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Collection Number: 05464

Collection Title: Harriet Jacobs Family Papers Project Records, 1890s-2005 (bulk 1989-2005)

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Size 31.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 25,000 items)
Abstract Harriet Jacobs was an enslaved person who self-emancipated by running away and later an abolitionist who wrote about her experiences in her autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861). Jean Fagan Yellin is the head of the Harriet Jacobs Family Papers Project and author of The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers (2008), a two-volume collection of primary source material related to Jacobs and her family. The collection consists chiefly of materials collected by Jean Fagan Yellin in her work as the head of the Harriet Jacobs Family Papers Project. Included are several original letters by or about members of the Jacobs family; Yellin's administrative files; email print-outs and correspondence with archives and research centers; photocopied primary source materials, including letters, newspaper clippings, and other documents; indexes of collected and consulted items; and background subject files compiled to supplement the research effort. Topics include the Jacobs family and the related Knox family; slavery and enslaved people who self-emancipated by running away; abolition; Harriet Jacobs's life in North Carolina, New York (with the Willis family), and Boston; her antislavery work during the Civil War; and other topics.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Harriet Jacobs Family Papers Project Records #5464, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Jean Fagan Yellin in October 2009 (Acc. 101285).
Sensitive Materials Statement
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Processed by: Ashley Honeycutt and Jackie Dean, November 2011; Martin Gengenbach, January 2012

Encoded by: Jackie Dean, November 2011; Martin Gengenbach, January 2012

Conscious editing by Nancy Kaiser, August 2023: Updated abstract, subject headings, collection overview, contents list

NOTE: Since August 2017, we have added ethnic and racial identities for individuals and families represented in collections. To determine identity, we rely on self-identification; other information supplied to the repository by collection creators or sources; public records, press accounts, and secondary sources; and contextual information in the collection materials. Omissions of ethnic and racial identities in finding aids created or updated after August 2017 are an indication of insufficient information to make an educated guess or an individual's preference for identity information to be excluded from description. When we have misidentified, please let us know at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu.

NOTE: Original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained. First names added to file folder titles by archivists are enclosed in []. Some of the original file folder titles contain language that some researchers may consider harmful. Archivists have not removed racial terms "Negro" or "Colored" because we feel they provide important historical context about the materials and who created them and they facilitate the research process. We recognize that these terms also may cause harm and will periodically revisit our decision to include them. We recognize the complexity of this issue and welcome feedback on this decision at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu.

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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813-1897) was born enslaved in Edenton, N.C., in 1813. Following mistreatment and sexual predations by her enslaver, Dr. James Norcom, Jacobs managed to escape in 1835, hiding nearby in the home of her grandmother. After seven years in hiding, Jacobs fled north to Philadelphia, Penn., in 1842, and then to New York, N.Y. There, she worked for the family of Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806-1867), travelling with the family to England in 1845. It was while working for Willis that Jacobs penned Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861). Jacobs later moved to Boston and lived with her brother, John S. Jacobs (1815-1875), and her two children, Louisa Matilda Jacobs (1833-1913) and Joseph Jacobs (b. 1829). She also became increasingly involved in efforts for the abolition of slavery. During the American Civil War, she participated in a variety of different causes: raising funds to assist escaped enslaved people who travelled north; speaking at various society meetings and conventions; organizing schools and relief work on behalf of those displaced by the war; and working at refugee camps and first aid stations across New England, Washington, D.C., and Virginia. Later in life, Jacobs struggled with unemployment and illness. She died in 1897.

Jean Fagan Yellin is Distinguished Professor Emerita of English at Pace University in New York, N.Y., and author of The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers (2008), a two-volume collection of primary source material related to Harriet Jacobs and her family. Yellin has written extensively on issues of race and gender in nineteenth-century America and has also edited an edition of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. In 2004, she published a biography of Jacobs titled Harriet Jacobs: A Life.

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The collection consists chiefly of materials collected by Jean Fagan Yellin in her work as the head of the Harriet Jacobs Family Papers Project. Included are several original letters by or about members of the Jacobs family; Yellin's administrative files; email print-outs and correspondence with archives and research centers; photocopied primary source materials, including letters, newspaper clippings, and other documents; indexes of collected and consulted items; and background subject files compiled to supplement the research effort. Topics include the Jacobs family and the related Knox family; slavery; self-emancipation through running away; abolition; Harriet Jacobs's life in North Carolina, New York (with the Willis family), and Boston; her antislavery work during the American Civil War; and other topics.

Note that the original arrangment as received has, for the most part, been retained.

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Contents list

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 1. Original Documents, circa 1890s-1960s.

7 items.

Folder 1

Letter from Joseph Pierce to Francis Grimke, 19 August 1893

Letter describes Joseph Pierce's conversion to Christianity, his employment situation, and his church affiliation.

Letter from Joseph Pierce to Louisa M. Jacobs, 28 February 1897

Pierce wrote from a Salvation Army food and shelter depot in Chicago, Ill., to Louisa M. Jacobs about his work for the organization and to apologize for not being able to afford a ticket to visit her in Washington, D.C.

Letter from Lillian Willis to Cornelia Willis, 26 December 1862

Lillian Willis wrote from New Bedford, Mass., to her mother Cornelia Willis about her Christmas presents.

Letter from Wilbur P. Thirkield, president of Howard University, to Louisa M. Jacobs, 17 June 1908

Wilber P. Thirkfield wrote to Louisa M. Jacobs to accept her letter of resignation as Preceptress of Miner Hall at Howard University in Washington, D.C.

Folder 2

Knox family Bible pages, circa 1890s-1960s

Includes scattered biographical information on members of the Knox family, with entries dating from the 1890s to the 1960s. The Elijah Knox (b. 1824) listed in the family Bible is not Harriet Jacobs's father, but is actually her half-brother from her father's later remarriage.

