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Correspondence Index, Frederick Douglass Papers, Library of Congress Guide to the Use of the Frederick Douglass Correspondence Index The index to the Frederick Douglass papers is designed primarily as a research guide to the documents in the General Correspondence series (containers 3-12), and those letters at the beginning of the Addition I series (container 48). It does not include Douglass correspondence in other collections in the Library of Congress or in other repositories. This index was produced in 1974 using an electronic data processing application innovative for its time, which permitted a num ber of econom ies but imposed in return a few limitations. Some of the details normally found in indexes and calendars could not be provided. In preparing this revised edition of the index, abbreviations were expanded, and an effort was made to regularize its format. No entries were added or deleted. To find indexed documents in the collection, locate the writer or recipient in the main entry column, check the date, and refer to the appropriate place in the General Correspondence or Addition I series. If an item is located in the Addition I series, or filed along with an item from another date, it is so noted in the “addenda” column. A small num ber of item s described in the Manuscript Division’s finding aid to the larger collection as “account and financial notes, Fredericka D. S. Perry, 1935-1941, n.d.” (Addition I series, container 50) are included in the index, but were not microfilmed, nor were they reproduced in the collection’s online presentation. This is essentially a name index. Writers of letters to Douglass or his wife Helen Pitts Douglass, or persons addressed by either of them, including organizations and governmental agencies, are arranged in alphabetical order. When the same name appears more than once, the entries are arranged chronologically, first by undated, then by dated material. Douglass’s name appears in the main entry column only when he is the author of a document other than a letter, and his name is followed by the subject or other description of the document. The same is true for Mrs. Douglass, except that her correspondence with Douglass is indexed under her name. Correspondence of persons other than Douglass is indexed both by writer and recipient. When more than two writers signed a letter, or were the recipients, the words “et al.” are used after the first name that appears on the document. Generally, two signers or addressees are indexed separately. However, when a husband and wife wrote jointly, or were addressed together, the item is indexed under the husband’s name, together with the titles “Mr & Mrs.” If a writer chose to disguise his identity or keep it secret, he is indexed under “anonymous,” followed by any descriptive signature when one was used. If a letter is unsigned and the writer could not be identified, or if a signature is illegible, the entry is indexed under “unknown” with such information as the manuscript provides concerning identity immediately following. An asterisk preceding a name or a date indicates information supplied by the indexer, wholly or in part, or a doubtful reading of a name. A “see also” reference is used when entries for the same person or organization appear under more than one form; a “see” reference leads from a form of the name not used in the index to the form under which the entry appears. The final, or addenda, column of the index is used for location and other data. Location references are followed by the date under which the item may be found, or in the case of undated material, under the name in the undated material that it follows. Other notations in this column refer to the form of the material when the item is other than a letter; to the existence of additional material by or to the same writer or recipient under the same date; and, when possible, to the language in which the item is written when other than English. Frederick Douglass Correspondence Index Writer S Recipient Date Addenda Abbas II from Helen Pitts Douglass 1896, Nov 12 Draft Location: 1896, Nov 10 Abbas, Pasha see Abbas II Abreu, — to Frederick Douglass 1890, Jan 24 Adams, Cornelia D to Frederick Douglass 1877, Jul 16 Adams, Cornelia D to Frederick Douglass 1884, Jan 25 Adams, Cornelia D to Frederick Douglass 1888, Jan 28 Adams, Mary to Frederick Douglass 1892, Feb 18 Fragment Adams, Robert to Frederick Douglass 1889, Jun 28 Adams, Robert to Frederick Douglass 1889, Jun 30 *Adams, Ruth to Frederick Douglass 1882, Aug 10 Adams, Ruth to Frederick Douglass 1894, Mar 15 Adams, Ruth to Frederick Douglass 1894, May 1 Adams, Ruth to Frederick Douglass 1894, May 24 Addamson, Emery W to Frederick Douglass 1893, Nov 23 Adee, Alvey A to Frederick Douglass 1889, Sep 10 Adee, Alvey A to Frederick Douglass 1889, Sep 20 Adee, Alvey