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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
- 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.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Manuscripts, correspondence: Gift, Carpenter, Mimi, 1985Key terms
Names
- Carpenter, John A. (John Alcott), 1921-
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
- Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909
- United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
Subjects
- Freedmen -- United States
- Real property -- Southern States
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States
Places
Using the collection
Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor