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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Andrews, C. C. Early Steps in Reconstruction: Speeches by General C. C. Andrews, of Minnesota, In Texas and Arkansas. Washington, D.C.: Union Republican Congressional Committee, 1865

 Item — Box 5: Series 5, Folder: 1
Identifier: 5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 5 is the largest series in the collection. It contains printed matter by and about national government, politics, and politicians. Many works were produced as partisan campaign literature during the tumultuous presidential elections of 1864, 1868, and 1872. Most such items promote the Republican Party’s views and candidates. The series is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the same year, works without authors precede works with authors.

Dates: 1865

Baldwin, Augustus Carpenter. Reconstruction: Speech of Hon. A. C. Baldwin, of Mich., Delivered in the House of Representatives, April 29, 1864, 1864

 File — Box 3: Series Series 4, Folder: 16
Identifier: Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 4 comprises publications documenting state and national matters and includes works on government, history, agriculture, events, and state politics. Many resources focus on the states of Kentucky and Michigan. Of special note, the final work in this series is a program from the April 9, 1968 memorial services for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. held in Atlanta, Georgia. Each subseries (Kentucky, Michigan, Other States) is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the...
Dates: 1864

Benton, Jacob. Reconstruction and the Record and Policy of the Democratic Party: Speech of Hon. Jacob Benton, of New Hampshire, in the House of Representatives, February 25, 1868. Washington, D.C.: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1868

 Item — Box 5: Series 5, Folder: 5
Identifier: 5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 5 is the largest series in the collection. It contains printed matter by and about national government, politics, and politicians. Many works were produced as partisan campaign literature during the tumultuous presidential elections of 1864, 1868, and 1872. Most such items promote the Republican Party’s views and candidates. The series is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the same year, works without authors precede works with authors.

Dates: 1868

Boutwell, George S., Thaddeus Stevens, and Robert Cumming Schenck. The Democracy and Its Policy. A New Rebellion Threatened---Frank P. Blair's Treason. Speeches of Gov. Boutwell, Hon. Thaddeus Stevens and Gen. Schenck. Washington, DC: Union Republican congressional committee, 1868

 Item — Box 5: Series 5, Folder: 6
Identifier: 5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 5 is the largest series in the collection. It contains printed matter by and about national government, politics, and politicians. Many works were produced as partisan campaign literature during the tumultuous presidential elections of 1864, 1868, and 1872. Most such items promote the Republican Party’s views and candidates. The series is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the same year, works without authors precede works with authors.

Dates: 1868

Carpenter, Matthew H. The Powers of Congress, the Constitutionality of Its Acts on Reconstruction, Alarming Tendency of the Seymour Democracy: Speech of Hon. Matt H. Carpenter, at Chicago, Ill., Aug. 12th, 1868. Washington, D.C.: Union Republican Congressional Committee, 1868

 Item — Box 5: Series 5, Folder: 7
Identifier: 5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 5 is the largest series in the collection. It contains printed matter by and about national government, politics, and politicians. Many works were produced as partisan campaign literature during the tumultuous presidential elections of 1864, 1868, and 1872. Most such items promote the Republican Party’s views and candidates. The series is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the same year, works without authors precede works with authors.

Dates: 1868

Cragin, Aaron H. Loyal Supremacy - All Rights to All Men! Equality of White Men! Speech of Hon. Aaron H. Cragin, in the United States Senate, January 30, 1868, on the Reconstruction Acts. Washington, D.C.: Union Republican Congressional Executive Committee, 1868

 Item — Box 5: Series 5, Folder: 7
Identifier: 5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 5 is the largest series in the collection. It contains printed matter by and about national government, politics, and politicians. Many works were produced as partisan campaign literature during the tumultuous presidential elections of 1864, 1868, and 1872. Most such items promote the Republican Party’s views and candidates. The series is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the same year, works without authors precede works with authors.

Dates: 1868

Crosby, Alpheus. The Present Position of the Seceded States, and the Rights and Duties of the General Government in Respect to Them / An Address to the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Dartmouth College, July 19, 1865. Boston, Massachusetts: Press of G.C. Rand & Avery, 1865

 File — Box 2: Series Series 3; Series Series 4, Folder: 1
Identifier: Series 3
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The works in this series include printed lectures, scientific journals, educational literature, and information about educational methods, institutions, and organizations. A sub-theme for the series is education in Kentucky. The series is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the same year, works without authors precede works with authors. All folders but two contain nineteenth-century publications.

Dates: 1865

Douglass, Frederick. U.S. Grant and the Colored People. His Wise, Just, Practical, and Effective Friendship Thoroughly Vindicated by Incontestable Facts in His Record from 1862 to 1872. Washington, D.C.: Published by the Union Republican Congressional Committee, 1872

 Item — Box 5: Series 5, Folder: 39
Identifier: 5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 5 is the largest series in the collection. It contains printed matter by and about national government, politics, and politicians. Many works were produced as partisan campaign literature during the tumultuous presidential elections of 1864, 1868, and 1872. Most such items promote the Republican Party’s views and candidates. The series is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the same year, works without authors precede works with authors.

Dates: 1872

Greeley Horace. Greeley's Amnesty Record. New York Tribune?, 1872

 Item — Box 7: Series Series 3; Series Series 4; Series 5; Series 6, Folder: 6
Identifier: 5
Scope and Contents

Text on recto. Political cartoon on verso: "Bringing the Thing Home; Or, Reasons Why the South Should Vote For Greeley."

Dates: 1872

Hogan, John. Speech of Hon. John Hogan, of Missouri: Delivered at the Mass Meeting of Irishmen at Grover's Theatre, Washington, on Wednesday Evening, August 1, 1866. Washington, D.C.: National Union Executive Committee, 1866

 Item — Box 5: Series 5, Folder: 3
Identifier: 5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 5 is the largest series in the collection. It contains printed matter by and about national government, politics, and politicians. Many works were produced as partisan campaign literature during the tumultuous presidential elections of 1864, 1868, and 1872. Most such items promote the Republican Party’s views and candidates. The series is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the same year, works without authors precede works with authors.

Dates: 1866