American Colonization Society Records
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American Colonization Society Records 1792-1964 (bulk 1823-1912)
American Colonization Society
Biographical History for: American Colonization Society Records 1792-1964 (bulk 1823-1912)
Chronology of Events Date Event 1816 Meetings held at Washington, D.C., to discuss forming a colonization society 1817 “The American Society for Colonizing Free People of Colour of the United States” founded at Washington, D.C., with Bushrod Washington as president and Elias B. Caldwell as secretary Ebenezer Burgess and Samuel J. Mills sent to Africa to select a suitable site for the colony 1820 First colonists sent to Africa where they resided at Sierra Leone 1821 Eli Ayres and Robert Stockton purchased land for a colony at Cape Mesurado on the west coast of Africa 1822 Ralph R. Gurley elected secretary of the society First settlers established at Cape Mesurado Jehudi Ashmun arrived in Africa and became the society's first colonial agent (died 1828) 1824 Ralph R. Gurley visited the colonists Territory of new colony named Liberia; settlement named Monrovia 1825 Publication of the first issue of the society's journal, African Repository 1837 American Colonization Society incorporated in Maryland 1837-1839 Society reorganized; new constitution adopted Samuel Wilkeson named president of the board of directors and general agent in charge of administration (resigned 1841) Ralph R. Gurley named corresponding secretary 1839 Commonwealth of Liberia organized under a governor appointed by the society Thomas Buchanan named governor of Liberia (died 1841) 1841 Joseph Jenkins Roberts named governor of Liberia 1844 William McLain elected secretary of the society 1847 Liberia declared independence; Joseph Jenkins Roberts chosen president 1857 Republics of Liberia and Maryland in Liberia united 1858 William McLain elected financial secretary and treasurer of the society (died 1873) 1862 United States formally recognized Liberia 1873 William Coppinger elected financial secretary and treasurer (died 1892) 1912-1913 Society's active support of emigration ceased 1929 Booker Washington Agriculture and Industrial Institute founded in Kakata, Liberia, largely supported by the American Colonization Society and the Phelps-Stokes Fund 1954 Booker Washington Institute became a technical college attached to the University of Liberia, Kakata, Liberia 1963 Directors voted to dissolve the society; functions ceased 1964 American Colonization Society legally dissolved; assets turned over to the Phelps-Stokes Fund
Scope and Content Note The records of the American Colonization Society span the years 1792-1964, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1823-1912. The records include a variety of material, but in terms of content and physical size the various correspondence series predominate. The society's major interests and activities changed in emphasis during its long history, and this change is reflected in the voluminous correspondence, which ranges in subject from routine administrative and financial matters to the problems of slavery, the status of slaves and freedmen in society, and the advantages and disadvantages of emigration and colonization. The collection is organized in seven series: Incoming Correspondence, Outgoing Correspondence, General Correspondence, Financial Papers, Business Papers, Subject File, and Miscellany. During the decades prior to the Civil War, the society sought to implement its solution to the slavery problem – colonization of Negroes in Africa – by establishing the colony of Liberia on the west coast of Africa and raising money to transport and support emigrants. Also during this period the society came under attack from critics, particularly William Lloyd Garrison and other abolitionists, who termed it proslavery and succeeded in winning over some previously ardent colonizationists, notably Gerrit Smith, a major contributor to the society's efforts prior to 1835. The efforts of the society to maintain neutrality on the slavery issue and to appeal to all sections of the country are also reflected in the correspondence. Notable correspondents of the pre-Civil War period include Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater, Benjamin Coates, Elliott Cresson, John H. Eaton, Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, Reverend R. S. Finley, Thomas R. Hazzard, Silas Howe, John H. B. Latrobe, John Maclean, and Anson Greene Phelps. An index to incoming correspondence for the period 1839-1855 is located in at the end of the Domestic Letters subseries of the Incoming Correspondence series. Correspondence in the