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| {{TOC left}}[[Image:National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.jpg|thumb|right|350px|National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati]]Most archives and libraries collect records about local residents (biographies, family histories, local histories) and about nearby places (maps, gazetteers, place-finding aids). They often compile reference helps and special indexes to important local sources. In many communities they serve as a meeting place for local historical and genealogical societies, and may provide referrals to people who are willing to look up information in local records. Before you visit an archive or a library, contact them and ask for information on their collection, hours, services, and fees. | | {{TOC left}}[[Image:National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.jpg|thumb|right|350px|National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati]] | ||
==Archives and Libraries== | |||
Most archives and libraries collect records about local residents (biographies, family histories, local histories) and about nearby places (maps, gazetteers, place-finding aids). They often compile reference helps and special indexes to important local sources. In many communities they serve as a meeting place for local historical and genealogical societies, and may provide referrals to people who are willing to look up information in local records. Before you visit an archive or a library, contact them and ask for information on their collection, hours, services, and fees. | |||
When one of these institutions is referred to elsewhere in the African American Research Wiki pages, return to this section for the address. | When one of these institutions is referred to elsewhere in the African American Research Wiki pages, return to this section for the address. | ||
The [https://www.familysearch.org/ | The [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] has copies of many of the records found in archives and libraries, but most repositories will have additional sources. | ||
The following archives, libraries, centers, institutes, and museums preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their African American ancestors. | The following archives, libraries, centers, institutes, and museums preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their African American ancestors. | ||
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=== Wiki Articles on Major Repositories for African Americans === | === Wiki Articles on Major Repositories for African Americans === | ||
[[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]]{{·}} [https://www.familysearch.org/ | [[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]]{{·}} [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library]{{·}} [[Library of Congress]]{{·}} [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]]{{·}} [[United States National Archives Regional Branches|National Archives Regional Branches]]{{·}} [[National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, John Parker Library]]{{·}} [https://civilrightstrail.com/attraction/birmingham-civil-rights-institute/ Birmingham Civil Rights Institute]{{·}} [https://blackarchives.org/ Black Archives of Mid-America]{{·}} [https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein Duke Univeristy Rubenstein Library]{{·}} [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FamilySearch Centers]{{·}} [[Godfrey Memorial Library]]{{·}} [https://www.kalamazooblackhistorymuseum.org/ Kalamazoo College Black History Museum]{{·}} [[New England Historic Genealogical Society]]{{·}} [[Newberry Library]]{{·}} [[John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library at Colonial Williamsburg]]{{·}} [https://www.nypl.org/locations/schomburg Schomburg Center For Research in Black Culture - New York Public Library] {{·}} [https://anacostia.si.edu/ Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum]{{·}} [[University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Libraries]]{{·}} [https://www.africa.upenn.edu/ University of Pennsylvania African Studies Center]{{·}} [https://library.pitt.edu/hillman-library University of Pittsburgh Hillman Library]<br><br> | ||
=== Online Records for African American Research === | === Online Records for African American Research === | ||
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==== Allen County Public Library ==== | ==== Allen County Public Library ==== | ||
'''[[Allen County Public Library]]'''<br> 900 Library Plaza <br> Fort Wayne, IN 46802 <br> Telephone: 260-421-1225 <br> | '''[[Allen County Public Library]]'''<br> 900 Library Plaza <br> Fort Wayne, IN 46802 <br> Telephone: 260-421-1225 <br> Email: [mailto:genealogy@acpl.info genealogy@acpl.info]<br>Website: [http://www.genealogycenter.org/ Genealogy Center ACPL] | ||
