Myrtilla Miner papers, 1825-1960 (bulk 1850-1861).
- 600 items. 4 1 containers plus oversize. 4 microfilm reels. 1.2 linear feet.
Open to research.
Correspondence, school essays, notes, clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating to the Normal School for Colored Girls (Washington, D.C.), the Civil War, feminism, slavery, and spiritualism. Includes an unfinished biography of Miner written by Lester Grosvenor Wells and correspondence of Achsa Miner and other Miner (Minor) family members. Other correspondents include William H. Beecher, Walpole Cecil, Samuel Rhoads, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Benjamin Tatham.
Microfilm produced from originals, photocopies, and transcripts in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service. In part, photocopies and transcripts. [S.l.].
Educator.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010088
mm 78033027
Beecher, William H. 1802-1889 --Correspondence. Cecil, Walpole, approximately 1836- --Correspondence. Miner, Achsa--Correspondence. Rhoads, Samuel, 1806-1868 --Correspondence. Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte, 1819-1899 --Correspondence. Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 --Correspondence. Tatham, Benjamin--Correspondence. Wells, Lester Grosvenor. Minor family--Correspondence.
Normal School for Colored Girls (Washington, D.C.)
African Americans--Washington (D.C.) Education--Washington (D.C.) Feminism. Slavery--United States. Spiritualism.