collection also reveals the difficulty the society experienced in obtaining funds to carry on its work. Letters document the largely unsuccessful efforts to get financial aid from the United States Congress and state legislatures, and reports received from agents around the country attest to the difficulty in obtaining individual contributions and the lack of cooperation from various state auxiliaries. After the Civil War, the society's activities centered primarily on helping people who wished to emigrate and on providing funds for their support after arrival in Liberia. The correspondence, accordingly, is concerned mainly with obtaining funds for these purposes through private contributions and with counseling those who wished to emigrate. Letters requesting help in moving to Liberia are numerous until 1910, when the activity of the society in this area diminished. Lists of applicants for passage to Liberia appear in the correspondence during the late-nineteenth century as well as in separate registers and rolls contained in the Subject File series. Major figures in the society in this later period were William Coppinger and William McLain. Correspondents include D. C. Haynes, John H. B. Latrobe, John Orcutt, and Joseph Tracy. A large number of communications are from the firm of Yates & Porterfield of New York, through which the society arranged passage to Liberia for the emigrants. After the turn of the century the society was primarily concerned with the support of education in Liberia, and correspondence is devoted chiefly to administrative and financial matters, particularly cooperation with the Phelps-Stokes Fund in support of the Booker Washington Agricultural and Industrial Institute founded at Kakata, Liberia, in 1929. Throughout its history, the society received reports from Liberia telling of the conditions of the various settlements. Some of the earliest letters were written by Jehudi Ashmun, one of the society's first agents in Liberia, describing the progress and problems of the colony in 1823 and the need for American support. Later reports and dispatches from the colony come from Stephen Benson, Thomas Buchanan, first governor of Liberia under the commonwealth system, Edward W. Blyden, J. W. Lugenbeel, and Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1809-1876), who became the first president of the Republic of Liberia in 1847. There is also correspondence from ordinary settlers in which they relate their travel experiences, describe the settlements they established or into which they moved, and discuss future plans. Additional records documenting the administrative functions of the society include financial ledgers, account books, and registers of names of contributors and subscribers to the African Repository, the society's journal. The original books of minutes and proceedings of the meetings of the society are also in the records as are drafts and manuscript copies of many of the annual reports. Letters from society members and reports from Liberia were often reprinted in the African Repository and annual reports. Many letters for the period prior to 1823 survive only in this form. A few letters printed in the annual reports of 1819-1821 were preserved by Peter Force, then printer for the society; these now form part of the Peter Force Papers in the Manuscript Division.
series
I: Incoming Correspondence, 1819-1917
subseries
A: Domestic Letters, 1823-1912
Letters received by the society from within the United States concerning all areas in which the society was involved and letters from Liberia before 1833. Subjects include memberships, contributions, finances, emigration, and the African Repository, as well as the views of the society's officers and members on the question of slavery and the position of slaves and free blacks in the United States.
file
1823, July 17-1926, Nov. 12
Jan. 20-Mar. 20
Mar. 21-June 28
June 29-Aug. 14
Aug. 15-Oct. 21
Oct. 22-Dec. 11
Feb. 12-May 5
May 7-Aug. 4
Aug. 5-Oct. 19
Oct. 20-Dec. 27
Feb. 9-Apr. 27
Apr. 28-June 26
June 29-July 21
July 22-Aug. 25
Aug. 26-Oct. 31
Nov. 1-Dec. 19
Feb. 12-Mar. 31
Apr. 1-June 1
June 2-July 6
July 7-15
July 16-Aug. 8
Aug. 9-31
Sept. 1-Oct. 5
Oct. 6-Nov. 6
Nov. 7-Dec. 31
Jan. 1-Mar.31
Apr. 2-June 19
June 21-July 15
July 16-Aug. 16
Aug. 17-Sept. 15
Sept. 16-Nov. 4
Nov. 5-Dec. 14
Jan. 19-Feb. 22
Feb. 23-Apr. 5
Apr. 6-May 14
May 16-July 3
July 4-22
July 23-Aug. 8
Aug. 9-Sept. 5
Sept. 6-Oct. 4
Oct. 5-Nov. 5
Jan. 25-Mar. 16
Mar. 18-Apr. 24
Apr. 25-June 10
June 11-July 15
July 16-Aug. 6
Aug. 7-Sept. 17
Sept. 18-Oct. 15
Oct. 16-Nov. 20
Nov. 21-Dec. 30
Jan.-Apr.
A-C
D-H
J-W
May-Dec.
A-B
C-E
F-H
I-M
N-S
S-Y
Jan.-May
A-G
H-W
May-Aug.
