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Guide to the

Arthur Alfonso Schomburg papers1724-1939 [bulk 1904-1938]Sc Micro R-2798

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

Processed by Stanton F. Biddle in 1968. The inventory created by Biddle was revised by Susan Davis in1977. A machine-readable finding aid was created by Apex Data Services and revised by Terry Catapano.In 1989 two series, Professional and Literary Activities and Subject and Reference File, were reprocessedby Diana Lachatanere, in preparation for microfilming. A microfilm guide was compiled in 1991 by NanetteDobrosky for University Publications of America.

Summary

Creator: Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938

Title: Arthur Alfonso Schomburg papers

Date: 1724-1939 [bulk 1904-1938]

Size: .75 linear feet (17 boxes, 12 microfilm reels)

Abstract: Papers reflecting Schomburg's endeavors as a writer and researcher, and collector andcurator of books and manuscripts documenting black history and culture. Personal and professionalpapers, including correspondence and writings, and writings of others. Includes material relating toSchomburg's position as curator of the Schomburg Collection at the 135th St. branch of the New YorkPublic Library, and to black literature, art, and history. Correspondents include John E. Bruce, HenriettaBuckmaster, W.E.B. Du Bois, Nicolás Guillén, W.C. Handy, Langston Hughes, Charles S. Johnson,James W. Johnson, Claude McKay, J.A. Rogers, Albert A. Smith, Sténio Vincent (President of Haiti),Walter White, and Carter G. Woodson. Other papers include programs, news clippings, invitations,announcements, and minutes of a variety of organizations, such as the New York Urban League, NewYork Public Library, Young Men's Christian Association, and several black cultural and educationalgroups. Also, transcriptions of eighteenth and nineteenth century historical documents pertaining toblack history and culture.

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Preferred citation: [Item], Arthur Alfonso Schomburg papers, Sc Micro R-2798, Schomburg Center forResearch in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York PublicLibrary

Language of the Material: Multiple languages Materials in English, Spanish, and French.

Processing note: Processed by Stanton F. Biddle in 1968. The inventory created by Biddle wasrevised by Susan Davis in 1977. A machine-readable finding aid was created by Apex Data Servicesand revised by Terry Catapano. In 1989 two series, Professional and Literary Activities and Subject andReference File, were reprocessed by Diana Lachatanere, in preparation for microfilming. A microfilmguide was compiled in 1991 by Nanette Dobrosky for University Publications of America.

Creator HistoryArthur (originally Arturo) Alfonso Schomburg (1874-1938) was a collector of books and manuscriptsdocumenting black history and culture whose collection formed the basis for the Schomburg Center forResearch in Black Culture. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Schomburg moved to New York City in1891, settling in Harlem and later, Brooklyn. As a young man, he was an active supporter of Cuban andPuerto Rican independence, cofounding the political club Las Dos Antillas; later, he was involved inseveral organizations devoted to promoting African American research and scholarship, including theNegro Society for Historical Research and the American Negro Academy. Drawing on his extensivecollection of books and historical documents, Schomburg wrote articles on the history of the Africandiaspora for major black periodicals including The Crisis, Opportunity, Negro World, and The New YorkAmsterdam News. In 1926, Schomburg sold his collection to the New York Public Library. Then knownas the Arthur A. Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and Art, the collection was deposited at the135th St. branch library, where it became part of the Division of Negro Literature, History, and Prints.Schomburg served as curator of this collection from 1932 until his death in 1938. See below for atimeline of Schomburg's life: 1874, January 24 Arturo Alfonso Schomburg is born in San Juan, PuertoRico, to Carlos Federico Schomburg and Mary Joseph.1891, April 17 Arrives in New York City.1892 Becomes a Mason and joins the El Sol de Cuba Lodge #38, a Spanish-speaking lodge in NewYork.1892-1896 Helps found and serves as secretary to Las Dos Antillas, a political club committed to thegoal of Cuban and Puerto Rican independence.1895 Marries Elizabeth Hatcher (d.1900) from Staunton, Virginia. They have three children: MaximoGomez, Arturo Alfonso Jr. and Kingsley Guarionex.1901-1906 Works as messenger and clerk in the law firm of Pryor, Mellis and Harris in New York City.1902 Marries his second wife, Elizabeth Morrow Taylor from Virginia. They have two children: ReginaldStanfield and Nathaniel Jose.1904 Publishes his first known article, Is Hayti Decadent? in The Unique Advertiser.1906-1929 Works for Bankers Trust Company, eventually becoming supervisor of the Caribbean andLatin American Mail Section.1909 Writes a short pamphlet, Placido, a Cuban Martyr, about the poet and independence fighter,Gabriel de la Concepcion Valdez.1911 Helps organize and serves as secretary of the Negro Society for Historical Research.1914 Marries for the third and last time to Elizabeth Green. They have three children: FernandoAlfonso, Dolores Maria and Carlos Placido.1918 Elected Grand Secretary of the New York State Grand Lodge of the Prince Hall masons.1920-1929 Elected President of the American Negro Academy.1925 Schomburg's article The Negro Digs Up His Past is published in Alain Locke's issue of SurveyGraphic and reprinted in The New Negro.1926 The New York Public Library purchases Schomburg's collection of books, manuscripts, and prints

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with a $10,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation. The collection is deposited at the 135th StreetBranch of the Library.1926 Travels to Spain, France, Germany and England with funds from the sale of his collection, toconduct research and acquire new books and material.1927 Awarded the William E. Harmon Award, consisting of a Bronze Medal and $100, for outstandingwork in the field of Education.1931-1932 Serves as curator of the Negro Collection at the library of Fisk University, Nashville,Tennessee.1932 Travels to Cuba where he meets Black Cuban artists and writers and acquires material for thecollection.1932-1938 Serves as curator of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and Art, 135th StreetBranch, The New York Public Library.1938, June 10 Dies in Brooklyn.

For fuller biographical treatments of Arthur Schomburg's life, see:

Arthur A. Schomburg: A Biographical Essay by Victoria Ortiz in The Legacy of Arthur A. Schomburg: ACelebration of the Past, A Vision for the Future Exhibition catalog. (New York: The New York PublicLibrary, 1986).

Sinnette, Elinor Des Verney. Arthur Alfonso Schomburg: Black Bibliophile & Collector (The New YorkPublic Library & Wayne State University Press, 1989).

Scope and Content Note

The Arthur Alfonso Schomburg Papers (1724-1938) reflect Schomburg's activities as researcher andwriter, collector and curator. The collection consists of correspondence, published and unpublishedwritings, articles about Schomburg and his collection, subject and reference files, and material relatingto his many speaking engagements and activities in the community. The bulk of the papers date from1932 to his death in 1938. The material dating from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries consists oftranscriptions and translations of historical documents, made during the 1930s.

The Correspondence is separated into three subseries: Letters to Schomburg, 1904-1938, Letters bySchomburg, 1914-1938, and Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1909-1938. The first two subseries arearranged alphabetically by the correspondent's name or affiliation. The third subseries is subdivided bytype, such as Invitations, Greeting Cards, and Miscellaneous Letters. Schomburg's correspondentsincluded a number of prominent people in the fields of arts and letters, politics and civil rights, such asJohn E. Bruce, Henrietta Buckmaster, W.E.B. Du Bois, W.C. Handy, Langston Hughes, Claude McKay,J.A. Rogers, The Honorable Sténio Vincent (President of Haiti), Walter White, Carter G. Woodson,Charles S. Johnson, Nancy Cunard, Albert Smith, and fellow collectors and bibliophiles William C.Bolivar, Henry Slaughter and Arthur Spingarn. The letters relate to Schomburg's position as curator atthe 135th St. library, as well as to his intellectual interests and personal life.

The Professional and Literary Activities series illustrates the broad scope of Schomburg's interests.Included in this series are typescripts and published articles written by Schomburg, although authorshipof the manuscripts is not always clear as they are frequently unsigned. There are also articles aboutSchomburg's activities and the Schomburg Collection, as well as invitations, announcements andprograms of events Schomburg participated in. Included in this section are minutes and reports for theCitizens Committee of the 135th Street Branch Library and the New York Urban League, the two

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organizations that consistently worked with Schomburg and Ernestine Rose, the branch librarian, tobenefit the branch in general, and the Schomburg Collection in particular.

The Subject and Reference File consists of a variety of material, including reference notes,transcriptions of articles from newspapers, transcriptions and translations of speeches, letters, andessays about historical figures and events, biographical essays, and manuscripts by other authors.

Key Terms

SubjectsAfrican American artAfrican American authorsAfrican American librariansAfrican Americans -- HistoryAfrican Americans -- Societies, etcAfrican Americans and libraries -- New York (State) -- New YorkAmerican literature -- African American authorsAssociations, institutions, etc -- African American membershipBlack authorBook collectorsPublic libraries -- New York (State) -- New YorkYoung Men's Christian associations -- United States

NamesBruce, John EdwardBuckmaster, HenriettaDu Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963Guille_n, Nicola_s, 1902-1989Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, 1893-1956Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938McKay, Claude, 1890-1948Rogers, J. A. (Joel Augustus), 1880-1966Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938Smith, Albert A. (Albert Alexander), 1896-1940Vincent, Ste_nio, 1874-1959White, Walter, 1893-1955Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950New York Public LibrarySchomburg Center for Research in Black CultureUrban League of Greater New YorkYMCA of the USA

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Container List

I. Correspondence 1904-1938 (10 boxes 4.17 linear feet 9 reels 0.56 linear feet)

The Correspondence is separated into three subseries: Letters to Schomburg, 1904-1938,Letters by Schomburg, 1914-1938, and Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1909-1938. The firsttwo subseries are arranged alphabetically by the correspondent's name or affiliation. The thirdsubseries is subdivided by type, such as Invitations, Greeting Cards, and Miscellaneous Letters.Schomburg's correspondents included a number of prominent people in the fields of arts andletters, politics and civil rights, such as John E. Bruce, Henrietta Buckmaster, W.E.B. Du Bois,W.C. Handy, Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, J.A. Rogers, The Honorable Sténio Vincent(President of Haiti), Walter White, Carter G. Woodson, Charles S. Johnson, Nancy Cunard,Albert Smith, and fellow collectors and bibliophiles William C. Bolivar, Henry Slaughter andArthur Spingarn. The letters relate to Schomburg's position as Curator of the SchomburgCollection, as well as to his intellectual interests and personal life.

