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284. American Missionary Association. American Missionary Association Archives: Liberia. New Orleans: Amistad Research Center, s.d. <1 reel of microfilm> "... the majority of the papers are letters written primarily by the foreign and home missionaries and teachers..." covering the period 1839-1882. PENN STATE
     
     
285. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division. The American Colonization Society: A Register of its Records in the Library of Congress. Washington: 1979. iii, 34p. LC, NORTHWESTERN, NYPL, PENN STATE, YALE Accompanies American Colonization Society. The Records of the American Colonization Society. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1971. Contents: Ser. 1, v. 1-298. Incoming correspondence, 1819-1917.--Ser. 2, v. 1-54, Outgoing correspondence, letterbooks, 1839-1912.--ser. 3, v. 1-9, General correspondence, 1909-1965.--Ser. 4, v. 1-92, Financial papers, 1818-1963.--Ser. 6, v. 1-23, Subject file, 1792-1964.--Ser. 7, v. 1-10, Miscellany, 1835-1935. Includes Correspondence, financial and business papers, reports, and miscellaneous material, chiefly 1823-1912, relating to administrative and financial matters, membership, problems of slavery, and the status of slaves in the pre-Civil War period, emigration, colonization, and education in Liberia. Includes records and correspondence of the Massachusetts Colonization Society. "Film guide by American Colonization Society/Records, 1792-1964." CRL and LC have <330 reels of microfilm>
     
     
286. MacMillan, Gary D. An Informal Index to Documents in the U.S. National Archives (U.S. State Department Records) Pertaining to Liberia, 1852-1906, 1910-1929. Monrovia, Liberia: 1968. 26p. MICHIGAN STATE Accompanies United States. Consulate (Monrovia). Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Monrovia, 1852-1906. Washington, DC: National Archives. National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1949. <7 reels of microfilm> "Consists of reports to the U.S. Dept. of State from United States Diplomatic Representatives in Liberia, 1852-1906." MICHIGAN STATE, NORTHWESTERN
     
     
287. Maryland State Colonization Society. Papers, 1817-1902. Randolph B. Best, editor. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources [1978?] <31 reels of microfilm> "A Collection of the Maryland Historical Society." Note: Other states had "Colonization Societies," see Gosebrink, index, p.537. BERKELEY, LC
     
     
288. Porte, Albert. The Albert Porte Papers: [An Index to the Collection], arranged by Svend E. Holsoe. [S.l.: s.n., 1975?] 1 v. (unpaged) HOOVER, YALE NORTHWESTERN and NYPL title "Inventory." Accompanies Albert Porte Papers, 1902-1973 (inclusive). Bedford, NY: African Imprint Library Services, 1973-1974. <10 reels of microfilm> CRL, NORTHWESTERN, YALE The papers consist of personal documents, manuscripts, pamphlets, and leaflets of Albert Porte, a Liberian political journalist. Also includes Porte's extensive collection of Liberian newspapers.
     
     
289. United States. Consulate (Buchanan, Liberia). Despatches from United States Consuls in Grand Bassa, 1868-1882. Washington: National Archives and Records Service, 1962. <1 reel of microfilm> CRL
     
     
290. United States. Consulate (Monrovia). Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Monrovia, 1852-1906. Washington, DC: National Archives, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1949. <7 reels of microfilm> NORTHWESTERN
     
     
291. United States. Legation. Liberia. Despatches from the United States Ministers to Liberia, 1863- 1906. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Service, 1962-1964. <14 reels of microfilm> Four African-Americans served as Minister Resident and Consul General to Liberia: J. Milton Turner, 1871-78; Henry Highland Garnet, 1881-82; O.L.W. Smith, 1898-1902; Ernest Lyon, 1903-10. MICHIGAN STATE, NORTHWESTERN, NYPL
     
     
     
     

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292. Beyan, Amos Jones. The American Colonization Society and the Creation of the Liberian State: A Historical Perspective, 1822-1900. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1991. 207p., maps. Originally presented as the author's thesis, West Virginia University, 1985. BERKELEY, COLUMBIA, FLORIDA, IOWA, YALE
     
     
293. Fox, Early Lee. The American Colonization Society, 1817-1840. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1919. Reprinted New York: AMS Press, 1971. 231p. BERKELEY, IOWA, VIRGINIA