A-F
G-M
N-W
Sept.-Dec.
A-J
J-Z
A-H
A-D
E-L
M-W
May-Sept.
Oct.-Dec.
A-W
Jan.-June
H-Y
June-Sept.
Jan. 1-Feb. 9
Feb. 11-Mar. 30
Apr. 1-May 13
May 14-June 29
July 1-31
Aug. 1-Sept. 30
Oct. 2-Nov. 26
Nov. 27-Dec. 31
Jan. 1-Feb. 1
Feb. 2-Mar. 30
June 1-30 (nos. 1-90)
Apr. 1-10 (nos. 91-112)
Apr. 11-May 30 (nos. 113-229)
Aug. 1-Sept. 29
Oct. 1-Nov. 24
Nov. 25-Dec. 24
Jan. 4-Feb. 2
Feb. 3-Mar. 22
Apr. 1-May 11
May 12-June 29
Aug. 1-29
Aug. 30-Sept. 30
Oct. 1-Nov. 15
Nov. 16-Dec. 31
Jan. 1-Feb. 11
Apr. 1-May 17
May 18-July 16
July 1-Sept. 28
Oct. 1-Nov. 22
Nov. 23-Dec. 31
Jan. 2-Feb. 14
Feb. 15- Mar. 31
Apr. 1-June 8
May 1- June 29
June 1-Aug. 5
Aug. 6-16
Aug. 17-Nov. 10
Nov. 11-Dec. 30
Jan. 1-Feb. 15
Feb. 16-Mar. 30
Apr. 1-June 29
July 1-Sept. 30
Oct. 1-Nov. 29
Nov. 30-Dec. 27
Feb. 11-Mar. 31
Jan. 8-June 30
July 1-Aug. 15
Aug. 16-Sept. 29
Oct. 1-Nov. 1
Nov. 5-Dec. 31
Feb. 10-Mar. 30
Feb. 5-May 12
May 13-June 30
July 1-Aug. 17
Aug. 18-Sept. 30
Oct. 1-23
Oct. 24-Nov. 24
Nov. 25-Dec. 31
Jan. 1-Feb. 10
Jan. 20-May 10
May 11-June 29
Mar. 3-Sept. 16
Aug. 1-31
Sept. 17-30
Oct. 1-30
Sept. 12-Oct. 30
Nov. 1-Dec. 3
Dec. 4-31
Jan. 1-24
Jan. 25-Feb. 26
Feb. 27- Mar. 31
July 8-May 10
May 11-June 30
Feb. 18-July 26
July 27-Aug. 28
Aug. 29-Sept. 30
May 29-Nov. 6
Nov. 7-Dec. 4
Dec. 5-30
Jan. 1-18
Jan. 19-Feb. 16
Feb. 17-Mar. 31
Apr. 2-May 8
May 9-June 30
July 1-Aug. 9
Aug. 10-Sept. 30
Oct. 1-Nov. 19
Nov. 20-Dec. 31
Jan. 1-Feb. 25
Feb. 26-Mar. 30
May 18- June 30
July 1-Aug. 6
Aug. 7-Sept. 30
Oct. 1-Nov. 16
Nov. 18-Dec. 31
Jan. 1-Feb. 5
Feb. 6-Mar. 31
Apr. 1-May 8
July 1-Aug. 7
Aug. 8-Sept. 30
Oct. 1-Nov. 21
Nov. 22-Dec. 31
Jan. 1-Feb. 16
Apr. 1-May 6
May 7-June 30
July 1-Aug. 11
Aug. 12-Sept. 30
Jan.1- Feb. 11
Nov. 17-Dec. 31
Feb. 10-Mar. 31
Apr. 1-May 5
May 6-June 30
R 74Oct. 1-Nov. 12
Nov. 13-Dec. 30
Jan. 1-Feb. 6
Feb. 7-Mar. 10
Mar. 11-31
Mar. 31-July 10
May 12-June 30
July 2-Aug. 7
Oct. 1-Nov. 8
Nov. 9-Dec. 31
Jan. 1-Feb. 18
Feb. 19-Mar. 31
Apr. 1-May 9
May 10-June 30
Oct. 1-Nov. 14
Nov. 15-Dec. 31
Jan. 1-Feb. 13
Feb. 14-Mar. 31
Apr. 1-May 7
May 8-June 29
Oct. 1-Nov. 9
Nov. 10-Dec. 31
Jan. 1-Mar. 31
Apr. 1-June 30
Oct.1-Dec. 31
Oct. 1-Dec. 31
Jan. 1-Feb. 19
Feb. 20-Mar. 31
Apr. 2-May 22
May 23-June 30
July 2-Sept. 29
Jan. 1-Mar. 30
Oct. 2-Dec. 31
July 1-Sept. 29
Jan. 4-Mar. 31
Jan. 3-Mar. 31
Oct. 2-Dec. 30
Apr. 2-June 30
Oct. 1-Nov. 4
Feb. 26-Mar. 31
Apr. 1-27
Apr. 28-June 30
Oct. 1-Dec. 30
Jan. 2-Mar. 31
July 2-Sept. 30
July 1-Sept. 31
Oct. 4-Dec. 31
Apr. 2-June 29
Jan.-Mar.
