Tulane University, Tilton Hall, New Orleans, LA. 70118 SAN 306 4840. Has papers of Dorothy Sterling, author of book on Martin Delany and some of author Victor Ullman. Call 1 504 865 5535 or FAX 504 865 5580 or E. mail Amistad@Mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu.
Kresge Learning Resource Center, 1005 DB Todd Blvd. Nashville, TN 37208 SAN 315 9140. NOTE: Victor Ullman, author of the most researched book on MRD donated his papers here. Call 1 615 327 6728 or FAX 615 327 6448.
500 Howard Pl. NW Washington, D.C. 20059 SAN 336 7657. Moorland Springarn Special Collections. Call 202 806 7234 or FAX 202 806 5903 or E. mail HTTP://WWW.HOWARD.EDU.
Washington, D.C. Record Group 105 especially for Freedman's Bureau and South Carolina documents and RG 393. Also Boxes 42 D 1866 and 26 D 1866 and Record Group 59 for MRD's letters to President Grant requesting a position in the Liberian government. Also Record Group 94, Adjutant General's Office, U.S. Colored Troops.
666 Boylston St., Boston, MA. 02117 0266. san 344 5712. William Lloyd Garrison papers. NOTE: Garrison was arguably the "Euro American" MRD most respected. Call 617 536 5400, TWX 710 321 0513 or FAX 617 236 4306.
Boston Medical Library/Harvard Medical Library, 10 Shattuck St., Boston, MA 02115 SAN 344 8835. Has Oliver Wendell Holmes Special Collection, serving Harvard Medical School of Medicine. Call 617 432 2142 or FAX 617 432 0693). Details of Delany's dismissal are in Minutes and Records of the Harvard Medical School Faculty,
Online Public Access Catalogue OPAC 617 496 8500; OPAC Internet Address: Telenet to HOLLIS.HARVARD.EDU; Internet Home Page Address: http://hplus.harvard.edu. Or call 617 495 2401, FAX 617 496 4750.
has copies of the "Weekly Anglo-African" that serialized MRD's novel, "Blake." The American Colonization Society Papers which are in the Manuscript Collection, contain MRD's association with the Liberia Exodus Movement and late in life to return to Liberia.
1000 17th Ave. N, Nashville, TN 37208 3051 SAN 315 9116. Has papers on MRD in South Carolina. Call 615 329 8730 or FAX 615 329 8761.
10 1/2 Beacon St., Boston, MA. 02108 3777.
Fireproof Bldg. 100 Meeting Street, Charleston, S.C. 29401 2299 SAN 315 5056. Has, according to Ullman(p. 524) "a remarkably complete file of the newspapers of the day which named Delany the spokesman of his people." Call 803 723 3225 or FAX 803 723 8584.
c/o University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 SAN 360 1358. Call 803 777 3131 or FAX 803 777 5747.
1500 Senate Street, P.O. Box 11469, Columbia, S.C. 29211. SAN 360 117X Call 803 734 8666 or FAX 803 734 8676, or Email to SOUTHCAR@CLASS.ORG. Has the papers of several state governors, including Daniel H. Chamberlain, R.K. Scott, and Franklin J. Moses with correspondence with MRD.
311 South St. Beaufort, S.C. 29902 5591 SAN 359 9825 Ullman notes in his book(p. 524): "has the story of the Sea Islands and the death of the "forty acres and a mule fiction." Call 803 525 4000 or FAX 803 525 4055.
Rembert Stokes Learning Resource Center Library, N. Bickett Rd., Wilberforce, OH 45384 1003 SAN 313 8038. This college had MRD's papers until a fire destroyed them. Call 513 376 2911 ext. 628 or FAX 513 376 5787.
1212 Smallman St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222 SAN 315 0712 Has a special African American collection covering MRD's life there. Call 412 281 2465.
(Courtesy of Cyril E. Griffith's "Martin R. Delany and the African Dream")
CMS Archives, London. These papers include the letters of Henry Venn and Henry Townsend; many of them contain their opinions of Delany's activities in Yorubaland. Address not found.
Gold Coast Files, 1859+1861. MMS Archives, London. Letters of Rev. Thomas Champness in these papers shed some light on the controversy in Abbeokuta over Delany's treaty. NOTE: No such center is found in London. Queries might be made to the Wesley Historical Society, 34 Spiceland Rd., Birmingham, B31 1NJ w/ phone (121) 475 4914.
RGS Archives, London. These papers contain correspondence between Delany and members of the society. Address: Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AR. Call (171) 589 5466 or FAX (171) 584 4447.
London, F.O. 2/28/1859 Africa, Consular Records; F.O. 2/42/1862 Africa, Consular Records; F.O. 84/1141/1861 Slave Trade Correspondence; F.O. 84/1158/1861 Slave Trade Correspondence; F.O. 84/1159/1861 Slave Trade Correspondence; F.O. 84/1160/1861 Slave Trade Correspondence. These volumes have many letters by Secretary of State Lord John Russell and consuls at Lagos, which include data on Delany, Robert Campbell and the African Aid Society. Address: Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1LR. FAX (181) 878 7231.
London, 1860 LXX Slave Trade Correspondence, Class B; 1861 LXI Slave Trade Correspondence, Class B; 1863 LXXI Slave Trade Correspondence, Class B. These volumes also include letters that give some information on Delany's activities in Yorubaland. Address not found.
(Courtesy of Cyril E. Griffith)
Yoruba Mission. Africana Collection, University of Ibadan. Among these papers are the letters of Bishop Samuel Crowther and his son, Samuel Crowther, Jr. who were supporters of Delany. University of Ibadan's Telephone is: "Ibadan 400550."
Yoruba Mission. Africana Collection, University of Ibadan. Various Letters of R. H. Stone, James B. Taylor, T.A. Reid, and A.M. Poindexter revealed their sympathy for Delany's emigration scheme. Call "Ibadan 400550."
