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Leon Gardiner collection of American Negro Historical Society records

The American Negro Historical Society was founded in 1897 by a group of Philadelphia blacks to study and preserve materials documenting the American black experience. Among the founders and early members were Robert Adger, W.M. Dorsey and Jacob C. White, Jr., who donated materials to the society, s...

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Main Author: Gardiner, Leon 1892-1945. (Creator)
Collection:Leon Gardiner Collection of American Negro Historical Society Records
Collection Number:0008
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Subjects and Genres:
Still, William > 1821-1902.
White, Jacob C. > 1837-1902.
White, Jacob C. > d. 1872
American Negro Historical Society
Banneker Institute
African American abolitionists.
African American baseball players > History.
African American churches.
African American civic leaders > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
African American educators.
African American families > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
African American Presbyterians > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
African Americans > History > Societies > 19th century.
African Americans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Societies, etc.
African Americans > Social Life and Customs > 19th century.
Baseball > History > 19th century.
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Item Description: Processing Information: A microfilm guide for this collection is available at the reference desk. Please see the Alternative Formats note in this finding aid for more information on this collection's microfilm. Volumes 11 and 12, records concerning the Clarkson Institute, were mistakenly included in this collection when the collection was reprocessed. They have been removed from this collection to their proper collection, the Pennsylvania Abolition Society records (Collection 490). They can be accessed using the call numbers AmS .3311 and AmS .3313, respectively.
Physical Description: 8.9 Linear feet , 16 boxes, 35 volumes
Access: This collection is open for research.
Summary: The American Negro Historical Society was founded in 1897 by a group of Philadelphia blacks to study and preserve materials documenting the American black experience. Among the founders and early members were Robert Adger, W.M. Dorsey and Jacob C. White, Jr., who donated materials to the society, some of which are present in the collection. The collection is composed of administrative records of the society and materials collected by some of its members, including correspondence, minutes, reports, financial documents, membership lists, records of lectures and debates, library catalogues, baseball lineup and scorecards, speeches, printed matter, and portraits of distinguished black leaders and abolitionists.

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