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About 650 items.

Arrangement: Unfiled research materials, followed by indexes to document files (see series 3) and accession records for research documents.

Includes unfiled research materials about the Jacobs family collected by Jean Fagan Yellin. There are print-outs of the Harriet Jacobs Papers Project website and transcripts of archival documents, including letters, articles, and other materials collected by Yellin. There are also print-outs of databases that serve as an index to the document files in Series 3 that are listed both by date and by document number. The database indexes are arranged as follows:

  • 0s are for documents by Harriet Jacobs or her daughter, Louisa M. Jacobs;
  • 00s are documents addressed to Harriet Jacobs or Louisa M. Jacobs;
  • 000s are about members of the Jacobs family.
Note that most unfiled documents in this series are also numbered according to this arrangement and that there are accession records for documents that were not used in The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers.

Note that original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.

Folder 3-11

Folder 3

Folder 4

Folder 5

Folder 6

Folder 7

Folder 8

Folder 9

Folder 10

Folder 11

Administrative files, 1989-2005

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About 10,500 items.

Files keyed to Joan Yellin's document numbering scheme:

  • 0s are for documents by Harriet Jacobs or her daughter, Louisa M. Jacobs;
  • 00s are documents addressed to Harriet Jacobs or Louisa M. Jacobs;
  • 000s are about members of the Jacobs family.
Document files include a "control-file report": a printout of a database record that contains information about the document, transcript, facsimile, correspondence, and an abstract of the document.

Note that there are files for documents included in The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers and for documents that were not included in the book.

Note that original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.

Folder 12-26

Folder 12

Folder 13

Folder 14

Folder 15

Folder 16

Folder 17

Folder 18

Folder 19

Folder 20

Folder 21

Folder 22

Folder 23

Folder 24

Folder 25

Folder 26

Documents by Harriet Jacobs or Louisa M. Jacobs: 01-042

Folder 27-40

Folder 27

Folder 28

Folder 29

Folder 30

Folder 31

Folder 32

Folder 33

Folder 34

Folder 35

Folder 36

Folder 37

Folder 38

Folder 39

Folder 40

Documents by Harriet Jacobs or Louisa M. Jacobs: 043-0103

Folder 27

Folder 28

Folder 29

Folder 30

Folder 31

Folder 32

Folder 33

Folder 34

Folder 35

Folder 36

Folder 37

Folder 38

Folder 39

Folder 40

Documents addressed to Harriet Jacobs or Louisa M. Jacobs: 001-008

Folder 41-54

Folder 41

Folder 42

Folder 43

Folder 44

Folder 45

Folder 46

Folder 47

Folder 48

Folder 49

Folder 50

Folder 51

Folder 52

Folder 53

Folder 54

Documents about members of the Jacobs family: 0001-000113

Folder 55-68

Folder 55

Folder 56

Folder 57

Folder 58

Folder 59

Folder 60

Folder 61

Folder 62

Folder 63

Folder 64

Folder 65

Folder 66

Folder 67

Folder 68

Documents about members of the Jacobs family: 000114-000199

Folder 69-82

Folder 69

Folder 70

Folder 71

Folder 72

Folder 73

Folder 74

Folder 75

Folder 76

Folder 77

Folder 78

Folder 79

Folder 80

Folder 81

Folder 82

Documents about members of the Jacobs family: 000200-000403

Folder 83-96

Folder 83

Folder 84

Folder 85

Folder 86

Folder 87

Folder 88

Folder 89

Folder 90

Folder 91

Folder 92

Folder 93

Folder 94

Folder 95

Folder 96

Documents about members of the Jacobs family: 000404-000547

Folder 97-111

Folder 97

Folder 98

Folder 99

Folder 100

Folder 101

Folder 102

Folder 103

Folder 104

Folder 105

Folder 106

Folder 107

Folder 108

Folder 109

Folder 110

Folder 111

Documents about members of the Jacobs family: 000548-000839

Folder 112-119

Folder 112

Folder 113

Folder 114

Folder 115

Folder 116

Folder 117

Folder 118

Folder 119

Documents about members of the Jacobs family: 000840-000958

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About 9500 items.

Arrangement: Footnote Files are organized into three subseries: people, places, and topics. Within each subseries, files are arranged alphabetically.

Research files compiled by Jean Fagan Yellin on people, places, and topics researched for the footnotes of The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers. Footnote files contain photocopies of original documents, trancriptions of handwritten items, query statements, drafts of research reports, printouts of emails and other correspondence from archival institutions and libraries, and other materials related to Yellin's research.

Note that original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.

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Processing note: In 2023, archivists remediated file folder titles that have only last names to include first names whenever that information was available. Remediated file folder titles take this form: Last name, Mr./Mrs./Mr. [First name].

Folder 120

Abner's mother

Folder 121

Accotink

Folder 122

Agee, Abraham Lincoln

Folder 123

Alexandria Lawyer: Douglass lecture

Folder 124

All of them: Visitors to Richmond

Folder 125

A.L.P.: American Baptist Correspondent

Folder 126

American Freedmen's Inquiry Committee

Folder 127

Anna, refugee?

Folder 128

Anthony, Susan B.

Folder 129

Anti-Slavery Lady, Boston, Mass.

Folder 130

Anti-Slavery Men, Washington, D.C.

Folder 131

Alexander, Miss

Folder 132

Arnold, Mr.

Folder 133

Assistant Surgeon, L'Overture Hospital

Folder 134

Augusta, Thomas (Doctor)

Folder 135

Aunt Cyrene

Folder 136

Axe, Mr. [T. MacKenzie]

Folder 137

B_t, Mrs. [Babbitt]

Folder 138

Babcock, Mr. and Mrs.

