{"id":4477,"date":"2024-01-16T20:09:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T20:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/harper\/?page_id=4477"},"modified":"2025-04-10T10:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T14:52:10","slug":"in-the-archives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/harper\/remembering-harper\/in-the-archives\/","title":{"rendered":"Harper in the Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u200bHARPER AT 200<\/h3>\n

HARPER IN THE ARCHIVES<\/h1>\n

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The Black Women’s Organizing Archive<\/a> compiled a working directory of Harper\u2019s known papers and collections of primary documents: Papers and Collections: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper<\/a>. The work of locating, reviewing, and editing the directory was conducted by the CBDR’s team members, Sabrina Evans, Arline Wilson, Lauren Barnes, Yolanda Mackey, Sabrina Evans, Takina Walker, Carmin Wong, and Shirley Moody-Turner.<\/p>\n

Locating archival materials related to Frances Ellen Watkins Harper is a continuing endeavor. Only less than a decade ago, Harper’s poetry collection\u00a0Forest Leaves\u00a0<\/em>was rediscovered<\/a> after being lost for more than a century.\u00a0Forest Leaves<\/em><\/a> is now fully available online through the Maryland Center for History and Culture. Although Harper was a very much loved and respected writer and activist, as the years went by after her death in 1911, she appeared less and less in newspapers, contributing to her shrouded memory. This page foregrounds Harper’s presence in historical newspapers to remind readers of Harper’s significance in nineteenth-century American life and culture.\u00a0Explore the tabs below to read sketches and profiles about Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and to learn more about how Black and white journalists honored such a monumental figure while she was still alive and at the time of her death.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sketches<\/h3>\n

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“Success,” The Charlotte Democrat,<\/em> February 6, 1872, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers<\/em>, Library of Congress.<\/p><\/div>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”%22frances E.W. Harper,%22 West Virginia Freeman, January 20, 1886. ” admin_label=” January 20, 1886″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]

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“Frances E.W. Harper,” West Virginia Freeman,<\/em> January 20, 1886, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress.<\/em><\/p><\/div>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”%22WCTU,%22 The Freeman, July 20, 1887.” admin_label=”July 9, 1887.” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]

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Frostburg Mining Journal<\/em>, July 9, 1887, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers<\/em>, Library of Congress.<\/p><\/div>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”%22WCTU,%22 The Freeman, July 20, 1887.” admin_label=”July 20, 1887.” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]

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“WCTU,” The Freeman<\/em>, July 20, 1887, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress<\/em>.<\/p><\/div>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”%22Woman’s True Position,%22 Evening Star, February 25, 1895″ admin_label=”February 25, 1895″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]

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“Woman’s True Position,” Evening Star, February 25, 1895, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress.<\/p><\/div>[\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Harper’s Published Correspondences ” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Harper’s Published Correspondences\u00a0<\/h3>\n

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“Letter from Miss Watkins,” Anti-slavery Bugle<\/em>, May 21, 1859, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers<\/em>, Library of Congress.<\/p><\/div>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”%22Letter from Ellen Watkins,%22 Anti-Slavery Bugle, July 9, 1859″ admin_label=”July 1859″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]

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“Letter from Ellen Watkins,” Anti-Slavery Bugle,<\/em> July 9, 1859, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers<\/em>, Library of Congress.<\/p><\/div>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”To Elizabeth Jones, Anti-Slavery Bugle, September 29, 1860″ admin_label=”September 1860″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]

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To Elizabeth Jones, Anti-Slavery Bugle, September 29, 1860, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress.<\/p><\/div>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”%22Mrs. Frances E.W. Harper,%22 Evening Star, July 7, 1896″ admin_label=”July 7, 1896 ” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]

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“Mrs. Frances E.W. Harper,” Evening Star, July 7, 1896, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress.<\/p><\/div>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”%22Letter from Mrs. Harper,%22 The Freeman, July 6, 1887″ admin_label=”July 1887″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]

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“Letter from Mrs. Harper,” The Freeman,<\/em> July 6, 1887, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers,<\/em> Library of Congress.<\/p><\/div>[\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Obituaries” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

Obituaries<\/h3>\n

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\"\"“Frances Harper Laid to Rest,”\u00a0The Afro-American,<\/em> March 4, 1911Newspapers.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"“Great Woman Dead,” <\/em>The Advocate, <\/em>March 2, 1911, Newspapers.com.<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\" “Mrs. Frances Harper Dead,” The Indianapolis News,<\/em> February 22, 1911, Newspapers.com.<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Credits<\/h3>\n

Written and compiled by Samantha de Vera<\/p>\n

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