Books:
Available from Garst Museum https://www.garstmuseum.org/
The Longtown Settlement, Darke County, Ohio $27.50
Dr. Donald L. Royer and Harry W. Leavell
History of the Union Literary Institute $15.00
Ball State University Historic Preservation
Only God can Make a Tree: Tracing my Burden Family Roots. $20.00
Shari Petersime (765) 847-2858
Also available from the author with additional $5.00 postage
Union Literary Institute Recording Secretary’s Book, 1845-1890
Available from Union Literary Institute Board of Directors $50.00
Original held at Indiana Historical Society
The Bone and Sinew of the Land: America’s Forgotten Black Pioneers
Anna-Lisa Cox
Available from Amazon $28.00
C-SPAN interview with Cox can be found at C-Span.org
Websites:
History of the Union Literary Institute
Union Literary Institute Students’ Repository
Publication 1863
Samuel H. Smothers
Union Literary Institute for kids
Remembering Freedom: Longtown and Greenville History Harvest
Sutton, Jazma and Kalani Craig. “Reaping the Harvest: Descendant Archival Practice to Foster Sustainable Digital Archives for Rural Black Women.”
Digital Humanities Quarterly Vol. 16 No. 3 2022
http://www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/16/3/000640/000640.html
Longtown History Harvest
https://longtownhistory.github.io
Archey, L.
Facebook page: Remembering Freedom: James Clemens and the Longtown Settlement
Films and Videos:
Remembering Freedom: James Clemens and the Longtown Settlement
Produced by the Ball State University Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry
Dr. Mark Groover, Director
“A High and Noble Purpose”: The Union Literary Institute Remembered
Produced by the Ball State University Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry
Dr. Jayne R. Beilke, Director
Available from Dr. Beilke at jbeilke@bsu.edu
Video of Institute and cemeteries
Across Indiana video