Folder 139

Baker, George

Folder 140

Balch, Mr. [Joseph Williams]

Folder 141

Balto Association for the Moral and Intellectual...

Folder 142

Banfield, Mr.

Folder 143

Banks, General

Folder 144

Barker, Mr., of Philadelphia, Penn.

Folder 145

Barker, Thomas C., (Doctor): Surgeon in Chief, L'Overture Hospital

Folder 146

Barnes, Anna M.C.

Folder 147

Barnes Society: Unidentified

Folder 148

Beckley, Miss S. [Sarah]

Folder 149

Becky

Folder 150

Beecher, James (Colonel)

Folder 151

Belden, Mrs.

Folder 152

Bell, Amanda

Folder 153

Bentley, Edwin (Doctor)

Folder 154

Bigelow, Eunice (New Annotation Point)

Folder 155

Bigelow, John R. (Doctor)

Folder 156

Birney, Laura (Mount Holly)

Folder 157

Buckingham, Mr. [G.]

Folder 158

Bond, Hugh (Judge)

Folder 159

Boy Who Does Errands

Folder 160

Branch Societies: New England Freedmen's Aid Society

Folder 161

Breed, Daniel (Doctor) and wife

Folder 162

Briggs (General)

Folder 163

Brooks, James

Folder 164

Brown, Frederick and John

Folder 165

Brown, Mrs.

Folder 166

Brown, Orlando

Folder 167

Brown, William Wells

Folder 168

Burdge, Mr.

Folder 169

Calkins (Doctor)

Folder 170

Campbell, Alfred (Corporal)

Folder 171

Carded Service Records

Folder 172

Carrol, Alfred

Folder 173

Channing, W.H. (Reverend)

Folder 174-175

Folder 174

Folder 175

Chase, Mary: Valley Falls, R.I.

Folder 176

Chase, Mrs.

Folder 177

Child, Lydia Maria

Folder 178

Clap, Fanny

Folder 179

Clarke, Mr. [Haswell Cordis]: Pennsylvania, Superintendent of D.C.

Folder 180

Collier, Mary Ann

Folder 181

Colman, Lucy (Mrs. C.)

Folder 182

Colored Society of Boston

Folder 183

Congdon, James

Folder 184

Conyers, C. (Lieutenant)

Folder 185

Cope, S.W.

Folder 186

Corlies, George

Folder 187

Cornell, Phebe

Folder 188

Cornell, Sarah Mott

Folder 189

Corporal Who Collects Rents: Unidentified

Folder 190

Cox, Mr. [Salathiel]

Folder 191

Cromwell, Willam

Folder 192

Crouch, Mrs.

Folder 193

Crow, Mr. and Mrs. [Nelson K. and L.B.]

Folder 194

Cushman, Mr.[Robert]

Folder 195

Dogan, Jemima (Dagans, Mrs.)

Folder 196

Dann, Mary (Mrs. Floyd Dann)

Folder 197

Day, Judge

Folder 198

Day, Mr. George E.H.

Folder 199

Dennis, J. (Friend/Quaker)

Folder 200

Dewey, (Doctor)

Folder 201

Dickinson, Henry.

Folder 202

Diggs, Charles W., Jr.

Folder 203

Dougans, Misses

Folder 204

Douglass, Frederick

Folder 205

Douglass, Miss J.C.

Folder 206

Douglass, Rosetta

Folder 207

Downing, George T.

Folder 208

Downing, Peter

Folder 209

Drumon, Mr. [Drumm]

Folder 210

E., Mrs. (New England friend) [of the Worcester Freedman's Relief Association]

Folder 211

Earle, Ann B.

Folder 212

Easton, L.: Quartermaster, Richmond, Va.

Folder 213

Ellis, Frances E.

Folder 214

Ellis, J.M.

Folder 215

Eustises (of Milton)

Folder 216

Evens, L.E.

Folder 217

Ferree, James (Captain): Superintendent of Contrabands, Washington, D.C.

Folder 218

Ferree, Sarah

Folder 219

Ferriss, S.A.

Folder 220

Fish, Mr. [Henry R.]

Folder 221

Fish, Mrs. [Melissa]

Folder 222

Forest, Nathan Bedford

Folder 223

Forrester, Mr. [Richard]: Jefferson Davis Home

Folder 224

Forster, Josiah: London, England

Folder 225

Forten, Charlotte

Folder 226

Francis, Miss [Abigail B.]: Niece of Lydia Maria Child

Folder 227

Freedmen's Relief Association of Washington

Folder 228

Friend in Dutchess County: Unidentified

Folder 229

Friends Association for the Aid and Elevation of the Freedmen

Folder 230

Friends Association of Philadelphia, Penn.

Folder 231

Frothingham, Mrs. [Montreal, Canada]

Folder 232

Furness (Doctor)

Folder 233

Gale, Rollin C. (Acting Adjutant General)

Folder 234

Garrison, George

Folder 235

Garrison, Lucy

Folder 236

Garrison, Wendell Phillips

Folder 237

Garrison, William Lloyd

Folder 238

Georgy

Folder 239

Gibbons, A.H.: Point Lookout, M.D.

Folder 240

Gibbons, Charles and wife

Folder 241

Gibbonses

Folder 242

Gilman, Harriet

Folder 243

Goddard, Mrs. Charles

Folder 244

Governor Pierpont

Folder 245

Grant, Peter

Folder 246

Grant, Ulysses (General)

Folder 247

Graves (Doctor)

Folder 248

Green. R.R., Mrs. [Roxanna]

Folder 249

Greene (Colonel)

Folder 250

Griffin, Charlotte

Folder 251

Grinnell, Lieutenant and wife

Folder 252

Gwynne, W. McL. (Captain)

Folder 253

Hackett

Folder 254

Hall, Miss

Folder 255

Hallowell, Sally

Folder 256

Hallowells

Folder 257

Hartwell, Alvira

Folder 258

Heacock, Miss Eliza

Folder 259

Henry, Miss M.

