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Middleton "Spike" Harris Civil War and Reconstruction collection

Title
  1. Middleton "Spike" Harris Civil War and Reconstruction collection, 1862-1867.
Supplementary content
  1. Finding aid
Author
  1. Harris, M. A., 1908-1977

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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

Containerbox 1FormatMixed materialAccessUse in libraryCall numberSc MG 34 box 1Item locationSchomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

Details

Additional authors
  1. Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879.
Description
  1. .2 linear feet (1 flat box)
Summary
  1. The Middleton "Spike" Harris Civil War and Reconstruction Collection consists of documents pertaining to the Civil War from both the Union Army and the Confederate states. Among other items, there is a pay claim issued by the Confederate Army, U.S. Army discharge papers, and an amendment to the Negro Soldier Bill investing Confederate General-in-Chief Robert E. Lee with full power to call slaves into service. Included is a letter from William Lloyd Garrison in which he declares that the U.S. government should be held responsible for abolishing slavery. The Reconstruction era is represented by three documents including a signed loyalty oath, 1865, and a letter to President Andrew Johnson from someone seeking to be appointed an agent to sell cotton brought to market by freedmen in Texas, 1867.
Subject
  1. United States
  2. African Americans
  3. African American soldiers
  4. Black author
  5. United States Armed Forces > African American troops > History > 19th century
  6. African Americans > History > 1863-1877
  7. 1800-1899
  8. Reconstruction (United States : 1865-1877)
  9. American Civil War (1861-1865)
  10. African American soldiers > History > 19th century
  11. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > African American troops
  12. United States > Armed Forces > African Americans
  13. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American
  14. History
  15. Armed Forces > African Americans
  16. Armed Forces (United States)
  17. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > African American troops
  18. Military participation > African American
  19. Confederate States of America > Army > African American troops
Genre/Form
  1. History.
Call number
  1. Sc MG 34
Source (note)
  1. Middleton "Spike" Harris
Biography (note)
  1. Author, amateur historian, collector and dealer of African Americana. Middleton Alexander "Spike" Harris (1908-1977) was founder of the Negro History Associates in 1964, an organization that collected and disseminated information about African Americans.
Author
  1. Harris, M. A., 1908-1977, collector.
Title
  1. Middleton "Spike" Harris Civil War and Reconstruction collection, 1862-1867.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. sheet
  2. volume
Biography
  1. Author, amateur historian, collector and dealer of African Americana. Middleton Alexander "Spike" Harris (1908-1977) was founder of the Negro History Associates in 1964, an organization that collected and disseminated information about African Americans.
Source
  1. Middleton "Spike" Harris Purchase 1976 SCM 77-6
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  1. Finding aid
Chronological term
  1. 1800-1899
Local subject
  1. Black author.
Added author
  1. Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879.
Research call number
  1. Sc MG 34
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