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Collection in History Room provides insight into Tubman's life
Resources ranging from the latest books on Harriet Tubman to decades-old
newspaper clippings are included in the Harriet Tubman Collection in the
Mary Van Sickle Wait History Room at Seymour Library.
Most
of the collection is the result of the work of the late Ellen Jean
Mahoney, a library employee who worked for years to compile copies of
stories, articles, photographs and documents about Tubman. Although no
original, primary source material is included in the collection, it
provides a wide variety of information in a single location. The
library also has an extensive collection of books on Harriet Tubman,
ranging from children's books to scholarly biographies.
All of the materials are available for use only in the History Room.
History Room hours are 2 to 7 p.m. Monday and Wednesday and
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday. The
books in the History Room collection do not circulate; however, some
of the titles are available elsewhere in the library and may be
borrowed.
A list of materials in the Harriet Tubman collection follows:
Ellen Jean Mahoney Collection
(Not indexed.) Consists of copy in notebooks containing family
history, stories, magazine articles, newspaper articles, photographs
and other documents. All of the materials are copies, not original or
primary source material.
Vertical files
Tubman House and Home; information supplementing the
Mahoney collection; card files.
Book collection
"Bound for the Promised Land, Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an
American Hero." Larson, Kate Clifford.
"A Woman Called Moses, A Novel." Heidish, Marcy.
"Harriet Tubman." Bradford, Sarah.
"Harriet Tubman, A Biography by Earl Conrad." Conrad, Earl.
"Harriet Tubman, Conductor on the Underground
Railroad." Petry, Ann.
"Harriet Tubman, The Life and the Life Stories." Humez, Jean M.
"Harriet Tubman, Myth, Memory and History" by Sernett, Milton C.
"Harriet Tubman, The Road to Freedom." Clinton, Catherine.
"Let My People Go, The Story of the Underground Railroad and the
Growth of Abolition Movement" by Buckmaster, Henrietta.
"Uncovering the Freedom Trail in Auburn and Cayuga County, New
York." Cultural Resources Survey sponsored by the City of Auburn
Historic Resources Review Board and Cayuga County Historian's
Office, funded by Preserve New York.
"Wanted Dead or Alive: The True Story of Harriet Tubman," (original
title: "Runaway Slave") by McGovern, Ann.
Young Adult and Children's Selections
"Ain't Sleep, Ain't Gone, A Tribute to
Harriett (sic) Tubman."
Noble, Bessie Cooper.
"A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman." Adler, David.
"Go Free or Die, A Story about Harriet Tubman."
Ferris, Jeri.
"Harriet Tubman."
Sullivan, George.
"Harriet Tubman, Antislavery Activist."
Taylor, M.W.
"Harriet Tubman, Call to Freedom, Great Lives,
Great Americans."
Carlson, Judy.
"Harriet Tubman, Great American
Series."
Smith, Kathie Billingslea.
"Harriet Tubman, Guide to Freedom."
Epstein, Sam and Beryl.
"Harriet Tubman, Negro Soldier and
Abolitionist."
Conrad, Earl.
"Harriet Tubman, The Road to Freedom." Bains, Rae.
"Minty, A Story of Young Harriet
Tubman."
Schroeder, Alan, and Jerry Pickney.
"Rebel Slave."
Kelton, Nancy.
"The Story of Harriet Tubman, Conductor of the Underground Railroad,"
by McMullan, Kate.
"The Value of Helping, The Story of Harriet
Tubman."
Johnson, Ann Donegan.
Magazines and other publications
"Escape from Slavery, Underground Railroad" (Harriet
Tubman is covered in this article, with photos) National Geographic,
Vol. 168, No. 1, July 1984.
"Harriet Tubman, Journal." James A. McGowan, publisher,
assorted issues.
"This is the Story Harriet Told to the Writer: In Search of
Harriet Tubman's Spiritual Autobiography." A paper presented at
the American Studies Association Conference, Baltimore, Nov. 1, 1991,
Jean M. Humez, Women's Studies Program, University of Mass./Boston.
"The Saga of Harriet Tubman, the Moses of her People." Gold
Legacy History Magazine.
"Auburn's Fort Hill Cemetery, Images of America, Chapter Nine,
Aunt Harriet." Lydia J. Rosell.
"Harriet Tubman." Mini-play. RIM, Classroom Plays.
Books on the Underground Railroad, related topics
"A Journey in the Back Country." Olmstead, Frederick Law.
"Black Heritage in America." Keddie, Shirley, and Anne
Stephenson.
"North Star Country, Upstate New York and the Crusade for
African American Freedom." Sernett, Milton C..
"The Railroad to Freedom." Swift, Hildegard Hoyt.
"The Underground." Merrill, Arch.
"The Underground Railroad." Siebert, Wilbur H.
"Underground Railroad Tales, with Routes Through the Finger Lakes
Region." Klees, Emerson.
Links
http://www.auburncayugafreedomtrail.com/
Information on tours relating to the Underground Railroad,
abolitionism, and African American life in Auburn and Cayuga County
www.nyhistory.com/harriettubman/life.htm
From the New York History Net; includes biography,
photographs, links.
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