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Berbice plantation collection
Collection — Box: 1 [31151030068195]
Identifier: MS-0519
Overview
The Berbice plantation collection consists of eight letters written by Hugh McCalmot, all concerning McCalmot's plantations in Berbice in modern day Guyana, South America dating 1809-1840.
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John Pendleton Kennedy letter to the National Intelligencer newspaper
Collection — Box: 1 [31151030118909]
Identifier: MS-0716
Overview
John Pendleton Kennedy (1795-1870) was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He was a politician (elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1838) and writer with strong ties to the South. This collection includes a public letter which elucidates Kennedy's dialogue as an apologist for slavery on the one hand, and the views of famed anti-slavery activist, Lewis Tappan, on the other. The correspondence was written on March 5, 1850.
Found in:
Special Collections
Paulene Elenora Myers collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0790
Overview
This collection contains materials relating to Paulene Myers, an American actress who was born in 1913 and died in 1996. The collection dates from approximately the 1950s to the 1990s, and includes ephemera, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and notes documenting her career.
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Special Collections
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