[vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” background_image=”40106″ css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”150px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=”no” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1511902966664{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-right: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 50px !important;background-color: rgba(64,64,65,0.8) !important;*background-color: rgb(64,64,65) !important;}”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
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[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”150px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_column_text]Letters and manuscripts by Frederick Douglass and other important abolitionists, including an early edition of Solomon Northrup\u2019s\u00a0Twelve Years a Slave, were acquired.\u00a0These items serve as an important addition to River Campus Libraries\u2019 already strong collection of African- American historical materials that will continue to support anti-slavery research and scholarly projects.<\/p>\n
Close to 100 letters written by Susan B. Anthony were acquired. The letters, written from Anthony to her colleague and dear friend Rachel Foster Avery, add to a rich collection of rare and unique 19th century manuscripts, which now include a total
\nof 300 letters by Anthony.<\/p>\n