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	Author:	American Philosophical Society	Requires cookie*
	Title:	American Philosophical Society Archives
	Dates:	1743-1984
	Abstract:	The APS archives does not contain a tremendous amount of African American history materials. Nevertheless, the following letter is significant: Dearborn, Benjamin. Letter to the American Philosophical Society. 1803 February 4. Suggestions on the abolition of slavery.
	Call #:	APS.Archives
	Extent:	192.25 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Adena culture -- West Virginia \| African American \| American Philosophical Society \| Anishinaabe \| Astronomy -- 18th century \| Aztecs. \| Bache, A.D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 \| Bache, Franklin (1792-1864) \| Bell, Whitfield J. (Whitfield \| Brown, Samuel, 1768-1805 \| Cherokee Indians \| Choctaw Indians \| Colonial Politics \| Dercum, Francis X. (Francis Xavier), 1856-1931 \| Early National Politics \| Eastern Woodlands Indians \| Education \| Grave Creek Mound (Marshall County, West Virginia) \| Hanson, Laura E. \| Hassler, F. R (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843 \| History of science and technology. \| Indians of Mexico \| Indians of North America -- Kentucky \| Indians of North America -- Mississippi \| Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast \| Indians of North America -- West Virginia \| Institutional Records \| Keen, William W. (William Williams) \| Lingelbach , William E. (William Ezra), 1871-1962 \| Miscellaneous \| Morris, Roland Sletor, 1874-19 \| Mound builders \| Native America \| Native American Materials \| Natural history \| Natural history -- 18th century \| Natural history -- 19th century \| Ojibwe people \| Patterson, , Robert M. (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854 \| Pencil works \| Pennsylvania History \| Philadelphia History \| Plains Indians \| Priestly, Joseph R. \| Science and technology \| Scientific Correspondence \| Shryock, Richard Harrison (1893-1972) \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Southeast Indians \| United States History. \| Vautravers, Jean-Rodolphe \| Warden, David Baillie, 1772-18 \| Wood, George Bacon, 1797-1879

	Author:	Feinstone, Sol,1888-1980,colle	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Sol Feinstone Slavery collection, 1773-1888
	Dates:	1773-1888
	Abstract:	A rich source of material for students of African American history.
	Call #:	Mss.326.F33
	Extent:	0.5 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| African American \| African Americans -- History -- To 1863 \| Brown, John, 1800-1859 \| Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 \| Early National Politics \| Feinstone, Sol,1888-1980,colle \| Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 \| Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 \| Legal Records \| Miscellaneous \| Official Government Documents and Records \| Pennsylvania History \| Reconstruction \| Slavery -- United States. \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade

	Author:	Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Benjamin Franklin Papers, 1642-1841
	Dates:	1642-1841
	Abstract:	The Franklin papers contain several letters which refer to African Americans, particularly in regards to the need to abolish slavery and the establishment of a school for African American children.
	Call #:	Mss.B.F85
	Extent:	85.5 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Account books. \| American Philosophical Society \| American Revolution \| Americans Abroad \| Bache, Catherine Wistar, 1770-1820 \| Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808 \| Business Records and Accounts \| Business and Skilled Trades \| Diaries. \| Diplomatic History \| Diplomatic Material \| Electricity -- Early works to 1800 \| Family Correspondence \| France -- Foreign relations -- United States \| Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 \| Franklin, Deborah Read Rogers, 1708-1774 \| Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823 \| Franklin, William, 1731-1813 \| General Correspondence \| Government Affairs \| Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States \| Hays, I. Minis (Isaac Minis), 1847-1925 \| Hodge, Sarah Bache, 1798-1849 \| International Travel \| Land and Speculation \| Manuscript Essays \| Marriage and Family Life \| Mecom, Jane, 1712-1794 \| Military History \| Pen works \| Pencil works \| Pennsylvania -- History -- 18th century \| Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 18th century \| Pennsylvania History \| Political Correspondence \| Postal service -- United States \| Printed Material \| Printers -- Pennsylvania \| Printing and Publishing \| Scientific Correspondence \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Social Life and Custom \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| United States -- Foreign relations -- France \| United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain \| United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 \| United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 \| United States -- Politics and government -- Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 \| United States -- Politics and government -- Revolution, 1775-1783 \| Williams, Jonathan, 1719-1796 \| Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815