:Allen County Public Library is the second-largest genealogy collection in the United States<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_County_Public_Library Allen County Public Library] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 28 April 2010).</ref> and the largest genealogy collection in a public library. Its holdings include more than 350,000 printed volumes and 513,000 items on microfilm and microfiche.<ref name="ACPLGC">[http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/ Genealogy Center] in ''Allen County Public Library'' (accessed 28 April 2010).</ref> It has a premier genealogical periodical collection, local histories, genealogies, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, ethnic sources including African Americans, and Canadians. They have a great '''African American''' collection.<ref>[http://www.genealogycenter.org/docs/default-source/resources/aboutusbrochure.pdf?sfvrsn=2 Genealogy Center Collections] in ''Genealogy Center'' (accessed 27 February 2015).</ref> | :Allen County Public Library is the second-largest genealogy collection in the United States<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_County_Public_Library Allen County Public Library] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 28 April 2010).</ref> and the largest genealogy collection in a public library. Its holdings include more than 350,000 printed volumes and 513,000 items on microfilm and microfiche.<ref name="ACPLGC">[http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/ Genealogy Center] in ''Allen County Public Library'' (accessed 28 April 2010).</ref> It has a premier genealogical periodical collection, local histories, genealogies, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, ethnic sources including African Americans, and Canadians. They have a great '''African American''' collection.<ref>[http://www.genealogycenter.org/docs/default-source/resources/aboutusbrochure.pdf?sfvrsn=2 Genealogy Center Collections] in ''Genealogy Center'' (accessed 27 February 2015).</ref> | ||
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==== FamilySearch Library ==== | ==== FamilySearch Library ==== | ||
'''[https://www.familysearch.org/ | '''[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library]'''<br>35 N. West Temple St. <br>Salt Lake City, Utah 84150<br>Telephone: 801-240-6536<br>Website: [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch]<br> | ||
:They have federal and state censuses showing where '''African Americans''' lived, vital records, biographies, cemeteries, church records, Freedman's Bank, Freedmen's Bureau, court records, directories, genealogy, local histories, land and property (may include lists of free Blacks and | :They have federal and state censuses showing where '''African Americans''' lived, vital records, biographies, cemeteries, church records, Freedman's Bank, Freedmen's Bureau, court records, directories, genealogy, local histories, land and property (may include lists of free Blacks and enslaved persons, bills of sale), manumissions, maps, military records, newspapers, obituaries, periodicals, probate records (may list enslaved persons freed or bequeathed), slavery and bondage, and societies. Holds 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints records.<br><br> | ||
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==== Library of Congress ==== | ==== Library of Congress ==== | ||
'''[[Library of Congress]]'''[[Image:Library of Congress Jefferson Building.jpg|thumb|400px|Library of Congress Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C.]]<br>101 Independence Ave. SE <br>Thomas Jefferson Building, LJ G4 <br>Washington, D.C. 20540-4660 <br>Telephone: Reading Room: 202-707-5537<br>Fax: 202-707-1957 <br> | '''[[Library of Congress]]'''[[Image:Library of Congress Jefferson Building.jpg|thumb|400px|Library of Congress Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C.]]<br>101 Independence Ave. SE <br>Thomas Jefferson Building, LJ G4 <br>Washington, D.C. 20540-4660 <br>Telephone: Reading Room: 202-707-5537<br>Fax: 202-707-1957 <br>Email: [http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/ask-genealogy.html Ask a Librarian form]<br>Website: [http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ Library of Congress] | ||
:See the tutorial at the FamilySearch Learning Center on | :See the tutorial at the FamilySearch Learning Center on "African American Genealogical Research at the Library of Congress. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/709703 See book at the FamilySearch Library]. The Library of Congress "Local History and Genealogy Reading Room" has moved to the main reading room, but services are unchanged. They are part of the world's largest library including 50,000 genealogies, 100,000 local histories, and collections of manuscripts, microfilms, maps, newspapers, photographs, and published material, strong in North American (including '''African Americans'''), British Isles, and German sources.<ref>[http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/lhgcoll.html The Collections] in ''Local History and Genealogy Reading Room'' in ''The Library of Congress'' (accessed 8 January 2014).</ref> | ||
::*[ | ::*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/709703 The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History & Culture] <br><br> | ||
==== National Archives I ==== | ==== National Archives I ==== | ||