Please note that letters to John Edward Bruce were transferred to the John Edward BrucePapers (Additions), held at the Schomburg Center.

Letters to Arthur Schomburg 1904-1938

Includes both personal and professional letters sent to Arthur Schomburg. For furtherinformation for contents of the letters, please see the Scope and Content notes at the folderlevel, which list the major topics discussed. Further information about individualcorrespondents, if known, is supplied in Scope and Content notes at the individual level.

Material in this series is arranged in folders alphabetically by last name of correspondent.Folders generally include multiple correspondents, and each correspondent may representmultiple letters, which are not individually descibed. Please note that some material is out oforder; the following list is an effort to describe the actual order of material in the microfilmrather than adhere to strict alphabetical order.

Abb-AllMajor Topics: Committee of One Hundred for Negro Workers; biography of Ira Aldridge;allocation of WPA funds to NYPL; gambling in New York City; invitations; New York UrbanLeague; requests for information; New York State Conference on Negro Welfare; New YorkState Temporary Emergency Relief Administration.Reel 1, Frames 1-129

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Abbott, Robert S 1934Chairman, Committee of One Hundred for Negro Workers

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Abrams, Laurence 1937President, Harlem Cultural Association

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Adair, James F 1935

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Adams, Alton 1926-1927The St. Thomas Public Library

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Adie, David C 1937Commissioner, Department of Social Welfare, New York State

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Advocate Company 1934Printers, Publishers, Bookbinders, and Stationers

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Agbebi, Mojola 1912Delta Baptist Mission

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Aggrey, J.E. Kwegyir 1918Livingstone College

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Aggrey, Rose D 1932

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Albert A. Bieber, Antiquarian Bookseller 1933

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Aharon, Gregor 1932E.F. Bonaventure, Inc. Art Galleries

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Guide to theArthur Alfonso Schomburg papers

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Alberts, Milton 1936

Abb-All (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)

I. Correspondence (cont.)

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Andrews, Cyril B 1935-1937See also Cyril B. Andrews in Box 1, Folder 3.

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Aldridge, Amanda Ira 1935-1937

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Aleph College 1938

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Alexander, E.J 1934Yoruba Literary and Debating Club

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Alexander, E.R 1935

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Alexander, Leila T 1938Pearl St. Neighborhood House

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Allen, Carrie A 1936-1937

Supervisor, Negro History Project, Works Progress Administration

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Allen, Cleveland G 1932-1937

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Allen, Edward 1934

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Aldine Book Company 1933

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Abbey Book Shop 1933

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Academy Book Shop 1936

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Abbot, Mrs. Eugene B 1937

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Allen, James Egert 1934-1935Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Allen, James L 1933

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Allen, Lucille 1935

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Allen, M.P 1936-1937

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Allen, Ralph 1934R.H. Macy & Co. Rare Book Department

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Allen, Samuel A 1931-1938New York Urban League

b. 1 f. 1 r. 1 Allison, Madeline G 1921-1923The Crisis, Opportunity

Als-AmeMajor Topic. American Library Service book lists.Reel 1, Frames 129-212

b. 1 f. 2 r. 1 Alston, Alberta 1934Chambered Nautilus of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church

b. 1 f. 2 r. 1 American Antiquarian Society 1932

b. 1 f. 2 r. 1 American Autograph Shop 1936

b. 1 f. 2 r. 1 American Bureau of Collections 1937

b. 1 f. 2 r. 1 American Library Service 1935-1936

And-AyeMajor Topics: Harmon Foundation; SCNLA exhibits; Federated Colored Catholics of theUnited States; YMCA; biography of Ira Aldridge; book lists; Association of Trade andCommerce; requests for information.Reel 1, Frames 213-345

b. 1 f. 3 r. 1 Anderson, Blanche E 1934-1935Berean Manual Training and Industrial School

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b. 1 f. 3 r. 1 Anderson, Charlotte E 1938

And-Aye (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 1 f. 3 r. 1 Anderson, Coral Lowe 1938Harlem World's Fair Committee

b. 1 f. 3 r. 1 Anderson, E.H 1931-1935New York Public Library

b. 1 f. 3 r. 1 Anderson, Elmo M 1927-1935Laymen's Union of NYC

b. 1 f. 3 r. 1 Anderson, Florence 1937Carnegie Corporation

b. 1 f. 3 r. 1 Anderson, Ida 1937St. Philip's Church

b. 1 f. 3 r. 1 Anderson, M.G undated

b. 1 f. 3 r. 1 Anderson, Peyton F 1934-1938Young Men's Christian Association

b. 1 f. 3 r. 1 Andrews, Cyril B 1937-1938See also Cyril B. Andrews in Box 1, Folder 1.

b. 1 f. 3 r. 1 Andrews, William T 1938

b. 1 f. 3 r. 1 The Argosy Co 1934

b. 1 f. 3 r. 1 Argosy Book Stores 1934-1936

b. 1 f. 3 r. 1 Argudin, Pastor 1932-1934

b. 1 f. 3 r. 1 Aronica, A 1937Judy Publishing Company

b. 1 f. 3 r. 1 Ashby, William M 1930Peoples Finance Corp.

b. 1 f. 3 r. 1 Ashley, Moses M 1934-1936

b. 1 f. 3 r. 1 Associated Negro Press 1936

b. 1 f. 3 r. 1 Association of Trade and Commerce 1935-1937

b. 1 f. 3 r. 1 Atelier Bookbinding Co 1923

b. 1 f. 3 r. 1 Atkins, Eliza 1934-1935University of California, Berkeley

b. 1 f. 3 r. 1 Atwell, Clyde G 1933Students' Literary and Debating League

b. 1 f. 3 r. 1 Augustus, Constanceb. 1 f. 3 r. 1 Augener Ltd 1930

b. 1 f. 3 r. 1 Austin, A.A 1934

b. 1 f. 3 r. 1 Austin, Louis 1935

Universal Ethiopian Students Association

b. 1 f. 3 r. 1 Ayer, Mrs. Vernon 1935

Bag-BoaMajor Topics: Requests for information; Associated Negro Press; SCNLA loan of material,exhibits, and acquisitions; Ethiopian World Federation, Inc.; Students' Literary Association;dinner honoring Dantès Bellegarde; Schomburg's speaking engagements; Afro-Braziliancommunity.Reel 1, Frames 346-497

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Bagby, George F., III 1935YMCA Graduate School

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b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Baker, Henry E 1917Howard Park Citizen's Association

Bag-Boa (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Baker, Jr., James H 1938Association of Trade and Commerce

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Baldwin, Louis Fremont 1932

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Ballard, Earl A 1937Iota Phi Alpha Fraternity

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Bankers Trust Co 1929

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Banks, H.Cb. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Banner, Warren M 1937

National Urban League

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Banton, Conwell 1925Hiram Grand Lodge Masonic Temple

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Bantum, Robert E 1936Prince Hall Lodge

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Barber, Philip W 1937Works Progress Administration

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Barber, T.G 1935American Seating Co.

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Barklow, E.J 1935Gerlach-Barklow Co.

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Barnes, T.H 1937-1938

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Barnes & Noble 1938

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Barnett, Claude A 1932-1937Associated Negro Press

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Barnette, B.J 1937Young Men's Christian Association

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Barr, Alfred H., Jr 1935Museum of Modern Art

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Bastien, Jennifer 1927

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Battle, Effie T 1916

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Baum, Richard M 1937

New York Graphic Society

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Bayen, Malaku E 1937-1938

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Bayen, Dorothy H 1938Ethiopian World Federation

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Bayer, Theodore 1937American Friends of the Soviet Union

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Bayley, Mortimer 1935

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Bayley, Thomas E 1936Students Literary Association

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Beale, Otis G 1922The Tuttle Company

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Beanne, Everett L 1937

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Bébel, Captain 1937

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b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Becker, Nell O 1934Phi Delta Kappa Sorority

Bag-Boa (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Belgrave, H 1933

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Bellegarde, Dantès 1932-1935Haitian Consul

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Bennett College for Women 1934

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Berger, Clarice 1935The Meroe Society

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Bergés-Bordas, Lic. Dgo. Oct 1932

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Berlack, Thelma E 1929The New York Amsterdam News

See also Thelma Berlack Boozer in Box 1, Folder 5.

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Bernard Quaritch Ltd 1917Bookseller

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Bertrand, Carlton A 1935

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Bess, Robert T 1936Dunbar Rockaway Beach Baths Inc.

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Bethune, Mary Mcleod 1932

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Bibliotheca Zoological Oatesiana 1931

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Bieber, Albert A 1932Bookseller

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Bilden, Ruediger 1934-1936

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Billinger, J.S 1910-1912New York Public Library

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Black, Lucille 1934National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Blackett, G. Mowbray 1937

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Blackford, Elizabeth Pb. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Blaine, James G 1938

The Greater New Yok Fund

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Blanchard, Julia 1936Linfield College

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Blanco, Teodoro Ramos 1933

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Bland, James 1932

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Blanchard, L.R 1937Library of Congress

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Blasall, A.W 1931

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Blue, Thomas F 1930

Louisville Free Public Library

b. 1 f. 4 r. 1 Boardman, Helen 1934

Bol-BroMajor Topics: Book lists; SCNLA exhibits, acquisitions, and loans of material; W. E. B. DuBois' Black Reconstruction; requests for information; Harmon Foundation; Schomburg'sspeaking engagements; Jamaica Progressive League; Harmon Foundation exhibits of Blackartists.Reels 1, Frame 498-739

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b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Bolan, Simeon J 1936

Bol-Bro (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Bolivar, William C 1912-1914

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Bond, Horace M 1936-1937Dean, Dillard University

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Bond, Horace & Julia 1937

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Boni, Charles 1937Living American Art

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Book Mart 1935

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Bookniga Corp 1937

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Boozer, Thelma Berlack 1932-1935The New York Amsterdam News

See also Thelma Berlack in Box 1, Folder 4.