Apr.-June
July-Sept.
Index and nos. 1-25
Index and nos. 1-200
Index and nos. 1-400
Apr. -June
July
Aug.-Sept.
Oct.
Nov.-Dec.
Special letters
Index and nos. 1-150
Mar.-June
June-Dec.
1893, Jan.-1894, Jan.
1892, Nov.-1894, July
1894, July-Dec.
1894, Dec.-1895, June
Index and nos. 1-300
Index and nos. 1-450
1896, Feb.-1897, Apr.
1899, Mar.-1903, May
1902, May-1906, June
1904, Mar.-1906, June
Index and nos. 1-250
1906, July-1908, July
1908, July-1912, Mar.
Miscellaneous letters, 1911-1912
Register of incoming letters (1816-1823)
Index to letters received (1839-1855)
Incoming letter register (1863)
B: Letters from Liberia, 1833-1917
Letters received by the society from colonists and society and colony officials in Liberia.
1839, Nov. 12-1842, June 20
1847, July 24-1848, Dec. 11
1850, July 9-1851, Nov. 6
1853, Jan. 20-Oct. 3
1857, Apr. 23-Dec. 21
Jan. 11-July 16
July 17-Nov. 16
1859, Mar. 1-Nov. 16
1859, Dec. 2-1860, July 2
1860, July-Oct. 22
1868, Jan. 21-Dec. 29
1873, Apr. 29-Dec. 25
1877, Sept. 3-1878-Dec. 23
1879, Jan. 1-Oct. 3
1881, Jan. 18-Sept. 13
1884, May 24-Dec. 30
Jan. 1-July 7
July 8-Dec. 26
July 19-Dec. 30
1874, Sept. 20-1878, Sept. 8
Jan. 8-June 27
June 28-Dec. 27
Jan. 5-May 14
May 16-Dec. 24
1889, Jan. 4-Dec. 27
1893, Apr. 24-1897, June 7
1897, July 12-1899, Sept. 19
1903, Feb. 2-1917, June 8
Miscellaneous, 1840-1848
Dispatches of Thomas Buchanan, 1839-1841
Dispatches from Joseph Jenkins Roberts, 1840-1848
Letters from J. N. Lewis and J. W. Lugenbeel, 1841, 1848
C: Herndon Slaves, 1854
Letters received by the society in response to a special circular appealing for funds to send the slaves liberated by T. D. Herndon of Virginia to Liberia.
Aug. 4-21
Aug. 21-Dec. 2
D: William McLain Private Letters, 1831-1850
Letters received by McLain from friends and members of his family generally concerning personal matters.
1831, Oct. 27-1836, Sept. 6
1848, Jan. 16-1849, Sept. 6
E: Miscellaneous, 1819-1912
Letters received. Much of the early material consists of letters from Jehudi Ashmun in Liberia concerning the conditions and problems in the colony in the 1820s.
1819-1839, letters received, domestic
1823, letters from Liberia
Agreement between the American Colonization Society and the Republic of Liberia, 1849, Mar. 23-1856, Dec. 13
1860, “Liberated Slaves”
Jan.-Aug.
Sept.-Oct.
Jan.-Feb.