Folder 260

Henry, Mrs. [Elizabeth A.]

Folder 261

Hill, Mr.

Folder 262

Hines (Doctor) [Christian Matthew]

Folder 263

Holt, Mrs. [Julia]

Folder 264

Hood, Anna Jane

Folder 265

Hood, John B.

Folder 266

Howard, Oliver Otis (General)

Folder 267

Howe, Samuel Gridley

Folder 268

Howland, Emily

Folder 269

Huntington, Mr.: Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat

Folder 270

Jacobs, Hannah: Misidentification of Harriet Jacobs

Folder 271

Jacobs, Harriet

Folder 272

Jacobs, Louisa

Folder 273

Jacobs, Louisa: Health

Folder 274

Jacobs School: Trustees

Folder 275

Jayne, of Philadelphia, Penn. (Doctor)

Folder 276

Johnson, Andrew

Folder 277

Johnson, Eastman

Folder 278

Johnson, Miss

Folder 279

Johnson, Oliver

Folder 280

Jones, Reverend Brother (Baptist)

Folder 281

Jones, Miss C.

Folder 282

Jones, Mrs. [Mary Ann]

Folder 283

Kendall, Julia

Folder 284

Kilpatrick: Kilpatrick Cavalry

Folder 285

Kimball, Mr. and Mrs. [William Benjamin and Lydia]

Folder 286

Knight, Mrs. Philander [E. Louisa Knight]

Folder 287

Lady in New York: Unidentified

Folder 288

Laighton, Rufus Leighton

Folder 289

Land, Miss E.

Folder 290

Lane, Jim: Prosecution in Kansas

Folder 291

Lang (Major)

Folder 292

Lapham, Hiram

Folder 293

Lawson, Aunt Lucy

Folder 294

Lawton, Eliza Mariana

Folder 295

Lawton, Virginia

Folder 296

Lee, Robert E.

Folder 297

Leeds, England.

Folder 298

Leonard, Chauncey (Reverend)

Folder 299

Lincoln, Abraham (President)

Folder 300

Lincoln, President: Return April 9, 1865

Folder 301

Lincoln, Abraham: Black reaction to his death

Folder 302

Loguen, Mr. [Jermain Wesley] and others

Folder 303

Loomis, Reverend Brother (Baptist)

Folder 304

Loyal League at Washington

Folder 305

Lucinda

Folder 306

Martin, J. Sella (Reverend)

Folder 307

Mason, Polly (Old Miss Mason)

Folder 308

May, Adeline

Folder 309

May, Mary

Folder 310

May, Samuel Joseph

Folder 311

May, Samuel, Jr.

Folder 312

Mrs. May's house

Folder 313

Mayor, Rochester, N.Y.: Unidentified, 1863

Folder 314

McClellan, George B.

Folder 315

McGeorge, Mr. [William]

Folder 316

McKaye, James

Folder 317

McKensie, Alex (Mayor)

Folder 318

McKim, James and Sarah

Folder 319

Meade, George

Folder 320

Mitchell, Mr.

Folder 321

Moore, Dr. and Rachel

Folder 322

Morehouse, Mrs. Seth [Emma]

Folder 323

Morris, Robert

Folder 324

Moseby, John Singleton: Partisan Rangers

Folder 325

Mott, Mariana

Folder 326

N.

Folder 327

Needles, John and Augusta

Folder 328

"Negro Woman" Preacher: Unidentified

Folder 329

Nell, William C.

Folder 330

Newtown, Va.

Folder 331

Nichols: Superintendent of Contraband Camp, Washington D.C./Arlington?: Duff Green's Row

Folder 332

Nichols, Miss [Caroline]

Folder 333

100 rebels from Fairfax

Folder 334

110 Year Old Woman

Folder 335

One of the freedmen, unidentified

Folder 336

Other friends

Folder 337

Other rebel officers

Folder 338

Owen, Eliphalet (Reverend)

Folder 339

Owen, Miss M.C. [Minnie]

Folder 340

Owen, Robert Dale

Folder 341

Parker, Mr. George Washington: Baltimore, Md.

Folder 342

Patsey

Folder 343

Patten and Dixie, Misses

Folder 344

Patten, Lydia

Folder 345

Payne, General

Folder 346

Pettijohn, (Doctor)

Folder 347

Physicians in Alexandria

Folder 348

Pierce, Mr. [Caleb]

Folder 349

Pitman, B.

Folder 350

Philadelphia gentleman, hired by Association for the Care of Colored Orphans

Folder 351

Philadelphia, Penn., Lady Doner: Unidentified

Folder 352

Porter, Maria G.

Folder 353

Post, Amy

Folder 354

Post, Cornelia

Folder 355

Quartermaster

Folder 356

Quotation: "A man's a man for a' that"

Folder 357

Quotation: "Clothed the naked, fed the hungry"

Folder 358

Quotation: "The colored people can take care of themselves as well as the white folks"

Folder 359

Quotation: "Depart in peace"

Folder 360

Quotation: "For the oppression of the poor"

Folder 361

Quotation: "God's suffering poor"

Folder 362

Quotation, Bible: "The good father..."

Folder 363

Quotation, Bible (John 4:9): "The Jews have..."

Folder 364

Quotation, Cowper: "My ear is pained..."

Folder 365

Quotation, Beecher (Colonel): "Rather than to..."

