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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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Taylor, James S., Jr. Papers
Temple Beth Abshalom Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation Records
Thalheimer, Ross Collection
Thaxton, Dr. H. Mack Papers
Theology in the Americas Project Records *
Thomas, Blanche K. Collection
Thomas, Luther S. Collection
Thomas, Piri Papers
Thomas, Rudolph J. Collection
Thompson, Doris Papers *
Thompson, Ernest Collection
Tobias, Channing Collection
Toppin, Henry A. and Kenneth
Trenton Six Collection, 1949-1956 - Finding Aid
Troupe, Quincy Papers *
Truesdale, Ernest Papers
Tucker, Lorenzo Papers *
Tucker, Rosina Collection
Turner, Charles Scrapbook
Otis Turner Papers, 1978-1990 - Finding Aid
Twenty-First Century Foundation Records, 1971-1984, 1992 - Finding Aid
Tyson, Cyril Papers

* Closed until processed