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Black man driving a cart of hay : stereograph
Collection
Restrictions on access
Open for research.
Dates:
1871
Black people in front of a log cabin, Petersburg, Virginia : stereograph
Collection
Scope and Contents
View of five Black people (two men, a woman, and two children), in front of a cabin.
Restrictions on access
Open for research.
Dates:
probably between 1869 and 1872
Group of Black people in a covered wagon, American Civil War : stereograph
Collection
Scope and Contents
View of Black men, women, and children seated before, and riding in, a covered wagon. A mounted soldier is visible in the background, presumably a Union soldier based on the cap and dark uniform.
Restrictions on access
Open for research.
Dates:
probably between 1890 and 1900
Hattie M. and Merritt Morse papers
Collection
Abstract
Papers document a 19th-century New Hampshire family during the American Civil War. Merritt Morse shared his experiences and perspectives as a U.S. Signal Corpsman in the Union Army in South Carolina, the Sea Islands, and Virginia, as well as an ad hoc minister to formerly enslaved Black communities on the islands, through correspondence home to his wife Hattie. The papers also contain a smaller number of letters to Hattie from her family. Additional materials include carte de visite...
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open for research; a portion is available digitally.
Dates:
1858-1865; Majority of material found within 1863-1865
Boston College collection of Chandler Robbins cased photographs
Collection
Abstract
Three cased photographs of Chandler Robbins, Union soldier in the American Civil War.
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
approximately 1861
Studio portrait of Black youths dressed as chimney sweeps: stereograph
Collection
Scope and Contents
View of five Black children posing with chimney sweeps' tools.
Restrictions on access
Open for research.
Dates:
probably between 1870 and 1890