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Frederick Douglass letters

 Collection
Identifier: 2047
Scope and Contents This collection consists of two letters by Frederick Douglass, and a reproduction of a third letter. Correspondence includes a November 1890 letter written from the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C. to his friend Lucy N. Coleman. In it Douglass mentions his role in "putting an end to that barbarian under Zion church." Douglass also laments being "on the wrong side of seventy." Also included is an eight-page letter written from the Hotel Britannique in Paris...
Dates: Created: 1882-1890; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1966

Paul and Gracia Hardacre collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2074
Scope and Contents This collection consists of materials collected by Paul and Gracia Hardacre. The collection includes correspondence, ephemera, and a photograph. Correspondence includes one letter each from Booker T. Washington and Rosetta Douglass Sprague. Materials also include a photograph of Frederick Douglass and an autograph with quotation from Douglass. In the Booker T. Washington letter, from 1901, Washington thanks William B. Hoswell of Chicago for his donation of the dressing gown and...
Dates: Created: 1894-1902; Other: Date acquired: 07/05/1973

Heslip-Ruffin Family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 179
Scope and Contents The Heslip-Ruffin Family Papers pertain to several generations of the Ruffin family beginning with Nancy Lewis and George W. Ruffin, who were both ante-bellum free Blacks. The collection includes correspondence between various family members and letters received by members of the Heslip-Ruffin Family, including those by Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison. Legal documents, biographical data, news clippings, printed ephemera, and photographs document the achievements of various...
Dates: Created: 1822-1946; Other: Date acquired: 08/01/1972