Apr.
Mar.
Mar -Dec.
1893, Jan.-Dec.
1894, Jan.-July
Report on missionaries, 1894
1894, Sept.-Oct.
Undated
II: Outgoing Correspondence, 1839-1912
Domestic Letters, 1839-1912
Letters sent by society's administrative officers, chiefly the current secretary, concerning general matters.
Wilkeson, Samuel, and others
1839, May 7-1840, Sept. 25
McLain, William, and others
1841, Aug. 13-1843, July 24
1843, July 25-1845, Mar. 10
1852, Mar. 26-Nov. 2
1852, Nov. 2-1853, Sept. 17
1853, Sept. 19-1854, July 19
1854, July 22-1855, May 29
1856, Oct. 30-1858, July 10
1858, July 13-1860, Dec. 17
1865, June 10-1867, Nov. 15
Coppinger, William, and others
1872, June 5-1874, June 9
1874, June 10-1877, June 28
1877, June 30-1879, Sept. 29
1879, Oct. 1-1881, June 28
1881, June 29-1883, June 21
1883, June 22-1885, Mar. 7
Wilson, Ormand J., and others
1892, Feb. 22-1893, June 29
1893, June 26-1895, Aug. 13
Ralph R. Gurley Letterbooks, 1856-1866
Letters written by Gurley when he was corresponding secretary of the society.
1856, Jan. 1-Sept.
1856, Sept. 2-1857, Sept. 23
1861, Jan. 24-1866, Sept. 7
Joseph Tracey Letterbooks, 1856-1873
Letters of the secretary of the Massachusetts Colonization Society concerning matters involving that organization, particularly its relations with the parent society.
1856, June 20-1859, May 24
1859, June 1-1867, May 7
Letters from Liberia, 1843-1874
Letters received from Liberia.
1843, July 13-1852, Oct. 1
1850, Dec. 13-1856, June 19
1856, July 31-1862, Mar. 7
Sailings to Liberia and related matter, 1848-1853
From J. W. Lugenbeel, 1852-1857
From Ralph R. Gurley, 1858-1864
From legation of Liberia, 1865-1874
III: General Correspondence, 1909-1965
Incoming and outgoing correspondence relating chiefly to administrative matters when the activity of the society was limited and membership dwindled.
G-S
T-Z
Financial, 1960-1965
IV: Financial Papers, 1818-1963
Receipts, account books, ledgers, statements, and miscellaneous papers of a purely financial nature. A small amount of correspondence concerning financial matters is included.
Accounts and receipts
1910-1929, undated
Bills of lading, 1845-1865
Bills and receipts
Financial reports
Insurance policies
Leases
Miscellaneous
Notes and statements from James L. Norris, treasurer
Treasurer's vouchers and auditors' reports
Miscellaneous account books and books listing donations
American Security & Trust Co., correspondence and statements, 1912-1939
Finance letters, 1839-1840
Account books
Accounts
1885, Oct. 7-1892, June 28
Ledger accounts
Ledger, 1818-1829
Ledger B, 1834-1837
Index to ledger B
Ledger C, 1836-1842
Ledger D, 1842-1845
Ledger E, 1846-1854
Ledger F, 1855-1859
Ledger G, 1859-1876
Index to ledger G
Ledgers
Accounts ledger, 1907
Ledger, auxiliary society, 1820-1830
Journals
1842, Jan.-1845, Dec.
1850, July 1-1854, Dec. 30
1855, Jan.-1859, Dec.
1859, Dec. -1865, Dec.
1866, Jan.-1875, Dec.
1876, Jan.-1904, Feb.
Massachusetts Auxiliary
Cashbook, 1849, Jan. 9-1853, May 6
Treasurer's accounts
Cash accounts, 1895, Jan. 1-1911, Jan. 13
Cashbook, 1907-1963
Liberia accounts
Monrovia, Liberia, journal accounts, 1839, Mar, 20-1847, Dec. 30
Check stubs, 1863-1865, William McLain
Memoranda of legacies, 1851-1876
Accounts of rents, 1891-1904
Rents, 1904-1906
Receipt book, 1845, Jan. 4-1861, May
Receipts, 1851-1853
Invoice book, 1860-1861
Register of letters, 1832
Bills payable, 1842
Accounts payable, 1899
Accounts receivable
Stock book, 1851-1862
Stock inventory, 1841, Jan. 1-1851, Sept.
