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Joseph family documents : St. Croix, Virgin Islands
- Title
- Joseph family documents : St. Croix, Virgin Islands, 1835-1862.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | folder 1 | Moving image | Use in library | Sc MG 242 folder 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Description
- 4 items (one folder)
- Summary
- The collection includes a certificate of baptism for Mary Joseph, Arturo Alfonso Schomburg's mother; deeds of a house and lot purchased by Nicholas Joseph in 1835 and bequeathed to his son Nathaniel in 1860; and a contract for repairs to be performed to the family home.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Subjects
- Source (note)
- Schomburg, Arthuro Alfonso
- Biography (note)
- The Joseph family was the maternal family of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, a renowned bibliophile and collector of books on the Black experience worldwide.
- Processing Action (note)
- Processed
- Call Number
- Sc MG 242
- OCLC
- NYPW088000032-A
- Title
- Joseph family documents : St. Croix, Virgin Islands, 1835-1862.
- Biography
- The Joseph family was the maternal family of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, a renowned bibliophile and collector of books on the Black experience worldwide. Schomburg's mother, Mary Joseph, was born in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, in 1837. She migrated to Puerto Rico before his birth and worked as a midwife or laundress. Schomburg and his sister Dolores Diaz spent most of their childhood in St. Croix. Their maternal grandfather and great-grandfather, Nicholas and Nathaniel Joseph, lived in St. Croix in the town of Christianted where they owned a house and lot.
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- Sc MG 242