enjoy the variety of=20
papers, type faces, and printing methods used to produce
these materials.
The African American Pamphlet Collection was accessioned=20
in 1990-91 from a miscellaneous pamphlet collection in the=20
Library's Rare Book and Special Collections Division. The=20
pamphlets were singled out for their significance to=20
African-American history and recataloged to enhance
access. The collection complements the division's=20
Daniel A.P. Murray Pamphlet Collection, which is also a part=20
of American Memory=20
(URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aap/).
The online presentation of the African American Pamphlet=20
Collection was made possible by a major gift from the Citicorp=20
Foundation, and is part of a five-year effort to add rare and=20
unique items from the Library's vast African-American=20
collections to the National Digital Library.
From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet=20
Collection, 1824-1909 can be found at the following URL:
<http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aapchtml/>.
Please direct any questions to ndlpcoll@loc.gov
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