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An autobiography : the story of the Lord's dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, the colored evangelist : containing an account of her life work of faith, and her travels in America, England, Ireland, Scotland, India, and Africa, as an independent missionary

Title
An autobiography : the story of the Lord's dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, the colored evangelist : containing an account of her life work of faith, and her travels in America, England, Ireland, Scotland, India, and Africa, as an independent missionary / with an introduction by Bishop Thoburn.
Author
Smith, Amanda, 1837-1915
Publication
  • Chicago : Meyer & Brother, publishers, 108 Washington Street, 1893.
  • ©1893.

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TextUse in library Sc Rare B-Smith (Smith, A. Amanda Smith's own story)Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
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Additional Authors
Meyer & Brother, publisher.
Description
xvi, 506 pages, [26] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits; 21 cm
Donor/Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Inscriptions (Provenance)
Note
  • "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1893, by Amanda Smith in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington."--copyright statement, verso of title page.
Indexed In (note)
  • Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
Additional Formats (note)
  • Available as part of The Digital Schomburg, a project providing electronic access to collections on the African Diaspora and Africa from The New York Public Library.
Source (note)
  • from Arthur A. Schomburg;
Provenance (note)
  • inscribed: in ink on page [iii] "A. Schomburg." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
Call Number
Sc Rare B-Smith, A. (Smith, A. Amanda Smith's own story)
LCCN
14013153
OCLC
  • 1593659
  • NYPGR1593659-B
Author
Smith, Amanda, 1837-1915, author.
Title
An autobiography : the story of the Lord's dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, the colored evangelist : containing an account of her life work of faith, and her travels in America, England, Ireland, Scotland, India, and Africa, as an independent missionary / with an introduction by Bishop Thoburn.
Publisher
Chicago : Meyer & Brother, publishers, 108 Washington Street, 1893.
Copyright Date
©1893.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Indexed In:
Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 9478
Additional Formats
Available as part of The Digital Schomburg, a project providing electronic access to collections on the African Diaspora and Africa from The New York Public Library.
Provenance
Copy in Sc Rare B-Smith, A. (copy 2) (accession no. B571108) inscribed: in ink on page [iii] "A. Schomburg." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
Source
Purchase; from Arthur A. Schomburg; 1926. Copy in Sc Rare B-Smith, A. (Smith, A. Amanda Smith's own story) (copy 2), Schomburg Center, Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Books.
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Full text available via HathiTrust (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill copy)
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Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Meyer & Brother, publisher.
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner, inscriber.
Research Call Number
Sc Rare B-Smith, A. (Smith, A. Amanda Smith's own story)
*WIY 97-264
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