Creator:
Blankfort, Michael, 1907-1982
Inclusive Dates:
1936- 1936
Abstract:
Typescript of a Federal Theatre Project play about abolitionist John Brown and his raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia in 1859. The cover reads "Battle Hymn, by Michael Blankfort and Michael Gold."
Type of Material:
Manuscripts (document genre)
Subject:
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown’s Raid, 1859 -- Drama.
Authors.
Radicalism
Abolitionists in literature.
Abolitionists -- United States.
Radicalism in literature.
Radicalism -- United States.
Radicals -- United States.
Creator:
Bradford, S. S.
Inclusive Dates:
1836- 1836
Abstract:
A single letter from S. S. Bradford of Homer, New York to Mr Ben Johnson of Ithaca, asking Mr Johnson to speak to the Homer Anti-Slavery Society.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Homer (N.Y. : Town) -- History -- 19th century.
New York State
Activism and social reform
Abolitionists -- United States.
Antislavery movements -- New York (State) -- Homer.
Political activists -- United States.
Creator:
Brown, John, 1821-1895.
Inclusive Dates:
1849- 1895
Abstract:
Papers of the farmer and soldier, free soil advocate, son of abolitionist John Brown
(1800-1859). 13 combination diary/account books (1856-1895), and 3 letters of his
father to family members.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Letters (correspondence)
Diaries.
Subject:
Social reformers.
Military history
Activism and social reform
Civil War (U.S.)
Abolitionists -- United States.
Farmers -- Diaries.
Creator:
Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880.
Inclusive Dates:
1856- 1856
Abstract:
Two letters from Lucretia Mott, American feminist and anti-slavery
activist, to Samuel J. May, also a proponent of abolition and of women's rights.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Activism and social reform
Abolitionists -- United States.
Feminists -- United States.
Women's rights -- United States.
Creator:
Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898.
Inclusive Dates:
1883- 1883
Abstract:
Correspondence from abolitionist Parker Pillsbury.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Activism and social reform
African Americans
New York State
Abolitionists -- United States.
Creator:
Powell, Harriet, fl. 1839.
Inclusive Dates:
1877- 1941
Abstract:
Material relating to Tom Leonard and the 1839 escape of Harriet Powell, "white lady fugitive." Clippings from the Sunday Morning Times (Syracuse, New York), June 10, 1877, and a narrative explanation dated October 1941.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Memoirs.
Subject:
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans
Activism and social reform
Abolitionists -- United States.
Slavery -- United States.
Creator:
Sedgwick, C. B. (Charles Baldwin), 1815-1883.
Inclusive Dates:
1814- 1891
Abstract:
Papers of the
New York State lawyer, U.S. Congressman (1859-1863),
abolitionist, born near Pompey, N.Y. Correspondence (1847-1891);
genealogical material; legal and financial records
(1814-1879); writings (1837-1884), including essays, speeches, and
published letters; and memorabilia. Largely family
correspondence with additional letters of Louis Agassiz, Samuel
Bowles, Salmon P. Chase, F.J. Child, James Freeman Clarke,
Roscoe Conkling, George W. Curtis, John A. Dahlgren, Richard H.
Dana, H.L. Dawes, Daniel S. Dickinson, J.T. Fields, John M.
Forbes, John C. Frémont, William Lloyd Garrison, George W. Geddes,
George F. Hoar, John Jay, Thomas Starr King, Samuel J.
May, Robert B. Minturn, Levi P. Morton, Charles Eliot Norton,
Elizabeth P. Peabody, Wendell Phillips, William H. Seward,
Gerrit Smith, Israel Washburn, R.S. Watson, Andrew D. White, and
others.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Essays.
Genealogies (histories)
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
New York (State) -- History.
Syracuse (N.Y.), History.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Abolitionists.
Lawyers.
Social reformers.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Activism and social reform
Civil War (U.S.)
Abolitionists -- United States.
Lawyers -- New York (State)
Slavery -- United States -- Anti-slavery movements.
Social reformers -- United States.
Creator:
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874.
Inclusive Dates:
1762- 1962
Abstract:
Papers of the social reformer and philanthropist from Peterboro, New York. Business, family and general correspondence; business and land records; writings; and maps. Notable correspondents include Susan B.
Anthony, John Jacob Astor, Henry Ward Beecher, Antoinette Blackwell, Caleb Calkins, Lydia Maria Child, Cassius Clay,
Alfred Conkling, Roscoe Conkling, Charles A. Dana, Paulina W. Davis, Edward C. Delavan, Frederick
Douglass, Albert G. Finney, Sarah Grimke, Elizabeth Cady and Henry B. Stanton,
Louis Tappan, Sojourner Truth, and Theodore Weld.
Type of Material:
Agreements.
Bank statements.
Bonds (negotiable instruments)
Broadsides (notices)
Check stubs.
Correspondence.
Deeds.
Estate records.
Indentures.
Judicial records.
Land registers.
Land surveys.
Maps (documents)
Pamphlets.
Sermons.
Summonses.
Warrant books.
Wills.
Subject:
Madison County (N.Y.) -- History.
New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865.
Peterboro (N.Y.) -- History.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Abolitionists.
Social reformers.
Business and Industry
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Activism and social reform
Abolitionists -- United States.
Antislavery movements -- United States.
Social reformers -- United States.
Temperance.
Women -- Suffrage -- United States.
Creator:
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874.
Inclusive Dates:
1793- 1906
Abstract:
Circulars, speeches, sermons, and tracts which deal with such topics as abolition, suffrage, temperance, transportation, and the postal system.
Type of Material:
Broadsides (notices)
Pamphlets.
Subject:
Madison County (N.Y.) -- History.
New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865.
Peterboro (N.Y.) -- History.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Abolitionists.
Social reformers.
Business and Industry
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Activism and social reform
Abolitionists -- United States.
Antislavery movements -- United States.
Social reformers -- United States.
Temperance.
Women -- Suffrage -- United States.
Creator:
Special Collections Research Center
Inclusive Dates:
1832- 1874
Abstract:
Collection of material to, from, or about
Gerrit Smith, American social reformer and philanthropist from Peterboro, New York.
Collection created by Special Collections Research Center through purchase and donation.
Type of Material:
Ballots.
Correspondence.
Indentures.
Subject:
Madison County (N.Y.) -- History.
New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865.
Activism and social reform
New York State
Abolitionists -- United States.
Antislavery movements -- United States.
Social reformers -- United States.
Creator:
Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893.
Inclusive Dates:
1852- 1893
Abstract:
Papers of the American feminist, abolitionist, and suffragist. Outgoing correspondence concerning speaking engagements (Emily Blackwell, Grace A. Oliver, F. B. Sanborn); articles submitted to newspapers; commitment to the abolitionist cause (Sarah Grimkè, Thomas Wentworth Higginson); and solicitation of support for women's rights (Samuel Edward Herrick, George W. Pellew).
Type of Material:
Letters (correspondence)
Subject:
The Woman's journal.
Feminists.
Social reformers.
Suffragists.
Activism and social reform
Abolitionists -- United States.
Feminists -- United States.
Social reformers -- United States.
Suffragists -- United States.
Women's rights.