Miscellaneous American Letters and Papers (MALP) is primarily organized in alphabetical order, with two large subject series, Slavery and Abolition and the West Indies, and two smaller ones: Civil War and Reconstruction. The topics covered include the arts, politics, literature, education, family, the military, business and real estate. MALP is an artificial assortment of paper-based, non-photographic materials consisting of one to two folders for each collection. It spans from 1740 to 2006, and documents the personal and professional lives of people of African descent.
Bibliographic history: The Miscellaneous American Letters and Papers (MALP), 1740-2006, documents the personal and professional lives of people of African descent.
