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| | 1 | Author: | Rafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | C. S. (Constantine Samuel) Rafinesque Papers, 1808-1840
| | | | Dates: | 1808-1840 | | | | Abstract: | The collection contains a manuscript written for a contest sponsored by the Societe de Geographie de Paris. The organization sought the best-written history of the "origins of negroes." Rafinesque was awarded a gold medal for his work. Rafinesque, Constantine S. Memoires sur l'origine des nations negres, ou introduction a l'histoire des negres indigenes d'Asie, d'Afrique, polynesie, Amerique et Europe. 1831. 1 item (106 pages). | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.R124 | | | | Extent: | 1.75 Linear Feet | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Anishinaabe | Bibliographies. | Biology, genetics, eugenics | Botany. | Culture, community, organizations | Delaware Indians | Essays. | Europe -- Description and travel. | Gass, Patrick, 1771-1870 | Indians of North America -- Louisiana | International Travel | Journals (notebooks). | Manuscript Essays | Muhlenberg, Henry, 1753-1815 | Native America | Native American Materials | Natural history | North America -- Description and travel. | Notebooks | Ojibwa Indians | Osage Indians | Ottawa Indians | Picture-writing | Plains Indians | Political Correspondence | Race, race relations, racism | Rafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel ), 1783-1840 | Science and technology | Scientific Correspondence | Sketches. | Tarascon, L. A. | Travel | Wallam olum | Zoology. | |
| 2 | 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 | |
| 3 | 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 | |
| 4 | 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 | |
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