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Joel E. and Amy E. Spingarn papers
- Title
- Joel E. and Amy E. Spingarn papers, 1898-1972.
- Author
- Spingarn, Joel Elias, 1875-1939.
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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. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 174 Box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Additional Authors
- Roumain, Jacques, 1907-1944.
- Description
- .4 lin. ft.
- Summary
- Letters from Joel E. Spingarn to Amy Spingarn written during the 1914-1915 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) speaking tour, and some letters, 1930s, concerning Joel's NAACP activities; letters to Amy Spingarn regarding researcher access to the Joel E. Spingarn collections at the Moorland Collection at Howard University and the James Weldon Johnson Collection at Yale University; material regarding the opening of Joel E. Spingarn High School in Washington, D.C.; an 1898 speech; NAACP printed material; letters to W.E.B. Du Bois; articles by and about Arthur Spingarn; typescript by Jacques Roumain on Vodun (voodoo); and printed material.
- Subjects
- Philanthropists
- African Americans > Societies, etc
- Spingarn, Joel Elias, 1875-1939
- Vodou > Haiti
- High schools > Washington (D.C.)
- Du Bois, W. E. B (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Joel E. Spingarn High School (Washington, D.C.)
- Spingarn, Amy E., (Amy Einstein), 1883-
- Haiti > Religious life and customs
- Africna Americans > Civil rights
- Spingarn, Arthur B (Arthur Barnett), 1878-1971
- Note
- Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
- Source (note)
- Tranum, Honor
- Biography (note)
- Joel and Amy Spingarn were philanthropists, humanitarians, and patrons of the arts. Joel Spingarn also was a writer, literary critic, educator, and civil rights activist. After teaching comparative literature at Columbia University, he became active in literary and public affairs with the founding of the publishing firm of Harcourt, Brace and Company in 1919. His literary work includes "A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance" (1899), "Creative Criticism and Other Essays" (1931), and several books of poems. Spingarn also helped to found the National Association for the Advancement (NAACP) for which he served as chairman of the Board of Directors (1913–1919), treasurer (1919–1930), and president (1930–1939). The Spingarn Medal, which he endowed in 1913, is a gold medal awarded annually by the NAACP. Amy Einstein Spingarn (1883-1980), born in New York City, was a philanthropist, poet, and artist known especially for her paintings of prominent African American cultural figures. Upon the death of her husband in 1939, Amy Spingarn was elected to finish out his term on the NAACP Board of Directors. She continued as a board member for nearly forty years.
- Processing Action (note)
- Surveyed
- Accessioned
- Cataloging updated
- Call Number
- Sc MG 174
- OCLC
- NYPW89-A203
- Author
- Spingarn, Joel Elias, 1875-1939.
- Title
- Joel E. and Amy E. Spingarn papers, 1898-1972.
- Biography
- Joel and Amy Spingarn were philanthropists, humanitarians, and patrons of the arts. Joel Spingarn also was a writer, literary critic, educator, and civil rights activist. After teaching comparative literature at Columbia University, he became active in literary and public affairs with the founding of the publishing firm of Harcourt, Brace and Company in 1919. His literary work includes "A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance" (1899), "Creative Criticism and Other Essays" (1931), and several books of poems. Spingarn also helped to found the National Association for the Advancement (NAACP) for which he served as chairman of the Board of Directors (1913–1919), treasurer (1919–1930), and president (1930–1939). The Spingarn Medal, which he endowed in 1913, is a gold medal awarded annually by the NAACP. Amy Einstein Spingarn (1883-1980), born in New York City, was a philanthropist, poet, and artist known especially for her paintings of prominent African American cultural figures. Upon the death of her husband in 1939, Amy Spingarn was elected to finish out his term on the NAACP Board of Directors. She continued as a board member for nearly forty years.
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- Added Author
- Roumain, Jacques, 1907-1944.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 174