Folder 366

Quotation: "The reason why"

Folder 367

"Rally Round the Flag": Song

Folder 368

Redpath, Mr. [James]

Folder 369

Remond, Charles Lennox

Folder 370

Richardson, Mr. John G. (Corporal)

Folder 371

Ripley (Doctor)

Folder 372

Roberts, J.H. (Sergeant)

Folder 373

Robinson, Margaret

Folder 374

Robinson, Mr. Clem of Philadelphia, Penn. (Teacher, Reverend)

Folder 375

Rock, John S.

Folder 376

Rosencrans, William Starke

Folder 377

Russell (Judge)

Folder 378

Sawyer, Mrs.

Folder 379

Saxton, Rufus. (General)

Folder 380

Scott, Mr. [William M.] (Pennsylvania)

Folder 381

Searing, Mary

Folder 382

Sedgewick, Miss [Grace]

Folder 383

Sedgewick, Mr.

Folder 384

Several families in Washington: Unidentified

See also: F.F.V.

Folder 385

Shaw, Robert Gould (Colonel)

Folder 386

Shaw, Samuel (Doctor)

Folder 387

Sickles (Colonel)

Folder 388

Sill, Jane

Folder 389

Simms, Mr.: Rice plantations

Folder 390

6th Regiment of Michigan Calvary

Folder 391

Slade, Mr.

Folder 392

Slough, John Potts (General, Military Governor)

Folder 393

Smith, Mrs. H.B. (Celinda)

Folder 394

Smith, James McCune (Doctor)

Folder 395

Smith John J.: Unidentified

Folder 396

Spooner, John

Folder 397

Stanton, Edwin McMasters (Secretary of War)

Folder 398

Stearns, Amanda Akin (Nurse of Ward E)

Folder 399

Stevens, Thad

Folder 400

Stevenson, Hannah

Folder 401

Storrs/Stow, Mr.

Folder 402

Sumner, Charles

Folder 403

Superintendents: Washington D.C. (Two)

Folder 404

Swails, Stephen A.

Folder 405

Taintor, Solomon (Doctor)

Folder 406

Tait (Colonel, Provost Marshal)

See also: Wyman

Folder 407

Tatham, Benjamin

Folder 408

Tatum, Edward

Folder 409

Taylor, A.M. (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Folder 410

Thayer, Mrs. [Angenette]

Folder 411

Thomas, John L.

Folder 412

Thomas, Mr. [Lorenzo]

Folder 413

Thompson, William H. (Sergeant)

Folder 414

Todd, Henry B. (Captain)

Folder 415

Towers, Leml

Folder 416

Tyng, Stephen H. (Reverend)

Folder 417

Uncle Sam: Abraham Lincoln.

Folder 418

Visitors to Harriet Jacobs: Unidentified

Folder 419

Mister and wife

Folder 420

Wadsworth (General)

Folder 421

Walmsly

Folder 422

Walton, Martha D.

Folder 423

Ward: Pseudonym

Folder 424

Warwick, Mr. [John G.]

Folder 425

Washington, Milly

Folder 426

Washington, Peter

Folder 427

Washington, Susan

Folder 428

Webster, Claudius B.

Folder 429

Webster, Mary (Mrs. C.B. Webster)

Folder 430

Wells, Henry Horatio

Folder 431

Whipple, D.R. of New York, N.Y.

Folder 432

Wilder, C.B.: Fortress Monroe

Folder 433

Willets, Miss [Ann]

Folder 434

Willis, Nathaniel Parker and family

Folder 435

Wilson, Joseph H. (Sergeant)

Folder 436

Winans, Cynthia Root

Folder 437

Wing, David

Folder 438

Winsor, Mrs. Charlotte

Folder 439

W.M.S.: American Baptist Correspondent

Folder 440

Woolsey, Abby Howard

Folder 441

Wright, David M. (Doctor)

Folder 442

Wright, Will

Folder 443

Wyman, John C. (Captain, Provost Marshal)

See also: Tait.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 4.2. Footnote Files: Places, 1989-2005.

Folder 444

Akron, Ohio

Folder 445

Alexandria Freedmen's Cemetery

Folder 446

"Another place" for "more favored slaves..."

Folder 447

Arlington, Va.

Folder 448

Arlington Heights

Folder 449

Arlington House

Folder 450

Atlanta, Ga.: Suffering

Folder 451

Avon, N.Y.

Folder 452

Brandy Station, Va.

Folder 453

Burlington, N.J.

Folder 454

Camp Barker

Folder 455

Camp Todd

Folder 456

Chancellorsville battle

Folder 457

Chrs. Com. Room.

Folder 458

Churches: Christ Church

Folder 459

Churches: Freedmen's Chapel

Folder 460

Churches: General

Folder 461

Churches: Grantville Chapel

Folder 462

Churches: Savannah, Ga.: General

Folder 463

City Point

Folder 464

Claremont Hospital

Folder 465

Clothing room

Folder 466

Colored Camps: General

Folder 467

Colored Home: Georgetown

Folder 468

Convalescent Camp

Folder 469

Cooper Institute

Folder 470

Coxsackie, N.Y.

Folder 471

Culpepper County, Va.

Folder 472

Dinwiddie County, Va.

Folder 473

Drinking women

Folder 474

Duff Green's Row

Folder 475

Episcopal Minister: Alexander Crummell

Folder 476

Eutaw House, Baltimore, Md.

Folder 477

Express Office

Folder 478

Fair for disabled colored soldiers, Winter 1865

Folder 479

Fairfax (Seargent)

Folder 480

Fairfax Seminary: Alexandria, Va.

Folder 481

Farmington

Folder 482

First house owned by the refugees

Folder 483

Fishtown, Va.

Folder 484

Fort Wagner, Morris Island, S.C.

Folder 485

Fortress Monroe

See also: Wilder, C.B.

Folder 486

Free Mission

Folder 487

Freedmen's Bureau

Folder 488

Freedmen's Cabin: Jacobs School

Folder 489-490

Folder 489

Folder 490

Freedmen's Village, 1867

Folder 491

Friend's Meeting House: Alexandria, Va.

