American Negro Historical Society Collection, 1790-1905
The American Negro Historical Society Collection includes a variety of materials that illustrate the black experience in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The historical society was founded in 1897 by a group of African Americans in Philadelphia that included Robert Adger, W.M. Dorsey and Jacob C. White, Jr. This collection includes:
- Minutes of the American Negro Historical Society
- Correspondence
- Membership lists
- Bills and receipts
- Land acquisition books
- Records of several civic and philanthropic organizations (including Banneker Institute; Benezet Joint Stock Association; Daughters of Africa Beneficial Society; and the Pennsylvania State Equal Rights League), schools (Zoar Sabbath School, Roberts Vaux Consolidated School) and churches (First African Presbyterian Church, Bethel Church)
- Records of an African-American baseball club called the Philadelphia Pythians
- Broadsides of organizations such as the Colored People's Union League Association
- Photos
- Slaveholder's ledgers
Number of reels: 12