Francis J. Manno collection

This collection contains seven letters, mostly written by Mary A.S. Bailey, a girl in her early teens during the Civil War. The letters were written from Keokuk, Iowa, to a cousin, Florence Hatch, of Perry, New York. One letter was written by J.W. Adams of Brockport to a D.S. Morgan, an American citizen who was visiting London, England. The letters discuss local events and the progress of the war.

Additionally, the collection formed by historian Francis J. Manno contains mostly printed items about African Americans, Native Americans, and anti-colonialist activism. Included are newspaper and magazine articles regarding the Underground Railroad, jazz, pan-Africanism and 1970s activism. The collection also contains an 1844 issue of the Michigan Democrat newspaper and a 1976 issue of Akwesasne Notes, the official publication of the Mohawk Nation of Akwesasne.