|
View the H-SHGAPE Discussion Logs by month
View the Prior Message in H-SHGAPE's November 2009 logs by: [date] [author] [thread] View the Next Message in H-SHGAPE's November 2009 logs by: [date] [author] [thread] Visit the H-SHGAPE home page.
Western Michigan University is proud to announce the digitization and public availability of the _Michigan Manual of Freedmen’s Progress'_. This book, published in 1915, is an excellent example of the "progress of the race" discourse that was prominent among African American intellectuals and activists around the 50th anniversary of emancipation. The book is replete with images, biographical profiles, statistical compilations, and other information about African Americans in Michigan up to 1915. Included, for example, is a comprehensive listing of all African Americans who served in Michigan USCT units during the Civil War. This edition has been fully digitized including photographs, charts, and searchable text and is available as pdf files. It was digitized in 2008 through a collaboration of the WMU History Department, College of Arts and Sciences, Archives and Regional History Collections, and Digitization Center in order to enhance both research and teaching related to Michigan's African American communities. Accessibility and searchability for students, colleagues, and researchers are the primary goals. More information and the links to the text are available at: http://www.wmich.edu/library/digi/archives/freedmen Please take the opportunity to explore this unique resource, and to share it with colleagues and students. Mitch Kachun Associate Professor Director of Graduate Studies Department of History Western Michigan University mitch.kachun@wmich.edu Scott E. Randolph, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of History Armstrong Atlantic State University Curator, Erie Lackawanna Historical Society -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
 Humanities & Social Sciences Online 
|