Research Catalog
James Egert Allen collection,
- Title
- James Egert Allen collection, 1938-1975.
- Author
- Allen, James E. (James Egert), 1896-1980.
- Supplementary Content
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 775 Box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- Description
- 0.4 lin. ft. (1 box)
- Summary
- Correspondence and writings ranging from 1938 to 1975, documenting James Egert Allen's activities as a columnist, Kappa Alpha Psi member, chairman of the Johnson C. Smith University Centennial Committee, and founder of International Associates of Cultural Affairs, a group travel venture.
- Subjects
- Allen, James E (James Egert), 1896-1980
- International Associates of Cultural Affairs (New York, N.Y.)
- Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938
- African American college teachers
- Black author
- African American universities and colleges > North Carolina > Charlotte > Alumni and alumnae
- Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
- African American historians
- Johnson C. Smith University
- African American authors
- African American fraternal organizations
- African Americans > Travel
- Note
- Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
- Biography (note)
- An African-American educator and writer, James Egert Allen was the first president of the New York chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and an active member of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity and the Johnson C. Smith Alumni Association. He was the author of "The Negro in New York" (1964), "Black History: Past and Present" (1971) and "The Legend of Arthur A. Schomburg" (1975). Allen died in 1980.
- Call Number
- Sc MG 775
- Author
- Allen, James E. (James Egert), 1896-1980.
- Title
- James Egert Allen collection, 1938-1975.
- Biography
- An African-American educator and writer, James Egert Allen was the first president of the New York chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and an active member of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity and the Johnson C. Smith Alumni Association. He was the author of "The Negro in New York" (1964), "Black History: Past and Present" (1971) and "The Legend of Arthur A. Schomburg" (1975). Allen died in 1980.
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- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 775