	Author:	Hare, Robert, 1781-1858	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Robert Hare papers, 1764-1858
	Dates:	1764-1858
	Abstract:	In a series of essays originally rolled up as scrolls (Series II), Hare asserted that slavery was a positive good for slave, master, and community alike, but argued nevertheless that it be abolished gradually, with full compensation to slave owners, in favor of a free labor system marked by a pronounced racial subordination.
	Call #:	Mss.B.H22
	Extent:	3 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| African American \| American Philosophical Society \| Antebellum Politics \| Antislavery movements -- Pennsylvania \| Bache, Franklin (1792-1864) \| Banks and banking -- United States. \| Blasting, Submarine \| Blowpipe. \| Business Records and Accounts \| Business and Skilled Trades \| Capital punishment. \| Chemical apparatus \| Chemistry \| Chemists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia \| Cyclones. \| Early National Politics \| Education \| Educational Material \| Electricity -- 19th century \| Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 \| Epidemics -- United States \| Essays. \| Federalist Party -- Pennsylvania \| Fire extinction \| Fisher, John, 1806-1882 \| Fisher, Richard \| General Correspondence \| Guano \| Hare, Robert, 1781-1858 \| Kane , John K. (John Kintzing), 1795-1858 \| Lectures \| Literature \| Literature, Arts, and Culture \| Manuscript Essays \| Mesmerism \| Money \| Paper money -- United States -- 19th century \| Partridge, Charles \| Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century \| Poems \| Powel, Samuel, Jr. \| Race, race relations, racism \| Railroads \| Religion \| Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities \| Science and technology \| Scientific Data \| Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 \| Sketchbooks \| Slaughtering and slaughter-houses -- United States -- 19th century \| Slavery -- Pennsylvania. \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Smithsonian Institution \| Spiritualism -- Pennsylvania \| Storms \| Tornadoes \| Travel Narratives and Journals \| United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century

	Author:	Harvey, Jacob.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Jacob Harvey papers,1808-1847
	Dates:	1808-1847
	Abstract:	For interesting source material on African American history, see correspondence regarding the Missouri Compromise and slavery, and the commonplace book which also contains references to slavery.
	Call #:	Mss.Film.1111
	Extent:	3 microfilm_reel(s)
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	Subjects:	Balloons. \| Baltimore (Md.) -- Description and travel. \| Canada -- Description and travel. \| Depressions -- 1819 -- United States. \| Harvey, Jacob. \| Hosack, David, 1769-1835 \| Microfilm Collection \| Missouri compromise. \| Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Description and travel. \| Quakers. \| Robert Fulton (Ship). \| Shakers. \| Slavery -- United States. \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Voyages and travels. \| Washington (D.C.) -- Description and travel. \| West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.

	Author:	Jackson, Isaac	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Isaac Jackson Letterbooks
	Dates:	1839-1843
	Abstract:	A rich source of material on plantation management and the transition from a system of forced labor to free labor.
	Call #:	Mss.B.J134
	Extent:	3 volume(s)
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Allen, Robert \| Belvidere (Plantation : Jamaica) \| Beyond Early America \| Campbell's Copse (Plantation : Jamaica) \| Campbell, Alexander \| Dunlap, Alexander \| Flint River (Plantation : Jamaica) \| Freedmen -- Jamaica \| Gardiner, Edmund \| Gibraltar Estates (Plantation : Jamaica) \| Hawthorn and Shedden \| Heath, William \| Heaven and Co. \| Hislop, L. \| Jackson, Isaac \| Jamaica -- History \| James, Philip Haughton \| Kembles and Trower \| Knott, William H. \| Kynaston, Roger \| Labor -- Jamaica \| Letterbooks \| Lyon, David \| McNeil, J. \| Montpelier (Plantation : Jamaica) \| Paradise (Plantation : Jamaica) \| Plantations \| Plantations -- Jamaica \| Seaford, Charles Rose Ellis, 1st Baron \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Sugar -- Jamaica \| Weekes, Rebecca Ann \| Wilson, Frances E.

