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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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W.P.A. Writers Program Collection
Wade, Adam Scrapbooks
Charles D. Walker Papers, 1923-1985 - Finding Aid
Walker, John Scrapbook
Wyatt Tee Walker Papers, 1963-1982, n.d. - Finding Aid
Wallace, Emmett Babe Papers
Lester A. Walton Papers, 1905-1977 - Finding Aid
Washington, Booker T. Collection
Washington, Donald Eno Papers
Fredi Washington Papers, 1922-1941, 1981, n.d. - Finding Aid
Barbara M. Watson Papers - Finding Aid
James S. Watson Papers, 1913-1991 - Finding Aid
Watson, Phillip Papers
Watts, A. Faulker Collections
Weaver, Ella Papers
Weaver, Robert C. Papers
Robert Clifton Weaver Papers, 1869, 1923-1970 - Finding Aid
Robert Clifton Weaver Papers (Additions), 1930-1987 - Finding Aid
Webster, Milton P. Collection
Wells, Frederick W. Papers
Wendell, Bruce Collection
West Indian National Council. Freedom of Information Act Collection
West Indies/Haiti Collection
Westerman, George Papers
Westmoreland, Joseph K. Collection
Weston, George and Maudelle Collection, 1919-1979 - Finding Aid
Leigh Whipper Papers, 1861-1963, n.d. - Finding Aid
White Rose Mission & Industrial Association Collection
White, C.P.T. Collection
White, Clarence Cameron Papers
White, Clarence Cameron Papers (Additions)
White, Walter Collection
Wilcox, Preston Collection
Wilentz, Amy Haiti Material
Wilkerson, Doxey Papers *
Wilkerson, Frederick Papers
Wilkinson, William H.H. New York State Employment Service Records
Williams Jokebooks, n.d - Finding Aid
Williams, E. T. Papers *
Williams, Franklin H. Papers
Williams, Lavinia Collection
Williams, Wesley Papers
Williamson, Harry A. Papers
Williamson, Harry A. Papers (Additions)
Willis, Deborah/Black Photographers Research File
Wills, Harry Collection
Wilson, Geraldine Papers
Wilson, John Louis, Jr. Papers
Winks, Robin W./Blacks in Canada Collection
“The Wiz” Collection, 1974-1979 - Finding Aid
Wood, L. Hollingsworth Collection
Wooding, Sam & Rae Papers
Woolfolk, Arthur Collection
World Council of Churches. Programme to Combat Racism. Records *
Wright, Richard Collection
Wuttge, Frank, Jr. Research Files
Wylie, James Manuscripts

* Closed until processed