Resources in African-American History

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:	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.)

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