	Author:	Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Elisha Kent Kane Papers
	Dates:	1810-1953
	Abstract:	Among the most popular of American explorers of the mid-nineteenth century, Kane visited Africa in 1846 aboard the frigate United States. The Kane collection contains a variety of fascinating materials relating to the slave trade and plight of African Americans in the nineteenth century. The papers consist of manuscript materials entitled "Journal of a Trip to Africa," "Slave voyage notebook," and "Whydah slave trade." Also, there are two "Africa: miscellaneous" folders which include an essay on the commercial policy and history of the Gold Coast, along with quantitative data for the years 1820-1843 regarding the repatriation of African Americans to Liberia.
	Call #:	Mss.B.K132
	Extent:	6.75 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Africa \| Africa -- Description and travel \| Americans Abroad \| Arctic Indians \| Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration \| Arctic regions-Pictorial works \| Asia Minor -- Description and travel \| Bills. \| Blockley Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.) \| China -- Foreign relations -- United States \| Colonization, repatriation \| Cracroft, Sophia, 1816-1892 \| Egypt -- Description and travel \| Engravings. \| Exploration \| Exploration. \| Explorers -- United States \| Family Correspondence \| Fox, Margaret, 1833-1893 \| Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847 \| General Correspondence \| Geometry -- Study and teaching \| Grinnell Expedition, 1st, 1850-1851 \| Grinnell Expedition, 2d, 1853-1855 \| Grinnell, Henry, 1799-1874 \| Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 \| Hospitals -- Pennsylvania \| Indians of North America -- Nunavut \| International Travel \| Inuit -- Canada \| Inuit -- Greenland \| Inuit -- Nunavut -- Baffin Island \| Journals (notebooks) \| Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 \| Kane, Jane Duval Leiper \| Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795- \| Lectures \| Letterbooks \| Liberia -- Description and travel \| Logbooks \| Maps. \| Marriage and Family Life \| Medicine -- Practice -- Pennsylvania \| Medicine -- Study and teaching -- Pennsylvania \| Meteorology -- Arctic Regions \| Mexico -- Description and travel \| Mineralogy -- Study and teaching \| North Carolina -- Description and travel \| Northwest Passage \| Notebooks \| Obstetrics \| Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Hospitals \| Philadelphia. General Hospital \| Plantations \| Receipts \| Silhouettes \| Sketches. \| Slave trade -- Africa \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Social Life and Custom \| Travel Narratives and Journals \| United States -- Foreign relations -- China \| United States. Navy \| Watercolors

	Author:	Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Samuel George Morton Papers
	Dates:	1819-1850
	Abstract:	Morton's diary, made on a trip that be made to the West Indies, records observations made on many of the Islands on life, work, agriculture, slavery, and derogatory comments on the native inhabitants.
	Call #:	Mss.B.M843
	Extent:	2.25 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	African American \| Archaeology \| Aymara Indians \| Bachman, John (1790-1874) \| Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 \| Barbados -- Description and travel -- 19th century \| Botany \| Chapman, Nathaniel, 1780-1853 \| Conrad, Timothy Abbott, 1803-1877 \| Cooper, William, 1776-1848 \| Craniology. \| Craniometry \| Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895 \| DeKay, James Ellsworth, 1792-1 \| Diaries. \| Doornik, Jacob Elisa, 1777-183 \| Education \| Egyptology. \| Exploration. \| Fermine Gomez Farias \| French, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1799-1877 \| General Correspondence \| Geology \| Gliddon, George R.(George Robi \| Gomez, Jose Justo Gomez de la \| Hildreth, Samuel P. (Samuel Pr \| Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 \| Indians of North America -- Kentucky \| Indians of North America -- Massachusetts \| Indians of North America -- Mississippi \| Indians of North America -- Ohio \| Indians of North America -- Physical characteristics \| Indians of North America -- Rhode Island \| Indians of North America -- Tennessee \| Indians of South America -- Peru \| Indians of South America -- Physical characteristics \| International Travel \| Kane , John K. (John Kintzing), 1795-1858 \| Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875 \| Medicine \| Mineralogy \| Miscegenation \| Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851 \| Natural history \| Naumkeag Indians \| Ornithology \| Paleontology \| Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860 \| Pentland, Joseph Barclay \| Phrenology \| Race \| Race, race relations, racism \| Rush, William, 1756-1833 \| Science and technology \| Scientific Correspondence \| Sketches. \| Skull. \| Slavery -- Barbados \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Travel \| Travel Narratives and Journals \| United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) \| Watercolors

