TY - GEN AU - Birney,James Gillespie AU - Birney,William TI - James Gillespie Birney papers, KW - Holley, Myron, KW - Lundy, Benjamin, KW - Mudge, B. F. KW - Smith, Gerrit, KW - Weld, Theodore Dwight, KW - American Colonization Society KW - Liberty Party (U.S.) KW - Abolitionists KW - African Americans KW - Colonization KW - Africa KW - Antislavery movements KW - Slavery KW - itoamc KW - Editors N1 - Open to research; Microfilm edition available; no. 19,543; Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division; Washington, D.C.; Library of Congress Photoduplication Service; 1987 N2 - Correspondence (1834-1844), diaries and notebooks (1830-1890), and newspaper clippings primarily concerning Birney's participation in the antislavery movement, his associations with other abolitionists including Benjamin Lundy, Gerrit Smith, and Theodore Dwight Weld, and the efforts of the American Colonization Society and the Liberty Party toward the colonization of African Americans in Africa. Includes a notebook (circa 1890), attributed to William Birney, containing information relating to his father's activities in the abolitionist movement. Correspondents include Myron Holley, B.F. Mudge, Gerrit Smith, and Theodore Dwight Weld UR - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008026 UR - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008026.3 ER -