Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)Myrtilla Miner papers, 1825-1960
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Main title
- Myrtilla Miner papers, 1825-1960 (bulk 1850-1861).
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Description
- 600 items.
- 4 containers plus 1 oversize.
- 4 microfilm reels.
- 1.2 linear feet.
Access advisory
- Open to research.
Finding aids
- Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010088 opens in a new window
Local shelving no.
- MMC-2954
- Oversize 1:6
- Microfilm 18,727-4N-4P
Biography/History note
- Educator.
Organized/Arranged
- Arranged by type of material and alphabetically therein.
Summary
- Correspondence, school essays, notes, clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating to the Normal School for Colored Girls (Washington, D.C.), the Civil War, feminism, slavery, and spiritualism. Includes an unfinished biography of Miner written by Lester Grosvenor Wells and correspondence of Achsa Miner and other Miner family members. Other correspondents include William H. Beecher, Walpole Cecil, Samuel Rhoads, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Benjamin Tatham.
LC Subjects
- Beecher, William H. (William Henry), 1802-1889--Correspondence.
- Cecil, Walpole, approximately 1836---Correspondence.
- Miner, Achsa--Correspondence.
- Rhoads, Samuel, 1806-1868--Correspondence.
- Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte, 1819-1899--Correspondence.
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896--Correspondence.
- Tatham, Benjamin--Correspondence.
- Wells, Lester Grosvenor.
- Normal School for Colored Girls (Washington, D.C.)
- African Americans--Washington (D.C.)
- Education--Washington (D.C.)
- Feminism.
- Slavery--United States.
- Spiritualism.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Educators.
Other Subjects
- Miner family--Correspondence.
Notes
- Collection material in English.
Acquisition source
- Gift, Sophia M. Albe and Lester G. Wells, 1952.
Cite as
- Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, Myrtilla Miner Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Additional formats
- Myrtilla Miner Papers at the Library of Congress available onsite at the Library of Congress or offsite with a subscription to Gale through the Women: Transnational Networks Archive on the Gale Primary Sources website at https://link.gale.com/apps/collection/5ACT/NCCO?u=loc_main&sid=NCCO opens in a new window
- Microfilm edition available, no. 18,727.
- Microfilm produced from originals, photocopies, and transcripts in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1983.
LCCN
- mm 78033027
Other standard no.
- MSS33027
Repository
- Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home opens in a new window
Type of material
- Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
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- Microfilm 18,727-4P
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- Not Charged
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- Microfilm 18,727
- Master negative
- Set 1
- Master negative do not circulate.
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