	Author:	Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Book of Discipline
	Dates:	1719 (1820)
	Abstract:	The manuscript contains the church's position on marriage, smoking, Native Americans, African Americans, backsliding, etc. It entreats church members not to participate in the slave trade, and that if members have slaves, that they treat them "with humanity and in a Christain manner."
	Call #:	Mss.289.6.So1
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
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	Subjects:	African American \| Church records \| Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 \| Indians of North America \| Matlack, Timothy, 1736-1829 \| Miscellaneous \| Native America \| Philadelphia History \| Quakers -- Pennsylvania \| Religion \| Religion, religious organizations \| Slavery -- Pennsylvania. \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Society of Friends -- Doctrines.

	Author:	Price, Richard, 1723-1791	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Richard Price Papers
	Dates:	1767-1790
	Abstract:	Some correspondence relating to slavery in the Price Papers may be of interest to scholars of African American history. APS also possesses copies of Price's influential work "Observations on the Importance of the American Revolution" (print collection) in which, among other things, he condemns slavery. The Price papers contain Thomas Jefferson's response to this work (see above), complete with an analysis of how Price's antislavery message may meet with a mixed response from Americans.
	Call #:	Mss.B.P93
	Extent:	90 items
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| African American \| American Philosophical Society \| American Revolution \| Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790 \| Bunker Hill, Battle of, 1775 \| Colonial Politics \| Eliot, Samuel, 1739-1820 \| Ethics -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1850 \| France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 \| Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 \| Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787 \| General Correspondence \| Graves, Thomas Graves, 1st Baron, 1725-1802 \| Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1789 \| Harvard College \| Howard, John, 1726-1790 \| Italy -- Description and travel -- 18th century \| Jackson, John \| Lathrop, John, 1740-1816 \| Lexington, Battle of, 1775 \| Life expectancy \| Massachusetts -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 \| Pensions -- Massachusetts \| Political Correspondence \| Price, Richard, 1723-1791 \| Prisons \| Religion \| Slavery. \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Smith, Adam, 1723-1790 \| Smith, Isaac, 1744-1817 \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Religious aspects \| United States -- Politics and government, 1783-1788

	Author:	Thistlewood family.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Thistlewood family papers, 1748-1792
	Dates:	1748-1792
	Abstract:	Of particular interest to scholars of African American history are the materials relating to Thistlewood's time in Jamaica (1751-1786), where he managed a cattle estate (Vineyard Pen) and a sugar plantation (Egypt).
	Call #:	Mss.Film.1461
	Extent:	16 microfilm_reel(s)
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	Subjects:	Agriculture -- Jamaica. \| Cattle. \| Culture, community, organizations \| Diaries. \| Folklore \| Folklore -- Jamaica \| Jamaica -- Climate. \| Jamaica -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. \| Meteorology -- Jamaica -- Observations. \| Microfilm Collection \| Natural history -- Jamaica. \| Plantations \| Plantations -- Jamaica. \| Slaveholders -- Jamaica. \| Slavery -- Jamaica. \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Sugar growing -- Jamaica. \| Thistlewood family. \| Thistlewood, John \| Thistlewood, Thomas, 1721-1786 \| Traditional medicine -- Jamaica. \| West Indies -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.