Liberia inventory, 1851
Store inventory, 1828
Daybook, 1828, Mar. 26-Nov. 1
Account book, National Bank of Washington
1869, Oct. 2-1890, June 30
1890, July-1892, Mar. 22
Record of accounts, Graham legacy fund, 1871, Dec. 12-1876, Sept. 30
James Saul fund, 1883-1888
Register of payments, 1820-1832
List of contributions, 1820-1832
*Containers IV:94-IV:96 were filmed out of sequence
Contributions, 1832-1834
Expenditures, 1832-1834
Record of contributions, 1832
Medicines sent to Liberia
V: Business Papers, 1816-1963
Annual reports, proceedings and minutes of the annual meetings of the board of directors and the executive committee, membership and donation records, and papers concerning the African Repository.
Annual reports and special reports, 1818, 1840, 1843-1855
Annual reports
Proceedings, 1816, Dec. 21-1825, Feb. 19; constitution
Board of managers
Proceedings, 1817, Mar. 4-1828, Oct. 15
Minutes
Proceedings, 1842, Jan. 20-1869, Jan. 20
Docket for executive committee meetings
1859, June 4-1868, Sept. 18
Board of directors, executive committee journal
1845, Apr.-1854, Dec.
Annual meeting minutes
Executive committee minutes, 1895, Nov. 12
Board of directors minutes, extracts, 1838-1863
Bylaws of the board of managers adopted, 1827, Jan. 25
Board of directors and executive committee miscellany
African Repository subscription book
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan, 1846-1858
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, 1845-1857
Pennsylvania, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, and foreign, 1845-1856
Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, 1845-1856
Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, 1845-1855
1845-1856, bills sent, 1869
Accounts, 1840-1848
Subscription book
Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama
Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and California
Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont
New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania
African Repository subscription lists
Newspaper subscription list
New England subscribers, 1845-1876
Subscription book, 1846-1854, A-M
List of subscribers
Subscription book, 1846-1855
List of subscribers, 1854-1858
African Repository, vol. 13, index
Subscription lists
Membership list, circa 1881-1891
Original subscription list, 1817
List of life members
VI: Subject File, 1792-1964
Correspondence, manuscripts, reports, legal papers, and other material.
Acquisition of land in Africa, 1821
Acquisition of St. Paul's territory, journal, treaty, accounts, and miscellany, 1825-1826 (printed copies and an 1831 draft)
Advisory committee on education in Liberia and Booker Washington Agricultural and Industrial Institute, Kakata, Liberia
African Repository miscellany
Agents of the society
Agreements concerning recaptured Africans
Agreements regarding U.S. Government stores in Liberia, 1844
American Colonization Society v. Kelly, 1931-1932
Analostan Island and Georgetown property, Washington, D.C.,1901-1936
Auxiliary societies
Bacon, Samuel, extracts from journal
Benjamin Coates Primary School, 1892-1893
Benjamin Coates fund
Booker Washington Agricultural and Industrial Institute, Kakata, Liberia
1933-1940, minutes of trustee meetings
Port de Bordeaux, commerce avec le Sénégal, 1892
Right Reverend Robert E. Campbell, 1926-1933
Charter parties, 1843-1865
Colonization building, 450 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C., 1911-1930, May
Congressional bills regarding trade and commerce, 1890-1894
Constitution of the American Colonization Society, draft
Contracts with U.S. government
Crozer, Samuel A., biographical material
Currency
Dailey v. American Colonization Society
Deeds
Charles Irving to John Coles, 1792
Lands in Africa, 1822-1834
Purchase agreements, 1840-1845
Documents regarding dispute between Governor Thomas Buchanan and Methodist missionaries, 1840-1841
Donovan, Caroline
Trust fund
Court papers
Education in Liberia and Booker Washington Agricultural and Industrial Institute, Kakata, Liberia