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Bosley, Rb. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Boston Photocopy Print Co 1927

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Bowker, R.R 1936Publishers

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Bowles, Eva D 1932-1933

Young Women's Christian Association

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Bowles, Luanna J 1936Fisk University

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Boyd, Henry A 1934Civilian Conservation Corps

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Boyd, Rubie 1934-1936

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Boyd, W.K 1936Duke University

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Boykin, Eugene 1936-1937

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Braddicks, Robert P 1932Dunbar National Bank

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Brady, Mary Beattie 1932-1938Harmon Foundation

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Bragg, Rev. George F 1934St. James Church

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Braithwaite, I. Newton 1933

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Braithwaite, William Stanley 1914

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Branham, Lucyb. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Brascher, Nahum D 1935-1937

The Butter-Nut Guild

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Brawley, Benjamin 1932-1938

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Braxton, W.E 1928

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Bray, James A 1935Colored Methodist Episcopal Church

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Brazell, Leonard 1938Works Progress Administration

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Brazier, P 1934New York Urban League

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b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Breckinridge, Mrs. Henry 1936City of New York, Municipal Art Committee



b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Brentano's Book Stores 1938

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Breslaw, M.M 1932Bookseller

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Brigham, Clarence S 1931Director, American Antiquarian Society

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Bridgett, K. Hazel 1935Phi Delta Philosophical Society

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 British Museum 1934

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Britton, Eliza A 1937

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Broadway Art Galleries 1938

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Brock, J.R. Paul 1922Principal, Indiana Ave School

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Brooks, Daisy M 1936The Gleaners

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Brooks, Hazel 1932

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Brooks, Helen G 1936

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Brown 1933

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Brown, BettyGetz-Brown Art Gallery

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Brown, Esther Lucille 1935Russell Sage Foundation

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Brown, Ethelred 1932-1937The Hubert Harrison Memorial Church

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Brown, Evelyn S 1932-1937Assistant Director, Harmon Foundation

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Brown, George W 1937

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Brown, James W 1935Mother A.M.E. Zion Church

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Brown, John S., Jr 1930

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Brown, Milton A 1937

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Brown, Robert B 1934The Ethiopian Welfare Foundation

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Brown, S. Bruce 1938Association of Trade and Commerce

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Brown, Sterling A 1933-1934

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Brown, Thomas A 1936

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Brown, Walter R 1938Hampton Institute

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Browne, Helen Swale 1933

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Browne, Ianthe 1935-1937See also Ianthe Skerrett in Box 6, Folder 47.

b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Browne, J.W 1936-1937Bookseller

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b. 1 f. 5 r. 1 Browne, Robert T 1917-1923Brooks Library of Negro Literature



Bru-ByrMajor Topics: Harriett Tubman Publishing Co., Inc.; Institute of Race Relations library; SCNLAloans of material, acquisitions, and exhibits; requests for information; book lists; Business andProfessional Men's Forum; Schomburg's speaking engagements.

Reel 1, Frames 740-829

b. 1 f. 6 r. 1 Bruce, Clara 1936New York Urban League

b. 1 f. 6 r. 1 Bruce, F.A 1936

b. 1 f. 6 r. 1 Bruce, John Edward 1907-1921

b. 1 f. 6 r. 1 Bruce, Roscoe Conkling 1925-1933Editor, Who's Who in Colored America; The Dunbar News; The Harriet Tubman Pub. Co.

b. 1 f. 6 r. 1 Bryan, Helen R 1933-1938Committee on Race Relations

b. 1 f. 6 r. 1 Buchanan, John 1938

b. 1 f. 6 r. 1 Buckmaster, Henrietta 1938

b. 1 f. 6 r. 1 Budworth, W.S 1934

b. 1 f. 6 r. 1 Buffon, A 1936-1938

b. 1 f. 6 r. 1 Buford, Mrs. Alzada 1938Fisk University

b. 1 f. 6 r. 1 Bundy, R.G 1936

b. 1 f. 6 r. 1 Bunting, Alice 1936

b. 1 f. 6 r. 1 Burke, Selma 1936

b. 1 f. 6 r. 1 Burleigh, Harry T 1922

b. 1 f. 6 r. 1 Burnham Antique Book Store 1936-1938

b. 1 f. 6 r. 1 Burrell, W.P 1938

b. 1 f. 6 r. 1 Burroughs, Alison 1936-1938

b. 1 f. 6 r. 1 Burroughs, Charles 1936

b. 1 f. 6 r. 1 Burton, Geraldine 1932Young Women's Christian Association

b. 1 f. 6 r. 1 Business and Professional Men's Forum 1934-1938

b. 1 f. 6 r. 1 Bussell, Beulah 1934

b. 1 f. 6 r. 1 Butler, Alpheus 1933

Fisk University

b. 1 f. 6 r. 1 Bye, Edgar C 1937-1938New Jersey State Teachers College

b. 1 f. 6 r. 1 Bynoe, Ila 1932The Royal Girls

b. 1 f. 6 r. 1 Byrd, Hazel M 1936Board of Research on African Civilizations

b. 1 f. 6 r. 1 Byrd, Mabel 1932University of Chicago

b. 1 f. 7 r. 1 Boddy, J.M 1932-1935Major Topics: Cuba; Black community; Catholic Church and Black community; LincolnUniversity (Chester County, Pennsylvania); criticism of Schomburg's work.

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Cad-ChiMajor Topics: Requests for information; SCNLA acquisitions and exhibits; Negro Actors Guildof America, Inc.; radio broadcast of James H. Hubert regarding Black community (education,contribution to U.S. culture); Negro National Hospital Fund; Dillard University library (NewOrleans); Opportunity (National Urban League); British West Indies; Fisk University; NewYork Urban League; sale of Paul Laurence Dunbar library.Reel 2, Frames 1-172

Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)I. Correspondence (cont.)

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Caldwell, Grace G 1931

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Cade, Lena 1937

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Cadmus Book Shop 1933-1935

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Caliver, Ambrose 1929-1934Fisk University; U.S. Department of the Interior

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Calloway, Cab 1938Negro Actors Guild of America

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Calloway, N.D 1938

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Calvin, Bernice 1938

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Calvin, Floyd J 1922The Friends of Negro Freedom

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Campbell, Donald 1936-1937

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Campbell, D. Lewis 1932

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Campbell, E. Simms 1937

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Camphor, Alexander P 1919Methodist Episcopal Church

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Cannon, C.L 1932New York Public Library

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Cannon, L.J 1936

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Canterbury Book Stores 1934

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Cardenas, Desiderio 1936

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Carew, S.B. Islington 1938

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Carey, Richard E 1935-1937

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Carlisle, Clarence A 1936St. Jude's Center

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Carn, P. Crawford 1937Handy Bros. Music Co.

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Carnegie, Rev. Amos H 1936Negro National Hospital Fund

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Carnegie Book Shop 1937

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Carney, Mabel 1935-1936Columbia University Teacher's College

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Carothers, Wilhelmina E 1935-1937Librarian, Dillard University

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Carpenter, W. Spencer 1926Bethel A.M.E. Church

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Carré, Louis 1935

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Carrington, Glenn 1936

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Carruthers, Ralph H 1938

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b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Carter, Elmer Anderson 1932-1936Editor, Opportunity

Cad-Chi (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Carter, Herman J.A 1933

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Challenger, Edgar O 1933-1936

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Chamberlain, John 1931New York Times Book Review

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Chandler, W.E 1905

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Chambers, N 1932

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Chapman, W. Leon 1937President, Booker T. Washington Memorial and Historical Associatoin

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Chase, William C 1933

New York Amsterdam News

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Chestnutt, Charles W 1929

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Childress, William H 1932

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Chinn, Genevieve 1935New York Urban League

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Chisholm, Frank P 1937

Tuskegee Institute

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Chisholm, Frank Rb. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Chisholm, William 1935

Upsilon Chi Gamma

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Chisum, Melvin, J 1934National Negro Press Association

b. 2 f. 8 r. 2 Clark, Cecile 1931YMCA Graduate School

Cla-CrabMajor Topics: Requests for information; Fisk University; SCNLA acquisitions and gifts to otherlibraries; Trinidad Public Library, British West Indies; interlibrary loans; use of chemicalwarfare by Italy against Ethiopia; NYPL's acquisition of Schomburg's collection; booksellers;Schomburg's speaking engagements.Reel 2, Frames 173-309

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Clark, William E 1935

The New York Age

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Clarke, Daniel P 1934Negro Education Club, Teachers College, Columbia University

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Clark, Edwin L 1934Rollins College

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Clarke, John Henry"A Tribute to Arthur A. Schomburg"

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Clark, Kenneth B 1935Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Class, A.J 1933

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Clendenin, James 1934Upsilon Chi Gamma of the 135 St. YMCA

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Clifford, J.R 1911-1932National Independent Political League

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Clundem

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b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Colby, J. Everett 1932Librarian, Bishop College

Cla-Crab (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Cohn, Albert 1931-1932Fisk University

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Cochran, Henry J 1929Bankers Trust Company

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Cokman, S.C 1936

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Colbeck Radford & Co 1933-1935Bookseller

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Coles, Andrew D 1935New York Tuskegee Alumni Association

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Coleman, L. Zenobia 1937Librarian, Tougaloo College

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Coles, S.C 1932-1933Kegan Paul, Trench, Turner & Co. Oriental and African Booksellers

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 College of the City of New York 1936

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Colón, G. Torres 1937

Pan American Club, Harlem Evening High School

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Columbia Civic Library Association 1937

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Columbia University 1932

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Comish, George A 1933The New York Herald Tribune

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Comma, Carlton N 1935-1937Hampton Institute

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Conley, E.T 1935War Department

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Constantine, L 1935

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Conway, Harriet G 1929

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Cookfaire, William 1933

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Cooper, Anna J 1926-1935

Frelinghuysen University

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Cooper, C.H 1938

General Accounting Office, Post Office

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Cooper, William Arthur 1936

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Corey, Russell B 1937

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Cork, Henry 1938

Natural History Bookseller

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Cornwell, R 1935

Kappa Alpha Psi, Lincoln University

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Corrothers, James D 1916

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Courter, Elodie 1935Museum of Modern Art

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Cousins, Elizabeth S 1937

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Covington, Floyd 1933Los Angeles Urban League

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b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Convington, W 1937National League of Negro Youth

Cla-Crab (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Cowley, Malcolm 1927-1928

