Freed persons
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Emily Howland additional papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064941598]
Identifier: 3115
Scope and content
Six looseleaf notebooks: "Interesting Miscellaneous - Letters, Essays," "Letters and Diary from Miss Miner's School, Washington, D.C., and Letters from Heathsville, Va.," "Journal, Report, Reminiscences and Letters from Contraband (Freedmen's) Camp - 1863-1866," "Commencement Addresses at Sherwood Select School and Interesting Quotes from Diaries," "Speeches about Temperance, Woman's Suffrage and Peace," "Biographical Sketch of Emily Howland, 1827-1929."
Dates:
1857-1929.
Emily Howland papers
Collection
Identifier: 2681
Abstract
Collection consists primarily of correspondence; letters discuss attempts to establish schools for escaped slaves and freedmen in the South, abolition, Oberlin College President Charles Grandison Finney's opinion of John Brown and other abolitionists, the women's suffrage movement (especially in New York State), women's higher education, temperance, the Universal Peace movement, the National Arbitration League of Washington, aspects of Quaker life, the Society of Friends, the Freedmen's...
Dates:
1797-1938.