Behind the scenes, or, Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House
- Title
- Behind the scenes, or, Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House / by Elizabeth Keckley, formerly a slave, but more recently modiste, and friend to Mrs. Abraham Lincoln.
- Published by
- New York : G.W. Carleton & Co., publishers, MDCCCLXVIII. [1868]
- ©1868
- Author
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Status Not available - Please contact a librarian for assistance. | FormatBook/Text | AccessRestricted use | Call numberSc Rare B-Lincoln (Keckley, E. Behind the scenes) | Item locationSchomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Status Not available - Please contact a librarian for assistance. | FormatBook/Text | AccessRestricted use | Call numberSc Rare B-Lincoln (Keckley, E. Behind the scenes) | Item locationSchomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Status Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | FormatBook/Text | AccessUse in library | Call numberAN (Keckley) (Keckley, E. H. Behind the scenes) | Item locationSchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
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- Additional authors
- Description
- [7], x-xvi, [1], 18-371, [1] pages : portrait; 19 cm.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Alternative title
- Behind the scenes
- Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House
- Subject
- Contents
- Preface -- ch. 1. Where I was born -- ch. 2. Girlhood and its sorrows -- ch. 3. How I gained my freedom -- ch. 4. In the family of Senator Jefferson Davis -- ch. 5. My introduction to Mrs. Lincoln -- ch. 6. Willie Lincoln's death-bed -- ch. 7. Washington in 1862-3 -- ch. 8. Candid opinions -- ch. 9. Behind the scenes -- ch. 10. The second inauguration -- ch. 11. The assassination of President Lincoln -- ch. 12. Mrs. Lincoln leaves the White House -- ch. 13. The origin of the rivalry between Mr. Douglas and Mr. Lincoln -- ch. 14. Old friends -- ch. 15. The secret history of Mrs. Lincoln's wardrobe in New York -- Appendix: Letters from Mrs. Lincoln to Mrs. Keckley.
- Call number
- Sc Rare B-Lincoln (Keckley, E. Behind the scenes)
- Note
- With a half-title.
- "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by Elizabeth Keckley, In the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Pennsylvania."--copyright statement, verso of title page.
- "The New York Printing Company, 81, 83, and 85 Centre Street, New York."--printer statement, verso of title page.
- Last page blank.
- Additional formats (note)
- Available as part of The Digital Schomburg, a project providing electronic access to collections on the African Diaspora and Africa from The New York Public Library.
- Source (note)
- from Arthur A. Schomburg;
- Provenance (note)
- is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
- Author
- Keckley, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907.
- Title
- Behind the scenes, or, Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House / by Elizabeth Keckley, formerly a slave, but more recently modiste, and friend to Mrs. Abraham Lincoln.
- Publisher
- New York : G.W. Carleton & Co., publishers, MDCCCLXVIII. [1868]
- Copyright date
- ©1868
- Type of content
- text
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- volume
- Additional formats
- Available as part of The Digital Schomburg, a project providing electronic access to collections on the African Diaspora and Africa from The New York Public Library.
- Provenance
- Copy in Sc Rare B-Lincoln (copy 2) (accession no. B389103) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
- Local note
- Copy in Sc Rare B-Lincoln (copy 2) accompanied by 8 page publisher's catalog bound-in at end: "A catalogue of books issued by G.W. Carleton & Co., publishers, New York. 1868."
- Schomburg Center researchers are restricted to the microform copy in: Sc Micro R-2236 or the electronic resource.
- Source
- Purchase; from Arthur A. Schomburg; 1926. Sc Rare B-Lincoln (Keckley, E. Behind the scenes) c. 2, Schomburg Center, Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Books.
- Connect to:
- Local subject
- Black author.
- Added author
- G.W. Carleton & Co., publisher.
- New York Printing Company, printer.
- Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
- LCCN
- 05004115
- Research call number
- Sc Rare B-Lincoln (Keckley, E. Behind the scenes)
- AN (Keckley) (Keckley, E. H. Behind the scenes)
- *WIY 97-13