Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950

Description

1. 2 volumes (50; 50 leaves) : illustrations; 31 cm

Summary

1. These scrapbooks (1925-1934) are about historian Carter G. Woodson and contain clippings from a variety of both African American and mainstream newspapers. The clippings are primarily articles written by Woodson about topics such as the education of African Americans, the need for African American teachers, the history of African Americans, events at Howard University, the creation of Negro History Week, and other topics pertaining to African American history and life. Additional coverage includes profiles of Woodson, his receipt of the Spingarn Medal, as well as reviews of several of Woodson's books, including "The Mis-Education of the Negro," "The Negro in Our History," "The Rural Negro," "Negro Orators and Their Orations," and "The History of the Negro Church."
2. Publications include African American newspapers the Afro American (Baltimore), Boston Chronicle, Chicago Bee, Chicago Defender, Chicago Whip, Interstate Tattler, Louisiana Weekly, New York Age, New York Amsterdam News, Norfolk Journal and Guide, Philadelphia Tribune, Pittsburgh Courier, and Washington Tribune, as well as the New York Times. 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. Woodson, C.G.
2. Boston chronicle
3. Chicago bee
4. Chicago whip
5. Interstate tattler
6. Louisiana weekly
7. New York Amsterdam news
8. Norfolk journal and guide
9. Philadelphia tribune
10. Washington tribune

Subject

1. Howard University
2. African American authors -- 20th century
3. African American historians -- 20th century
4. African American History Month
5. African Americans -- Education -- 20th century
6. African Americans -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
7. Black History Week

Genre/Form

1. Clippings (information artifacts)
2. Scrapbooks.

Call number

1. Sc MG 958 (Woodson, Carter G.)

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, A McD, CMN, EMN, JC, MN, MS, and VK.
3. Initials MS likely belong to M. Starke, who 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 of NYPL through the Works Progress Administration.

Access (note)

1. Researchers are restricted to the microfilm copy in: Sc Micro R-707 r. 18

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.

Title

1. Schomburg Center Scrapbooks : Woodson, C.G.

Production

1. 1925-1934.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Restricted access

1. Researchers are restricted to the microfilm copy in: Sc Micro R-707 r. 18

Cite as:

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

Terms of use

1. Permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication

Biography

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

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.

Added author

1. Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950.

Spine title

1. Woodson, C.G.

Added title

1. Afro-American (Baltimore, Md. : National ed.)
2. Chicago defender.
3. New York age (New York, N.Y. : 1887)
4. Pittsburgh courier.
5. Boston chronicle
6. Chicago bee
7. Chicago whip
8. Interstate tattler
9. Louisiana weekly
10. New York Amsterdam news
11. Norfolk journal and guide
12. Philadelphia tribune
13. Washington tribune

Research call number

1. Sc MG 958 (Woodson, Carter G.)