Liberia -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Earnest Edward Eells papers
Collection
Identifier: 145
Scope and Contents
Three bound volumes of carbon copy typescripts by Reverend Earnest E. Eells, containing photographs, maps, and other illustrations, entitled "The Colonization of Liberia with the Story of the United States Navy and the Slavers. A Narrative from Original Sources Not Before Published, Especially the Journal of Rev. John Christian Wiltberger, Jr." (2 vols.) and "The Journal of Rev. Christian Wiltberger, Jr., 1819-1822". The typescripts concern Eell's great-grandfather, the Reverend Christian...
Dates:
Created: circa 1969-1970; Other: Date acquired: 09/01/1982
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Earnest Edward Eells papers
Ralph Randolph Gurley letter
Collection — 1 item (small collections)
Identifier: 2475
Scope and Contents
Letter dated February 4, 1842, from abolitionist and American Colonization Society (ACS) official Robert Randolph Gurley to fellow abolitionist and ACS member Benjamin Coates. The letter concerns Gurley's efforts to secure financial support for the Society, mainly from abolitionist societies in Pennsylvania and New York. Brief reference is made of Thomas Buchanan, the second governor of Liberia, who had died five months previously, as well as Joseph Jenkins Roberts, who succeeded Buchanan as...
Dates:
Created: 1842 February 4; Other: Date acquired: 08/16/2011
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Ralph Randolph Gurley letter
Gwendolyn Midlo Hall papers
Collection
Identifier: 163
Scope and Contents
The papers of historian Gwendolyn Midlo Hall are comprised of correspondence; professional working papers, including applications, reports, resumes, and grants; professional writings, including book and chapter drafts, essays, and lectures; and research materials including articles, news clippings, interviews, notes, vital records, and publications in English, French and Spanish. The collection includes reproductions of research materials and research notes dating from 1705-1820 and...
Dates:
Created: 1943-2001; Other: Majority of material found in 1970s-2001; Other: Date acquired: 06/01/1972
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Gwendolyn Midlo Hall papers