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	Author:	Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Benjamin Franklin Papers
	Dates:	1730-1791
	Abstract:	The Franklin papers contain several letters which refer to African Americans, particularly in regards to the need to abolish slavery and the establishment of a school for African American children.
	Call #:	Mss.B.F85
	Extent:	48.5 Linear feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Account books. \| American Philosophical Society. \| American Revolution \| Americans Abroad \| Bache, Catherine Wistar, 1770-1820 \| Bache, Sarah Franklin, 1743-1808 \| Business Records and Accounts \| Business and Skilled Trades \| Diaries. \| Diplomatic History \| Diplomatic Material \| Electricity--Early works to 1800 \| Family Correspondence \| France--Foreign relations--United States \| Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 \| Franklin, Deborah Read Rogers, 1708-1774 \| Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823 \| Franklin, William, 1731-1813 \| General Correspondence \| Government Affairs \| Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States \| Hays , I. Minis, (Isaac Minis), 1847-1925 \| Hodge, Sarah Bache, 1798-1849 \| International Travel \| Land and Speculation \| Manuscript Essays \| Marriage and Family Life \| Mecom, Jane Franklin, 1712-1794 \| Military History \| Pen works \| Pencil works \| Pennsylvania History \| Pennsylvania--History--18th century \| Pennsylvania--Politics and government--18th century \| Political Correspondence \| Postal service--United States \| Printed Material \| Printers--Pennsylvania \| Printing and Publishing \| Scientific Correspondence \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Social Life and Custom \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| United States--Foreign relations--France \| United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain \| United States--History--Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 \| United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763 \| United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 \| United States--Politics and government--Colonial period, ca.1600-1775 \| United States--Politics and government--Revolution, 1775-1783 \| Williams, Jonathan.

	Author:	Lesley, J. P., (J. Peter), 1819-1903	Requires cookie*
	Title:	J.P. Lesley Papers
	Dates:	1826-1898
	Abstract:	The antislavery interests of J. Peter and Susan Lesley are reflected in letters from correspondents such as Lydia Maria Child, James Freeman Clarke, and Thomas Wentworth Higginson. The collection also includes a letter of Frederick Douglass (September 6, 1856) in which Douglass offers to assist Susan Lesley in locating the son of a "colored" friend of hers.
	Call #:	Mss.B.L56
	Extent:	7.75 Linear feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Americans Abroad \| Avesta \| Biographies. \| Cartography. \| Charities -- United States. \| Clippings. \| Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907 \| Cope, E. D. , (Edward Drinker), 1840-1897 \| Desor, E. (Edouard), 1811-1882 \| Diaries. \| Education--United States \| Egypt--Antiquities. \| Egyptian language--Writing, Hieroglyphic \| Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 \| Family Correspondence \| Flint, Austin \| France--Description and travel \| Funeral rites and ceremonies--Egypt \| Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912 \| General Correspondence \| Geological Survey of Pennsylvania \| Geology--Maps \| Geology--Nova Scotia--Surveys \| Geology--Pennsylvania \| Germany--Description and travel \| Gibbs, Wolcott, 1822-1908 \| Hale, Lucretia P., (Lucretia Peabody), 1820-1900 \| Hawaiian language \| Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 \| International Travel \| Javanese language \| Journals (notebooks) \| Lesley, Allen \| Lesley, J. P., (J. Peter), 1819-1903 \| Lesley, Joseph, 1831-1889 \| Lesley, Susan I., (Susan Inches), 1823-1904 \| Literature \| Literature, Arts, and Culture \| Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920 \| M'Kim, J. Miller, (James Miller), 1810-1874 \| Marriage and Family Life \| Marsh, Othniel Charles, 1831-1899 \| McKinley, Alexander \| Nova Scotia--Surveys \| Obelisks \| Owen, Richard, 1804-1892 \| Paleontology--Pennsylvania \| Pennsylvania--Surveys \| Philology \| Photographs \| Poems \| Scientific Data \| Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate , 1841-1906 \| Sketches. \| Slavery -- United States. \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 \| Switzerland--Description and travel \| Thomson, J. Edgar, (James Edgar), 1808-1874 \| Transcendentalism \| Travel Narratives and Journals \| Unitarianism \| United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 \| Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896 \| Wright, Chauncey,1830-1875.

