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• Author/Creator:Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.
  
• Title:Frederick Douglass papers, 1841-1964 (inclusive), 1862-1895 (bulk), [microform]
  
• Physical Description:34 reels.
  

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  • Location:SML, Microform (Non-Circulating)
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  • Call Number: FILM MISC 720
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    

   
• Notes:Microfilm. Washington, D.C., Library of Congress. 1974. 34 reels, 35mm.
  Originals at Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  
• Organization:Arranged in nine series: I. Diary, 1886-1894. II. Family Papers, 1859-1903. III. General Correspondence, 1841-1912. IV. Subject File, 1845-1939. V. Speech, Article, and Book File, 1846-1894. VI. Financial Papers, 1847-1928. VII. Legal File, 1843-1900. VIII. Miscellany, 1870-1924. IX. Addition, 1851-1964.
  
• Summary:The papers document the life and career of Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, orator, journalist, diplomat, and public official. They contain correspondence, a diary, speeches, articles, a manuscript of Douglass' autobiography, financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings, and other material, chiefly covering the years 1862-1895, relating to Douglass' life and work and his interest in social, educational, and economic reform. The papers document his career as a lecturer and writer, his activities as publisher of the North Star (1847-1851), his tours abroad (1845-1847, 1886-1887), and his appointments as U.S. Marshal (1877) and recorder of deeds (1881) for the District of Columbia, as U.S. Minister to Haiti and chargé d'affaires in Santo Domingo (1889), and as a commissioner (1892-1893) in charge of exhibits at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Topics include emancipation and the problems of emancipated blacks, women's rights, political affairs, a proposed naval station in Haiti, and family
  
• Format:Archives or Manuscripts
• Indexes/Finding aids:Published finding aid is available in Microform Reference. A detailed description of the contents and arrangement of the papers is also on reel 1 of the microfilm.
  
• Subjects:Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.
  African Americans--Politics and government.
  African Americans--Suffrage.
  Families.
  Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
  Slavery--Maryland.
  Antislavery movements--United States.
  Women's rights.
  United States--Race relations.
  United States--History--1865-1898.
  
• Occupation:Abolitionists.
  Reformers.
  Social reformers.