Research Catalog

Title

Arthur A. Schomburg papers, 1724-1938 (bulk 1904-1938).

Author

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938.

Supplementary Content

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Details

Description

• 6.8 lin. ft.
• 12 microfilm reels.

Summary

Papers reflecting Schomburg's endeavors as a writer and researcher, and collector and curator of books and manuscripts pertaining to black history and culture. Personal and professional papers, including correspondence and writings, and writings of others. Includes material relating to Schomburg's position as curator of the Schomburg Collection, and to black literature, art, and history. Correspondents include John Bruce, Henrietta Buckmaster, W.E.B. Du Bois, Nicolas Guillen, W.C. Handy, Langston Hughes, Charles S. Johnson, James W. Johnson, Claude McKay, J.A. Rogers, Albert A. Smith, Stenio Vincent (President of Haiti), Walter White, and Carter G. Woodson. Other papers include programs, news clippings, invitations, announcements, and minutes of a variety of organizations, such as the New York Urban League, New York Public Library, Young Men's Christian Association, and several black cultural and educational groups. Also, transcriptions of 18th and 19th century historical documents pertaining to black history and culture.

Subjects

• American literature > African American authors
• Book collectors
• Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950
• Vincent, Sténio, 1874-1959
• Young Men's Christian associations > United States
• African American authors
• Urban League of Greater New York
• Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
• Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, 1893-1956
• McKay, Claude, 1890-1948
• African Americans > History
• African American art
• African Americans and libraries > New York (State) > New York
• African American librarians
• Guillén, Nicolás, 1902-1989
• Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
• Bruce, John Edward
• Smith, Albert A (Albert Alexander), 1896-1940
• Du Bois, W. E. B (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
• Rogers, J. A (Joel Augustus), 1880-1966
• Public libraries > New York (State) > New York
• Associations, institutions, etc > African American membership
• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
• African Americans > Societies, etc
• Buckmaster, Henrietta
• Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938
• YMCA of the USA
• New York Public Library
• Handy, W. C (William Christopher), 1873-1958
• Black author
• White, Walter, 1893-1955

Access (note)

• Researchers are restricted to microfilm copy.

Biography (note)

• Bibliophile, writer, Schomburg was curator of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History from 1932-1938.

Call Number

Sc Micro R-2798

OCLC

• 122485276
• 122485276

Author

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938.

Title

Arthur A. Schomburg papers, 1724-1938 (bulk 1904-1938).

Access

Researchers are restricted to microfilm copy.

Biography

Bibliophile, writer, Schomburg was curator of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History from 1932-1938.

Finding Aids

"Arthur A. Schomburg Papers; a guide compiled by Nanette Dobrosky." Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America, 1991. Guide shelved as: Sc F 94-329.

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Finding Aid

Local Subject

Black author.

LCCN

ms 79001890

Research Call Number

Sc Micro R-2798