A to Frederick Douglass 1889, Sep 25 Adee, Alvey A from Frederick Douglass 1889, Sep 30 Fragment *Adger, Joseph B to Frederick Douglass 1893, Feb 24 Adger, Joseph B from J E Ditson & Co 1893, Dec 28 Adjutant General from H V Plummer 1894, Apr 11 With note to Frederick Douglass Adlington, Francis M to Frederick Douglass Undated Poem African ME Zion Church see Hood, J W Afro-American Budget see Woods, J S Afro-American League to Helen Pitts Douglass 1895, Feb 23 Telegram Afro-American League, San see Morton, T B Francisco Afro-American Press see Mitchell, John Jr Association of U S Afro-Americans of Wisconsin to Helen Pitts Douglass et al. 1895, Feb 21 Telegram Age – Editor from Frederick Douglass Undated *Agnew, C to Frederick Douglass Undated No year, Jul 15 Aines Dairy Company from F D S Perry 1939, Nov 8 Addition I Aked, Charles F to Frederick Douglass 1893, Jul 9 Addition I Aked, Charles F from Frederick Douglass 1894, Mar 27 * Information supplied by the indexer, wholly or in part, or a doubtful reading of a name or date. Page 1 of 133 Frederick Douglass Correspondence Index Writer S Recipient Date Addenda Aked, Charles F to Frederick Douglass 1894, Apr 12 Addition I *Aked, Charles F from Frederick Douglass 1894, May 22 Alabama Literary Assembly to Helen Pitts Douglass 1895, Feb 21 Telegram Alcorn University – Rodney, see Furniss, W H Miss Alden, Henry M et al. Undated Re George W Curtis Location: 1893, Dec 6 Aldrich, J Frank to Frederick Douglass 1889, Mar 22 Alexander, Samuel to Frederick Douglass 1892, May Alger, R A to Frederick Douglass 1889, Sep 5 Allen, Ethan see Pan-Republic Congress also *Allen, Ethan to Frederick Douglass 1891, Jun 9 Circular Allen, M A M to Frederick Douglass 1884, Mar 29 Addition I *Allen, M A M to Frederick Douglass 1887, Jun 9 *Allen, M A M to Frederick Douglass 1887, Sep 7 Allen, Richard to Frederick Douglass 1885, Aug 28 Allibone, S Austin et al. Undated Remarks re book by Weise (circular) *Allman, Susan from J W Osborne 1886, Sep 8 Two same date Alvan, J W see American Association of Educators of Colored Youth *Alvord, J W 1869, Mar 12 Recommendation re Charles R Douglass Location: 1869, Apr 13 *American Association of 1892, Dec 27 Pamphlet Educators of Colored Youth Location: 1892, Sep 14 American Missionary see Howard, C H Association American Missionary see Strieby, M E Association American Press Association see Smith, Orlando J also American Press Association Undated Question(s) re July 4 Symposium Location: 1894, Apr 13 American Publishing Co from Helen Pitts Douglass 1900, Dec 8 American Society of Church to Frederick Douglass 1893 Receipt History Location: 1893, Dec 7 American Society – Prevention see Burgh, Henry of Cruelty to Animals Ames, Adelbert to Frederick Douglass 1874, May 25 * Information supplied by the indexer, wholly or in part, or a doubtful reading of a name or date. Page 2 of 133 Frederick Douglass Correspondence Index Writer S Recipient Date Addenda Ames, Oliver to Frederick Douglass 1888, Sep 29 Ames, Oliver to Frederick Douglass 1888, Oct 15 Amory, William Austin to Frederick Douglass 1892, Dec 1 Andersen, Alfred J to Frederick Douglass 1894, Jan 10 Anderson, — from Frederick Douglass 1894, Mar 26 Anderson, C A M to Frederick Douglass 1891, Nov 9 Anderson, C W to Frederick Douglass 1892, Feb 16 *Anderson, Rasmus B to Frederick Douglass 1889, Nov 6 Anderson, Robert E to Frederick Douglass 1889, Jun 30 Anderson, W F from Fredericka D S Perry 1939, Mar 28 Addition I Andonn, Milton W to Frederick Douglass 1892, Oct 24 *Andrew, Amos to Frederick Douglass 1893, Jan 18 Andrews, E S to Frederick Douglass 1891, Sep 4 *Angdomeza, Henry et al. 1890, Apr 10 Affidavit re H Gregoire In French Anonymous to Frederick Douglass Undated Anonymous to Frederick Douglass 1892, Jun 14 Anonymous to Frederick Douglass 1894, Apr 20 Postcard Anonymous – Citizen to Frederick Douglass 1877, Apr 5 With abstract Anonymous – Colored Citizen to Frederick Douglass 1877, Mar 18 Anonymous – Shun Tammany to Frederick Douglass 1893, Aug 13 Anonymous – Tippecanoe & to Frederick Douglass Undated Addition I Morton Too Anthony, Elliott to Frederick Douglass 1894, Nov 5 Telegram *Anthony, Susan B to Frederick Douglass 1866, Dec 15 *Anthony, Susan B to Frederick Douglass 1873, Jan 13 *Anthony, Susan B to Frederick Douglass 1888, Feb 6 Anthony, Susan B to Frederick Douglass 1893, Jun 25 Addition I Anthony, Susan B to Helen Pitts Douglass 1895, Mar 19 Addition I Anthony, Susan B to Helen Pitts Douglass 1903, Jun 12 *Appleby, V L S to Frederick Douglass 1893, Dec 1 Postcard Archin, C see Haiti Foreign Affairs also Archin, C to Frederick Douglass 1892, Feb 11 In French Addition I Archin, C to Frederick Douglass 1892, Feb 11 Photostat In French * Information supplied by the indexer, wholly or in part, or a doubtful reading of a name or date.
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