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Additional authors

1. Schuyler, George S. (George Samuel), 1895-1977
2. Schuyler, Josephine, 1900-1969

Description

1. 5 volumes (48; 50; 50; 50; 50 leaves) : illustrations; 31 cm

Summary

1. These scrapbooks (1925-1938) are about journalist and author George Schuyler and contain clippings from a variety of both African American and mainstream newspapers. The clippings are primarily Schuyler's column "Views and Reviews" in the Pittsburgh Courier. Topics covered include Schuyler's travels to a number of African countries and southern cities in the United States, injustices in the African American community, quality of life for African Americans, criticism of Communism, literary criticism, politics, and international relations. Other coverage includes reviews of Schuyler's books "Black No More" and "Slaves Today," Schuyler's intellectually advanced daughter Philippa, and a recurring column titled "Mrs. Schuyler Says," written by George's wife Josephine Duke Schuyler, which ran in several African American newspapers.
2. Publications include African American newspapers the Afro American (Baltimore), Boston Chronicle, Chicago Bee, Chicago Defender, Chicago Whip, Negro World (Universal Negro Improvement and Association and African Communities League newspaper), New York Age, New York Amsterdam News, Norfolk Journal and Guide, Philadelphia Tribune, Pittsburgh Courier, and Washington Tribune, as well as New York Herald Tribune. Not all clippings include date and source information.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Uniform title

1. Afro-American (Baltimore, Md. : National ed.)
2. Chicago defender.
3. New York age (New York, N.Y. : 1887)
4. Pittsburgh courier.

Alternative title

1. Schuyler, Geo.
2. Boston chronicle
3. Chicago bee
4. Chicago whip
5. Negro world
6. New York Amsterdam news
7. Norfolk journal and guide
8. Philadelphia tribune
9. Washington tribune

Subject

1. Schuyler, Philippa, 1932-1967. - [Browse in index]
2. African American authors -- 20th century. - [Browse in index]
3. African American journalists -- 20th century. - [Browse in index]
4. African Americans -- Employment -- 20th century. - [Browse in index]
5. International relations -- 20th century. - [Browse in index]
6. Labor -- United States -- 20th century. - [Browse in index]
7. United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century. - [Browse in index]

Genre/Form

1. Clippings (information artifacts)
2. Scrapbooks.

Call number

1. Sc MG 958 (Schuyler, Geo.)

Language

1. English

Note

1. Compiled and bound by the New York Public Library
2. The staff who assembled the scrapbooks noted their initials alongside the articles they clipped. The staff responsible for these volumes are AJ, AVR, CMN, EJ, EMN, JC, JP, MN, MS, VK, and WA.
3. Initials EJ likely belong to E. Johnson and MS likely belong to M. Starke, both of whom clipped periodicals at the 135th St. New York Public Library branch. Initials VK likely belong to Vincent Kerr, Assistant Research Worker, and MN likely belong to Marie Neal, Library Clerk, assigned to the 135th St. branch through the Works Progress Administration.

Access (note)

1. Researchers are restricted to the microfilm copy in: Sc Micro R-707 r. 16

Cite as (note)

1. Schomburg Center Scrapbooks, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library

Terms of use (note)

1. Permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication

Biography (note)

1. The Schomburg Center Scrapbooks are a collection of 296 volumes assembled by library staff between the 1920s and 1960s, to supplement the collection of black history resources that would later form the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The staff were strategic in their clipping, choosing to highlight black voices and topics of particular interest to the African American community. The scrapbooks are organized by topic and consist primarily of newspaper clippings, unless otherwise noted.

Provenance (note)

1. The Schomburg scrapbooks may have grown out of the clipping file, when librarian Catherine Latimer assigned WPA workers to clip African American and mainstream newspapers and assemble them into scrapbooks. Two or three scrapbooks on Marcus Garvey went missing around 1960.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Added author

1. Schuyler, George S. (George Samuel), 1895-1977.
2. Schuyler, Josephine, 1900-1969.