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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe three volumes of lists of hospital patients, 1865–68, 1 (120), 2 (121), and 3 (122), are arranged chronologically.
Aug. 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound lists of indigent persons and loyal refugees to whom rations were issued, dated August 1868, are arranged by the categories "indigent persons" and "refugees" and thereunder numerically by assigned number.
Mar.–Apr. 1867
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGUnbound lists of magisterial districts, March–April 1867, are arranged chronologically.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of lists of pending claims (312) is undated and arranged alphabetically by the initial letter of the surname of the claimant. The entries refer to the pages in the letters sent books or letters received.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of lists of people to whom clothing was issued, April 1867–August 1868 (495), is arranged chronologically.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of lists of plantations on the Sea Islands, February 1866 (266), is arranged by type of list and thereunder by island.
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of lists of prisoners confined and released from Charleston Jail, with charges, March–October 1865 (158), is arranged in three lists: Mar.–July 1865, Sept.–Oct. 1865, and May–Sept. 1865. The volume has a name index. The volume also…
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FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe single volume of lists of rations issued, 1865–67 (227), is arranged chronologically by date of list and thereunder chronologically by date of issuance. The volume also contains endorsements sent and received by the assistant superintendent (May 1866)…
May 1867–Nov. 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe lists of teachers entitled to purchase rations, May 1867–November 1868, are arranged chronologically. They were submitted monthly by the Superintendent of Education to the Assistant Commissioner so that teachers would be able to purchase commissary…
ca. 1870
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA lithographic print of Hiram Revels from Frank Leslie’s Illustrirte Zeitung. The print is bordered by printed German text. The print has been hand colored. Hiram Revels is pictured wearing a blue suit with a red necktie. Underneath the image is “Hiram…
1879–1976
Lizzie Koontz Weeks (1879 – September 20, 1976) was an African American activist in Portland, Oregon. She was a commissioner for the National Emancipation Commemorative Society in 1912. In 1914 she was elected president of the Colored Women's Republican Club.
1958
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA lobby card for the film Tamango printed on off-white paper. The top left corner reads "Dorothy/ Dandridge". Below that reads "You're the only woman/ I want to live with…/ I'll give up every-/ thing if you will stay!" Below the writing, a woman is…
1958
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis lobby card for Tamango depicts three people, two men and one woman on the deck of a ship. The first man is shirtless and shackled by his wrists to the deck. The woman is pouring something in his mouth from a bowl. The woman is wearing gold jewelry and…
1814-1815
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA folio-sized single-signature logbook (a) and case (b) interdicting the proceedings of the H.M.S. Comus. Constructed of rag paper, stitch-bound – pamphlet style, with a marbled blue laminated rag paper cover, the 95-page book details standard ship…
1789–1854
London Ferrill, also spelled Ferrell, (1789–October 12, 1854) was a former enslaved man and carpenter from Virginia who became the second preacher of the First African Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky, serving from 1823 to 1854. During his 31 years of…
mid 19th-mid 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA long-handled knife with a short, hooked blade, possibly used for cutting sugar cane. The blade has a notch on the top edge near the toe. The blade is attached to the pole-like wooden handle with a hafting collar with two (2) rings. Small wooden wedges…
1987
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA documentary film with the title Long Shadows. It consists of two (2) reels of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound. The documentary explores the enduring effects of the American Civil War in various facets of life, including politics, civil…
1878–1946
Lorenzo Houston King (2 January 1878 – 17 December 1946) was an American bishop of The Methodist Church, elected in 1940. He was born in Macon, Mississippi to parents who had once been slaves. He was ordained in 1907 in the Atlanta Annual Conference of the…
1766–1802
Delgrès led soldiers against Napoleon’s forces in 1802 and chose death at Matouba rather than surrender to the reinstatement of slavery.
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Louis Hughes (c. 1832–1913) was an African-American slave born in Virginia. He is the writer of the memoir Thirty Years a Slave.
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Louisa Matilda Jacobs (October 19, 1833 – April 5, 1917) was an African-American abolitionist and civil rights activist and the daughter of famed escaped slave and author, Harriet Jacobs. Along with her activism, she also worked as a teacher in Freedmen's…
Dec. 1866–July 1867
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Louisville Consolidated Hospital Reports”.
July–Dec. 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Louisville (East)”.
July–Sept. 1868
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Louisville (West)”.
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