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Manuscripts Collections

The Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division holds manuscript and archival collections of personal and family papers, organizational records, and miscellaneous manuscripts. These holdings focus on the history, literature, politics, and culture of peoples of African descent in the Americas and Africa, primarily in the twentieth century. The collections are strongest in the areas of the performing arts, women's studies, Harlem, civil rights and post-civil rights movements, cultural and political movements, African-American religion, and Haitian, Caribbean and Central African history. Geographic concentration within the manuscripts collection is primarily in the United States.

Catalog records for approximately two-third of the collections can be found in the Library's online catalog. In addition, links can be made to finding aids on the Library's Manuscript & Archival Finding Aids site. Not all of the finding aids are available via the Archives & Manuscripts webpage, nor do all of the collections have finding aids. For additional information concerning these collections contact the division via email (scmarbref@nypl.org) or telephone: 212 491-2224. Some collections are closed until processed.

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Milton A. Galamison Papers, 1947-1987 - Finding Aid
Garrow, David/FOIA Collection
Garvin, Vicki Papers
Gay Men of African Descent Records
George, Daisy Papers
Girlfriends, Inc. Records
Girvin, Virginia Collection
Glenn & Jenkins Scrapbook
Glover, George Collection
Glover, George Collection (Additions)
Goins Family Collection
Gollin, Albert/Bureau of Social Science Research Collection *
Gollobin, Ira/Haitian Collection
Gordon, Edmund Papers *
Gordon, Eugene Papers
Gordone, Charles Collection (additions)
Granger, William R.R., Jr. Letters
Gray, William III Congressional Papers *
Green Family Letters
Greenberg, Iris Collection
Greener, Richard T. Papers
Gregoire, Henri Collection
Grenada Plantation Documents
Guggenheimer, Ida Papers
Guillen, Nicolas Scrapbook
Guinier, Ewert Papers
Gulfside Association Scrapbook

* Closed until processed