Folder 492

Garnett's Church

Folder 493

Grace Churce Hospital

Folder 494

Grantville

Folder 495

Green Heights

Folder 496

Guys in Baltimore, Md.

Folder 497

Homer, N.Y.

Folder 498

Hospitals: Arlington Heights

Folder 499

Hospitals: Armory square hospital

Folder 500

Hospitals: "Colored hospital"

Folder 501

Hospitals: L'Overture

Folder 502

Hospitals: Women

Folder 503

House on Cameron Street

Folder 504

House we occupy

Folder 505

Industrial School: Louisa Jacobs

Folder 506

Jefferson Davis's home

Folder 507

Kalorama Hospital: Smallpox

Folder 508

Kimball's Boarding House

Folder 509

Knabe's Ware-rooms

Folder 510

Leicester, Mass.

Folder 511

Leslie House

Folder 512

Liberty Hall

Folder 513

Library camp convalescent

Folder 514

Magnolia House

Folder 515

Manchester, Va.

Folder 516

Marshall House

Folder 517

Mason's Island

Folder 518

Massachusetts 54th Regiment

Folder 519

Mendon, N.Y.

Folder 520

Mt. Vernon

Folder 521

National Homeopathic Hospital

Folder 522

New York City Meeting House: Quakers

Folder 523

New York Friend's stores: Norfolk, Va., Dozier's farm

Folder 524

New York Freedmen's Relief Association School

Folder 525

Niagara County, N.Y.

Folder 526

Norfolk, Va

Folder 527

Old Bay State

Folder 528

Old Capitol Prison

Folder 529

Old Cradle of Liberty, Faneuil Hall, Boston, Mass.

Folder 530

Philadelphia, Penn. orphanage

Folder 531

Pierce (Captain)

Folder 532

Plymouth

Folder 533

Poorhouse

Folder 534

Port Royal Experiment, Saint Helena Island, S.C.: Forten, Charlotte

Folder 535

Portsmouth, Va.

Folder 536

Post Office

Folder 537

Potomac

Folder 538

Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Folder 539

Queen Street Hospital

Folder 540-542

Folder 540

Folder 541

Folder 542

Richmond, Va.

Folder 543

Rochester folks: Unidentified

Folder 544

Rochester, N.Y.

Folder 545

Rochester Weekly Democrat

Folder 546

Rocketts

Folder 547

Roxbury, Mass.

Folder 548

Alexandria, Va.: Railroad, wharf, old mill

Folder 549

Schools: African American school, Prince Street

Folder 550

Schools: American Tract Society, Arlington Heights

Folder 551

Schools: Freedmen's House, church recognized

Folder 552

Schools: Freedmen's School, racial difference

Folder 553

Schools: general queries

Folder 554

Schools: George Washington legacy

Folder 555

Schools: Grantville School

Folder 556

Schools: Jacobs School

Folder 557

Schools: Lawton/Jacobs

Folder 558

Schools: L'Overture School

Folder 559

Schools: Old School House

Folder 560

Schools: Parker and Robinson School

Folder 561

Schools: Pennsylvania State Association School

Folder 562

Schools: Primary

Folder 563

Schools for Freedom

Folder 564

School rooms: Julia Wilbur excluded

Folder 565

Sewing Room

See also: Sewing Society.

Folder 566

Shenandoah Valley

Folder 567

Shower bath

Folder 568

Slave pen

"The Alexandria Slave Pen: The Archaeology of Urban Captivity"

Folder 569

Smith, John A. (Sergeant)

Folder 570

Soldier's burying ground

Folder 571

Soldier's rest

Folder 572

Springdale Camp

Folder 573

Saint Helena Island, S.C.

Folder 574

Stony Point, Va.

Folder 575

Theater: Richmond, Va.

Folder 576

Tine run

Folder 577

207 I Steet

Folder 578

Union Town School

Folder 579

Washington Monument in Baltimore, Md.

Folder 580

Watson, Mr.

Folder 581

Wheatland, N.Y.

Folder 582

Worcester, Mass.

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Folder 583

Abolition of slavery: Virginia

Folder 584

Abuses by soldiers: Richmond, Va.

Folder 585

Additional research

Folder 586

Alexandria, Va., blockade

Folder 587

Altered state of things, Alexandria, Va.

Folder 588

Amalgamation: Irony

Folder 589

American Baptist

Folder 590

Anglo-African newspaper

Folder 591

Arlington, Va., contraband camp: Friend's Review

Folder 592

Bahamas citation information

Folder 593

Baptism of the Freedmen

Folder 594

Bazaar: Rochester

Folder 595

Boat to Alexandria, Va.

Folder 596

British emancipation

Folder 597

British West India (Indies) emancipation

Folder 598

Camden and Amboy (Railroad)

Folder 599

Changes: Convalescent camp

Folder 600

Class issues

Folder 601

Colored fair: Alexandria, Va.

Folder 602

Could not beg in Alexandria, Va.

Folder 603

Definition: Almoner

Folder 604

Definition: Card service record

Folder 605

Definition: Contrabands

Folder 606

Definition: Delaine

Folder 607

Definition: F.F.V.

Folder 608

Definition: Ground rent

Folder 609

Definition: Messing

Folder 610

Definition: Moreen

Folder 611

Definition: Old cap

Folder 612

Definition: Secesh

Folder 613

Definition: Spoch

Folder 614

Demonstrations in Alexandria, Va., 4 April 1865

Folder 615

Emancipation: Washington D.C.

Folder 616

Fair in Valley Falls, R.I.

Folder 617

Fairfax, Va. court house raid

Folder 618

Fancy Fair: Alexandria, Va.

