I am pleased to announce that the Matthews Collection at the United States Colored Troops Institute has been substantially updated with the listing of recently acquired texts, as well as some additional images. The collection is sub-divided into the areas of 1) Slavery, Abolition and the Underground Railroad; 2) Civil War Conflict and Reconstruction; 3) Civil War - Identifying USCT Soldiers; 4) Music and Poetry; 5) Novels about Slavery through Reconstruction; 6) Illustrations, Photographs and Prints; 7) Post Reconstruction Years (including Spanish-American War and World War I); 8) Local History and Family Research; 9) Survey of African American History; 10) USCT Bulletin Board; and 11) Web Site Links.