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Cox, J.G.W 1935

b. 2 f. 9 r. 2 Crabb, Frederic N 1937

Craf-CurMajor Topics: YMCA; NYPL Circulation Department; League of Negro Writers; FiskUniversity; Hampton Institute; Nancy Cunard's anthologies of Black writings andcorrespondence on Black literature; Institute of Jamaica; Black community in Barbados.Reel 2, Frames 310-466

b. 2 f. 10 r. 2 Craft, Henry K 1933-1938Young Men's Christian Association

b. 2 f. 10 r. 2 Craft, Bessie Trotter 1934

b. 2 f. 10 r. 2 Cragin, Emma F 1932-1935New York Public Library

b. 2 f. 10 r. 2 Prendergast, Marcia 1938The League of Negro Writers

b. 2 f. 10 r. 2 Crews, Caswell 1931Editor, The Bronzeman

b. 2 f. 10 r. 2 Crooks, Nella Edgar 1933Hampton Institute

b. 2 f. 10 r. 2 Crooks, Kenneth B.M 1933Hampton Institute

b. 2 f. 10 r. 2 Crosson, Wilhemina M 1932

b. 2 f. 10 r. 2 Cullen, Countee 1928-1938

Assistant Editor, Opportunity

b. 2 f. 10 r. 2 Cullen, Jeremiah F 1932Bookseller

b. 2 f. 10 r. 2 Cunard, Nancy 1935-1938

b. 2 f. 10 r. 2 Cundall, Frank 1916-1936The Institute of Jamaica

b. 2 f. 10 r. 2 Curtis Brown Ltd 1936-1937

b. 2 f. 10 r. 2 Curtis, Natalie 1916

b. 2 f. 10 r. 2 Curtis, Carl C 1935

Dab-DavMajor Topics: Dabney Publishing Company; leaders of Black community, social activity,artists, and contribution to U.S. culture; book collecting; NAACP; Negro Society for HistoricalResearch; National Negro Congress; Joint Committee on National Recovery; CharityOrganization Society of the City of New York.Reel 2, Frames 467-634

b. 2 f. 11 r. 2 Dabney, Wendall P 1927-1938

b. 2 f. 11 r. 2 Dalphine, Marcia 1935

b. 2 f. 11 r. 2 Daly, Victor Rb. 2 f. 11 r. 2 Daniel, Theodora 1937

b. 2 f. 11 r. 2 Daniel, Walter G 1935

b. 2 f. 11 r. 2 Da Rocha, Moses 1911

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b. 2 f. 11 r. 2 Davis, Fittz 1933

Dab-Dav (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 2 f. 11 r. 2 Davis, Harry E 1924-1938

b. 2 f. 11 r. 2 Davis, John W 1935-1937

b. 2 f. 11 r. 2 Davis, John P 1935-1937

b. 2 f. 11 r. 2 Davis, M.L 1935

b. 2 f. 11 r. 2 Davis, Naomib. 2 f. 11 r. 2 Davis, Stanley P 1936-1937

Daw-DolMajor Topics: SCNLA acquisitions and loans of material; booksellers; New York TuskegeeAlumni Association; Black community artists; Harlem Political Union; Masonic ReliefAssociation; Mission Fields at Home; Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament.Reel 2, Frames 635-770

b. 2 f. 12 r. 2 Dawson's Book Shop 1933-1937

b. 2 f. 12 r. 2 Day, Nannie C 1933

b. 2 f. 12 r. 2 Dean, Harry 1929-1935

b. 2 f. 12 r. 2 Deas, Vivien L 1938

b. 2 f. 12 r. 2 DeBerry, William N 1936

b. 2 f. 12 r. 2 Decker, Edw 1933

b. 2 f. 12 r. 2 Degetau, Frederico 1904

b. 2 f. 12 r. 2 Delaney, Hubert 1935-1937

b. 2 f. 12 r. 2 Dellquest's Rare Book Shop 1933

b. 2 f. 12 r. 2 Delph, Dr. Walter Ivey 1935

b. 2 f. 12 r. 2 Dimitry, E.L 1934-1938Secretary of The New York Tuskegee Alumni Association

b. 2 f. 12 r. 2 DesPortes, Leon F 1934

b. 2 f. 12 r. 2 DesVerney, W.H 1936

b. 2 f. 12 r. 2 De Tullis, Nicola, Brooklyn Bookbinding Cob. 2 f. 12 r. 2 Dewey, Thomas E 1937

b. 2 f. 12 r. 2 Dickerman, Hallie 1935

b. 2 f. 12 r. 2 Dickerson, Addie W 1934

The Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association, Inc.

b. 2 f. 12 r. 2 Didcoct, G.L 1920-1937

b. 2 f. 12 r. 2 Diggs, Arthur 1935

b. 2 f. 12 r. 2 Dingle, Alan L 1934-1935

President Of the Harlem Political Union

b. 2 f. 12 r. 2 Dixie Book Shop 1938

b. 2 f. 12 r. 2 Doar, Irma N 1935-1936

b. 2 f. 12 r. 2 Dobbs, J.W 1932Secretary-Treasurer of the Masonic Relief Association

b. 2 f. 12 r. 2 Dobell's Antiquarian Bookstore 1937

b. 2 f. 12 r. 2 Doherty, Frank L 1936

b. 2 f. 12 r. 2 Dobrowolski, Charles val 1935-1936

b. 2 f. 12 r. 2 Dodd, William 1933

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b. 2 f. 12 r. 2 Dogan, M.W 1934Wiley College

Daw-Dol (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 2 f. 12 r. 2 Dolores, Sister M 1932-1936

Don-DwoMajor Topics: Negro Society for Historical Research; requests for information; booksellers;publication of collection of Black speeches; NYPL's acquisition of Schomburg collection;

Universal Negro Improvement Association (Marcus Garvey movement).Reel 2, Frames 771-834

b. 2 f. 13 r. 2 Donald, H.H 1937

b. 2 f. 13 r. 2 Donaldson, Dr. I Theodore 1934

b. 2 f. 13 r. 2 Dossen, James J 1911

b. 2 f. 13 r. 2 D'Ou, Lino 1933

b. 2 f. 13 r. 2 Dougherty, Romeo L 1933-1934Of The New York Amsterdam News

b. 2 f. 13 r. 2 Dover, Cedricb. 2 f. 13 r. 2 Douglas, William 1935

b. 2 f. 13 r. 2 Downs, Fred 1931

b. 2 f. 13 r. 2 Drachler, Jacob 1938

b. 2 f. 13 r. 2 Drayton, Fred 1936

b. 2 f. 13 r. 2 Drexel, M 1937

b. 2 f. 13 r. 2 Drayton, Arthur L 1936

b. 2 f. 13 r. 2 Duchatellier, Marie 1911

b. 2 f. 13 r. 2 Dunbar, Alice M 1910-1934Editor-in-Chief of Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence

b. 2 f. 13 r. 2 Dunbar, Seymour 1926

Hudson Book Company

b. 2 f. 13 r. 2 Dunker, Samuel Wilfred 1932

b. 2 f. 13 r. 2 Dunlap, Mollie E 1932

b. 2 f. 13 r. 2 Duprey, C.L 1935President of United Mutual Benefit Association

b. 2 f. 13 r. 2 Dyett, Thomas B 1935

b. 2 f. 14 r. 2 Du Bois, W.E.B 1904-1933

EMajor Topics: Booksellers; WPA, Federal Theatre Project for New York; book collecting;

Commission on Interracial Cooperation; requests for information.Reel 2, Frames 871-939

b. 3 f. 15 r. 2 Eastman, Marc 1935

b. 3 f. 15 r. 2 Edie, P.Db. 3 f. 15 r. 2 Edmunds, Albert J 1915

b. 3 f. 15 r. 2 Eastmond, Claude 1934

b. 3 f. 15 r. 2 Eaton, W. Clement 1936Lafayette College

b. 3 f. 15 r. 2 Cameron, Norman E 1934

b. 3 f. 15 r. 2 Eberstadt, Edward 1933

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b. 3 f. 15 r. 2 Edward, Harry F.V 1938Unit Manager for "Haiti," WPA Federal Theatre Project for New York

E (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 3 f. 15 r. 2 Edward undated

b. 3 f. 15 r. 2 Edwards, Anna 1933

b. 3 f. 15 r. 2 Edwards, Dennis 1938

b. 3 f. 15 r. 2 Edwards, Francis 1938

b. 3 f. 15 r. 2 Edwin, Walter 1913-1915

b. 3 f. 15 r. 2 Eggleston, Dorothy 1937

b. 3 f. 15 r. 2 Eleazer, R.B 1935

b. 3 f. 15 r. 2 Ellenberger, Marguerite 1935

b. 3 f. 15 r. 2 Elliman, Lawrence 1937

b. 3 f. 15 r. 2 Elliott, E.F 1936

b. 3 f. 15 r. 2 Elliott, Melissa M 1932

b. 3 f. 15 r. 2 Emergency Committee, Newspaper Guild of New York 1936

b. 3 f. 15 r. 2 Eppse, Merl R 1932

b. 3 f. 15 r. 2 Essier, Anna 1936

b. 3 f. 15 r. 2 Estenoz, Evaristob. 3 f. 15 r. 2 Etzkorn, Leo R 1937

b. 3 f. 15 r. 2 Evans, J.C 1936

b. 3 f. 15 r. 2 Evanti, Lillian 1934

b. 3 f. 15 r. 2 Exel, Otto Van 1936Young Men's Christian Association

b. 3 f. 15 r. 2 Export Book Co 1932

Fab-FilMajor Topics: Harlem Adult Education Committee; Library of Congress; book list on Blackcommunity; Universal Negro Improvement Association; WPA; book collecting.Reel 2, Frames 940-1044

b. 3 f. 16 r. 2 Fabian, Sister Mary 1933

b. 3 f. 16 r. 2 Facey, Stanley R 1937

b. 3 f. 16 r. 2 Falmetta, Viola M 1933-1934

Harlem Adult Education Committee

b. 3 f. 16 r. 2 Farnum, Jessica S 1931-1932Secretary to the Librarian of Congress

b. 3 f. 16 r. 2 Farrar, Ida F 1932-1933

b. 3 f. 16 r. 2 Fauset, Arthur Huff 1933

b. 3 f. 16 r. 2 Fauset, Jessie 1924

b. 3 f. 16 r. 2 Federation and Chronicle Promotion Committee 1933

b. 3 f. 16 r. 2 Feipel, Louis N 1935

b. 3 f. 16 r. 2 Felix, Rev 1934Chairman, UNIA Educational Forum

b. 3 f. 16 r. 2 Feningston, Sylvia 1937Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project

b. 3 f. 16 r. 2 Ferguson, Dutton 1938Works Progress Administration

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b. 3 f. 16 r. 2 Ferris, William H 1915-1937