Folder 619

Fighting at the front

Folder 620

For Victoria

Folder 621

Fort Pillow: Battle

Folder 622

Fort Washington

Folder 623

Freedmen's Association of New York

Folder 624

Friends in Medon, Wheatland, Farmington

See also: Medon, Wheatland, and Farmington.

Folder 625

Fugitive's Aid Society: Our little society in Boston, Mass.: Smallpox, unidentified.

Folder 626

Fugitive Slave Law

Folder 627

Fundraising Fair-Alexandria

Folder 628

Government mark

Folder 629

Hail Columbia: Song

Folder 630

Harriet Jacobs and Frederick Douglass, 30 November 1864

Folder 631

Home Evangelist Tract Society Man

Folder 632

Harriett Jacobs, letter to Julia Wilbur regarding Albert Gladwin (Doc. 057)

Folder 633

Jim Crow, segregation

Folder 634

Ladies Committee

Folder 635

Liberator

Folder 636

Linda, or The Autobiography of a Slave Girl, or Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Folder 637

Madgeet/Madget

Folder 638

Marriage under slavery

Folder 639

Massechusetts historical research, 4 March 2005

Folder 640

McKensie elected to congress in Western Virginia

Folder 641

Miscegenation

Folder 642

National Anti-Slavery Standard

Folder 643

National Freedmen's Association

Folder 644

New England Anti-Slavery Convention/National Anti-Slavery Standards, 28 May 1863

Folder 645

New England Anti-Slavery Society

Folder 646

New England Freedmen's Aid Society, Boston, Mass.

See also: Worcester Ladies.

Folder 647

New England Friends

Folder 648

New prospects opening for their race

Folder 649

New York Committee

Folder 650

New York election

Folder 651

New York: Old clothes

Folder 652

New York Society of Friends (Quakers)

Folder 653

Ohio Regiment

Folder 654

Orphans: Adoption

Folder 655

Other organizations relief organizations, general

Folder 656

"Ower true tale?"

Folder 657

Pass from the British Consulate

Folder 658

Philadelphia, Penn., boxes

Folder 659

Phillips and Sampson.

Folder 660

Plastering: Jacobs School

Folder 661

Presidential election, 1864

Folder 662

Progressive Friends at Longwood, Penn.

Folder 663

Publishing committee

Folder 664

Reception, April 1864

Folder 665

Recruitment: Colored troops

Folder 666

Rochester Ladies Anti-Slavery Society

Folder 667

Sanitary Commission at Washington

Folder 668

Sewing Society

See also: Sewing room.

Folder 669

Saint Luke's: Washington, D.C.

Folder 670

Standard: Ads to children

Folder 671

Star-Spangled Banner: Song

Folder 672

Steinway Piano

Folder 673

Stock of goods

Folder 674

Sumter anniversary celebration

Folder 675

Throwing up the earthworks

Folder 676

Union occupation of Alexandria, Va.

Folder 677

Washington Chronicle/Republican: Article

Folder 678

Women's Support Groups: New York, N.Y.; New Bedford, Mass.; Boston, Mass.

Folder 679

Worcester Ladies, New England Freedmen's Aid Society

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About 3500 items.

Arrangement: Arrangement is for the most part alphabetical by folder title. Following the primary alphabetical run, there are smaller alphabetized runs of files.

Files containing research materials on a wide variety of people, places, and topics, including Harriet Jacobs's brother, John S. Jacobs (1815-1875); her speaking engagements and related activities across England, Australia, and the northern United States; and many other areas explored by Jean Fagan Yellin in the course of her work.

Following the primary alphabetical run, there are smaller alphabetized runs of files. The first of these contains information about members of the Edenton, N.C., community contemporary to Harriet Jacobs; the significance of other groupings is unclear. There are also files relating to the diary of Julia A. Wilbur, excerpts from which were included in The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers.

Note that original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.

Folder 680

African American education: Buchart material

Folder 681

Alexandria, Va.: Correspondence

Folder 682

Alexandria, Va.: African American cemetery

Folder 683

Alexandria, Va.: Churches

Folder 684

Amberley

Folder 685

American Equal Rights Association, 1867

Folder 686

Armstrong, James

Folder 687-688

Folder 687

Folder 688

Australia: John S. Jacobs and Joseph Jacobs

Folder 689

Boit, Lilian

Folder 690

Boston, Mass.

Folder 691

Boston, Mass.: City Directory

Folder 692

Boston, Mass.: Reform movements

Folder 693

Boston, Mass.: Resources

Folder 694

Brockett, Zenas, Candace, and Harriet

Folder 695

Brooklyn, N.Y., and Jacobs

Folder 696

Bush

Folder 697

Cambridge, Mass.: Howard School, Cambridge Colored Civic Commission

Folder 698

Cambridge, Mass.: Resources

Folder 699

Cedar Hill

Folder 700

Chase

Folder 701

Chews

Folder 702

Condol family

Folder 703

Cornwall, N.Y.: African American experience

Folder 704

Dismal Swamp Canal

Folder 705

Douglass narrative

Folder 706

DuBois, W.E.B.

Folder 707

Griffing, Josephine S.

Folder 708

Grimke, Forten families

Folder 709

Grinnell

Folder 710

Harriet Jacobs

Folder 711

Harriet Jacobs's Eulogy

Folder 712

Harriet Jacobs and Post meeting, New York, N.Y., Spring 1855

Folder 713-715

Folder 713

Folder 714

Folder 715

Harriet Jacobs: Chronologies

Folder 716

Harriet Jacobs: Philadelphia, Penn. 1861

Folder 717

Harriet Jacobs: Project and censuses

Folder 718

Harriet Jacobs: Project chronology

Folder 719

Harriet Jacobs: Cambridge, Mass., individuals

Folder 720

Hoskins, R.T.

