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William Alexander Yancey papers
- Title
- William Alexander Yancey papers, [1899?]-1955.
- Author
- Yancey, William Alexander.
- Supplementary Content
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | oversized folder 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 194 oversized folder 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 194 Box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Description
- .2 lin. ft.
- Summary
- The William Alexander Yancey Papers consist of his essays, sermons, correspondence, a program and certificate concerning Yancey's career as a teacher, Presbyterian missionary and minister.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Subjects
- Sermons, American > African American authors
- African American teachers
- Yancey, William Alexander
- African Americans > Religion
- Slaves > United States > Social conditions
- African American preaching
- Schools > West Virginia
- African Americans > Education
- Sermons
- African American Presbyterians > Virginia
- African American missionaries
- African American clergy
- Southern States > Social conditions > 1865-1945
- Genre/Form
- Sermons.
- Biography (note)
- Born a slave, William Alexander Yancey was a teacher and a Presbyterian minister and missionary.
- Call Number
- Sc MG 194
- OCLC
- NYPW086000037-A
- Author
- Yancey, William Alexander.
- Title
- William Alexander Yancey papers, [1899?]-1955.
- Biography
- Born a slave, William Alexander Yancey was a teacher and a Presbyterian minister and missionary. After the Civil War, he moved to Virginia and subsequently purchased some land there. In 1872 he converted to the Presbyterian faith. A year later, Yancey graduated from Hampton Normal School in Virginia. He taught school from 1873 to 1890, and was also a school principal. Yancey later became a Sabbath school missionary through the Presbyterian Church and was ordained a minister.
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- Sc MG 194