African Americans -- Liberia
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Booker T. Washington Institute (Kakata, Liberia) Photograph Album
Collection
Identifier: SC 01639
Scope and Contents
Collection of 33 captioned photographs and four postcards of the Booker T. Washington Institute in Kakata, Liberia. Many of the photographs feature three African American teachers at the school: Lawrence E. James, the so called US Adviser to the school, Sarah Dennis, a Fulbright scholar and Secretarial Science teacher, and Jerry Chambers, Bookkeeping and Accounting instructor. The school was the first agricultural and vocational school in Liberia. Many of the images show both teachers and...
Dates:
1960-1970
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Rev. James M. Priest Letters
Collection
Identifier: SC 01705
Content Description
2 letters, a total of five pages, written by Rev. James M. Priest to Rev. Daniel Wells, and Hon. Walter Lowrie respectively. Rev. Priest was a formerly enslaved person, freed on the condition that he emigrate as a missionary to Africa. In both letters, Rev. Priest complains about the lack of funds being provided to his mission and the school he founded in Liberia.
Dates:
September 22nd, 1843 - October 8th, 1853
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Thomas Wilson Letter
Collection — Box Small Collections Box 117
Identifier: SC 01716
Content Description
A three page letter written and signed by Thomas Walker, an African American emigrant teacher in Liberia.
Dates:
February 28th, 1846
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center