08800cpcaa2201273 i 4500 mm 75011879 DLC 20260227111615.0 cr ||||||||||| 750530|||||||||||| eng mm 75011879 ms 76000153 su 75011879 DLC eng dacs DLC DLC B lcmd Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. Frederick Douglass papers, 1841-1967 (bulk 1862-1895). 7,400 items. 53 containers plus 1 oversize. 34 microfilm reels. 19.4 linear feet. Arranged in eleven series. Series 1: Diary, 1886-1894; Series 2: Family Papers, 1859-1903; Series 3: General Correspondence, 1841-1912; Series 4: Subject File, 1845-1939; Series 5: Speech, Article, and Book File, 1846-1894; Series 6: Financial Papers, 1847-1928; Series 7: Legal File, 1843-1900; Series 8: Miscellany, 1870-1924; Series 9: Addition I, 1851-1964; Series 10: Addition II, 1846-1967; and Series 11: Oversize, 1869-1895. Open to research. Correspondence, diary (1886-1887), speeches, articles, manuscript of Douglass's autobiography, financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings, and other papers relating primarily to his interest in social, educational, and economic reform; his career as lecturer and writer; his travels to Africa and Europe (1886-1887); his publication of the North Star, an abolitionist newspaper, in Rochester, N.Y. (1847-1851); and his role as commissioner (1892-1893) in charge of the Haiti Pavilion at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Subjects include civil rights, emancipation, problems encountered by freedmen and slaves, a proposed American naval station in Haiti, national politics, and women's rights. Includes material relating to family affairs and Cedar Hill, Douglass's residence in Anacostia, Washington, D.C. Includes correspondence of Douglass's first wife, Anna Murray Douglass, and their children, Rosetta Douglass Sprague and Lewis Douglass; a biographical sketch of Anna Murray Douglass by Sprague; papers of his second wife, Helen Pitts Douglass; material relating to his grandson, violinist Joseph H. Douglass; and correspondence with members of the Webb and Richardson families of England who collected money to buy Douglass's freedom. Correspondents include Susan B. Anthony, Ottilie Assing, Harriet A. Bailey, Ebenezer D. Bassett, James Gillespie Blaine, Henry W. Blair, Blanche Kelso Bruce, Mary Browne Carpenter, Russell Lant Carpenter, William E. Chandler, James Sullivan Clarkson, Grover Cleveland, William Eleroy Curtis, George T. Downing, Rosine Ame Draz, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Timothy Thomas Fortune, Henry Highland Garnet, William Lloyd Garrison, Martha W. Greene, Julia Griffiths, John Marshall Harlan, Benjamin Harrison, George Frisbie Hoar, J. Sella Martin, Parker Pillsbury, Jeremiah Eames Rankin, Robert Smalls, Gerrit Smith, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Theodore Tilton, John Van Voorhis, Henry O. Wagoner, and Ida B. Wells-Barnett. Available through the Library of Congress Web site. Microfilm edition available, no. 10,997 & no. 16,377. Microfilm edition (no. 10,997) produced from originals at the Frederick Douglass Memorial Home. Material on this microfilm later transferred to Library of Congress Manuscript Division and included in Microfilm 16,377. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1945. Microfilm edition (no. 16,377) produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1975. In part, photocopies. [S.l.]. Print transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Abolitionist, diplomat, journalist, and orator; born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey; changed name to Frederick Douglass after his escape from slavery in 1838. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000009 Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906 Correspondence. Assing, Ottilie Correspondence. Bailey, Harriet A. Correspondence. Bassett, Ebenezer D., 1833-1908 Correspondence. Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893 Correspondence. Blair, Henry W. (Henry William), 1834-1920 Correspondence. Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898 Correspondence. Carpenter, Mary Browne, active 1862-1894 Correspondence. Carpenter, Russell Lant, 1816-1892 Correspondence. Chandler, William E. (William Eaton), 1835-1917 Correspondence. Clarkson, James Sullivan, 1842-1918 Correspondence. Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908 Correspondence. Curtis, William Eleroy, 1850-1911 Correspondence. Douglass, Anna Murray, -1882. Douglass, Anna Murray, -1882 Correspondence. Douglass, Lewis, 1840-1908 Correspondence. Douglass, Joseph H. (Joseph Henry), 1871-1935. Downing, George T. (George Thomas), 1819-1903 Correspondence. Draz, Rosine Ame Correspondence. Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 Correspondence. Fortune, Timothy Thomas, 1856-1928 Correspondence. Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882 Correspondence. Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 Correspondence. Greene, Martha W. Correspondence. Griffiths, Julia, -1895 Correspondence. Harlan, John Marshall, 1833-1911 Correspondence. Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901 Correspondence. Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904 Correspondence. Martin, J. Sella (John Sella), 1832- Correspondence. Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898 Correspondence. Rankin, Jeremiah Eames, 1828-1904 Correspondence. Richardson family Correspondence. Smalls, Robert, 1839-1915 Correspondence. Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874 Correspondence. Sprague, Rosetta Douglass Correspondence. Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902 Correspondence. Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893 Correspondence. Tanner, Henry Ossawa, 1859-1937 Correspondence. Tilton, Theodore, 1835-1907 Correspondence. Van Voorhis, John, 1826-1905 Correspondence. Wagoner, Henry O. Correspondence. Webb family Correspondence. Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931 Correspondence. World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) North star (Rochester, N.Y.) African American newspapers New York (State) Rochester. African Americans Washington (D.C.) Civil rights. Educational change. Exhibitions Illinois Chicago. Freedmen. Navy-yards and naval stations, American Haiti. Slavery. Slaves Emancipation. Social problems. Women's rights. Africa Description and travel. Anacostia (Washington, D.C.) History. Europe Description and travel. United States Economic conditions 19th century. United States Politics and government 19th century. Abolitionists. itoamc Diplomats. itoamc Journalists. itoamc Orators. itoamc Douglass, Helen, 1838-1903. Helen Douglass papers. Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress. Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000009 Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000009 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000009.3 39325 39325