	Author:	Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Samuel George Morton Papers
	Dates:	1819-1850
	Abstract:	Morton's diary, made on a trip that be made to the West Indies, records observations made on many of the Islands on life, work, agriculture, slavery, and derogatory comments on the native inhabitants.
	Call #:	Mss.B.M843
	Extent:	2.25 Linear feet
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	Subjects:	Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. \| African American \| Archaeology \| Aymara Indians \| Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 \| Barbados--Description and travel--19th century \| Botany \| Chapman, Nathaniel, 1780-1853 \| Conrad, T. A., (Timothy Abbott), 1803-1877 \| Cooper, William, 1776-1848 \| Craniology. \| Craniometry \| Dana, James D. (James Dwight), 1813-1895 \| Diaries. \| Du Ponceau , Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 \| Eastern Woodlands Indians \| Education \| Egyptology. \| Exploration. \| Fermine Gomez Farias \| French, B. F., (Benjamin Franklin), 1799-1877 \| General Correspondence \| Geology \| Gliddon, George R.(George Robins),1809-1857. \| Gomez, Jose Justo Gomez de la Cortina, conde de la, 1799-1860 \| Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 \| Haldeman, Samuel Stehman, 1812-1880 \| Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 \| Indians of North America--Kentucky \| Indians of North America--Massachusetts \| Indians of North America--Mississippi \| Indians of North America--Ohio \| Indians of North America--Physical characteristics \| Indians of North America--Rhode Island \| Indians of North America--Tennessee \| Indians of South America--Peru \| Indians of South America--Physical characteristics \| International Travel \| Kane , John K., (John Kintzing), 1795-1858 \| Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875 \| Medicine \| Mineralogy \| Miscegenation \| Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851 \| Natural history \| Naumkeag Indians \| Ornithology \| Paleontology \| Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860 \| Pentland, Joseph Barclay \| Phrenology \| Race \| Race, race relations, racism \| Rush, William, 1756-1833 \| Science and technology \| Scientific Correspondence \| Sketches. \| Skull. \| Slavery--Barbados \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Southeast Indians \| Travel \| Travel Narratives and Journals \| United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) \| Watercolors \| Wied-Neuwied, Maximilien Alexandre Philippe, prinz von, 1782-1864

	Author:	Pearl, Raymond, 1879-1940	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Raymond Pearl Papers
	Dates:	Circa 1895-1940
	Abstract:	Pearl's opposition to eugenics earned him both friends and adversaries (most notable among the latter, E. M. East), as reflected throughout the Pearl papers. His correspondence with East, Herbert Spencer Jennings, Karl Pearson, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Ira Jewell Williams, Edwin B. Wilson, F. A. E. Crew, the Rockefeller Institute, and William T. Howard (among others) touches frequently on issues of genetics, eugenics, race, and human evolution. The correspondence with the N.A.A.C.P. comprises three folders of materials for the years 1927-1936, primarily concerning a study of Harlem Hospital.
	Call #:	Mss.B.P312
	Extent:	19.25 Linear feet
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	Subjects:	Academic freedom \| Aeronautics \| American Association of Physical Anthropologists. \| American Philosophical Society \| Anthropology \| Anthropology -- Anthropometry \| Ants \| Baker, William E., Jr. \| Baltimore Sun \| Behavioral genetics, IQ \| Bell, James F. \| Berkson, Joseph, 1899- \| Bernard, Léon, b. 1877 \| Bibliographical matters \| Biochemistry and organic chemistry \| Biographical and personal data \| Biographical and personal data -- Dublin, Louis I. \| Biographical and personal data -- Fisher, Ronald Aylmer \| Biographical and personal data -- Pearson, Karl \| Biographical and personal data -- Wilson, Edwin Bidwell \| Biological Survey of the Great Lakes \| Biology \| Biology publishing \| Biology, genetics, eugenics \| Biology--Periodicals \| Biometry \| Birth Control Federation of America. \| Birth control. \| Botany and plant genetics \| Business \| Business -- Williams and Wilkins Company \| Campbell, James A., 1917- \| Cancer, chemotherapy \| Climate -- Arctic Ocean \| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory \| Columbia University \| Committee activities \| Committee activities -- Advisory board \| Committee activities -- Population, demography \| Conferences and symposia \| Congratulations, greetings, thanks \| Cox, Eugene A. \| Culture, community, organizations \| Cytogenetics \| Dartmouth College \| Dartmouth College \| Deafness \| Diaries. \| Displaced German scholars \| Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir \| Drosophila genetics \| East, Edward M., (Edward Murray), 1879-1938 \| Ecology \| Economics \| Editorial matters \| Editorial matters -- Human Biology \| Editorial matters -- Quarterly Review of Biology \| Educational matters \| Embree, Edwin R., (Edwin Rogers), 1883-1950 \| Embryology, developmental genetics \| Eugenics \| Evolution \| Evolution (Biology) \| Evolution -- Scopes trial \| Fellowships, assistantships \| Fisher, Arne \| Galton Laboratory \| Genetics \| Genetics -- Cattle \| Genetics -- Disease resistance \| Gini, Corrado \| Gini, Corrado, 1884- \| Graduate study \| Graduate study -- University of Michigan \| Greenwood, Major, 1880- \| Harrison, Ross G., (Ross Granville), 1870-1959 \| Harvard University \| Harvard University -- Bussey Institute \| Harvard University -- Pearl, Raymond \| History of biology, especially genetics \| Hitler, Adolph \| Honors \| Honors -- Chinard, Gilbert \| Honors -- Hrdlicka, Ales \| Honors -- Pearl, Raymond \| Howard University \| Human evolution \| Human evolution, physical anthropology \| Human evolution, physical anthropology -- Race \| Human genetics \| Indiana University--Patten Lectures \| International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Science -- Committee on Standardization of Technique of Anthropometry \| International Congress of Eugenics -- Second Congress \| International Congress of Genetics -- Fifth Congress \| International Congress of Genetics -- Seventh Congress \| International Statistical Institute. \| International Union for the Scientific Investigation of Population Problems \| Invitations \| Johns Hopkins University \| Johns Hopkins University -- Institute for Biological Research \| Jones, Bassett, 1877-1960 \| Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station \| Korzybski, Alfred \| Laboratory techniques, equipment \| Lectures, public speaking \| Maine Agricultural Experiment Station \| Mallet, Bernard, Sir \| Massachusetts Department of Agriculture \| Medical research \| Mencken, H. L., (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 \| Meyer, Adolf \| Morgan, Thomas Hunt, 1866-1945 \| Mouse genetics \| National Academy of Sciences \| National Academy of Sciences. (U.S.) \| National Research Council \| Needham, Joseph \| Pearl, Ida May McDuffee \| Pearl, Raymond, 1879-1940 \| Pearson, Karl \| Pearson, Karl, 1857-1936 \| Philosophy of science \| Physiology \| Physiology -- Alcohol, tobacco \| Physiology -- Longevity \| Poetry and literature \| Political issues \| Political issues -- Birth control \| Political issues -- Sterilization \| Population biology \| Population genetics \| Population, demography \| Poultry genetics \| Protozoan genetics \| Protozoology \| Publication \| Publication -- Baltimore Sun \| Publication -- Biological Abstracts \| Publication -- Dial \| Publication -- Encyclopedia Britannica \| Publication -- Human Biology \| Publication -- Journal of Experimental Zoology \| Publication -- Quarterly Review of Biology \| Race, race relations, racism \| Recommendations \| Recommendations -- Gause, Georgii Frantsevitch \| Recommendations -- LeBlanc, Thomas J. \| Recommendations -- Park, Thomas \| Recommendations -- Weinstein, Alexander \| Referee's report \| Requests for aid in finding positions \| Research support \| Reviews \| Reviews -- Flexner, Simon \| Reviews -- Gowen, John W. \| Ritter, William Emerson, 1856-1944 \| Rockefeller Foundation \| Russell, E. S. (Edward Stuart), 1887-1954 \| Russian politics and science \| Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966 \| Saturday Night Club \| Science publishing. \| Scientific organizations, meetings, programs \| Scientific organizations, meetings, programs -- Agendas \| Scientific organizations, meetings, programs -- Committees \| Scientific organizations, meetings, programs -- Finances \| Scientific organizations, meetings, programs -- Minutes \| Scientific organizations, meetings, programs -- Newsletters \| Scientific organizations, meetings, programs -- Statutes \| Scientific refugees \| Shull, George Harrison \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| Solicitations