Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#2625-z
BENJAMIN LABAREE PAPERS
Inventory
Abstract: Benjamin Labaree (1801-1883) was head teacher at
the Manual Labor School in Spring Hill, Tenn., and
later president of Middlebury College in Vermont.
Typescripts of papers, 1833 and undated, including
a letter from Labaree to James Gillespie Birney,
Huntsville, Ala., discussing the Manual Labor School
and the colonization of slaves; and notes made by
Labaree's grandson, Leonard, on Labaree's meeting with
Birney.
Online Catalog Terms:
Afro-Americans--Colonization.
Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857.
Labaree, Benjamin, 1801-1883.
Labaree, Leonard Woods, 1897- .
Manual Labor School (Spring Hill, Tenn.).
Schools--Tennessee--History--19th century.
Vocational education--History--19th century.
Size: 2 items (1 folder).
Provenance: Copied from Elizabeth Labaree of Washington, D.C.,
in December 1943.
Access: No restrictions.
Processing Note: This collection was processed with support
from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers,
or their descendants, as stipulated by United
States copyright law.