Diary and scrapbook documenting activities at African American schools, 1940 March 25-April 6.

0.21 linear feet (1 box)

English

Purchased from Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC on the Hall Park McCullough Fund, 2019.

Material arranged as received.

This material is open for research.

The American Missionary Association (1846-1999) was an abolitionist group founded on Protestant beliefs. The organization promoted the education of African Americans.

Diary and scrapbook, created by an unidentified member of the American Missionary Association, documenting activities and travels to the southern United States. The diary describes how members of the American Missionary Association left Chicago, Illinois and traveled through Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Includes disassembled pages from a scrapbook containing photographs and postcards depicting educators, churches, schools, and African American children. Also contains loose photographs of educators, including Frank DeCosta and Victor Obenhaus.

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September 24, 2021

American Missionary Association, Diary and Scrapbook Documenting Activities at African American Schools. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

American Missionary Association, Diary and Scrapbook Documenting Activities at African American Schools. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.