Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. 40 lin. ft.

Summary

1. Family correspondence, writings, news clippings, photographs, music programs, serials, and awards. Most material pertains to Philippa's life and her professional career, including her travels in Southeast Asia and the memorial foundation established in her memory by Josephine Schuyler. Philippa's papers include personal correspondence, a complete set of programs for her national and international tours, published and unpublished writings for her books, articles and plays, and manuscript music for her own compositions. George Schuyler's papers consist of typescripts of his writings including "How to be Happy Though Colored," "The Negro in America," "The Plantation American Negro," "Robert Clifton Weaver," and "Portrait of a Public Servant." Also, a smaller amount of material concerns Josephine Schuyler, including her writings under the name Heba Jannath, her diaries, and her work in the memorial foundation established for Philippa .

Subject

1. Schuyler, George S. 1895-1977
2. Schuyler, Josephine, -1969
3. Schuyler, Philippa, 1932-1967
4. Families
5. African Americans -- Families
6. African American journalists
7. African American composers
8. Afro-American pianists
9. African Americans -- Songs and music
10. Afro-Amerians in the performing arts
11. Women -- Diaries
12. Southeast Asia -- Description and travel

Genre/Form

1. Diaries.

Call number

1. Sc MG 63

Note

1. Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
2. Material transferred to Art and Artifacts Division.
3. Records and tapes transferred to Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.

Source (note)

1. Mitchell, Carolyn

Biography (note)

1. The Schuyler family included George Samuel Schuyler (1895-1977), his wife Josephine Schuyler (d. 1969), and their daughter, Philippa Duke Schuyler (1931-1967). George Schuyler was a Black conservative journalist, and Philippa was a pianist, composer, and journalist.

Processing action (note)

1. Surveyed

Author

1. Schuyler family.

Title

1. Schuyler family papers, 1915-1977.

Biography

1. The Schuyler family included George Samuel Schuyler (1895-1977), his wife Josephine Schuyler (d. 1969), and their daughter, Philippa Duke Schuyler (1931-1967). George Schuyler was a Black conservative journalist, and Philippa was a pianist, composer, and journalist.

Processing action

1. Surveyed 198704

Source

1. SCM 78-27
2. 1.1\a Mitchell, Carolyn Purchase 19780202

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding aid

Local subject

1. Jannath, Heba.

Research call number

1. Sc MG 63