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	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:	Lesley, J. P. (J. Peter), 1819-1903	Requires cookie*
	Title:	J.P. Lesley Papers
	Dates:	1826-1898
	Abstract:	The antislavery interests of J. Peter and Susan Lesley are reflected in letters from correspondents such as Lydia Maria Child, James Freeman Clarke, and Thomas Wentworth Higginson. The collection also includes a letter of Frederick Douglass (September 6, 1856) in which Douglass offers to assist Susan Lesley in locating the son of a "colored" friend of hers.
	Call #:	Mss.B.L56
	Extent:	7.75 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Americans Abroad \| Avesta \| Biographies. \| Cartography. \| Charities -- United States. \| Clippings. \| Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907 \| Cope, E. D. (Edward Drinker), 1840-1897 \| Desor, E. (Edouard), 1811-1882 \| Diaries. \| Education -- United States \| Egypt -- Antiquities. \| Egyptian language -- Writing, Hieroglyphic \| Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 \| Family Correspondence \| Flint, Austin \| France -- Description and travel \| Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Egypt \| Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912 \| General Correspondence \| Geological Survey of Pennsylvania \| Geology -- Maps \| Geology -- Nova Scotia -- Surveys \| Geology -- Pennsylvania \| Germany -- Description and travel \| Gibbs, Wolcott, 1822-1908 \| Hale, Lucretia P. (Lucretia Peabody), 1820-1900 \| Hawaiian language \| Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 \| International Travel \| Javanese language \| Journals (notebooks) \| Lesley, Allen \| Lesley, J. P. (J. Peter), 1819-1903 \| Lesley, Joseph, 1831-1889 \| Lesley, Susan I. (Susan Inches), 1823-1904 \| Literature \| Literature, Arts, and Culture \| Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920 \| M'Kim, J. Miller (James Miller), 1810-1874 \| Marriage and Family Life \| Marsh, Othniel Charles, 1831-1899 \| McKinley, Alexander \| Nova Scotia -- Surveys \| Obelisks \| Owen, Richard, 1804-1892 \| Paleontology -- Pennsylvania \| Pennsylvania -- Surveys \| Philology \| Photographs \| Poems \| Scientific Data \| Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate , 1841-1906 \| Sketches. \| Slavery -- United States. \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 \| Switzerland -- Description and travel \| Thomson, J. Edgar (James Edgar), 1808-1874 \| Transcendentalism \| Travel Narratives and Journals \| Unitarianism \| United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 \| Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896 \| Wright, Chauncey,1830-1875.

	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:	Pearl, Raymond, 1879-1940	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Raymond Pearl Papers
	Dates:	1895-1946
	Abstract:	Pearl's opposition to eugenics earned him both friends and adversaries (most notable among the latter, E. M. East), as reflected throughout the Pearl papers. His correspondence with East, Herbert Spencer Jennings, Karl Pearson, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Ira Jewell Williams, Edwin B. Wilson, F. A. E. Crew, the Rockefeller Institute, and William T. Howard (among others) touches frequently on issues of genetics, eugenics, race, and human evolution. The correspondence with the N.A.A.C.P. comprises three folders of materials for the years 1927-1936, primarily concerning a study of Harlem Hospital.
	Call #:	Mss.B.P312
	Extent:	28.5 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	American Association of Physical Anthropologists \| Baltimore Sun \| Bell, James F. \| Berkson, Joseph, 1899- \| Bernard, Léon \| Biology \| Biology -- Periodicals \| Biology publishing \| Biology, genetics, eugenics \| Biometry \| Birth Control Federation of America \| Birth control. \| Campbell, James A. \| Cox, Eugene A. \| Culture, community, organizations \| Dartmouth College \| Diaries. \| East, Edward M. (Edward Murray), 1879-1938 \| Embree, Edwin R. (Edwin Rogers), 1883-1950 \| Eugenics \| Evolution (Biology) \| Fisher, Arne \| Genetics \| Gini, Corrado, 1884- \| Greenwood, Major, 1880- \| Harrison, Ross G. (Ross Granville), 1870-1959 \| Human evolution \| International Statistical Institute. \| Jones, Bassett, 1877-1960 \| Mallet, Bernard, Sir \| Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 \| Morgan, Thomas Hunt, 1866-1945 \| National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) \| Pearl, Ida May McDuffee \| Pearl, Maud Mary DeWitt \| Pearl, Raymond, 1879-1940 \| Pearson, Karl, 1857-1936 \| Population biology \| Race, race relations, racism \| Ritter, William Emerson, 1856-1944 \| Russell, E. S. (Edward Stuart), 1887-1954 \| Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966 \| Science publishing. \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| Statistics \| Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962 \| Sweeney, James Shirley, 1896- \| The Quarterly Review of Biology \| Thomas, Charles C., 1925- \| Walcott, Frederic Collin, 1869-1949 \| Wheeler, William Morton, 1865-1937 \| Willcox, Walter Francis, 1861-1964 \| Wilson, Edwin Bidwell, 1879-1964 \| World War, 1914-1918 \| Yerkes, Robert Mearns, 1876-1956 \| Yule, G. Udny (George Udny), 1871-1951

	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:	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.)