Sources
A note on where these pages come from, and where to read further.
Primary Sources
- William G. Allen (1853)
Allen's own account of the Phillipsville affair and his exile. The foundational document of this archive.
- Samuel Moore, ed. (1854)
Dictated by Baquaqua during his years at New York Central College; one of the rarest American slave narratives.
- Annual Catalogues of New York Central College
Surviving issues are held by the Cornell University Library and the Cortland County Historical Society.
- American Baptist Free Mission Society — Annual Reports
Published yearly through the 1850s; document the college's finances, enrollment, and ideological commitments.
Selected Secondary Works
- “The Forgotten Pioneer: New York Central College, 1849–1860”Various scholarly articles
See journals of African American history and 19th-century American religious history.
- Standing Their Ground: Small Colleges of the Antebellum North
General works on antebellum higher education that situate McGrawville among its peers.
- Edmonia Lewis: Wildfire in Marble
Biographies of Lewis touch on her brief McGrawville residence.
- Gerrit Smith: Philanthropist and ReformerRalph Volney Harlow (1939)
Standard biography of the college's principal benefactor.
Corrections, additional sources, and digitized documents are warmly welcomed. This archive is a beginning, not a finished work.