Leon Gardiner collection of American Negro Historical Society records [Box 9G, Folder 19]

Leon Gardiner collection of American Negro Historical Society records [Box 9G, Folder 19]

Baseball > History > 19th century.

African Americans > Social Life and Customs > 19th century.

African Americans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Societies, etc.

African Americans > History > Societies > 19th century.

African American Presbyterians > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.

African American families > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.

African American educators.

African American civic leaders > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.

African American abolitionists.

American Negro Historical Society

The American Negro Historical Society was founded in 1897 by a group of Philadelphia blacks 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 collection is composed of administrative records of the society and materials collected by some of its members, including correspondence, minutes, reports, financial documents, membership lists, records of lectures and debates, library catalogues, baseball lineup and scorecards, speeches, printed matter, and portraits of distinguished black leaders and abolitionists.

Gardiner, Leon 1892-1945. (Creator)

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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