Family history -- African Americans
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Harrietta Harris papers
Collection
Identifier: 440
Scope and Contents
The Harrietta Harris papers provide a documentary source in the field of genealogy, home museums, and turpentine camps in Mississippi in the early twentieth century. Work conditions in such camps were often harsh and considered a form of peonage.The papers contain professional, as well as personal papers documenting Harris' life as a professor, social worker, and author and document Harris' genealogical research and devotion to save her family's history. The papers encompass 0.4...
Dates:
Created: 1845-1992; Other: Majority of material found in 1989-1992; Other: Date acquired: 11/04/1993
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Harrietta Harris papers