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    • Author/Creator:Beman, Amos Gerry, 1812-1874.
    • Title:Amos Gerry Beman scrapbooks, 1830-1858.
    • Physical Description:2.5 linear feet (5 boxes)
    • Links:View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid
      View a digital version in the Beinecke Library's Digital Images Online database
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    • Notes:In English.
      Gift of Dixwell Avenue Congregational Church, 1977.
    • Organization:Arranged chronologically.
    • Access and use:This material is open for research. Boxes 1-4: Restricted fragile material. Reference surrogates are available. For further information consult the appropriate curator.
    • Biographical / Historical note:Amos Gerry Beman (1812-1874), African American pastor and social activist.
    • Summary:The scrapbooks provide evidence of the personal and professional life of Amos Gerry Beman, pastor and social activist, between 1830 and 1858. The scrapbooks contain writings, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and printed ephemera by and about Beman. Scrapboks I and II consist of clippings of Beman's letters to editors and articles by Beman, in addition to newspaper clippings of articles, poetry, and ephemera collected by Beman. Scrapbook III contains letters of recommendation, journal entries written by Beman in 1838 while living in Hartford, Connecticut, certificates and correspondence pertaining to the founding of the Temple Street African Church in New Haven, Connecticut, deeds, receipts, and other material. Scrapbook IV consists of articles of interest to Beman as well as articles on Beman's involvement with the "Colored Men's Convention" (1849) held in New Haven. The scrapbooks are a window into Beman's work as a teacher, pastor, and social activist in Connecticut during the nineteenth century, and more broadly, the Temple Street African Church and the African-American community it served in New Haven at this time.
    • Other formats:Scrapbooks I, II, and IV available as photocopies from Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
      Scrapbook III available on microfilm from Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
    • Format:Archives or Manuscripts
    • Indexes/Finding aids:Finding aid available.
    • Cite as:Amos Gerry Beman Scrapbooks. James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
    • Subjects:Beman, Amos Gerry, 1812-1874.
      Temple Street African Church (New Haven, Conn.)
      African Americans--Religion.
      African Americans--Connecticut--New Haven.
      African American clergy--Connecticut--New Haven--Archives.
      Clergy--Connecticut--New Haven.
      New Haven (Conn.)--Religion--19th century.
    • Genre/Form:Scrapbooks--Connecticut--New Haven--19th century.
    • Occupation:Clergy Connecticut New Haven 19th century.