[[Image:National Archives and Records Administration.jpg|thumb|280px|National Archives I in Washington, D.C.]]'''[[National Archives and Records Administration]]''' (Archives I)<br>700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW<br>Washington DC<br>Telephone: 1-866-272-6272<br>Fax: 301-837-0483<br> | [[Image:National Archives and Records Administration.jpg|thumb|280px|National Archives I in Washington, D.C.]]'''[[National Archives and Records Administration]]''' (Archives I)<br>700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW<br>Washington DC<br>Telephone: 1-866-272-6272<br>Fax: 301-837-0483<br>Email: [http://www.archives.gov/contact/inquire-form.html National Archives and Records Administration inquiry form]<br>Website: [http://archives.gov/ National Archives] | ||
:Nationwide censuses, pre-WWI military service and pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources (including '''African Americans''') , prisons, and federal employees. The National Archives Building in Washington, DC (Archives I), houses textual and microfilm records relating to genealogy, American Indians, pre-World War II military and naval-maritime matters, the New Deal, the District of Columbia, the Federal courts, and Congress.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/washington/researcher-info.html Information for Researchers at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 31 December 2013).</ref> <br><br> | :Nationwide censuses, pre-WWI military service and pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources (including '''African Americans''') , prisons, and federal employees. The National Archives Building in Washington, DC (Archives I), houses textual and microfilm records relating to genealogy, American Indians, pre-World War II military and naval-maritime matters, the New Deal, the District of Columbia, the Federal courts, and Congress.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/washington/researcher-info.html Information for Researchers at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 31 December 2013).</ref> <br><br> | ||
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==== National Underground Railroad Freedom Center ==== | ==== National Underground Railroad Freedom Center ==== | ||
'''[[National Underground Railroad Freedom Center]]'''<br>50 East Freedom Way<br>Cincinnati, Ohio 45202<br>Telephone: 513-333- | '''[[National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, John Parker Library]]'''<br>50 East Freedom Way<br>Cincinnati, Ohio 45202<br>Telephone: 513-333-7654<br>Email: [mailto:Genealogy@nurfc.org Genealogy@nurfc.org]<br>Website: [https://freedomcenter.org/visit/permanent-exhibits/genealogy/ National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, John Parker Library] | ||
:The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center | :The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center museum houses the John Parker Library and FamilySearch Center. Patrons can view limited-access FamilySearch and Ancestry databases. They tell the history of the guides, safe houses, and transportation network used to smuggle runaway enslaved African Americans out of the slave states to freedom in the North before the American Civil War. | ||
=== Regional Repositories === | === Regional Repositories === | ||
==== Birmingham Civil Rights Institute ==== | ==== Birmingham Civil Rights Institute ==== | ||
'''Birmingham Civil Rights Institute'''<br>520 Sixteenth Street North<br>Birmingham, Alabama 35203<br>Telephone: 205-328-9696 ext. 203<br>Telephone toll free: 1-866-328-9696<br>Fax: 205-251-6104<br> | '''Birmingham Civil Rights Institute'''<br>520 Sixteenth Street North<br>Birmingham, Alabama 35203<br>Telephone: 205-328-9696 ext. 203<br>Telephone toll free: 1-866-328-9696<br>Fax: 205-251-6104<br>Email: [mailto:bcri@bcri.org bcri@bcri.org]<br>Website: [https://www.bcri.org/ Birmingham Civil Rights Institute] | ||
:Papers of civil rights activist leaders (ministers, organizers, judges, politicians, newspaper editors, educators), school desegregation, 500 desegregation oral history interviews, 1,260 Jim Crow era oral histories, vertical files, TV documentaries, and legal cases collection. | :Papers of civil rights activist leaders (ministers, organizers, judges, politicians, newspaper editors, educators), school desegregation, 500 desegregation oral history interviews, 1,260 Jim Crow era oral histories, vertical files, TV documentaries, and legal cases collection. | ||
==== Black Archives of Mid-America ==== | ==== Black Archives of Mid-America ==== | ||
[[Image:Black Archives of Mid-America.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Black Archives of Mid-America in KC, MO]]'''Black Archives of Mid-America'''<br>1722 E. 17th Terrace (PO Box 270333)<br>Kansas City, MO 64127<br>Telephone: 816-221-1600<br>Email: [mailto:info@blackarchives.org info@blackarchives.org]<br>Website: [ | [[Image:Black Archives of Mid-America.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Black Archives of Mid-America in KC, MO]]'''Black Archives of Mid-America'''<br>1722 E. 17th Terrace (PO Box 270333)<br>Kansas City, MO 64127<br>Telephone: 816-221-1600<br>Email: [mailto:info@blackarchives.org info@blackarchives.org]<br>Website: [https://blackarchives.org/ Black Archives of Mid-America homepage] | ||
