Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Dorsey, William Henry
| title | Thomas and William Dorsey Collection | repository | Howard University Libraries |
| description | Autographs, correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and engravings relating to black Americana collected by two prominent Philadelphia Afro-Americans, Thomas Dorsey (1812-1875) and his son William Henry Dorsey (b. 1837). Includes an engraving of Reverend Peter Williams by Patrick Reason, and news articles about Reverend Augustine Tolson. |
| extent | 1 linear ft. |
| access | n/a |
| record link | https://dh.howard.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1059&context=finaid_manu |
| record source | https://dh.howard.edu/finaid_manu/60/ |
| acquisition information | n/a |
| updated | 04/28/2023 14:13:17 |
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| title | William H. Dorsey Scrapbook Collection | repository | Cheyney University Archives and Special Collections |
| description | Nearly 400 homemade scrapbooks compiled by William Henry Dorsey, a black bibliofile, at the turn of the century. Subjects include African Americans, Africa/Africans, Native Americans, Politics, Religion, Art, etc. Most of the scrapbooks have been preserved on microfilm (currently 28 reels). Index of microfilm. |
| extent | 400 vol. 28 reels |
| access | n/a |
| record link | https://digital.libraries.psu.edu/digital/collection/contest/id/2419/ |
| finding aid | n/a |
| acquisition information | n/a |
| updated | 03/16/2023 16:00:20 |
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| title | Leon Gardiner collection of American Negro Historical Society records | repository | Historical Society of Pennsylvania |
| description | The American Negro Historical Society was founded in 1897 by a group of Philadelphia blacks to study and preserve materials documenting the American black experience. Among the founders and early members were Robert Adger, W.M. Dorsey and Jacob C. White, Jr., who donated materials to the society, some of which are present in the collection. The collection is composed of administrative records of the society and materials collected by some of its members, including correspondence, minutes, reports, financial documents, membership lists, records of lectures and debates, library catalogues, baseball lineup and scorecards, speeches, printed matter, and portraits of distinguished black leaders and abolitionists. |
| extent | 8.9 Linear feet , 16 boxes, 35 volumes |
| access | This collection is open for research. |
| record link | http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/g/Gardiner0008.html |
| acquisition information | n/a |
| updated | 04/28/2023 14:13:33 |
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| title | William H. Dorsey Manuscript Collection | repository | Cheyney University Archives and Special Collections |
| description | A series of correspondence, obituaries and newspaper articles from or about nearly one thousand friends, associates and interesting persons collected by Dorsey. "Interesting persons" includes individuals such as Lucretia Mott and Richard T. Greener. Index of manuscripts. |
| extent | 1000 +/- |
| access | n/a |
| record link | https://digital.libraries.psu.edu/digital/collection/contest/id/2766/rec/1 |
| finding aid | n/a |
| acquisition information | n/a |
| updated | 03/16/2023 16:12:07 |
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