Folder 721

Hudson River Valley: African American experience

Folder 722

IAPFP post, University of Rochester, N.Y.

Folder 723-724

Folder 723

Folder 724

ILSG chronologies

Folder 725-726

Folder 725

Folder 726

Incidents

Folder 727

Jacobs and California

Folder 728

Jacobs, Eleanor A.

Folder 729

Harriet Jacobs

Folder 730

Harriet Jacobs: Correspondence and references to Harriet Jacobs, Louisa M. Jacobs, and John S. Jacobs

Folder 731

Harriet Jacobs: Death and burial

Folder 732

Harriet Jacobs: Dinner, Washington, D.C. [01], 1 January, 1882

Folder 733

Harriet Jacobs: England

Folder 734

Harriet Jacobs: New York, N.Y.

Folder 735

Harriet Jacobs: Obituary

Folder 736

Harriet Jacobs: Papers

Folder 737

Harriet Jacobs: The Great Storm

Folder 738

Jacobs, Henry

Folder 739

Jacobs, Henry (Elijah's father)

Folder 740

Jacobs, John: Correspondence (not John S. Jacobs)

Folder 741-746

Folder 741

Folder 742

Folder 743

Folder 744

Folder 745

Folder 746

Jacobs, John S.

Folder 747

Jacobs, Joseph

Folder 748

Jacobs, Joseph Ramsey

Folder 749-754

Folder 749

Folder 750

Folder 751

Folder 752

Folder 753

Folder 754

Jacobs, Louisa M.

Folder 755

Jacobs: Psychology

Folder 756

Jacobs: Walker tour, 1848

Folder 757

Jacobs, William R.

Folder 758

John Jacobs chronology

Folder 759

John S. Jacobs

Folder 760

Johnson, Charles

Folder 761

Johnson, Gustavus Adolphus

Folder 762

Joseph Jacobs (uncle)

Folder 763

JS Chronology

Folder 764

Knox, Elijah-father

Folder 765

Knox, Elijah (Jacobs): Harriet Jacobs's father

Folder 766

Knox, Theresa: Second wife of Elijah

Folder 767

Louisa M. Jacobs: Chronology

Folder 768

Louisa M. Jacobs: Job prospects

Folder 769

Louisa M. Jacobs and AERA: Old notes (1867 tour)

Folder 770

Louisa M. Jacobs

Folder 771-772

Folder 771

Folder 772

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Folder 773

Munro: Richardsons

Folder 774

Nell, W.C.: Letters to Harriet Jacobs, care of Porter and Connie

Folder 775

New Bedford, Mass., correspondence

Folder 776

New England Woman's Club

Folder 777

Peyton, S.T. Sawyer's wife

Folder 778

Progressive Friends

Folder 779

PURVIS

Folder 780

Harriet Jacobs biography, 1877-1897, chronology

Folder 781

Harriet Jacobs in Cambridge, Mass., 1870-77

Folder 782

Louisa M. Jacobs: Will and death

Folder 783

Rochester, N.Y.

Folder 784

Skewarkey

Folder 785

Smith photos

Folder 786

Stephanie Munro, regarding Liverpool

Folder 787

Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Folder 788

Willets, George and Ann

Folder 789

Willis, Nathaniel Parker

Folder 790

Willis papers

Folder 791

Young Ladies Domestic Seminary, Louisa M. Jacobs

Folder 792

Banks (Pea) Family

Folder 793

Edenton, N.C.: Providence, R.I.

Folder 794

Edenton N.C.: Wegner research

Folder 795

Horniblow, Molly: property

Folder 796

Norcom: Saint Paul's, community, morphine

Folder 797

Samuel Tredwell Sawyer

Folder 798

Thoughts regarding Norcom and ST Sawyer church

Folder 799

Alexandria, Va.: Graphics

Folder 800

Alexandria, Va.: Images

Folder 801

Alexandria, Va.: Maps

Folder 802

Care of Claire Taylor, 1995

Folder 803

Coffield, Litch and neighboring slaveholders

Folder 804

England

Folder 805

Harriet Jacobs: Death and burial

Folder 806

Harriet Jacobs freedom: Pinney and American Colonization Society

Folder 807

Harriet Jacobs freedom: Record of purchase search

Folder 808

Harriet Jacobs: Purchase and freedom

Folder 809

Harriet Jacobs: Third Tribune letter

Folder 810

Jacobs, Eleanor

Folder 811

Harriet Jacobs: Freedom papers

Folder 812

Harriet Jacobs: Washington D.C.

Folder 813

Joseph Jacobs: Australia

Folder 814

John S. Jacobs: Lectures and itinerary

Folder 815

John S. Jacobs

Folder 816

Julia Wilbur diary and Harriet Jacobs, Louisa M. Jacobs, 1881-1882

Folder 817

Molly's house

Folder 818

National Home for Destitute Colored Women and Orphans

Folder 819

New York Friends: Sixth report

Folder 820

Louisa M. Jacobs: Gunn diary, 1856

Folder 821

Jacobs family annotation log

Folder 822

"Cruelty to Slaves": Source article?

Folder 823

Harrit Jacobs: Escape, 1842

Folder 824

Harriet Jacobs Freedom: Messmore in New York, N.Y., 1852

Folder 825

Harriet Jacobs's lover: Coffield

Folder 826

Skewarky escape from North Carolina

Folder 827-845

Folder 827

Folder 828

Folder 829

Folder 830

Folder 831

Folder 832

Folder 833

Folder 834

Folder 835

Folder 836

Folder 837

Folder 838

Folder 839

Folder 840

Folder 841

Folder 842

Folder 843

Folder 844

Folder 845

Julia Wilbur diary, 1863-1873, 1877-1880

Folder 846

Wilbur Information

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