:By appointment only. Resources regarding the social and cultural experience of African Americans in the Kansas City metropolitan area and in the surrounding region. This includes oral histories, valuable rare books, and a reference collection, personal papers, records of civil and health service organizations, schools, churches, political organizations, sports groups, and clubs and other voluntary associations.<ref>[ | :By appointment only. Resources regarding the social and cultural experience of African Americans in the Kansas City metropolitan area and in the surrounding region. This includes oral histories, valuable rare books, and a reference collection, personal papers, records of civil and health service organizations, schools, churches, political organizations, sports groups, and clubs and other voluntary associations.<ref>[https://blackarchives.org/all-resources/ Resources] in ''Black Archives of Mid-America'', accessed 16 November 2023.</ref><br><br> | ||
==== Duke University Perkins Library ==== | ==== Duke University Perkins Library ==== | ||
[[Image:Duke Univ Perkins Library.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Duke University Perkins Library in Durham NC]]'''Duke University Perkins Library'''<br>Franklin Research Center<br>Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185<br>Telephone: 919-660-5922<br>Fax: 919-660-5934<br> | [[Image:Duke Univ Perkins Library.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Duke University Perkins Library in Durham NC]]'''Duke University Perkins Library'''<br>Franklin Research Center<br>Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185<br>Telephone: 919-660-5922<br>Fax: 919-660-5934<br>Email: [mailto:franklin-collection@duke.edu franklin-collection@duke.edu]<br>Website: [https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/franklin John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture] | ||
:Largest manuscript collection in the South, including newspapers, county records, Bibles, and journals. They also have many census records originally at the National Archives.<ref name="DB85" /> | :Largest manuscript collection in the South, including newspapers, county records, Bibles, and journals. They also have many census records originally at the National Archives.<ref name="DB85" /> | ||
:* | :*''Guide to the Manuscript Collections in the Duke University Library,'' by Nannie M. Trilley, and Noma Lee Goodwin. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1947. {{FSC|183374|item|disp=FS Library Film 899894; Book 975.6 B5d ser. 27–28.}} {{WorldCat|2112391|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. This guide lists about 8,000 names of individuals, families, and historical subjects, and it is indexed. | ||
:*[http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/franklin/ John Hope Franklin Research Center] collects, and preserves published and unpublished primary sources for understanding the history and culture of Africa and people of the African Diaspora in the Americas.<ref>[http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/franklin/ John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture] in ''Duke University Libraries'' (accessed 30 May 2016).</ref> The Franklin Center is part of the Rubenstein Special Collections Library on the 3rd floor of the Perkins Library.<br><br> | :*[http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/franklin/ John Hope Franklin Research Center] collects, and preserves published and unpublished primary sources for understanding the history and culture of Africa and people of the African Diaspora in the Americas.<ref>[http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/franklin/ John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture] in ''Duke University Libraries'' (accessed 30 May 2016).</ref> The Franklin Center is part of the Rubenstein Special Collections Library on the 3rd floor of the Perkins Library.<br><br> | ||
==== FamilySearch Centers ==== | ==== FamilySearch Centers ==== | ||
[[File:Ncfayetteville.jpg|thumb|right|280px|A | [[File:Ncfayetteville.jpg|thumb|right|280px|A FamilySearch Center in Fayetteville NC]]'''[https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FamilySearch Centers]''' (FSCs) have [[FamilySearch Center Portal|premium online services]] for genealogists for free and offer research suggestions. These microfilms include a good collection of African American records including censuses, vital records, cemeteries, church records, biographies, Freedman's Bank, Freedmen's Bureau, funeral homes, military records, oral history, probate records, slavery and bondage records, and the Southern Claims Commission records. | ||
There are more than 4,700 | There are more than 4,700 FSCs in 134 countries. There is no cost to visit a FamilySearch Center or FamilySearch Library. They are open to anyone with an interest in genealogical research. They are operated by [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/comeuntochrist The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. Click on [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ Find a FamilySearch center] to locate the the center nearest you. | ||
