Slavery
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of Mary Reed Eastman, 1834-1987 (inclusive), 1834-1878 (bulk)
Papers of Mary Reed Eastman, including diaries and related article containing family history, etc.
Richard James Hooker collection of letters from American women, 1788-1890
Correspondence, mostly by19th century American women, compiled by Richard James Hooker of Chicago, Illinois.
Houghton Library collection of Black American portrait photographs
176 images, many hand-colored, of women, men, children, couples, and soldiers, chiefly tintypes with a smaller number of salt prints, albumen prints, and one painting. In most cases, both the photographer and the sitter are unidentified.
Subjects identifiable by annotations: June Anderson, Jackson, Morly, and Montgomery. One photographer is identified as Albert Sandoz.
Papers of Katharine Louisa Smith Hill, 1800-1967
Correspondence, financial materials, writings, etc.,, of Katharine Louisa Smith Hill, a teacher, and other members of the Hill, Childs, Ledyard, and Smith families.
Papers of the Holt-Messer family. 1809-1962
Papers of Joseph Burt Holt and Julia Evelyn Rollins Holt, who homesteaded in Minnesota and were instrumental in founding the town of Champlin; aided freedmen in Jackson, Mississippi; they taught school in Atlanta, Georgia; and worked on Indian reservations in Lac Court d'Oreilles, Wisconsin, and Los Pinos, Colorado.
Prints relating to slavery and the Caribbean
Prints, including political cartoons, relating broadly to slavery and the Caribbean.