- Creator
- Yancey, William Alexander
- Call number
- Sc MG 194
- Physical description
- 0.22 linear feet (1 box, 1 oversize folder)
- Language
- English
- Preferred Citation
- [Item], William Alexander Yancey papers, Sc MG 194, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
- Access to materials
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Born a slave, William Alexander Yancey was a teacher and a Presbyterian minister and missionary. After the Civil War, he moved to Virginia and purchased some land. In 1872, he converted to the Presbyterian faith. A year later, Yancey graduated from Hampton Normal School in Virginia. He taught from 1873 to 1890, and was also a school principal. Yancey later became a Sabbath school missionary through the Presbyterian Church and was ordained a minister. The William Alexander Yancey papers consist of material related to his career as a teacher, Presbyterian missionary, and minister, such as essays, sermons, correspondence, a program, and certificate. Many essays are autobiographical and include discussions of his years as a slave and his education. Other topics are religious or relate to such topics as "The School System of West Virginia", "The Old South and the Negro", and "The New South and the Negro". There is also one 1955 letter between two of his children.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Unknown provenance, 1978.
Revision History
Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark. (2021 January 27)
Processing information
Accessioned by Janice Quinter, November 1990. Processed as part of the Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
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