| title | DeGrasse-Howard papers |
repository | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| description | This collection consists of manuscripts and family papers relating to several African American families, the DeGrasse, Howard, Downing, and Asbury families. It also includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published sources, and research notes about various individuals in those families collected by Rev. Howard DeGrasse Asbury, a descendent. |
| extent | 2 document boxes |
| access | Use of the originals is restricted. This collection is available as color digital facsimiles (see links below). |
| record link | https://www.masshist.org/collection-guides/view/fa0153 |
| record source | http://balthazaar.masshist.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=3&ti=1,3&Search%5FArg=degrasse&Search%5FCode=FT%2A&CNT=10&PID=hcju6lFLsKKHbw5QtWqF4haq1s0IpBw&SEQ=20230316132328&SID=1 |
| acquisition information | The DeGrasse-Howard papers were inherited by Mrs. Shirley Asbury Downs of Austin, Texas, from her father Reverend Howard DeGrasse Asbury, who assembled many of the documents in the collection. Mrs. Downs placed the collection on loan to the Museum of Afro American History, and the Museum of Afro American History deposited it at the Massachusetts Historical Society in July 1998. In November 2012, the collection was given to the Massachusetts Historical Society by Mrs. Downs' son Robert Downs. |
| updated | 04/28/2023 14:09:07 |
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