Fab-Fil (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 3 f. 16 r. 2 Fichler, Gertrude 1935

b. 3 f. 16 r. 2 Figuero, Francisco 1934-1935

b. 3 f. 16 r. 2 Fils-Aimé, André 1932

Fis-FutMajor Topics: Requests for information; booksellers; SCNLA acquisitions; WPA; book list onHaiti; Negro Society for Historical Research.Reel 3, Frames 1-160

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Fisher, Dorothy Caufield 1937

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Fisher, Isaac 1934Editor, The Southern Workman

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Fisher, L.H 1934

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Fisher, Pearl M 1937-1938

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Fleming, Daniel J 1938

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Fletcher, Ifran Kyrle 1932-1938

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Flood, R.J 1934

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Font, Jose Gonzalezb. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Fombona, Rufino Blanco 1933

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Forbes, George W 1918

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Forbes, Elizabeth Harley 1934

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Ford, Charlotte 1931

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Forde, William 1912

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Foreman, Alice 1936

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Fortune, Timothy Thomas 1910

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Foster, Harriet P 1936Works Progress Administration

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Foster, Lemuel 1936Works Progress Administration

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Foust, Gladys B 1932

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Fowler, Mrs. Manet Harrison 1933-1938

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Fox, Frank 1927

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Francis, Rothschild 1937

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 France, Vivienne 1935

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Frances Edward Ltd., Bookseller 1931-1938

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Franklin, C.A 1911

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Franklin, Virginiab. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Frazier, E. Franklin 1934

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Frederick Welty Bibliopole 1936

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Freedly, George 1937New York Public Library

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Freeman, Marilla 1933Cleveland Public Library

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Frost, E.H 1936-1938

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b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Fuell, Melissa 1916

Fis-Fut (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 French, Sydney H 1938

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Funkhouser, Myrtle 1936Librarian, Oregon State System of Higher Education

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Furniss, Sumner 1932United Supreme Council, Freemasons

b. 3 f. 17 r. 3 Futton, D.B 1919

Gab-GorReel 3, Frames 161-254

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Grabill, Stanton Becker von 1915

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Gabbey, F.F.C 1938

Works Progress Administration

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Garcia, Graciela 1938

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Garcia, Valentin 1932-1936

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Garrett, Edward 1936-1937

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Garrido, Dr. L. López 1933

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Garvey, Mrs. Marcus 1925

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Gary, A.C 1934

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Gesier, S.W 1934Southern Methodist University

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Gerhardt, C 1936

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 George, Lennie L 1935

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Gerber, Serril 1935

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Gerould, James Thayer 1932Librarian, Princeton University

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Gellard, H.E.S 1914Editor, Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Giblin, William 1935

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Gibson, Rufus 1936

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Gibson, William 1934

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Gibbs, John C 1937Works Progress Administration

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Gilbert, E.D 1935The Archway Book Store

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Gilbert, Ethel Bedient 1929Fisk University

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Ginshard, Henry E 1936

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Gigerian, Frances 1937

Lee Furman Inc.

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Glenn, Viola T 1935

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Glenbrooke, J 1937Dennington Galleries of Art

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Godfrey, Pauline 1934New York Urban League

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b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Gold, Pauline 1936

Gab-Gor (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Gold, G. Leonard 1936

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Gold, H 1934Aldine Book Company

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Golden, Irene E 1936General Education Board

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Goll, Oscar K 1936

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Gonzalez, L.S 1937

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Goodspeed's Book Shop 1916-1938

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Gordon, Taylor 1933

b. 3 f. 18 r. 3 Gordon, William Jones 1934

Got-GunMajor Topics: American Library Service; execution of John Brown; requests for information;Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons; Prince Saunders; SCNLA loans of material;library of Boston Athenaeum; Young Women's Christian Association.Reel 3, Frames 255-336

b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Gottheil, Richard 1927-1936

b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Gould, Symon 1936-1938

b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Graham, Edward T 1936

b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Graham, W.F 1914

b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons 1926-1938

b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Granger, Lester B 1935-1936

b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Grant, D.E 1936

b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Greenberg, Lawrence 1938

b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Greene, Adele A 1937

b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Green, Boyd 1933

b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Green, Evelyn G 1935

b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Greene, Mack M 1937

b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Greene, Theresa V 1937

b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Gregg, Richard 1938

b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Gregory, Elinor 1931-1936

b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Gregory, Hugh 1935

b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Gregory, Jr., George 1936

b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Gregory, Louis G 1932

b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Gregory, Montgomery 1925-1931

b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Gregory, Ruth 1938

b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Griffey, William A 1934-1938

b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Griffin, Eugenie V 1938

b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Griffin, Virginia 1938

b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Grimke, Archibald 1920

b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Grubl, Ernest 1936

b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Guillén, Nicolás 1933-1938

b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 1936

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b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Gunn, Wilda 1932-1934

Got-Gun (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 3 f. 19 r. 3 Gunner, Frances 1923-1927

Hal-HenReel 3, Frames 337-504

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Halbert, C.A 1935-1936Halbert's Book Shop and Circulating Library

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Halfon, Rica 1937Spanish Club, Hunter College

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Hall, Adele 1937

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Hall, J.S 1934-1936Bookseller

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Hall, Lillian A 1935-1936Havard College Library

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Hall, Thomas C 1933

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Hamer, Irving 1935-1937

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Hamill, Stuart 1937The Evening Bulletin

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Hamilton, H.A 1936Elmira College

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Hamilton, West A 1934

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Hammond, Francis 1934

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Hammerslough, A.J 1936The Paisley Press

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Hancock, Gordon B 1932

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Handy, Arthur 1932Grand Lodge Prince Hall Masons

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Handy, W.C 1937-1938

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Hannah, Emily 1935

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Hanner, R. Oscar 1932

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Hanson, Endicott 1937

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Hare, Maud Cuney 1922New York World's Fair 1939

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Hare, Michael M 1936New York World's Fair 1939

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Harlem Adult Education Committee 1937

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Harris, E. Hudson 1935

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Harlem Herald 1937

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Henderson, George Wylieb. 3 f. 20 r. 3 H., Y 1937

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Harlem World's Fair Committee 1938

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Harlow, Marie Goscott 1924

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Harmon, J.H 1938

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Harmon Foundation 1935

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Harmon, Lucy 1934

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b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Harper, Lucius 1927-1928Chicago Defender

Hal-Hen (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Harper and Brothers Publishers 1934

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Harrell, Ella 1933

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Harris, Abram L 1923

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Harris, E. Hudson 1935

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Harris, George W 1937Association of Trade and Commerce

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Harris, Herbert 1937

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Harris, Jeannette 1934

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Harris, M 1936-1938

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Harris, Rachel D 1937

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Harris, Ruth M 1916

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Harris Art Shop 1937

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Harrison [Hubert?] 1911

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Harrison, Bob, Charles E. Hall, and Y. Hikida 1937

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Hart, Frances Folsom 1932

Librarian, Woodruff Memorial Library

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Hart, Richard H 1935Enoch Pratt Free Library

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Harten, Thomas S 1937

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Hastings, C.H 1937Chief, Card Division, Library of Congress

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Hastings, Mrs. J. Warren 1936University Christain Church

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Hawkins, Walter E 1911-1935

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Hay, John 1900State Department

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Hayford, Casely 1911

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Haynes, Elizabeth 1936-1938

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Haynes, George E 1926

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Heartman, Charles F 1922-1936

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Heifety, Anna 1937

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Heathman, William 1932

Harmony Grand Lodge

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Height, Dorothy 1934

New York Civic Association

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Heck, V.A 1924

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Helliwell, Geoffrey W 1933-1937Johnson's Bookstore

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Hellman, George S 1932

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Henderson, Bessie M 1935Georgia Normal and Agricultural College

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b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Henderson, Rev. J. Raymond 1938Bethesda Baptist Church

Hal-Hen (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Henderson, Madelyn 1936-1938New York Urban League

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Henderson, Rose 1934-1936

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Henry, Irma Neal 1937

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles 1932-1938

b. 3 f. 20 r. 3 Henson, Matthew 1923

Her-HopReel 3, Frames 505-662

b. 3 f. 21 r. 3 Herald Tribune, New Yorkb. 3 f. 21 r. 3 Hickman, T. Lloyd 1935-1936

b. 3 f. 21 r. 3 Hiersmann, Karl W 1938

b. 3 f. 21 r. 3 Hikida, Yasuichi 1925-1938

b. 3 f. 21 r. 3 Hill, Leslie Pinckney 1915-1932Cheyney Training School for Teachers

b. 3 f. 21 r. 3 Hill, N.S 1936

b. 3 f. 21 r. 3 Hinds, Eleanor 1935New York Division, UNIA

b. 3 f. 21 r. 3 Hines, Faith R 1933

b. 3 f. 21 r. 3 Hines, Madeline 1933-1935Librarian, Booker T. Washington High School

b. 3 f. 21 r. 3 Hinton, Theodore H 1938

b. 3 f. 21 r. 3 Fisher, L.H 1934

b. 3 f. 21 r. 3 Hispanic Society of America 1932

b. 3 f. 21 r. 3 Hodges, Jr., Fletcher 1937Curator, Foster Hall Collection, University of Pittsburgh

b. 3 f. 21 r. 3 Hoffman, Alice 1936

b. 3 f. 21 r. 3 Hoffman, Frederick 1913Prudential Insurance Company

b. 3 f. 21 r. 3 Hoke, Travis 1936Works Progress Administration

b. 3 f. 21 r. 3 Holder, Miriamb. 3 f. 21 r. 3 Holley, Bessye Mb. 3 f. 21 r. 3 Holley, Otis 1935-1937

b. 3 f. 21 r. 3 Hollon, William 1936

b. 3 f. 21 r. 3 Holly, Robert A 1935

b. 3 f. 21 r. 3 Holmes Book Company 1937

b. 3 f. 21 r. 3 Holmes, Jr., J. Wilfred 1932Winston Salem Teacher's College

b. 3 f. 21 r. 3 Holmes, Mayme V 1936-1937

b. 3 f. 21 r. 3 Hope, J 1932-1936

b. 3 f. 21 r. 3 Hopper, Franklin F 1930-1938New York Public Library

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b. 3 f. 21 r. 3 Hopson, James O 1933-1935

