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Title: Freedmen's and Union Refugees' Department of the Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair. Circular Saint Louis, Mo., March 17th, 1864. The war for the Union has shaken the prison of slavery to its foundations, and is to demolish it utterly. Many millions of slaves are liberated. The nation has accepted the able-bodied men among them as soldiers, and they are surpassing all expectations by their good conduct. The families of these accepted defenders of the republic are homeless; are unused to the responsibilities of freedom; are destitute of all things. ... There are also thousands of homeless whites, made so by the rebellion. ... N.B. This is believed to be the only fair which has such a department
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair (1864 : Saint Louis, Mo.). Freedmen and Union Refugees' Dept, Freedmen and Union Refugees' Dept
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1864 Miss Valley (2)5781.F.143a (McAllister)

Title: An appeal to Friends and others on behalf of the destitute Freedmen of the South. Dear Friends
Description: Printed area measures 20.4 x 15.1 cm., Circular letter requesting donations to provide food and clothing for newly freed slaves. Signed: Samuel R. Shipley [and 22 others]., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War., Omitted from first MARC record set sent to Readex. AAI 7879 already digitized and in the product.
Creator: Friends' Association of Philadelphia and Its Vicinity, for the Relief of Colored Freedmen
Date: [1863?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1863 Phi Fri App 10507.Q .9

Title: Constitution of the Christian Association of Hellertown and Vicinity (auxiliary to the United States Christian Commission). Adopted April 14th, 1864. ... The object of this association shall therefore be to promote the spiritual as well as temporal welfare of the officers and soldiers of the United States Army and Navy
Description: Paretheses substituted for square brackets in title transcription., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 33.8 x 29.9 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Christian Association of Hellertown and Vicinity (Hellertown, Pa.)
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1864 Christian (2)5786.F.24a (McAllister)

Title: Constitution of the Christian Association of Freemansburg and Vicinity (auxiliary to the United States Christian Commission). Adopted April 3d, 1864. ... The object of this association shall therefore be to promote the spiritual as well as temporal welfare of the officers and soldiers of the United States Army and Navy
Description: Paretheses substituted for square brackets in title transcription., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 33.8 x 29.9 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Christian Association of Freemansburg and Vicinity (Freemansburg, Pa.)
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1864 Christian (2)5786.F.25a (McAllister)

Title: Constitution of the Christian Association of Quakertown and Vicinity (auxiliary to the United States Christian Commission). Adopted April 1st, 1864. ... The object of this association shall therefore be to promote the spiritual as well as temporal welfare of the officers and soldiers of the United States Army and Navy
Description: Paretheses substituted for square brackets in title transcription., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 33.8 x 29.9 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Christian Association of Quakertown and Vicinity (Quakertown, Pa.)
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1864 Christian (2)5786.F.23a (McAllister)

Title: Constitution of the Christian Association of Bethlehem and Vicinity (auxiliary to the United States Christian Commission). Adopted March 17th, 1864. ... The object of this association shall therefore be to promote the spiritual as well as temporal welfare of the officers and soldiers of the United States Army and Navy
Description: Paretheses substituted for square brackets in title transcription., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 33.8 x 29.9 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: Christian Association of Bethlehem and Vicinity (Bethlehem, Pa.)
Date: [1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1864 Christian (2)5786.F.20a (McAllister)

Title: Civil War Volunteer Saloons and Hospitals Ephemera Collection. 1861-1868 (inclusive)
Description: The Civil War Volunteer Saloons and Hospitals Ephemera Collection holds ephemera and a few pieces of correspondence (including letters to and from Samuel Bradford Fales, William M. Cooper, and Arad Barrows) that illustrate and describe the workings of the Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, and both of their hospitals. The ephemera is somewhat similar for each group, and consists primarily of donation acknowledgements, event tickets and programs, flyers, and circular letters that the committees used to raise funds., At the start of the American Civil War, thousands of enlisted men from the northeast arrived in Philadelphia on their way to fight in the South. No government or military agencies had made provisions for feeding or caring for these transients, so Philadelphians citizens founded the Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon. Both saloons opened for service in late May 1861. At no charge to the servicemen, they provided meals, newspapers, bathing facilities, changes of underwear and socks, and assistance in writing letters to families. Between them, the saloons operated twenty-four hours a day and depended solely on contributions of time and goods from neighborhood citizens and merchants. Those donations were supplemented by funds raised at a benefit fairs, concerts, and lectures held around the city, some of which benefited both organizations.
Creator: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector
Date: 1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts MSS McA 5778.F (McAllister)

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