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Harry Belafonte papers.

Title
  1. Harry Belafonte papers.
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  1. 1872-2017, bulk 1946 - 2005.
Author
  1. Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023

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Details

Description
  1. 40.87 linear feet (113 boxes, 4 oversize folders, 4 tubes); 7.9 megabytes (124 computer files)
Summary
  1. Harry Belafonte was a Jamaican-American musician, actor, and activist best known for popularizing calypso music with international audiences, and his involvement in the American Civil Rights movement. His collection contains project files, correspondence, scrapbooks, press materials, scores, lyrics, and scripts that chronicle his career as a singer, songwriter, actor, public speaker, and advocate for political and humanitarian causes. Belafonte's papers reveal the business aspects of his performance projects, source material for his acting and singing career, and organizing efforts associated with the political causes he championed.
Subject
  1. King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
  2. Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013
  3. Poitier, Sidney
  4. Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
  5. Actors, Black
  6. African American civil rights workers
  7. African American singers
  8. African Americans -- Civil rights -- History
  9. African Americans -- Political activity
  10. African Americans in the performing arts
  11. Authors, Black
  12. Calypso (Music)
  13. Folk musicians
  14. Jamaican Americans
  15. Musicians, Black
  16. Politicians -- United States -- Correspondence
  17. Screenwriters
  18. Television personalities
  19. South Africa -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Genre/Form
  1. Albums (Books)
  2. Clippings (information artifacts)
  3. Correspondence.
  4. Notated music.
  5. Posters.
  6. Programs.
  7. Scores.
  8. Scripts (documents)
Call number
  1. Sc MG 933
Source (note)
  1. Purchased from Harry Belafonte in 2019.
Location of other archival materials (note)
  1. Harry Belafonte photograph collection, SCP 186084, Photographs and Prints Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, https://archives.nypl.org/scp/186084.
Author
  1. Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023, creator.
Title
  1. Harry Belafonte papers.
Production
  1. 1872-2017, bulk 1946 - 2005.
Type of content
  1. text
  2. still image
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
  2. computer
Type of carrier
  1. sheet
  2. other
Location of other archival materials
  1. Materials Separated from the Resource: Audio and moving image materials have been transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound (MIRS) Division: audio and moving image materials. For more information, please contact the division at schomburgaudiovisual@nypl.org or 212-491-2270. Photographs have been transferred to The Schomburg Center's Prints and Photographs division. Artwork and artifacts have been transferred to The Schomburg Center's Art and Artifacts division.
  2. Harry Belafonte photograph collection, SCP 186084, Photographs and Prints Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, https://archives.nypl.org/scp/186084.
Source
  1. Purchased from Harry Belafonte in 2019.
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Occupation
  1. Actors.
  2. Civil rights activists.
  3. Musicians.
Research call number
  1. Sc MG 933
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