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Sources consulted for the biography of:Alfred William Harris (1853–1920)
Primary Sources
- Birth date in Harris's 1889 testimony printed in John M. Langston vs. E. C. Venable, 51st Congress, 1st Session, House Report 2462, serial 2814, pp. 38–39
- Alfred William Harris Papers (with 1881 law degree), Johnston Memorial Library, Virginia State University, Ettrick, Virginia
- Alexandria Marriage Register, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health, Record Group 36, Library of Virginia
- Harris's election to the House of Delegates in 1881 (Election Record No. 17), 1883 (Election Record No. 65), 1885 (Election Record No. 19), and 1887 (Election Record No. 24), all in Secretary of the Commonwealth, Election Records, 1776–1941, Accession 26041, 22484, State Government Records Collection, Library of Virginia
- "Report of Committee on Public Institutions and Education Relative to the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute," Senate Doc. 25 and Addenda, in Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Virginia: Begun…on Wednesday, December 2, 1885 [1886]
- Colored Agricultural and Industrial Association of Virginia incorporation in Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed by the General Assembly of the State of Virginia During the Session of 1885–'86 (1886), 34–35
- Dinwiddie County (Va.) Chancery Causes, City of Petersburg v. A. W. Harris et al, 1914-006, Local Government Records Collection, Dinwiddie Court Records, Library of Virginia
- Death Certificate, Petersburg, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health, Record Group 36, Library of Virginia
Secondary Sources
- Brief biography in Luther Porter Jackson, Negro Office-Holders in Virginia, 1865–1895 (1945), 20
Newspapers
- Richmond Daily Whig, July 9, 1880; March 16, 1881; April 24, 1884; July 16, 1885; May 18, 1888
- Alexandria People's Advocate, October 8, 1881
- Richmond Daily Dispatch, April 24, 1884
- Richmond State, July 16, 1885
- Petersburg Daily Index and Appeal, November 8, 1886; May 19, 1888; June 5, 1912; June 8, 1912
- Richmond Dispatch, January 18, 1888
- Washington, D.C., National Leader, September 7, 1889
- Baltimore Sun, January 27, 1890
- Washington Post, December 2, 1905
- Richmond Times-Dispatch, April 7, 1910
Obituaries
- Petersburg Evening Progress, March 25, 1920; March. 27, 1920 (with account of funeral)
- Richmond Planet, March 27, 1920
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