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The inaugural (and only?) issue of the newspaper to be published under the auspices of the Indiana Colonization Society and edited by Rev. James Mitchell (1818-1903), a Methodist minister, abolitionist, and agent and Secretary of American Colonization Society of Indiana. The initiative was most likely related to the planning of the trip to Liberia made in the early 1850s by Rev. John McKay, a Black Methodist minister and Indiana agent in the African country. Issue includes a mission statement, notes for the postmaster, letters to editors, overview of national and state "colonization newspapers," sample constitution for colonization societies to be established in towns, text of the petition to Congress, etc.
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Four cloth-bound volumes containing reprints or clippings of articles written by H. Buxton Forman for the London Quarterly Review, and other magazines between 1868 and 1880. The volumes have manuscript title pages and table of contents. Some additional material laid-in. Volumes have the bookplate of Maurice Buxton Forman. Volumes I-II have title: Fugitive writings of H. Buxton Forman. Articles contributed to the London Quarterly review (1868-1872), (1872-1877). Volume [III] has title "Fugitive writings of H. Buxton Forman : short notices contributed to the London Quarterly Review (1868-1879)". Volume [IV] has title: "Criticisms on contemporaries and other fugitive writings by H. Buxton Forman. London: Published in "Tinsley's Magazine" and other periodicals 1866 to 1874." The collection appears to have been compiled by H. Buxton Forman, the table of contents, title-pages and notes in each volume are in Forman's hand.
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Includes the Annual report of the American Peace Society
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Manuscripts
Included: Members in Attendance Annual Meeting, 1955; Report of the Secretary, 1955; C. Reticulata, Our Noblest Species by Ralph Peer; Annual Meeting of American Camellia Society, 1955; letters to Directors and Officers, 1955; Audit Report, 1955; American Camellia Society Meeting, 1956; Time-Table and Guide for Visitors, 1956; Audit Report, 1956; Annual Meeting Program, 1956; Registration Information; Spend ACS Week in Southern California by Ralph Peer; Introduction by Ralph Peer; Los Angeles Welcomes ACS, February 1956 by Ralph Peer; California Here We Come by Ralph Peer; and the Beverly Hilton See also: Ackerman, Paul; Ashby, Howard E.; Barnes, A. Emmett and Jr.; Brown, Arthur C.; Buckley, W. Clarence; Dowd, Frank; Du Brul, George; Fulton, W.P.; Gish, Merle S. and Rose; Griffiths, Austin, Jr.; Habel, J.M., Jr.; Harn, Sam P.; Harris, Aubrey C.; Huette, Frederic; Hume, H. Harold (Hardrada Harold), 1875-1965; Judice, Ernest A.; Katz, Jessie W. and Sigmund J.; Lee, Hoyt W.; McLean, David W.; McKinney, J.R.; McKnight, T.K.; Marbury, Stuart Leslie; Parsons, Alison J.; Price, Kenneth G.; Rowell, Milo, 1903-1977; Seibels, Calder W.; Sewell, John Niles; Sharp, Morrie L.; Solomon, Arthur W.; Strother, Dave C.; Wannamaker, L. Caston; Wilmot, Roy J. and Roy P.; Wolfe, Herbert S. (Herbert Snow); and Wood, William T.
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Collection strengths include the family correspondence of Jane Porter, Robert Ker Porter, and Anna Maria Porter spanning the years 1795-1841.The letters describe the social customs of the Regency and early Victorian eras, as well as the family's struggle to maintain an expected place in society despite great financial difficulties. The letters also mention, over the years, various novels, plays, and travel narratives the Porters are writing and publishing. The main weakness of the collection is the lack of manuscript material for Jane, Robert Ker, and Anna Maria Porter.
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Approx. 25 items. Significant items: 9 pp. American Press Institute Annual Report for 1964; 13 pp. (same title) for 1965; a 1964 booklet titled "API Asks Your Help. Also many pieces of correspondence between Williams and J. Montgomery Curtis, Director of API. Additional ephemera.
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