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Creator
Carpenter, John A. (John Alcott), 1921-
Call number
Sc MG 296
Physical description
9.4 linear feet
Preferred Citation
John A. Carpenter research material collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library
Repository
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Access to materials
Advance notice required. Request access to this collection.

Professor of history. Holograph manuscripts and typescripts; research notes; photocopies of correspondence and reports from the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1860s; biographical data sheets on military and civilian agents of the Freedmen's Bureau; and miscellaneous correspondence and printed matter used by Carpenter. Subjects include Freedmen's Bureau agents, Oliver Otis Howard, and Ulysses S. Grant. Manuscripts entitled "The Military Career of Oliver Otis Howard," "The Civil War Career of Oliver Otis Howard," and "An Account of the Civil War Career of Oliver Otis Howard, Based on His Private Letters." Also, miscellaneous correspondence, articles, book reviews, lectures, notes, and bibliographies.

Scope and arrangement

Arrangement

Collection organized into four series: I The Freedmen's Bureau Agents; II Oliver Otis Howard; III Ulysses S. Grant; and IV Articles, Book Reviews T.V. Talks and Lectures

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Manuscripts, correspondence: Gift, Carpenter, Mimi, 1985

Using the collection

Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor

Access to materials

Advance notice required. Request access to this collection.