	Author:	Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Benjamin Vaughan Papers
	Dates:	1746-1900
	Abstract:	This collection contains at least one item which may be of interest to students of African American history: a manuscript concerning slaves in the British West Indies, entitled "Negroes."
	Call #:	Mss.B.V46p
	Extent:	13.25 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 \| Agriculture \| American Revolution \| Animal magnetism. \| Architecture \| Astronomy \| Barère, B. (Bertrand), 1755-1841 \| Beyond Early America \| Billaud-Varenne, 1756-1819 \| Blake, Anne Susannah \| Bowdoin College \| Breeding. \| Colonial Politics \| Diplomacy. \| Diplomatic History \| Diplomatic Material \| Diseases \| Dueling. \| Early National Politics \| Electricity \| Family Correspondence \| Genealogies \| General Correspondence \| Hallowell (Me.) \| Harlowe, Harris \| Land and Speculation \| Lectures \| Lindet, Jean-Baptiste-Robert, 1749-1825 \| Littlefield, William B. \| Locke, John, 1632-1704 \| Manufactures \| Maps and Surveys \| Medicine \| Mesmerism \| Meteorology \| Mitchill, Samuel L. (Samuel Latham), 1764-1831 \| Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 \| Notes \| Pennell, Jacob \| Plantations \| Punctuation \| Raymond, Edward \| Religion \| Robespierre, Maximilien, 1758-1794 \| Science and technology \| Silk industry. \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Taxation \| Unitarianism \| United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 \| Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835 \| Vaughan, John, 1756-1841

	Author:	Vaux, George, V, 1721-1803	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Vaux Family Papers, 1690-1996
	Dates:	1690-1996
	Abstract:	The collection may contain materials of interest relating to the family's involvement with the anti-slavery movement.
	Call #:	Mss.Ms.Coll.73
	Extent:	150 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| African American \| American Revolution \| Antebellum Politics \| Business Records and Accounts \| Early National Politics \| Family Correspondence \| Genealogy. \| General Correspondence \| Institutional Records \| Land speculation \| Legal Records \| Maps and Surveys \| Marriage and Family Life \| Mineralogy. \| Native America \| Pennsylvania History \| Philadelphia History \| Quaker businesspeople \| Quakers -- Missions. \| Seneca Indians \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Social Life and Custom \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| Surveying and Maps \| Travel \| Vaux Family \| Vaux, George, V, 1721-1803 \| Vaux, George, VII, 1779-1836 \| Vaux, George, VIII, 1832-1915 \| Vaux, William Sansom, 1811-1882 \| Yellow fever.

	Author:	Vaux, Roberts,1786-1836.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Address on the impolicy of slavery, 1824
	Dates:	1824
	Abstract:	An example of an address given during the antebellum abolition movement.
	Call #:	Mss.371.974.As7
	Extent:	1 item(s)
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| African American \| Antebellum Politics \| Association for the Education of Men of Colour. \| Manuscript Essays \| Slavery -- United States. \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| Speeches. \| Vaux, Roberts,1786-1836.

