Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection was purchased by the Library of Congress from Gladstone in 1995. Textual material was transferred to the Manuscript Division from the Prints and Photographs Division which retained the remainder of the collection.
Processing History
The collection was processed in 1996 by Karen Femia with the assistance of Sheila Day and Patrick Kerwin. The finding aid was revised in 2009.
Online Content
The William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection is available on the Library of Congress website at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000062. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the online edition as available. A transcription dataset from the William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection is available online at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcdatasets.2021387727.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.