Institute for American Thought Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis

Our Web Site serves three purposes:

1. To provide information about the Frederick Douglass Papers Project, including information about project history, funding, publications and staff. Also, because many people, including historians, are uncertain as to what such projects as ours actually do, this section will provide information about the discipline of documentary editing.



2. To offer a basic overview of Frederick Douglass's life and to direct the general public or beginning researcher (K-12 students and teachers, undergraduate and graduate student, or beginning amateur and professional) toward the best sources for further study and the creation of National History Day or Black History Month projects. 



3. To serve as a tool for the advanced researcher - and to be a means for the advanced researcher to assist the project - in locating original Douglass documents in repositories and private collections in the United States and overseas, and to share current research regarding Douglass, his family and his associates.