Her-Hop (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


Hor-HynMajor Topics: SCNLA loans of material; requests for information; Black literature; New YorkUrban League; statement of Harlem Tuberculosis and Health Committee; bibliographyregarding Benjamin Banneker; WPA.Reel 3, Frames 663-813

b. 3 f. 22 r. 3 Horrock, Erwin N 1935Harlem Art Committee

b. 3 f. 22 r. 3 Horton, Asadata Dafora 1933

b. 3 f. 22 r. 3 Hoskins, John R 1936Tuskegee Institute

b. 3 f. 22 r. 3 Hosten, Hilda A 1935Universal Ethiopian Students Association

b. 3 f. 22 r. 3 Houston, Drusilla Dunjee 1927Oklahoma Vocational Institute

b. 3 f. 22 r. 3 Houston, Elizabeth C 1936The Phyllis Wheatley Literary Club

b. 3 f. 22 r. 3 Housing, Robert 1934

b. 3 f. 22 r. 3 Howard, Althea V 1933-1935

b. 3 f. 22 r. 3 Howard, Rev. Floarda 1936St. Jude's Chapel

b. 3 f. 22 r. 3 Howard, H 1935Sheed and Ward Publishers

b. 3 f. 22 r. 3 Howe, Arthur 1936Hampton Institute

b. 3 f. 22 r. 3 Howe, Marion 1934New York Public Library

b. 3 f. 22 r. 3 Howley, Francis 1932Secretary to New York Secretary of State

b. 3 f. 22 r. 3 Hayson, Maxwellb. 3 f. 22 r. 3 Hrdli_ka, Aleš 1921

Smithsonian Institution

b. 3 f. 22 r. 3 Hubert, James H 1929-1938New York Urban League

b. 3 f. 22 r. 3 Hubert, Theodore 1938

b. 3 f. 22 r. 3 Huggins, Willis 1920-1935

b. 3 f. 22 r. 3 Hughes, Edward LThe Blessed Martin Guild

b. 3 f. 22 r. 3 Hunton, George K 1934-1938Interracial Review

b. 3 f. 22 r. 3 Humberd, Charles D 1932

b. 3 f. 22 r. 3 Hunger, Helen 1936Woman's Presbyterial Society for Missions

b. 3 f. 22 r. 3 Hunnicutt, W.C 1934State Normal School of North Carolina

b. 3 f. 22 r. 3 Hunt, M. Louise 1936Librarian, Racine Public Library

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b. 3 f. 22 r. 3 Hunter, W.L 1919

Hor-Hyn (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 3 f. 22 r. 3 Huston, A.J 1937Bookseller

b. 3 f. 22 r. 3 Hutchinson, Crete 1936Works Progress Administration

b. 3 f. 22 r. 3 Hyne, C.W 1934The Utica Jubilee Singers

b. 3 f. 23 r. 3 Hughes, Langston 1933-1936Major Topics: Black literature; Soviet Union trip.

IMajor Topics: Requests for information; invitations.


b. 4 f. 24 r. 3 Imes, William Lloyd 1934-1938St. James Presbyterian Church

b. 4 f. 24 r. 3 Ingram, Marie 1935Winston-Salem Teachers College

b. 4 f. 24 r. 3 Irwin, Elisabeth 1934

Little Red School House, Inc.

b. 4 f. 24 r. 3 Isaac Mendoza Book Co 1934

b. 4 f. 24 r. 3 Isaacs, Stanley M 1938President of the Borough of Manhattan

J-Johnson, Charles (1935)Major Topics: SCNLA loans of material; booksellers; exhibits of African art; NeighborhoodAssociation; Black literature; WPA Federal Writers' Projects of New York City; Schomburgarticles in Opportunity; book collecting; Source Book on the Negro; Institute of RaceRelations library.Reel 3, Frames 850-1036

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Jackman, Harold 1938Associate Editor, Challenge Magazine

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Jackson, Addie E 1938

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Jackson, Algernon B 1931-1932Howard University

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Jackson, Alice A 1936-1938

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Jackson, A.T.S 1932

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Jackson, Helen E 1936

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Jackson, Lb. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Jackson, J.S 1936

Seattle Urban League

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Jackson, Malcolm 1938Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternirt

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Jackson, Margaret 1932Librarian, The Hoyt Library

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Jackson, Margaret Creth 1937Local Association of Colored Graduate Nurses

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Jackson, Marylou 1934

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Jackson, Mrs. R.W 1937Howard University Alumni Association

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b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 J. Kyrle Fletcher Limited 1932

J-Johnson, Charles (1935) (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 James, Alice M 1933-1934

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 James, Macgill 1936-1937

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 James, Robert O 1936

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 James A. Williams, Books 1937

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Jane Speed's Book Store 1937

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Jarboro, Caterina 1935-1936

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Jarosz, Edward 1938

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Javitz, Romana 1936-1938

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Jayne, Horace H.F 1936Director of the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Jelliffe, Russell W 1936-1937Director, The Neighborhood Association

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Jenkins, Rev. McKinley 1934

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Jerkins, Henry R 1936

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Jerome, Marguerite 1936

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Jeudy, Hyppolite 1935-1936

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Jeter, Olyve L 1936

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Jessye, Eva 1932-1934

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Jochim, Anthony 1937The Spiritual Assembly of The Baha'is of Teaneck

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 John Smith and Son, Ltd 1936

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Johns, Fred F 1932-1934Prince Hall Masons

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Johns, N.Eb. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Johns, Orrick 1936


b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Johnson & Johnson 1905

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Johnson, Ann H 1930-1935

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Johnson, Gray 1933

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Jepps, Louis Alexander 1935

b. 4 f. 25 r. 3 Johnson, Charles S 1923-1935

Johnson, Charles (1936)-Johnson, JohnReel 4, Frames 1-141

b. 4 f. 26 r. 4 Johnson, Charles S 1936-1938

b. 4 f. 26 r. 4 Johnson, Fred S.A 1935

Lincoln Young Men's Christian Association

b. 4 f. 26 r. 4 Johnson, George 1935

Lincoln University

b. 4 f. 26 r. 4 Johnson, Georgia Douglas 1931-1936Department of Labor

b. 4 f. 26 r. 4 Johnson, Grace Mott 1936

b. 4 f. 26 r. 4 Johnson, James Weldon 1916-1934National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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b. 4 f. 26 r. 4 Johnson, James P

Johnson, Charles (1936)-Johnson, John (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 4 f. 26 r. 4 Johnson, Rev. John H 1934-1937

Johnson, M.-JusMajor Topics: Black literature; SCNLA acquisitions; Delta Phi Delta; American Association forAdult Education Harlem Adult Education Committee, Associates in Negro Folk Education;booksellers; Black artists; Phelps-Stokes Fund.


b. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Johnson, M.Eb. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Johnson, Momodu 1936


b. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Johnson, Mordecai 1929President, Howard University

b. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Johnson, Wallace 1938General Secretary, International African Service Bureau

b. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Johnson C. Smith University 1936

b. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Johnson & Johnson 1905

b. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Jones, Anna 1938

b. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Jonesb. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Jones, Bernard Milton 1938

Delta Phi Delta

b. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Jones, Caroline L 1932-1933Librarian, Hampton Institute

b. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Jones, Dewey 1932

b. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Jones, Emily E 1935Sigma Alpha Kappa, Hunter College

b. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Jones, Eugene Kinckle 1927-1938National Urban League

b. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Jones, H. Bedfordb. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Jones, J. Raymond 1937

b. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Jones, Roland 1934-1935Laymen's Union of NYC

b. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Jones J 1937-1938

b. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Jones, Laurence C 1936Piney Woods School

b. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Jones, Bishop Lawrence Smith 1936St. Patti Holy Church

b. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Jones, Lewisb. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Jones, Lois Mailou 1937

b. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Jones, Thomas Jesse 1935Phelps-Stokes Fund

b. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Jones, Miss R 1933The Caravan of East and West

b. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Jordan, Lawrence V 1934-1938West Virginia State College

b. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Jordan, Lillian Washington 1938West Virginia State College

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b. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Jorgenson, Ogda 1932New York Urban League

Johnson, M.-Jus (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Joy, James R 1932Editor, The Christian Advocate

b. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Jeudy, H 1935

b. 4 f. 27 r. 4 Justice, Robert W 1935-1936

KMajor Topics: SCNLA acquisitions; Newspaper Guild of New York; booksellers; Blacknewspapers; Carnegie Corporation South African exhibit; Black literature; Prince HallMasons; poetry of Phillis Wheatley.Reel 4, Frames 247-343

b. 4 f. 28 r. 4 Kamin Bookshop 1937

b. 4 f. 28 r. 4 Kane, Joseph Nathan 1938

b. 4 f. 28 r. 4 Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternityb. 4 f. 28 r. 4 Kashnor, D 1932

The Museum Book Store

b. 4 f. 28 r. 4 Kaufman, Milton 1935Newspaper Guild of New York

b. 4 f. 28 r. 4 Keane, Aline M 1932

b. 4 f. 28 r. 4 Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co 1932-1936Oriental and African Booksellers

b. 4 f. 28 r. 4 Keggie, James 1933Bookseller

b. 4 f. 28 r. 4 Kellar, Lela 1932President, Hope Day Nursery

b. 4 f. 28 r. 4 Kelleher, William F 1933-1935Associated Library Exchange

b. 4 f. 28 r. 4 Kelley, William M 1933

b. 4 f. 28 r. 4 Kenmore Tailors 1935

b. 4 f. 28 r. 4 Keppel, Frederick P 1933-1937President, Carnegie Corporation

b. 4 f. 28 r. 4 Kerlin, Robert T 1923

State Normal School

b. 4 f. 28 r. 4 Kershaw, Louise 1936

Lincoln Young Men's Christian Association

b. 4 f. 28 r. 4 Kester, Howard 1931Fellowship of Reconciliation

b. 4 f. 28 r. 4 King, Lorenzo H 1937-1938West Harlem Council of Social Agencies

b. 4 f. 28 r. 4 King, Theodore 1933Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity

b. 4 f. 28 r. 4 Kirkland, Winifred 1932

b. 4 f. 28 r. 4 Kirschenbaum, H 1924Canterbury Book Stores

b. 4 f. 28 r. 4 Klein, A 1936-1938Astor Book Shop

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b. 4 f. 28 r. 4 Kleinman, S.F 1938Schuykill Book Shop

