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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HILL, John H., MSRC Staff

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HILYER, Andrew Franklin, MSRC Staff

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HIMES, CHESTER B., MSRC Staff

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Hobson Normal Institute, MSRC Staff

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Home for Destitute Colored Children, Philadelphia, PA, MSRC Staff

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HOUSTON, Charles Hamilton, MSRC Staff

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Howard, Andrew Jackson, Jr., MSRC Staff

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HOWARD, Oliver Otis, MSRC Staff

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Howard University Men and Women in the Armed Forces, MSRC Staff

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HUBBARD, Charlotte, MSRC Staff

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HUGHES, Revella, MSRC Staff

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HUNT, William, MSRC Staff

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JEFFERSON, Thomas, MSRC Staff

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JENKINS-Montgomery Family, MSRC Staff

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JOHNSON, Campbell Carrington, MSRC Staff

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Johnson, Georgia Douglas, MSRC Staff

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JOHNSON, Joseph, MSRC Staff

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JOHNSON, MORDECAI, MSRC Staff

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JOHNSON, SOLOMON JAMES, MSRC Staff

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JOHNSON, William Jr., MSRC Staff

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JOINER, William, MSRC Staff

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Jones, Lawrence, DPAAC Staff

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JONES, LOIS MAILOU, MSRC Staff

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JONES, LOUIA VAUGHN, MSRC Staff

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JUST, Earnest E., MSRC Staff

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Kelly, Sharon Pratt, DPAAC Staff

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KINSLEY, Edward, MSRC Staff

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KITTRELL, Flemmie, MSRC Staff

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LANE, Layle, MSRC Staff

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LANGSTON, John Mercer, MSRC Staff

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LANGWORTHY, Charles, MSRC Staff

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LEWIS, Thomas Narven, MSRC Staff

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LOCHARD, Metz T. B., MSRC Staff

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LOCKE, ALAIN, MSRC Staff

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LOGAN, James Reginald, MSRC Staff

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LOGAN, Rayford W., MSRC Staff

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Louisiana (Free People of Color in ), MSRC Staff

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Lovell, John, DPAAC Staff

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LOVETT, Edward, MSRC Staff

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LOVING, Walter, MSRC Staff

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LUCAS, Townsend McKinley, MSRC Staff

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MACKEY, HOWARD H, SR., MSRC Staff

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Manuscript Material Related to Abraham Lincoln, MSRC Staff

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MARTIN, Charles, MSRC Staff

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MARTIN, HOWARD, MSRC Staff

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MARYLAND WAR BOUNTY, MSRC Staff

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MATZELIGER, Jan, MSRC Staff

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MAYS, Benjamin, MSRC Staff

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McGinty, Doris, DPAAC Staff

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METROPOLITAN AME Church, MSRC Staff

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MILLER, Kelly, MSRC Staff

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MING, Robert, MSRC Staff

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Ming, William Robert, MSRC Staff

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Mitchell, Joseph E., MSRC Staff

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MIZELL, Alfonce and Freddie Perren, MSRC Staff

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MOORLAND, JESSE EDWARD, MSRC Staff

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Murphy, Jr., George, DPAAC Staff

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MURRAY, Daniel, MSRC Staff

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MURRAY, Freeman Henry Morris, MSRC Staff

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Murray, Pauli, MSRC Staff

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MURRY, Peter Marshall, MSRC Staff

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Mu-So-Lit Club, Washington, D.C., MSRC Staff

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MUSTAPHA, Jennie, MSRC Staff

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NAACP-District of Columbia Branch, MSRC Staff

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Nabrit, Jr., James, DPAAC Staff

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Nethula Journal Records, DPAAC Staff

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NICKERSON, CAMILLE, MSRC Staff

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NIXON, WILLIAM, MSRC Staff

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NKRUMAH, Kwame, MSRC Staff

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Omnium Gatherum Collection (Digital), MSRC Staff

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PARKER, Theodore, MSRC Staff

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Patience, Charles Edgar, MSRC Staff

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PATTERSON, William, MSRC Staff

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PAYNE, Christopher, MSRC Staff

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PAYNE, Daniel Alexander, MSRC Staff

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PAYNE, Ethel, MSRC Staff

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PENDLETON, MILES, MSRC Staff

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PINCHBACK, Pinckney Benton Stewart (PBS), MSRC Staff

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Pittsburgh Courier, MSRC Staff

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POOL, Rosey, MSRC Staff

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PRATTIS, PERCIVAL LEROY, MSRC Staff

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PROMETHEANS, MSRC Staff

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Ralph Bunche Oral History Collection, MSRC Staff

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RANKIN, Jeremiah, MSRC Staff

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RANSOM, Leon, MSRC Staff

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RAPIER Family, MSRC Staff

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Raullerson, Calvin, DPAAC Staff

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RAZAF, Andy, MSRC Staff

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REYNOLDS, Anita Thompson Dickinson, MSRC Staff

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RILLIEUX, Norbert, MSRC Staff

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ROBESON, Eslanda, MSRC Staff

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ROBESON, PAUL AND ESLANDA, MSRC Staff

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Rodney, Walter, MSRC Staff

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Rolark, Wilhelmina, DPAAC Staff

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RUFFIN FAMILY, MSRC Staff

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SETTLE, Josiah, MSRC Staff

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SIDNEY Hollander Foundation, MSRC Staff

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SIMMS FAMILY, MSRC Staff

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Sixth Pan-African Congress Records, DPAAC Staff

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SLOWE, Lucy Diggs, MSRC Staff