John J. Knox's Freedmen's Bureau in Georgia and the South collection, 1854-1946
The collection consists of 2 boxes of material. Box 1 contains papers relating for the most part to Knox's career after the war, mainly when he worked for the Freedmen's Bureau in Mississippi and Georgia. Included are clippings from his personal scrapbook, affidavits, letters, manuscript speeches, military documents, and other material. The clippings include letters he wrote to the editor along with articles about his work and experiences in the Freedmen's Bureau and also the Dpt. of Interior. Most of the speeches, covering a wide array of topics, were probably written during the time he was a teacher in Mississippi prior to the war. Of particular interest are also two speeches he gave at the Knox Institute (a Freedmen's school named after him) in Athens, Georgia. Box 2 contains material relating mainly to Knox's family. Included are letters (many addressed to Clarkston, Michigan), an account book, photographs, and other miscellany
Archival Material, English, 1854
1854