for support or contribution \| Statistics \| Statistics, biostatistics, biometrics \| Statistics, biostatistics, biometrics -- Japan \| Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962 \| Stopes, Marie C. \| Sweeney, James Shirley, 1896- \| Teaching \| Teaching -- Johns Hopkins University \| Teaching -- University of London \| Teaching -- University of Michigan \| The Quarterly Review of Biology. \| Thomas, Charles C., 1925- \| Travel -- Europe \| Travel -- Invitations, arrangements \| Travel -- Japan \| United States Fish Commission \| University of Iowa \| University of Maine \| University of Michigan \| University of Pennsylvania \| University of Wisconsin \| Unpublished manuscripts, notes, etc. \| Walcott, Frederic Collin, 1869-1949 \| Wheeler, William Morton \| Wheeler, William Morton, 1865-1937 \| Wildlife management \| Willcox, Walter Francis, 1861-1964 \| Wilson, Edwin Bidwell \| Wilson, Edwin Bidwell, 1879-1964 \| World War I -- Food Administration \| World War I -- Impact on science \| World War II -- Impact on science \| World War, 1914-1918 \| Yale University \| Yerkes, Robert Mearns, 1876-1956 \| Zea (maize) genetics \| Zoology \| Zoology -- Animal behavior

	Author:	Thistlewood family.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Thistlewood family papers, 1748-1792
	Dates:	1748-1792
	Abstract:	Of particular interest to scholars of African American history are the materials relating to Thistlewood's time in Jamaica (1751-1786), where he managed a cattle estate (Vineyard Pen) and a sugar plantation (Egypt).
	Call #:	Mss.Film.1461
	Extent:	16.0 Microfilm reel(s)
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	Subjects:	Agriculture -- Jamaica. \| Cattle. \| Culture, community, organizations \| Diaries. \| Folklore \| Folklore--Jamaica \| Jamaica -- Climate. \| Jamaica -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. \| Meteorology -- Jamaica -- Observations. \| Microfilm Collection \| Natural history -- Jamaica. \| Plantations \| Plantations -- Jamaica. \| Slaveholders -- Jamaica. \| Slavery -- Jamaica. \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Sugar growing -- Jamaica. \| Thistlewood family. \| Thistlewood, John \| Thistlewood, Thomas, 1721-1786 \| Traditional medicine -- Jamaica. \| West Indies -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.

	Author:	Wyck Association.	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Wyck Association Collection
	Dates:	1663-1972
	Abstract:	With emphases on religion, education, and social concerns, the correspondence in the Wyck collection contains numerous references to African Americans. These issues emerge in the correspondence of Caspar Wistar Haines I, Hannah Marshall Haines, Reuben Haines III, Jane Bowne Haines I, Robert Bowne Haines I, and Caspar Wistar Haines II.See below for more specific subject references within the letters. The collection also contains a series of writings: diaries, essays, journals, notebooks, and poetry. Of particular interest are the papers describing the exploits of a runaway slave, Henry Hudson, in 1819.
	Call #:	Mss.Ms.Coll.52
	Extent:	151.5 Linear feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. \| Accounts. \| Agriculture \| Bills (financial). \| Business Records and Accounts \| Business and Skilled Trades \| Culture, community, organizations \| Deeds \| Diaries. \| Early National Politics \| Family Correspondence \| Haines family \| Haines, Ann, 1793-1869 \| Haines, Caspar Wistar, 1762-1801 \| Haines, Caspar Wistar, 1853-1935 \| Haines, Hannah Marshall, 1765-1828 \| Haines, Jane B., 1869-1937 \| Haines, Jane Bowne, 1790-1843 \| Haines, Jane Reuben, 1832-1911 \| Haines, John Smith, 1820-1886 \| Haines, Margaret Vaux Wistar, 1831-1917 \| Haines, Margaret Wistar, 1728-1793 \| Haines, Mary T., 1892- \| Haines, Reuben, 1727-1793 \| Haines, Reuben, 1786-1831 \| Haines, Robert B., 1827-1895 \| Haines, Robert B., 1893-1967 \| Hartshorne, Catherine Haines, 1761-1809 \| Home economics--United States--Accounting \| Horticulture \| Institutional Records \| Jansen family \| Literature, Arts, and Culture \| Marriage and Family Life \| Miscellaneous \| Pennsylvania History \| Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs \| Philadelphia History \| Photoprints \| Quakers \| Race, race relations, racism \| Receipts \| Reconstruction \| Religion, religious organizations \| Science and Technology \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| Social problems. \| Trade \| Wistar family \| Wyck House (Philadelphia, Pa.)