Each center has unique hours of operation, and may have changed from the hours posted on our site. It is a good idea to call the center for their scheduled hours before you visit.<br><br> | Each center has unique hours of operation, and may have changed from the hours posted on our site. It is a good idea to call the center for their scheduled hours before you visit.<br><br> | ||
==== Godfrey Memorial Library ==== | ==== Godfrey Memorial Library ==== | ||
'''[[Godfrey Memorial Library]]'''<br>134 Newfield St.<br>Middletown, Connecticut 06457<br>Telephone: 860-346-4375<br>Fax: 860-347-9874<br> | '''[[Godfrey Memorial Library]]'''<br>134 Newfield St.<br>Middletown, Connecticut 06457<br>Telephone: 860-346-4375<br>Fax: 860-347-9874<br>Email: [mailto:Sharon@godfrey.org Sharon@godfrey.org] Reference Librarian<br>Website: [http://www.godfrey.org/ Godfrey Memorial Library] | ||
:Their collection features digital copies of six African American newspapers in the 1800s.<ref>"[http://www.godfrey.org/news/2008-7%20African%20American%20Records.pdf African American Records]" in ''INTERNET Genealogy'' (June/July 2008): 85.</ref> The overall collection is national in scope with many [http://www.godfrey.org/scholar/login.html online records] in addition to its physical collection. They compiled the {{WorldCat|865629740|item|disp=''American Genealogical and Biographical Index (AGBI)''}} including many African American biographies and autobiographies. This library is an excellent genealogical facility including many New England town records, guidebooks, indexes, biographies, and genealogies.<ref name="DB25">Dollarhide and Bremer, 25.</ref><br><br> | :Their collection features digital copies of six African American newspapers in the 1800s.<ref>"[http://www.godfrey.org/news/2008-7%20African%20American%20Records.pdf African American Records]" in ''INTERNET Genealogy'' (June/July 2008): 85.</ref> The overall collection is national in scope with many [http://www.godfrey.org/scholar/login.html online records] in addition to its physical collection. They compiled the {{WorldCat|865629740|item|disp=''American Genealogical and Biographical Index (AGBI)''}} including many African American biographies and autobiographies. The AGBI is found at {{FSC|193375|item|disp=FS Catalog books 973 D22am (multiple) and digital Volumes}}. This library is an excellent genealogical facility including many New England town records, guidebooks, indexes, biographies, and genealogies.<ref name="DB25">Dollarhide and Bremer, 25.</ref><br><br> | ||
==== John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library ==== | ==== John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library ==== | ||
[[Image:John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library.jpg|thumb|285px|Rockefeller Library in Colonial Williamsburg, VA]]'''[[John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library at Colonial Williamsburg]]'''<br>PO Box 1776<br>313 First Street<br>Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776<br>Telephone: 757-565-8542<br>Fax: 757-565-8548<br> | [[Image:John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library.jpg|thumb|285px|Rockefeller Library in Colonial Williamsburg, VA]]'''[[John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library at Colonial Williamsburg]]'''<br>PO Box 1776<br>313 First Street<br>Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776<br>Telephone: 757-565-8542<br>Fax: 757-565-8548<br>Email: [mailto:libref@cwf.org libref@cwf.org] <br>Website: [http://research.history.org/JDRLibrary.cfm John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library] | ||
:Emphasis is on the history of colonial British America, the American Revolution, and the early United States with books, manuscripts, images, Civil War materials, family Bibles, and databases for research in the political and economic life of the thirteen colonies, the new republic, and African American studies.<ref>[http://research.history.org/JDRLibrary.cfm John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library] in ''Colonial Williamsburg'' (accessed 7 January 2014).</ref><br><br> | :Emphasis is on the history of colonial British America, the American Revolution, and the early United States with books, manuscripts, images, Civil War materials, family Bibles, and databases for research in the political and economic life of the thirteen colonies, the new republic, and African American studies.<ref>[http://research.history.org/JDRLibrary.cfm John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library] in ''Colonial Williamsburg'' (accessed 7 January 2014).</ref><br><br> | ||
==== Kalamazoo College Black History Mobile Museum ==== | ==== Kalamazoo College Black History Mobile Museum ==== | ||
'''Kalamazoo College Black History 101 Mobile Museum'''<br>1200 Academy Street <br>Kalamazoo, Michigan 49006<br>Telephone: 269-337-7000 <br>Website: [https://www.facebook.com/The-Black-History-101-Mobile-Museum-310160369817/ Facebook: Black History 101 Mobile Museum History Museum] | '''Kalamazoo College Black History 101 Mobile Museum'''<br>1200 Academy Street <br>Kalamazoo, Michigan 49006<br>Telephone: 269-337-7000 | ||
