Douglass, Frederick 1818-1895 creator mixed material monographic eng 7,400 53 1 34 19.4 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. Open to research. 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.) 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 Diplomats Journalists Orators Douglass, Helen, 1838-1903 mm 75011879 hdl:loc.mss/collmss.ms000009 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms000009 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms000009.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000009 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000009 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000009.3 Open to research. DLC 750530 20260227111615.0 mm 75011879 eng