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Handwritten letter dated Nov. 7, 1883 from William Still to Karl Knotz in which Still promises to send the latter a copy of the newly revised edition of Underground Railway., Nov. 7, 1883

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Identifier: 11

Dates: Nov. 7, 1883

Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4506, James Lowell Gibbs collection of African-American documents / Series III. Letters to persons other than Ambler or Chesnutt (probably obtained by Ambler under his early autograph gallery effort)

Handwritten note dated July 20, 1893 from Wallace Bruce (U. S. Consul in Edinburgh) to a Mr. and Mrs. Angus., July 20, 1893

Item — Box: 1

Identifier: 12

Dates: July 20, 1893

Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4506, James Lowell Gibbs collection of African-American documents / Series III. Letters to persons other than Ambler or Chesnutt (probably obtained by Ambler under his early autograph gallery effort)

Handwritten letter dated Dec. 8, 1887 from J. W. Rainey, first black Congressman, to the President, recommending a Henry Noah for the position of Collector of Customs in Charleston. Evidently Rainey was ex-Congressman at the time he wrote., Dec. 8, 1887

Item — Box: 1

Identifier: 13

Dates: Dec. 8, 1887

Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4506, James Lowell Gibbs collection of African-American documents / Series III. Letters to persons other than Ambler or Chesnutt (probably obtained by Ambler under his early autograph gallery effort)

Letter dated May 22, 1915 from Fenton Johnson (black poet) to Stanley K. Faye, Literary Editor of the Chicago Daily News, concerning an appraisal of one of Johnson's books., May 22, 1915

Item — Box: 1

Identifier: 14

Dates: May 22, 1915

Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4506, James Lowell Gibbs collection of African-American documents / Series III. Letters to persons other than Ambler or Chesnutt (probably obtained by Ambler under his early autograph gallery effort)

Handwritten letter of Aug. 31, 1865 (from London) from Gerard Ralston, Consul General of Liberia to an unverifiable person. (Original returned to donor, Aug. 10, 1995.), Aug. 31, 1865

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Identifier: 15

Dates: Aug. 31, 1865

Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4506, James Lowell Gibbs collection of African-American documents / Series III. Letters to persons other than Ambler or Chesnutt (probably obtained by Ambler under his early autograph gallery effort)

Handwritten letter dated July 16, 1903 to Chesnutt from W. E. B. DuBois in which he discusses his intention to found a magazine (which he later did, the Crisis). (Returned to donor, Aug. 10, 1995)., July 16, 1903

Item — Box: 1

Identifier: 16

Dates: July 16, 1903

Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4506, James Lowell Gibbs collection of African-American documents / Series IV. Letters to Chesnutt

Handwritten letter dated Oct. 5, 1903 to Chesnutt from Kelly Miller., Oct. 5, 1903

Item — Box: 1

Identifier: 17

Dates: Oct. 5, 1903

Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4506, James Lowell Gibbs collection of African-American documents / Series IV. Letters to Chesnutt

Typed letter, dated Oct. 26, 1903 to Chesnutt from Booker T. Washington (with brief handwritten postscript)., Oct. 26, 1903

Item — Box: 1

Identifier: 18

Dates: Oct. 26, 1903

Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4506, James Lowell Gibbs collection of African-American documents / Series IV. Letters to Chesnutt

Undated clipping from unidentified paper describing visit to Oberlin of delegates to an NAACP convention in Cleveland.

Item — Box: 1

Identifier: 19

Dates: 1865-1918.

Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4506, James Lowell Gibbs collection of African-American documents / Series V. Other materials--not addressed to anyone in particular

Undated signature on a card by the black British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Has attached photograph clipped from a contemporary magazine.

Item — Box: 1

Identifier: 20

Dates: 1865-1918.

Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4506, James Lowell Gibbs collection of African-American documents / Series V. Other materials--not addressed to anyone in particular

Box 1

Contains 26 Results:

Handwritten letter dated Nov. 7, 1883 from William Still to Karl Knotz in which Still promises to send the latter a copy of the newly revised edition of Underground Railway., Nov. 7, 1883

Handwritten note dated July 20, 1893 from Wallace Bruce (U. S. Consul in Edinburgh) to a Mr. and Mrs. Angus., July 20, 1893

Handwritten letter dated Dec. 8, 1887 from J. W. Rainey, first black Congressman, to the President, recommending a Henry Noah for the position of Collector of Customs in Charleston. Evidently Rainey was ex-Congressman at the time he wrote., Dec. 8, 1887

Letter dated May 22, 1915 from Fenton Johnson (black poet) to Stanley K. Faye, Literary Editor of the Chicago Daily News, concerning an appraisal of one of Johnson's books., May 22, 1915

Handwritten letter of Aug. 31, 1865 (from London) from Gerard Ralston, Consul General of Liberia to an unverifiable person. (Original returned to donor, Aug. 10, 1995.), Aug. 31, 1865

Handwritten letter dated July 16, 1903 to Chesnutt from W. E. B. DuBois in which he discusses his intention to found a magazine (which he later did, the Crisis). (Returned to donor, Aug. 10, 1995)., July 16, 1903

Handwritten letter dated Oct. 5, 1903 to Chesnutt from Kelly Miller., Oct. 5, 1903

Typed letter, dated Oct. 26, 1903 to Chesnutt from Booker T. Washington (with brief handwritten postscript)., Oct. 26, 1903

Undated clipping from unidentified paper describing visit to Oberlin of delegates to an NAACP convention in Cleveland.

Undated signature on a card by the black British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Has attached photograph clipped from a contemporary magazine.