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Miscellaneous American Letters and Papers (MALP)

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  1. Miscellaneous American Letters and Papers (MALP), 1740-2006.

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Description
  1. 5 lin. ft. (14 1/2 archival box, 4 flat boxes)
Summary
  1. Miscellaneous American Letters and Papers (MALP) is primarily organized in alphabetical order, with two large subject series, Slavery and Abolition and the West Indies, and two smaller ones: Civil War and Reconstruction. The topics covered include the arts, politics, literature, education, family, the military, business and real estate. MALP is an artificial assortment of paper-based, non-photographic materials consisting of one to two folders for each collection.
Subject
  1. Benson, Oscar Jerome
  2. Ring, Montague
  3. Aldridge, Ira Frederick, 1807-1867
  4. Crummell, Alexander, 1819-1898
  5. Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946
  6. Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
  7. Kennedy, Florynce, 1916-2000
  8. Reason, Patrick Henry, 1816-1898
  9. Citizens' Protective League (New York, N.Y.)
  10. Paul Laurence Dunbar Apartments, Inc
  11. Poro College
  12. United States. Army -- African American troops -- History -- 20th century
  13. African Americans -- History -- 1863-1877
  14. African Americans -- History -- 1877-1964
  15. African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964
  16. Abolitionists -- United States -- History
  17. African American families
  18. African American cowboys
  19. Slavery -- United States
  20. Slavery -- West Indies
  21. Slave trade -- United States -- History
  22. Slavery -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
  23. Slavery -- United States -- History
  24. Antislavery movements -- United States -- History
  25. Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- History. -- United States
  26. Freed persons -- United States -- Social conditions
  27. Enslaved persons -- United States -- Registers
  28. Enslaved persons -- West Indies -- Registers
  29. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- African American troops
  30. African American soldiers
  31. Bills of sale
  32. Registers of births, etc
  33. Real estate business
  34. World War, 1914-1918 -- African Americans
  35. World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American
  36. United States -- Race relations
  37. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources
  38. United States -- Politics and government -- Sources
Genre/Form
  1. Deeds.
  2. Letters (Correspondence)
  3. Diaries.
Call number
  1. Sc MG 76
Source (note)
  1. Various
Biography (note)
  1. The Miscellaneous American Letters and Papers (MALP), spanning from 1740-2006, documents the personal and professional lives of people of African descent.
Title
  1. Miscellaneous American Letters and Papers (MALP), 1740-2006.
Biography
  1. The Miscellaneous American Letters and Papers (MALP), spanning from 1740-2006, documents the personal and professional lives of people of African descent.
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Research call number
  1. Sc MG 76
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