Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Swan, Robert J.

Description

1. 6.2 lin. ft. (6 record cartons, 1/2 archival box)

Summary

1. The Morris Levitt Research Collection consists principally of handwritten notes and photocopies of documents and articles Levitt compiled concerning African-American history, particularly the Revolutionary War period and sports. Nearly all of the notes have no attribution, i.e. no sources are given, and there are frequently no citations for photocopies of news clippings and images, other articles, and pages from books. In addition to the published articles Levitt co-authored, the collection contains typescripts (1970) concerning Fleet Walker (1856-1926), the first black major league baseball player; notes about Weeksville in Brooklyn, New York; and Levitt's research letters and photocopies of the writings of the Pennsylvania poet and painter, Edwin Garnet Riley.
2. There are also five manuscripts by other authors, three by Robert J. Swan. The subjects are black unrest in colonial New York, blacks in colonial Brooklyn, both segregation and desegregation of Brooklyn's public schools in the 19th century, blacks in colonial Brooklyn, and 19th century history of blacks, whites and American Indians in Ohio.

Subject

1. Segregation in education > New York (State) > New York > 19th century
2. Riley, Edwin Garnet, 1880-1966
3. African Americans > History > 1877-1964
4. School integration > New York (State) > New York
5. African American athletes
6. Levitt, Morris, 1906-1976
7. United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783
8. Sports > United States
9. African Americans > History > To 1863
10. African American baseball players
11. Baseball players > United States
12. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > African Americans
13. Black author

Call number

1. Sc MG 542

Note

1. Photographs transferred to the Photographs and Print Division.

Source (note)

1. Myra Rosenzweig

Biography (note)

1. Morris Levitt served as a consultant for the Negro History Associates, founded by Middleton "Spike" Harris in 1963, whose purpose was to educate the public and school children about the role of African Americans in American history. Levitt was a co-author with Harris of "The Black Book" (1974), a survey of African-American history from the time of slavery through the 1940s, emphasizing contributions in many fields of endeavor. He also co-authored three articles about historic and sports figures.

Author

1. Levitt, Morris, 1906-1976.

Title

1. Morris Levitt research collection, 1969-1976.

Biography

1. Morris Levitt served as a consultant for the Negro History Associates, founded by Middleton "Spike" Harris in 1963, whose purpose was to educate the public and school children about the role of African Americans in American history. Levitt was a co-author with Harris of "The Black Book" (1974), a survey of African-American history from the time of slavery through the 1940s, emphasizing contributions in many fields of endeavor. He also co-authored three articles about historic and sports figures.

Source

1. Myra Rosenzweig Gift July 1994 SCM 93-56

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Local subject

1. Black author.

Added author

1. Swan, Robert J.

Research call number

1. Sc MG 542