	Author:	Wallace, Anthony F. C., 1923-2015	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Anthony F. C. Wallace Papers
	Dates:	1920-2000
	Abstract:	The Wallace Papers contain at least one set of materials which may be of interest to students of African American History: Lott, Steve. [Student at West Chester State College.] "Slavery." 1972. Photocopied introduction to Lott's paper "Industrialization and the Black Population in S.E. Penna., 1780-1840." Includes 36 bibliographic index cards pertaining to sources in African American history in Pennsylvania, focusing on slavery and abolitionism. Also includes a photocopy of Joseph E. Walker's "A Comparison of Negro and White Labor in a Charcoal Iron Community" from the journal Labor History, volume 10, number 3 (1969).
	Call #:	Mss.Ms.Coll.64a
	Extent:	103.5 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Akwesasne Counselor Organization \| American Anthropological Association \| American Philosophical Society \| Anishinaabe \| Anthracite coal industry -- United States -- Pennsylvania \| Anthropology -- Methodology \| Anthropology -- Research \| Anthropology -- Study and teaching. \| Arctic hysteria \| Baird, Henry Carey, 1825-1912 \| Blacksnake, Governor, ca. 1753 \| British Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Schuylkill County \| Broomall, John Martin, 1816-18 \| Carey family \| Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839 \| Carpenter, Edmund, 1922-2011 \| Carte de visite photographs \| Cemeteries -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County \| Chester County (Pa.) -- History \| Chittibhol, Bancha (Thai stude \| Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 \| Coal -- Geology -- Pennsylvania \| Coal mine accidents -- Pennsylvania -- History \| Coal trade -- Pennsylvania -- History \| Cognition and culture \| Congdon, Charles E. (Charles Edwin) \| Cornplanter, 1732-1836 \| Cornplanter, Jesse J. \| Counterinsurgency -- Thailand \| Cross-cultural studies \| Cults \| Culture \| De Laguna, Frederica, 1906-2004 \| Delaware County (Pa.) -- History \| Delaware Indians -- New York (State) -- History \| Delaware Indians -- Pennsylvania -- History \| Disasters \| Disasters -- Psychological aspects \| Disasters -- Social aspects \| Domestic relations -- Pennsylvania -- 19th century \| Du Pont de Nemours family \| Du Pont family \| Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) \| Education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia \| Eiseley, Loren C., 1907-1977 \| Ethnicity -- Pennsylvania -- History \| Ethnohistory \| Ethnopsychology \| Fenton, William N. (William Nelson), 1908-2005 \| Foster, Michael K. \| Gelatin silver prints \| Geology -- Pennsylvania \| Germans -- Pennsylvania \| Goodenough, Ward Hunt \| Gouaches -- Color \| Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin B \| Hallowell, A. Irving (Alfred Irving), 1892-1974 \| Handsome Lake, 1735-1815 \| Haudenosaunee \| Hsu, Francis K. \| Hypocalcemia \| Hypoglycemia \| Indians of North America -- Claims \| Indians of North America -- Government relations \| Indians of North America -- Missions \| Indians of North America -- New York (State) -- History \| Industrialization -- Pennsylvania -- History \| Industries -- Pennsylvania -- History \| Inuit -- Greenland \| Irish -- Pennsylvania \| Iron industry and trade -- History \| Iroquois Indians -- Civilization and social life \| Iroquois Indians -- Folklore \| Iroquois Indians -- Government relations \| Iroquois Indians -- History \| Iroquois Indians -- Religion \| Iroquois Indians -- Rites and ceremonies \| Iroquois Indians -- Social conditions \| Iroquois Indians -- Social life and customs \| Jackson, Halliday,1771-1835. \| Jennings, Francis P. \| Kehoe, John, 1837-1878 \| Kinzua Dam \| Labor and laboring classes -- Pennsylvania -- History \| Labor movements -- History \| Labor, industrialization \| Lammot family \| Lounsbury, Floyd Glenn \| Lowell (Mass.) -- History \| Maps. \| Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978 \| Millenialism \| Mills and millwork \| Mohawk nation at Akwesasne \| Molly Maguires \| National Science Foundation \| Nativistic movements \| Negatives \| Newspaper clippings. \| Nutrition -- Psychological aspects \| Onondaga Indians \| Paranoia \| Parker, Arthur Caswell, 1881-1955 \| Pennsylvania -- History \| Personality and culture \| Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company \| Photographs \| Photomechanical prints \| Piblokto \| Postal cards. \| Power (Social sciences) \| Prophets \| Psychiatric hospital care \| Psychiatry \| Psychobiology \| Psychology \| Psychology and religion \| Psychotherapy patients \| Quakers -- Pennsylvania \| Railroads -- Pennsylvania -- History \| Religion \| Religion and science \| Revitalization movements \| Richter, Daniel (two letters, \| Rockdale (Pa.) -- History \| Rorschach test \| Rorschach tests \| Schizophrenia \| Schizophrenia -- Genetic aspects \| Schizophrenia -- Physiological aspects \| Schizophrenics \| Schuylkill County (Pa.) -- History \| Scrapbooks. \| Sellers family \| Seneca Indians \| Seneca Indians -- History \| Seneca Indians -- Religion \| Seneca Indians -- Social life and customs \| Siney, John, 1835-1881 \| Six Nations Indian Museum \| Sketches. \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Slides. \| Smith Family \| Social change \| Social movements \| Social sciences -- Methodology \| Society of Friends \| Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950 \| Spiro, Melford Elliott \| St. Clair (Pa.) -- History \| Strikes and lockouts -- Coal mining -- United States -- Pennsylvania \| Sturtevant, William C. \| Technological innovation \| Technology -- Social aspects \| Textile industry \| Textile machinery \| Textile manufacturers -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County \| Textile workers -- Pennsylvania -- Delaware County \| Tintypes \| Transportation -- Pennsylvania -- History \| Tuscarora Indians \| Tuscarora Indians -- Social life and customs \| Wallace, Anthony F. C., 1923-2015 \| Woodcuts -- Color \| Working class -- United States -- History -- 19th century \| World War, 1939-1945

