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- Creator
- Green family
- Call number
- Sc MG 584
- Physical description
- .1 linear feet (1 folder)
- Preferred Citation
- [Item], Green family letters, Sc MG 584, 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
- Request an in-person research appointment.Restrictions apply
The Green family letters comprise correspondence of the Green family, namely between Charlotte Green and her husband Frisby Green, who worked as a waiter, coachman and valet and moved around either with his employer or on his own while Charlotte remained behind. Included are letters to and from their daughter Drusilla, who also corresponded with an aunt in New Haven, Connecticut, and cousins in New York City and New Haven.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Donated by Andrea Rodriguez, 1995.
Processing information
Compiled by Diana Lachatanere, 1996.
Finding aid edited and adapted to digital form by Kay Menick in 2016.
Key terms
Names
- Green, Charlotte (creator)
- Green, Frisby (creator)
Subjects
- African American families -- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century
- African Americans -- Genealogy
- Freedmen -- United States
- New Haven (Conn.) -- History -- 19th century
Material types
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
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.Conditions Governing Use
Information on copyright available from repository.
Access restrictions
All reproduction requests subject to limitations noted in divisional policies.