K (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 4 f. 28 r. 4 Knight, Harry 1934United Supreme Council, Prince Hall Masons

b. 4 f. 28 r. 4 Knopp, Bernard 1932

b. 4 f. 28 r. 4 Knowles, Eunice 1933The Ada C Pollock-Blundon Association

b. 4 f. 28 r. 4 Koch, Guenther 1938

b. 4 f. 28 r. 4 Kodish, Hannah 1936

b. 4 f. 28 r. 4 Kruckman, Herb 1936

b. 4 f. 28 r. 4 Krutchkoff, Sonyab. 4 f. 28 r. 4 Kunst, J 1916-1917

Lab-LigMajor Topics: Lincoln University (Chester County, Pennsylvania) Vail Memorial Library;America; Black literature; SCNLA loans of material; requests for information; William E.Harmon Award in Education to Schomburg; booksellers.Reel 4, Frames 344-441

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Labaree, Mary Fleming 1935-1936

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Labaree, Robert M 1936

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 La Farge, John 1932-1938America, National Catholic Weekly

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 LaFourche, Jas. B 1937The Louisiana Weekly

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Lair, Louise 1937Librarian, The Davenport Library

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Lambret, Cirilo F 1932-1933

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Lamos, Adrain 1933

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Lamothe, Jean G 1932Haitian Patriotic Union

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Lancaster, Roy 1927The Messenger

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Lane, Jr., David A 1935

Dean, West Virginia State College

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Lang, Robert P 1936

Librarian, Oberlin College Library

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Lang, Sarah J 1933

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Lansing, Josephine M 1932The Metropolitan Museum of Art

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Vitolo, RichardGainsborough GalleriesSee also Richard Vitolo in Box 7, Folder 54.

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Large, Edward KUSPS

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Latimer, Catherine 1932-1934

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Latimer, Louise 1911-1937

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b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Lawhead, W.T 1935Young Men's Christian Association

Lab-Lig (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Lawson, Elizabeth 1933

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Lawrence, Margaret S 1920

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Lawton, M.C 1934

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 League of Negro Writers 1938

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Leighton, A 1934The Argosy

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Leach, Henry Goddard 1926The Forum

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Lenox Book Company 1937

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Leon, J. Raymond 1936-1938

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Lerner, Lillian 1934Time Magazine

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Lewthed, W. (sp?)b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Levy, Samuel 1937

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Lewinson, Leah 1938

New York Public Library

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Lewis, Clifford 1938

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Lewis, Wilhemina O 1934Green Cross Nurse Association

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Laurent, M 1938Libraire D'Histoire D'Haiti et des Oeuvres Haitiennes

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Library of Congress 1931

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Librería de Ocasion de Estanislao Rodríguez 1931

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Libreria già Nardecchia 1932-1934

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Licht, G.A 1934Delano & Aldrich, Architects

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Lichtman, Theodore 1935

b. 4 f. 29 r. 4 Lightner, Geraldine 1934-1935

Lil-LyoMajor Topics: Foster Hall Collection, University of Pittsburgh; booksellers; NYPL AcquisitionDivision, Office of the Director; SCNLA acquisitions and loans of material; New Rochelle(New York) Public Library.


b. 4 f. 30 r. 4 Lilly, J.K 1937Eli Lilly and Company

b. 4 f. 30 r. 4 Lincoln Book Shoppe 1937

b. 4 f. 30 r. 4 Lindquist, H.L 1937

b. 4 f. 30 r. 4 Lindsey, Richard 1934Young Men's Christian Association

b. 4 f. 30 r. 4 Lingel, Robert 1933-1938

b. 4 f. 30 r. 4 H. Lion D'Or 1926

b. 4 f. 30 r. 4 Lippincott, Bert 1935Publisher

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b. 4 f. 30 r. 4 Little, Brown, and Company 1938

Lil-Lyo (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 4 f. 30 r. 4 Little, Bertram 1934The Counting House

b. 4 f. 30 r. 4 Locke, Alain 1916-1936

b. 4 f. 30 r. 4 Loggins, Vernon 1931-1937

b. 4 f. 30 r. 4 Loizeaux, Marie D 1938New Rochelle Public Library

b. 4 f. 30 r. 4 Loman, J.B 1904Department of State

b. 4 f. 30 r. 4 Lombard, Aquiline 1935

b. 4 f. 30 r. 4 Longo, Vincent 1932

b. 4 f. 30 r. 4 Lopes, Marina 1936

b. 4 f. 30 r. 4 Louhisdon, Benoit 1936

b. 4 f. 30 r. 4 Lovejoy, Owen R 1932The Children's Aid Society

b. 4 f. 30 r. 4 Louis, H.C 1905Seabury & Johnson

b. 4 f. 30 r. 4 Lowe Bros. Booksellers 1934

b. 4 f. 30 r. 4 Lucas, Wimer F 1938

b. 4 f. 30 r. 4 Ludwig, Frieda 1936American League Against War and Facism

b. 4 f. 30 r. 4 Lull, Robert W 1933Bookseller

b. 4 f. 30 r. 4 Lydenberg, H.M 1931-1938New York Public Library

b. 4 f. 30 r. 4 Lyons, Aubrey 1933The Problem's Co-operative Association

Mab-MalMajor Topics: Gift of Museum of Modern Art to 135th Street Branch (NYPL); booksellers;book lists; Amsterdam News; Poetry League of Jamaica; requests for information; SCNLAacquisitions; West Indian Federation of America.Reel 4, Frames 579-662

b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 Mabry, Jr., Thomas Dabney 1936Museum of Modern Art

b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 McBrown, Gertrude P 1937

b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 McAdams, Claude 1938Randall Memorial Presbyterian Church

b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 McClellan, G.M 1934

b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 McAllister Coleman 1922

b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 MacCannon, E.A 1937The Negro Institute of Research and Economics

b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 McCord, David Frederick 1937

b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 McCollum, Obie 1935-1936Editor, New York Amsterdam News

b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 McConico's Book and Magazine Store 1935

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b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 McCombs, Charles F 1934New York Public Library

Mab-Mal (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 MacDonald, Claudine 1934National Broadcasting Company

b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 McDonald, Virginia 1934-1935

b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 McFarlane, Clare 1938The Poetry League of Jamaica

b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 McGinnis, W.C 1936Works Progress Administration

b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 McGlynn, Peggy 1937NJ State Teacher's College

b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 McIntyre, James 1934Bookseller

b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 MacKay, William A 1932MacKay Studios Mural Decorations

b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 Mackenzie, Jean K 1935

b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 McKeever, Ramona 1934

b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 McKinney, T.E 1936Editor, The Quarterly Review of Higher Education Among Negros

b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 McMahon, Audrey 1938Works Progress Administration

b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 McQuilkin, J.H 1934The Morris Plan Industrial Bank

b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 Macy, George 1929-1933The Limited Editions Club

b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 Maisonneuve, Adrien 1935Librairie d'Amérique et d'Orient

b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 Maggs Bros 1932-1938Bookseller

b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 Makon, Clementine 1934

b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 Malan, F.D 1937

b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 Malliet, A.M. Wendell 1932-1937

Council on West Indian Affairs

b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 Manley, Effa 1934

b. 5 f. 31 r. 4 Maloney, A.H 1924

Man-MidMajor Topics: New York Urban League; booksellers; SCNLA acquisitions; biographical sketchof Alvin T. Marriott; Ethiopia; requests for information; NYPL; Black literature.


b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Manley, Effa 1934-1937Citizen's League for Fair Play

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Marangella, Philip A 1937

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 M.M.M 1937The Musical Quarterly

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Maran, René 1926

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b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Marder, Eugene 1931-1938Bookseller

Man-Mid (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Margeton, George 1915

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Marks & CoBooksellers

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Manley, A.A 1933Wm. Dawson & Sons Booksellers

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Marriott, Alvin T 1935-1936

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Mars, Dr. Price 1932

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Marson, Una 1938

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Martin, W 1935-1937

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Martin, Lilian 1933New York Urban League

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Martin, Robert 1937

b. 5 f. 32 r. 3 Martin, Samuel J 1931Saint Edmund's Church

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Martinus Nijhoss Modern and Antiquarian Bookseller 1938

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Marks, Maurice 1932Caxton Company Booksellers

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Marquess, Eliza Buckner 1934New York Public Library

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Marshall, Harriet Gibbs 1937Washington Conservatory of Music

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Marshall, Elizabeth 1933

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Mason, J.W 1934Georgia Bookshop

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Nassy, Jacques R 1910See also Jacques R. Nassy in Box 4, Folder 35.

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Mateos, Esperanza López 1937Editorial Masas

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Massey, Corinne 1932

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Matheus, John F 1936-1937

West Virginia State College

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Mays, B.E 1932

Institute of Social and Religious Research

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Medina, Catherine 1936

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Meigs, Emily B 1932Hampton Insitute

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Millis, William A 1934The Yoruba Literary and Debating Club

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Museum Book Store, Ltd 1932

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Mellor, R. Hugh 1932Bookseller

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Mencken, H.L 1927

b. 5 f. 32 r. 3 Mengers, Marie C 1935Boston Public Library

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b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Mercier, Louis 1933Secrétaire de la légation d'Haiti

Man-Mid (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Metcalf, K.D 1930-1938New York Public Library

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Meyer, Amy 1936New York Public Library

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Meyerowitz, H.V 1937Achimota College

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Middlebury College Library 1935

b. 5 f. 32 r. 4 Middleton, James 1934

Mil-MusMajor Topics: Requests for information; WPA Survey of Local and State Historical Records forthe City of New York; All Race Conference (Negro Sanhedrin); Puerto Rico; John SimonGuggenheim Memorial Foundation; Schomburg's speaking engagements; Negro Society forHistorical Research; SCNLA acquisitions; Library of Congress.Reel 4, Frames 801-920

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Miles, Harriett D 1935Librarian, The George P. Phenix Training School

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Miller, George Frazier 1932St. Augustine's P.E. Church

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Miller, George R 1938Works Progress Administration

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Miller, J.V 1936Edison Laboratory

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Miller, [?] B 1931Columbia University

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Miller, Kelly 1917-1938Howard University

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Miller, Lucille Kb. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Minvielle, Albert E 1937

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Mischler, Irene 1938

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Mitchell, Mary Virginia 1937-1938

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Miyarohita, M 1936

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Modern Industrial Bank 1935

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Modley, Rudolf 1933Institute for Visual Education

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Moe, Henry Allen 1933-1936John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Mohamed Ali, Duse 1912-1937Editor, The Comet

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Monaghan, Frank 1932New York University

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Monarch Auction Establishment 1934

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Monier, H. August Le 1933Chapel of the Resurrection

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Moon, Edith C 1934

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Moon, Henry Lee 1932

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b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Moore, Dennis 1933

Mil-Mus (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Moore, Fred R 1938Harlem World's Fair Committee

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Moore, Isaac S 1912

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Moore, John Preston 1932

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Moore,Richard 1922-1937

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Moriarta, Hannah 1930Assistant for Harmon Awards

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Morgan, J. Bartlett 1935Henry Morgan & Co.