Emigration
List of applicants for passage to Liberia, 1850-1893
1912-1921, undated
Gibson, Nugent H., former agent in Liberia, 1910-1928
Golconda (ship)
General
Partial loss, 1868-1871
Graham trust fund, 1910-1925
Graham School No. 1, reports, 1896-1911
Graham School No. 2, reports, 1897-1904
Graham School No. 3, reports, 1898-1911
Graham School No. 4, reports, 1899-1900
Hall School, 1891-1909
History
Hurd, Samuel, estate, 1843-1872
Indentures
Industrial Home School, report, 1902
Inventory of office furnishings, circa 1910
Johnson, Henry L. E., 1912-1915
Johnson, William G., 1919-1929
Jones, James David, biographical material
“The Junk Establishment”
Kosciuszko, Thaddeus, wills and estate, 1798-1827
Land holdings in Liberia, 1915
Lane Seminary Trustees v. American Colonization Society, 1929-1932
League of Nations, 1933
Legal papers, miscellaneous
Liberia College, Monrovia, Liberia, 1918-1936
Liberia
Government of
Agreement between Republic of Liberia and American Colonization Society, 1848
“Sketch of the History of Liberia”
Neutrality of Liberia, 1914
Resolutions for closer relations with England
Treaty with native kings, 1840, Apr. 6
Visit of Henry L. West in 1932
Liberian loan, 1920-1921
Life membership certificates
Plate
Samples
Lusk, Robert, estate, 1853-1857
Lyon, Ernest, consul general of Liberia in the United States, 1913-1921
McLain, William, nomination and appointment as minister of Liberia to the United States, 1850
Manuscripts
Manuscripts, articles, and reports, circa 1940-1948
Manuscript articles on Africa by Hugh Thomas Douglas, 1889
Manuscript regarding early colonization efforts of the American Colonization Society
Manuscript “England and Liberia”
Manuscript “Steam Communication between the United States and the West Coast of Africa,” by E. E. Smith
Manuscript regarding Liberia by Henry L. West
Maps
Map of Liberia, 1845
Maps of Liberia, 1857, 1862
Map of Liberia by Hugh Thomas Douglas, 1889
Maryland in Liberia, resolutions on the death of James Hall and John H. B. Latrobe
Membership
Milton, Thomas Hector, 1937
Miscellaneous lists of names, unidentified
Miscellany
New York State Colonization Society
Overs, Reverend Walter H., 1922-1926
Oxley, Howard W., 1931
Pennsylvania Colonization Society, resolutions on the death of Elliot Cresson, 1854
Peters, John R., legacy, 1914-1919
Petitions to Congress
Plans and specifications for cottages in Liberia
“Plan of the town of Messurado, Western Africa,” 1823, Apr.
“Platt of lands Located in the Settlement of Johnsonville. . . . .”
Sibley, James L., 1925-1929
Sippel, Franz, 1924-1927
Smith, E. E., agent of the society, report of Oct. 1892
Smith, Oliver, estate, 1859-1861
State Department, 1922-1925, 1932-1936
Stevens, John, Maryland State Colonization Society v. American Colonization Society, 1868
Stevens v. American Colonization Society, 1923-1924
Treaties
Trust funds
Histories of
Virginia, an act making appropriations for the removal of free persons of color, 1850
Walker, Walter F., agent in Liberia, 1914-1921
“A West African Journey,” by Claude A. and Etta Moten Barnett, 1947
West, Henry L., 1929-1939
Wills
A-P
Myers, Margaret J.
R-Z
Wills and estates, printed matter regarding H. F. Worley, 1920-1922
Register of emigrants, 1835, Mar. 4-1857, July 3
Emigration register, 1820-1832
Applicants for emigration, 1826-1856
Applicants for passage to Liberia, 1856-1889
Laws and land records of Liberia
Travel pictures of Liberia by J. Buttikofer, 1890
“The One Thousand Agents,” circa 1856
“An Essay on the Late Institution of ’The American Society for Colonizing Free People of Colour of the United States'”
VII: Miscellany, 1835-1935
Unidentified indexes and memorandum books, printed matter, and newspaper clippings.
Unidentified indexes
Miscellaneous memorandum books
Map, survey for Booker Washington Institute, Kakata, Liberia, 1935
Printed matter
Newspaper clippings
Printed matter, including issues of African Repository, 1835-1892, and Liberia Bulletin, 1905-1909
Clippings