Minute book from the Fayette Free School
date: label: Date
content: April 1872
name: label: Written by
content: James Pryor Morrison, American, 1832 - 1880
notes: label: Description
content: A small brown leather minute book with handwritten minutes from the Fayette Free School, April 1872, recorded by J.P. Morrison, Board Clerk. Content includes reminder to enumerate children, arrangements for school for children of color in church basement, and difference in teacher salaries. Several pages have been torn from the front of the book.
place: label: Place made
content: Fayette, Howard County, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Emancipation
label: Topic
content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ann Miller Schillinger
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.106.33
objectType: label: Type
content: minute books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product) with leather
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 14 x 9 1/4 x 3/4 in. (35.6 x 23.5 x 1.9 cm)