Website: [https://www.blackhistorymobilemuseum.com/ Kalamazoo College Black History Mobile Museum]<br>Website: [https://www.facebook.com/The-Black-History-101-Mobile-Museum-310160369817/ Facebook: Black History 101 Mobile Museum History Museum] | |||
:Prominent artifacts include documents signed by Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, Booker T. Washington, Fredrick Douglas, Dorothy Height, Elijah Muhammad, Ralph Bunche, Coretta Scott King, Michael Jackson, Muhammad Ali, Shirley Chisholm, Barbara Jordan, and Angela Davis.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/310160369817/photos/a.335992159817.153613.310160369817/10152926924519818/?type=3&theater Facebook Timeline photo] in ''Black History 101 Mobile Museum History Museum'' (accessed 30 May 2016).</ref><br><br> | :Prominent artifacts include documents signed by Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, Booker T. Washington, Fredrick Douglas, Dorothy Height, Elijah Muhammad, Ralph Bunche, Coretta Scott King, Michael Jackson, Muhammad Ali, Shirley Chisholm, Barbara Jordan, and Angela Davis.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/310160369817/photos/a.335992159817.153613.310160369817/10152926924519818/?type=3&theater Facebook Timeline photo] in ''Black History 101 Mobile Museum History Museum'' (accessed 30 May 2016).</ref><br><br> | ||
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==== New England Historic Genealogical Society ==== | ==== New England Historic Genealogical Society ==== | ||
'''[[New England Historic Genealogical Society]] (NEHGS)'''<br>101 Newbury Street<br>Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3007<br>Telephone: 617-536-5740; Library 617-226-1231<br>Fax: 617-536-7307<br> | '''[[New England Historic Genealogical Society]] (NEHGS)'''<br>101 Newbury Street<br>Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3007<br>Telephone: 617-536-5740; Library 617-226-1231<br>Fax: 617-536-7307<br>Email: [mailto:info@nehgs.org info@nehgs.org]<br>Website: [https://www.americanancestors.org/index.aspx AmericanAncestors.org] | ||
:Best overall collection for New England vital records and probates, and excellent collection for Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe. The manuscript collection for members-only has diaries, letters, account books, business papers, church and town records, sermons, maps, wills, deeds, unpublished town and family genealogies, photos, and papers of the region's best genealogists since 1850.<ref name="Wik">"New England Historic Genealogical Society" in ''Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Historic_Genealogical_Society (accessed 30 August 2010).</ref> <ref>[http://www.americanancestors.org/education/learning-resources/read/using-the-nehgs-library/ Using the NEHGS Library] in ''American Ancestors" (accessed 21 September 2015).</ref> <ref name="DB55759">Dollarhide and Bremer, 5, 57, and 59.</ref><br> | :Best overall collection for New England vital records and probates, and excellent collection for Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe. The manuscript collection for members-only has diaries, letters, account books, business papers, church and town records, sermons, maps, wills, deeds, unpublished town and family genealogies, photos, and papers of the region's best genealogists since 1850.<ref name="Wik">"New England Historic Genealogical Society" in ''Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Historic_Genealogical_Society (accessed 30 August 2010).</ref> <ref>[http://www.americanancestors.org/education/learning-resources/read/using-the-nehgs-library/ Using the NEHGS Library] in ''American Ancestors" (accessed 21 September 2015).</ref> <ref name="DB55759">Dollarhide and Bremer, 5, 57, and 59.</ref><br> | ||
==== Newberry Library ==== | ==== Newberry Library ==== | ||
[[Image:Newberry Library.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois]]'''[[Newberry Library]]'''<br> 60 West Walton Street<br> Chicago, IL 60610<br>Telephone: 312-255-3512<br> | [[Image:Newberry Library.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois]]'''[[Newberry Library]]'''<br> 60 West Walton Street<br> Chicago, IL 60610<br>Telephone: 312-255-3512<br>Email: [mailto:genealogy@ reference@.]<br>Website: [https://www.newberry.org/collection/subjects/genealogy-and-local-history Newberry Library Genealogy and Local History] | ||
:The Newberry is a private, non-circulating library free and open to the public. It is a research library for humanities and social sciences with 1.5 million books, 5 million manuscript pages, and 500,000 maps. This includes good African American, American | :The Newberry is a private, non-circulating library free and open to the public. It is a research library for humanities and social sciences with 1.5 million books, 5 million manuscript pages, and 500,000 maps. This includes good African American, Native American, railroad archives, Chicago history, and cartography collections.<ref>Wikipedia Contributors, "Newberry Library" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newberry_Library (accessed 29 October 2010).</ref> | ||
