American Negro Historical Society Collection

American Negro Historical Society Collection (Collection 8), 1790-1905, 10.5 linear feet

The American Negro Historical Society was founded in 1897 by a group of Philadelphia African Americans 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 ANHS collection contains minutes of the society, incoming correspondence and drafts, membership lists, bills and receipts, and land accession books. Additionally, there are records of several schools, churches, and civic and philanthropic organizations, such as the Second African Presbyterian Church, the Zoar Sabbath School, the Banneker Institute, the Statistical Association of the Colored People of Philadelphia, the Benjamin Lundy Philanthropic Society, the Daughters of Africa, and the Pennsylvania State Equal Rights League.

Your contribution of $3100 will enable us to preserve and write a finding aid to this collection. Please note, this collection will not be processed until the full amount is received.