Research Catalog

Title

Schuyler family papers, 1915-1977.

Author

Schuyler family.

Supplementary Content

Finding aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

40 lin. ft.

Summary

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include personal correspondence, a complete set of programs for her national and international tours, published and unpublished writings for her books, articles and plays, and manuscript music for her own compositions.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 .

Subjects

• Schuyler, Josephine, -1969
• Jannath, Heba
• Diaries
• African American journalists
• African American composers
• African Americans > Families
• Southeast Asia > Description and travel
• African Americans > Songs and music
• Schuyler, George S (George Samuel), 1895-1977
• Schuyler, Philippa, 1932-1967
• Afro-American pianists
• Afro-Amerians in the performing arts
• Women > Diaries
• Families

Genre/Form

Diaries.

Note

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

Source (note)

• Mitchell, Carolyn

Biography (note)

• 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)

• Surveyed

Call Number

Sc MG 63

OCLC

NYPW89-A192

Author

Schuyler family.

Title

Schuyler family papers, 1915-1977.

Biography

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

Surveyed 198704

Source

SCM 78-27

1.1\a Mitchell, Carolyn Purchase 19780202

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Finding aid

Local Subject

Jannath, Heba.

Research Call Number

Sc MG 63