Research Catalog
Jane Matilda Bolin papers
- Title
- Jane Matilda Bolin papers, 1939-1994.
- Author
- Bolin, Jane M. (Jane Matilda), 1908-2007.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 83 Box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 83 Box 2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 3 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 83 Box 3 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Description
- .9 lin. ft. (1 1/2 archival boxes, 1 print box)
- Summary
- Biographical sketches, some legal decisions, and other papers; correspondence concerning awards, honorary degrees, her retirement, and other matters; texts of several speeches; invitations to official events; and papers regarding her resignation from the Board of Directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Also, news clippings, certificates and diplomas, and articles about her father, Gaius C. Bolin, the first black graduate of Williams College and an attorney.
- Subjects
- Note
- Photographs have been transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division.
- Source (note)
- Bolin, Jane Matilda
- Biography (note)
- First black graduate of Yale University Law School.
- Processing Action (note)
- Surveyed
- Cataloged
- Accessioned
- Cataloging updated
- Call Number
- Sc MG 83
- OCLC
- NYPW89-A34
- Author
- Bolin, Jane M. (Jane Matilda), 1908-2007.
- Title
- Jane Matilda Bolin papers, 1939-1994.
- Biography
- First black graduate of Yale University Law School. Bolin was appointed judge in the Domestic Relations Court of New York City (now Family Court) in 1939, making her the first African-American woman judge in the United States.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- African American judges.Women judges.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 83