FINDING AID AVAILABLE
Allan Malcolm Morrison papers
- Title
- Allan Malcolm Morrison papers, 1940-1968.
- Author
Collection information
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Containerr. 3 | FormatMixed material | AccessUse in library | Call numberSc Micro R-3537 r. 3 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
| Status Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Containerr. 2 | FormatMixed material | AccessUse in library | Call numberSc Micro R-3537 r. 2 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
| Status Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Containerr. 1 | FormatMixed material | AccessUse in library | Call numberSc Micro R-3537 r. 1 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Details
- Description
- 2 lin. ft.
- Summary
- Correspondence, writings, speeches, research files on notable persons and organizations, personal papers and speeches, news clippings, and printed material (chiefly political) relating to Morrison's career and interests. Includes material from his experiences as the first black correspondent for STARS AND STRIPES during World War II, and with the NEGRO WORLD DIGEST, THE PEOPLE'S VOICE, EBONY, DOWNBEAT, the Johnson Publishing Company, Symphony of the New World, and HARYOU-ACT, a Harlem youth program. Also includes writings and speeches of other authors.
- Subject
- Morrison, Allan, 1916-1968
- Symphony of the New World
- African Americans -- Social life and customs
- African Americans -- Music
- African American periodicals
- African Americans in the newspaper industry
- New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Economic conditions
- United States -- History -- African American troops. -- World War, 1939-1945
- Call number
- Sc Micro R-3537
- Note
- Sc MG 33
- Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
- Political button transferred to Art and Artifacts Division.
- Access (note)
- Researchers are restricted to microfilm copy.
- Reproduction (note)
- Microfilm.
- Source (note)
- Attaway, Ruth
- Biography (note)
- Journalist and jazz and classical music critic.
- Processing action (note)
- Surveyed
- Accessioned
- Processed
- Cataloging updated
- Author
- Morrison, Allan, 1916-1968.
- Title
- Allan Malcolm Morrison papers, 1940-1968.
- Access
- Researchers are restricted to microfilm copy.
- Reproduction
- Microfilm. New York, N.Y. : New York Public Library, marketed by Scholarly Resources Inc., 19--. 3 microfilm reels : 35 mm. (MN *ZZ-16215)
- Biography
- Journalist and jazz and classical music critic. During World War IIMorrison became the first African-American war correspondent of STARS ANDSTRIPES, and also worked for EBONY, later becoming the Editorial Bureau Chief of Johnson Publishing Company. Served as Board Chairman of Symphony of the New World.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- African American journalists.
- Music critics.
- Journalists.
- LCCN
- ms 79001887
- Research call number
- Sc Micro R-3537