Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture > Collections > Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division

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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Jack & Jill of America, Inc. N.Y. Chapter. Records
Jack, Hulan Papers
Jackson, Henry Papers *
Jackson, James E. Writings
Jackson, William Calvin Papers
Jackson, Willis Papers
James, C. L. R. Collection
James, Lawrence Papers
Janvier, Louis J. Collection
Jarboro, Caterina Collection
Jenkins, Edmund T. Papers
Jessye, Eva Collection
Joans, Ted Collection
John, Alma Papers
Johnson, Alfred Newell Papers *
Johnson, Alphonso Papers
Johnson, Helen Armstead Miscellaneous Theatre Collection
Johnson, Helene Poems
Johnson, Jack Scrapbook
James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, Inc. Records Records, 1942-1988 - Finding Aid
Johnson, Jesse J. Military Collection
John Albert Johnson Papers, 1876-1884 - Finding Aid
Oakley Johnson Papers, 1946-1959 - Finding Aid
Johnson, Rosalind Collection of Legal Documents
Jones, Claudia Memorial Collection
Jones, Harry E. Papers
Jones, Ida E. Papers
Jones, J. Raymond Papers
Jones, James Earl Collection
Jones, Lula Robinson Papers
Jones-Sadler Family Papers
Joseph Family Papers

* Closed until processed