02359cpcaa2200469 a 4500 mm2010085558 DLC 20260227111732.0 100714|||||||||||| eng mm2010085558 DLC DLC dacs DLC W lcmd Nichols, D. B. D.B. Nichols scrapbooks, 1853-1873. 2 items. 1 container. 0.4 linear feet. Open to research. Scrapbooks containing correspondence and newspaper clippings pertaining chiefly to Nichols's Civil War service as superintendent of the Freedman's Village, Arlington County, Va., and to his involvement with the American Missionary Association and with Howard University, Washington, D.C. Also mentions his work with the Massachusetts Sabbath School Society promoting the Sabbath School in Illinois and Iowa. Subjects include the arrival of contrabands and freedmen; rations; supplies; requests for slaves or freedmen to work on construction projects and farms or as servants; and life in Washington, D.C., following the Civil War. Correspondents include Elias M. Greene and N.R. Collins. Missionary, educator, and librarian. Full name: Danforth B. Nichols. Born, 1816. Died, 1906. Collection material in English. Collins, N. R. Correspondence. Greene, Elias M. Correspondence. American Missionary Association. Howard University. Massachusetts Sabbath School Society. Freedmen United States. Freedmen Virginia. Sabbath schools Illinois. Sabbath schools Iowa. Sabbath schools Massachusetts. Slavery United States. Freedman's Village (Arlington County, Va.) United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865. Washington (D.C.) Social life and customs. Educators. itoamc Librarians. itoamc Missionaries. itoamc 44846 44846