With holdings totaling more than 18,000 linear feet, the Manuscript Division provides extensive documentation of African American life and history. Currently more than 250 collections are available for research. These collections include the correspondence, photographs, diaries, scrapbooks, writings and memorabilia of such notables as Alain Locke, E. Franklin Frazier, Frederick Douglass, Mary Church Terrell, Anna J. Cooper, Angelina Grimke, Lois Mailou Jones, Dr. Benjamin Mays and Amiri Baraka

All permission to publish inquiries for Manuscript Division printed materials and photographs are processed through the Prints and Photographs Department. To request information and to learn more about the collections please visit us at the MSRC Webpage. To view our collections digitally, please visit the Manuscript Division Digital Collections. Any manuscript collections that are available on Digital Howard will not be pulled for on-site appointments as they are readily available for viewing on our website.

Please Note: ALL artifacts, oversized and Audio/Visual materials are currently unavailable.

Locate collections alphabetically by last name, organization name, or topic by clicking on the letter corresponding to the collection name (usually the subject's last name or the first word of organizational title) below.

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Articles

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ADAMS, CATO W., MSRC Staff

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AGGREY, J.E. KWEGYIR, MSRC Staff

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ALLEN, Maryrose Reeves, MSRC Staff

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ALLEN, William, MSRC Staff

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ANDERSON, Marion, MSRC Staff

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ANDREWS.Richard, MSRC Staff

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AUZENNE,.Gustav, MSRC Staff

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BAKER'S DOZEN, MSRC Staff

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BALLOCH, GEORGE WILLIAMSON, MSRC Staff

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Baraka, Amiri, DCAAP Staff

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BEECHER FAMILY PAPERS, MSRC Staff

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Berryman-Johnson, Sherrill, MSRC Staff

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Berryman, Matilene Spencer, MSRC Staff

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BETHEL LITERARY AND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION RECORDS, MSRC Staff

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BLACKBURN FAMILY PAPERS, MSRC Staff

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BOLDEN, ED, MSRC Staff

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BRAGG, GEORGE FREEMAN, MSRC Staff

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BRANCH, MARY E., MSRC Staff

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BRANTON.Wiley, MSRC Staff

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BRAWLELY.Benjamin, MSRC Staff

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Brown, Helen, DPAAC Staff

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Brown, Jr., Oscar, DPAAC Staff

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BRUCE, Blanche Kelso, MSRC Staff

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Bruce, Roscoe Conklin, Sr., MSRC Staff

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Bryant, William, DPAAC Staff

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BURCH.Charles, MSRC Staff

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BURGE, R. LOUISE, MSRC Staff

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BUSTILL-Bowser-Asbury Family, MSRC Staff

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CALIVER, Ambrose, MSRC Staff

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Callis, Henry Arthur, MSRC Staff

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CALLIS, Myra, MSRC Staff

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CARRINGTON, C. Glenn, MSRC Staff

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CARTER, ART, MSRC Staff

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CARTER, Jeanette, MSRC Staff

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CARY, Maryann Shadd, MSRC Staff

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CASSELL, ALBERT, MSRC Staff

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CHAPMAN, Charles, MSRC Staff

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CHRISTOPHER, Arthur, MSRC Staff

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CIVIL RIGHTS DOCUMENTATION PROJECT, MSRC Staff

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CIVIL RIGHTS Vertical Files, MSRC Staff

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CLARKE, THOMAS, MSRC Staff

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CLARKSON, Thomas, MSRC Staff

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COBB, JAMES ADLAI, MSRC Staff

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COLEMAN, Sarah, MSRC Staff

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CONSOLIDATED PARENT GROUP INC, MSRC Staff

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COOKE, Anne, MSRC Staff

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COOK FAMILY, MSRC Staff

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COOK, George, MSRC Staff

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COOK, Vivian Johnson, MSRC Staff

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Cook, Will Mercer, MSRC Staff

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COOPER, Anna Julia, MSRC Staff

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CROMWELL FAMILY, MSRC Staff

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DANIEL, A MERCER, MSRC Staff

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DAVIDSON, EUGENE C., MSRC Staff

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DAVIDSON FAMILY, MSRC Staff

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DAVIDSON, Shelby Jeames, MSRC Staff

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Davis, Arthur P., DPAAC Staff

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DAVIS, John Warren, MSRC Staff

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DAWSON, William L., MSRC Staff

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DC.Emancipation, MSRC Staff

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DICKEY, Robert, MSRC Staff

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DODSON, Owen Vincent, MSRC Staff

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DORSEY, Thomas and William, MSRC Staff

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DOUGLASS, Frederick, MSRC Staff

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DOWNING, George T., MSRC Staff

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DREW, Charles, MSRC Staff

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DUBOIS, William Edward Burghardt, MSRC Staff

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DUMAS, Alexandre, MSRC Staff

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DUNNIGAN, Alice, MSRC Staff

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DURKEE, James, MSRC Staff

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DYKES, Eva, MSRC Staff

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Edwards, Cecile Hoover, DPAAC Staff

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EDWARDS, Lena, MSRC Staff

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EGYPT, OPHELIA, MSRC Staff

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FAULKNER, William J., MSRC Staff

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FAUSET, Crystal Bird, MSRC Staff

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FEREBEE, Dorothy, MSRC Staff

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Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC, MSRC Staff

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First Congregational Church, Washington, DC, MSRC Staff

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Fitzhugh, H. Naylor, DPAAC Staff

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Francis, H. Minton, DPAAC Staff

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FRAZIER, E. FRANKLIN, MSRC Staff

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FREEMAN, Frankie Muse, MSRC Staff

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GILL, Lee Andrew, MSRC Staff

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GIZENGA, Dabu, MSRC Staff

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GOINS, Gregoria, MSRC Staff

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GOODLETT, CARLTON, MSRC Staff

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GREGORY, THOMAS MONTGOMERY, MSRC Staff

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GRIMKE, Angelina, MSRC Staff

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GRIMKE, Archibald, MSRC Staff

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GRIMKE, Francis, MSRC Staff

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GROSS, Carl, MSRC Staff

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HARPER, Solomon, MSRC Staff

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HARRIS, Abram Lincoln, MSRC Staff

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HARRISON, Hazel, MSRC Staff

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Harrison, Mark, MSRC Staff

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Harris, Patricia Roberts, DPAAC Staff

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HAYES, George E. C., MSRC Staff

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HENDERSON, Edwin Bancroft, MSRC Staff

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Hendley, Charles V., DPAAC Staff