	Author:	Willis, William Shedrick,1921-	Requires cookie*
	Title:	William Shedrick Willis papers, [ca. 1940-1983]
	Dates:	Circa 1940-1983
	Abstract:	In addition to providing insight into the life of an African American scholar during the civil rights era, this collection may afford students of African American history useful information in a number of areas of interest. Of special note are the lecture materials on the courses Willis taught in anthropology, history of anthropology, and African American studies, while at SMU and at summer sessions at Columbia University during the 1960s-1970s.
	Call #:	Mss.Ms.Coll.30
	Extent:	13 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| African Americans -- Study and teaching \| Anthropology \| Anthropology -- History \| Anthropology, ethnography, fieldwork \| Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1848 \| Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 \| Civil rights \| Columbia University -- Faculty. \| Columbia University -- Students. \| Culture, community, organizations \| Herzog, George, 1901-1983 \| Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960 \| Labor, industrialization \| Linton, Ralph, 1893-1953 \| Mahon,, J.K. \| Mintz, Sidney Wilfred \| Plantations \| Race, race relations, racism \| Reconstruction \| Religion, religious organizations \| Segregation \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| Southern Methodist University -- Faculty. \| Steward, Julian Haynes, 1902-1972 \| Strong, William Duncan, 1899-1 \| Sturtevant, William C. \| Wagley, Charles \| Weltfish, Gene \| White, Leslie A., 1900-1972 \| White, Leslie A., 1900-1975. \| Willis, William Shedrick,1921-

	Author:	Wyck Association	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Wyck Association Collection
	Dates:	1663-1972
	Abstract:	With emphases on religion, education, and social concerns, the correspondence in the Wyck collection contains numerous references to African Americans. These issues emerge in the correspondence of Caspar Wistar Haines I, Hannah Marshall Haines, Reuben Haines III, Jane Bowne Haines I, Robert Bowne Haines I, and Caspar Wistar Haines II.See below for more specific subject references within the letters. The collection also contains a series of writings: diaries, essays, journals, notebooks, and poetry. Of particular interest are the papers describing the exploits of a runaway slave, Henry Hudson, in 1819.
	Call #:	Mss.Ms.Coll.52
	Extent:	151.5 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia \| Accounts. \| Agriculture \| Bills (financial). \| Business Records and Accounts \| Business and Skilled Trades \| Culture, community, organizations \| Deeds \| Diaries. \| Early National Politics \| Family Correspondence \| Haines family \| Haines, Ann, 1793-1869 \| Haines, Caspar Wistar, 1762-18 \| Haines, Caspar Wistar, 1853-1935 \| Haines, Hannah Marshall, 1765- \| Haines, Jane B., 1869-1937 \| Haines, Jane Bowne, 1790-1843 \| Haines, Jane Reuben, 1832-1911 \| Haines, John Smith, 1820-1886 \| Haines, Margaret Vaux Wistar, 1831-1917 \| Haines, Margaret Wistar, 1728- \| Haines, Mary T., 1892- \| Haines, Reuben, 1727-1793 \| Haines, Reuben, 1786-1831 \| Haines, Robert B., 1827-1895 \| Haines, Robert B., 1893-1967 \| Hartshorne, Catherine Haines, \| Home economics -- United States -- Accounting \| Horticulture \| Institutional Records \| Jansen family \| Literature, Arts, and Culture \| Marriage and Family Life \| Miscellaneous \| Pennsylvania History \| Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs \| Philadelphia History \| Photoprints \| Quakers \| Race, race relations, racism \| Receipts \| Reconstruction \| Religion, religious organizations \| Science and technology \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| Social problems. \| Trade \| Wistar family \| Wyck House (Philadelphia, Pa.)