:* | :*''A Bibliography of African American Family History at the Newberry Library,'' Jack Simpson and Matt Rutherford. Chicago: The Newberry Library, 2005. {{FSC|1410543|item|disp=FS Catalog book 977.311 F23s}}. [https://www.newberry.org/uploads/files/af-amer-bib.pdf PDF version online]. {{WorldCat|60689421|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. <br><br> | ||
[[File:NYPL Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.jpg|thumb|right|280px|NYPL Schomburg Center in Harlem, New York]] | [[File:NYPL Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.jpg|thumb|right|280px|NYPL Schomburg Center in Harlem, New York]] | ||
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==== University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Libraries ==== | ==== University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Libraries ==== | ||
'''[[University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Libraries]]''' | '''[[University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Libraries]]''' | ||
:'''''Wilson Special Collections Library''''' <br>200 South Road Wilson Library (Campus PO Box #3948)<br>UNC Chapel Hill, NC 27515-8890<br>Telephone: 919-962-1172<br> | :'''''Wilson Special Collections Library''''' <br>200 South Road Wilson Library (Campus PO Box #3948)<br>UNC Chapel Hill, NC 27515-8890<br>Telephone: 919-962-1172<br>Email: [mailto:nccref@unc.edu nccref@unc.edu] | ||
:'''''Davis Library''''' <br>208 Raleigh Street (Campus PO Box #3916) <br>UNC Chapel Hill, NC 27599<br>Telephone: 919-962-1151<br> | :'''''Davis Library''''' <br>208 Raleigh Street (Campus PO Box #3916) <br>UNC Chapel Hill, NC 27599<br>Telephone: 919-962-1151<br>Email: [http://library.unc.edu/ask/ Email a Question] form <br> | ||
Website: [https://library.unc.edu/ UNC Chapel Hill Libraries] | Website: [https://library.unc.edu/ UNC Chapel Hill Libraries] | ||
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==== University of Pennsylvania African Studies Center ==== | ==== University of Pennsylvania African Studies Center ==== | ||
'''University of Pennsylvania African Studies Center'''<br>647 Williams Hall<br>255 S 36th Street<br>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6305<br>Telephone: 215-898-6971<br>Fax: 215-573-7379<br>Email: [mailto:africa@sas.upenn.edu africa@sas.upenn.edu]<br>Website: [http://www.africa.upenn.edu/ The Africa Center Home] | '''University of Pennsylvania African Studies Center'''<br>647 Williams Hall<br>255 S 36th Street<br>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6305<br>Telephone: 215-898-6971<br>Fax: 215-573-7379<br>Email: [mailto:africa@sas.upenn.edu africa@sas.upenn.edu]<br>Website: [http://www.africa.upenn.edu/ The Africa Center Home] | ||
:The African Studies Center coordinates course offerings in anthropology, demography, economics, history, language, literature, politics, religion, and sociology. The Van Pelt Library holds most of the African collection. For more details see [ | :The African Studies Center coordinates course offerings in anthropology, demography, economics, history, language, literature, politics, religion, and sociology. The [https://www.library.upenn.edu/vanpelt Van Pelt Library] holds most of the African collection. For more details see [https://www.africa.upenn.edu/ African Collection at Penn].<ref> in ''Penn Libraries'' (accessed 30 May 2016).</ref> See also the [https://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/subject/african-studies-collection African Studies Collection] at Penn Libraries.<br><br> | ||
[[File:Hillman Library - evening Fall 2007.jpg|thumb|right|280px|University of Pittsburgh Hillman Library in PA]] | [[File:Hillman Library - evening Fall 2007.jpg|thumb|right|280px|University of Pittsburgh Hillman Library in PA]] | ||
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<li>[[Northern Mariana Islands Archives and Libraries|Northern Mariana Islands]]</li> | <li>[[Northern Mariana Islands Archives and Libraries|Northern Mariana Islands]]</li> | ||
<li>[[Puerto Rico Archives and Libraries|Puerto Rico]]</li> | <li>[[Puerto Rico Archives and Libraries|Puerto Rico]]</li> | ||
<li>[[ | <li>[[United States Virgin Islands Archives and Libraries|Virgin Islands]]</li> | ||
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=== Guides === | === Guides === | ||
* | *''Black Roots: A Beginner's Guide to Tracing the African American Family Tree,'' Tony Burroughs. New York: Fireside Book, 2001. {{FSC|1012177|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 D27bt 2001}}; {{WorldCat|45068561|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. | ||
* | *''Finding a Place Called Home: An African-American Guide to Genealogy and Historical Identity,'' Dee Parmer Woodtor. New York: Random House, 1999. {{FSC|829837|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 F2wd}}; {{WorldCat|40331192|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. <br><br> | ||
=== References | === References === | ||
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