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Morgan, Margaret 1937

Columbia University

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Morris Plan Company 1932

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Mortimer Bayley Import & Export Manufacturers' Agent 1935

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Morton, Lois G 1938Fisk University

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Moss, Francis D 1934

Dawson's Book Shop

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Morton, Robert R 1933Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Mowatt, Neville B 1933

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Mudie's Library Ltd 1934

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Mullowney, John J 1931-1938Meharry Medical College

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Murphy, B.H 1936Book Store

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Murray, John 1934Bookseller

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Murray, Daniel 1912-1933Library of Congress

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Murray, R.G 1932-1937New York Public Library

b. 5 f. 33 r. 4 Museum Book Store, Ltd 1932

b. 5 f. 34 r. 4 McKay, Claude 1919-1938

Major Topics: Publication of McKay's writings; financial matters of McKay; requests forinformation from McKay; McKay's comments on Walter White; Black writers.

Nac-NeuMajor Topics: Black artists and literature; National Negro Congress; Negro Actors Guild of

America, Inc.Reel 4, Frames 1031-1063

b. 5 f. 35 r. 4 Nachamkis, Joe 1935-1936

b. 5 f. 35 r. 4 Nail, John E 1933

b. 5 f. 35 r. 4 Nassy, Jacqes R 1910See also Jacques R. Nassy in Box 5, Folder 32.

b. 5 f. 35 r. 4 National Bahai Committeeb. 5 f. 35 r. 4 National League of Negro Youth 1936-1937

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b. 5 f. 35 r. 4 National Negro Congress 1937

Nac-Neu (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 5 f. 35 r. 4 Neal, Ernest E 1938

b. 5 f. 35 r. 4 Negro Actors Guild of America 1938

b. 5 f. 35 r. 4 Negro Year Book Company 1938

b. 5 f. 35 r. 4 Nelson, Bob 1935

b. 5 f. 35 r. 4 Nelson, R.L 1938Morristown College

b. 5 f. 35 r. 4 Nettlau, Max 1925

b. 5 f. 35 r. 4 New York Public Library 1932

New-NutMajor Topics: NYPL acquisition of Schomburg collection; Division of Cooperation in Educationand Race Relations (North Carolina) research library on Black life; writings of PhillisWheatley; requests for information.Reel 4, Frames 1064-1117

b. 5 f. 36 r. 4 New York Public Library 1926Resolution of NYPL trustees to buy Schomburg Collection

b. 5 f. 36 r. 4 Newbold, N.C 1936-1937Director, Division of Cooperation in Education and Race Relations

b. 5 f. 36 r. 4 Newman, Stephen M 1916President, Howard University

b. 5 f. 36 r. 4 Neurath, Otto 1938Director, International Foundation for Visual Education

b. 5 f. 36 r. 4 Newspaper Guild of America 1935-1937

b. 5 f. 36 r. 4 Nichols, Franklin O 1932The American Social Hygiene Association

b. 5 f. 36 r. 4 Nickelson, Veronica 1911

b. 5 f. 36 r. 4 Nijhoff, Martinus 1936-1938Bookseller

b. 5 f. 36 r. 4 Norfjor, Helen 1937James Ashford Club

b. 5 f. 36 r. 4 Norman, Dorothy S 1933

b. 5 f. 36 r. 4 Norman, Edward A 1938

b. 5 f. 36 r. 4 Norman, Geoffrey 1936Works Progress Administration

b. 5 f. 36 r. 4 Northeast Neighborhood House 1938

b. 5 f. 36 r. 4 Norton, Mary T 1935

b. 5 f. 36 r. 4 Norwood, Alberta S 1936-1938

b. 5 f. 36 r. 4 Nozick, Gertrude 1937-1938University Art Shop

b. 5 f. 36 r. 4 Nunns, Annie A 1938State Historical Association of WIsconsin

b. 5 f. 36 r. 4 Miettelstaedt, Harriet 1938

Oje-OneaMajor Topics: Carnegie Corporation; SCNLA African art objects and acquisitions; booksellers;Aldridge Players, St. Louis, Missouri.Reel 5, Frames 1-34

34


b. 5 f. 37 r. 5 Ojeda, Isidro V 1932-1933

Oje-Onea (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 5 f. 37 r. 5 O'Keefe, Thomas M 1918St. Benedict's Rectory

b. 5 f. 37 r. 5 Olbrechts, Frans M 1937Columbia University

b. 5 f. 37 r. 5 Old Print Shop 1933-1934

b. 5 f. 37 r. 5 Oldham, Edward A 1938

b. 5 f. 37 r. 5 Olmstead, Frank 1933College Summer Service Group

b. 5 f. 37 r. 5 O'Neal, X. Frederick 1932-1935Aldridge Players

Onei-OzeMajor Topics: Requests for information; Black literature; Black artists.Reel 5, Frames 35-76

b. 5 f. 38 r. 5 O'Neill, Armando Walters 1937

b. 5 f. 38 r. 5 Orchard, John E 1935Columbia University

b. 5 f. 38 r. 5 Orr, Eugene 1935National League of Young Negro People

b. 5 f. 38 r. 5 Orr-Ewing, J.A 1935

b. 5 f. 38 r. 5 Osmon, Leo T 1934American Peoples Schools

b. 5 f. 38 r. 5 Overton, Florence 1932New York Public Library

b. 5 f. 38 r. 5 Ovington, Mary White 1933Treasurer, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

b. 5 f. 38 r. 5 Oxley, Thomas 1923-1924

b. 5 f. 38 r. 5 Ozersky, Israel W 1936-1937

Pac-PecMajor Topics: YMCA; New York Urban League; Black literature; requests for information; book

collecting; Black community in Puerto Rico; book list on Brazil; visa for Nicolas Guillen.Reel 5, Frames 77-154

b. 5 f. 39 r. 5 Pace Phonography Corporation 1932

b. 5 f. 39 r. 5 Paez, Antonio L 1937

b. 5 f. 39 r. 5 Paige, Myles A 1938Young Men's Christian Association

b. 5 f. 39 r. 5 Palma, J. Estrada 1902

b. 5 f. 39 r. 5 Panama Pacific Lineb. 5 f. 39 r. 5 Packer, Arthur C 1935

Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences

b. 5 f. 39 r. 5 Packer, Jr., Henry C 1933-1936Young Men's Christian Association

b. 5 f. 39 r. 5 Parks, Eva T 1935-1936New York Urban League Women's Auxiliary

b. 5 f. 39 r. 5 Paris, Granville O 1934

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b. 5 f. 39 r. 5 Paris, John A 1935St. Patti Holy Church

Pac-Pec (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 5 f. 39 r. 5 Parris, Guichard B 1935-1937

b. 5 f. 39 r. 5 Parrish, Jr., Daniel 1913

b. 5 f. 39 r. 5 Parris, Willie 1936

b. 5 f. 39 r. 5 Parson 1932Beth-Tphillah Fourth Moravian Church

b. 5 f. 39 r. 5 Pattee, Richard 1937-1938Universidad de Puerto Rico

b. 5 f. 39 r. 5 Patton, Jr., Garland 1937The Afro-American Newspapers

b. 5 f. 39 r. 5 Peabody, George Foster 1934-1936

b. 5 f. 39 r. 5 Peck, J. Ray 1933Bookseller

b. 5 f. 39 r. 5 Pedro, Andrew C 1931

Pel-PoeMajor Topics: African civilization; Black literature; requests for information; speech by DantesBellegarde on Haitian literature; WPA Adult Education Program of the New York City Board ofEducation; NAACP.Reel 5, Frames 155-249

b. 5 f. 40 r. 5 Pelham, Robert A 1923American Negro Academy

b. 5 f. 40 r. 5 Perkins, LlewellynMiddlebury College

b. 5 f. 40 r. 5 Perkins, P.D 1932

b. 5 f. 40 r. 5 Perry, Armstrong 1936

b. 5 f. 40 r. 5 Perry, Edward G 1932

b. 5 f. 40 r. 5 Perry, H. McD 1932-1935Fisk University

b. 5 f. 40 r. 5 Perry, John 1933Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity

b. 5 f. 40 r. 5 Pershing, John J 1931

b. 5 f. 40 r. 5 Persons, M 1933

b. 5 f. 40 r. 5 Pesky, Philip 1937

Schulte's Book Store

b. 5 f. 40 r. 5 Peterson, Jerome B 1933-1935

b. 5 f. 40 r. 5 Petioni, Charles Augustin 1932

b. 5 f. 40 r. 5 Peterson-Delaney, Sadie 1931

b. 5 f. 40 r. 5 Pettyjohn, A.M 1934

b. 5 f. 40 r. 5 Peyton, Harrison 1913

b. 5 f. 40 r. 5 Philip, Cyril 1936United Aid for Ethiopia

b. 5 f. 40 r. 5 Phillips, Ethel C 1936-1937Works Progress Administration

b. 5 f. 40 r. 5 Piccoli, G 1938Works Progress Administration

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b. 5 f. 40 r. 5 Pickens, William 1922-1938National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pel-Poe (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 5 f. 40 r. 5 Pierre-Noel, V 1935

b. 5 f. 40 r. 5 Pihlblad, C. Terence 1937-1938

b. 5 f. 40 r. 5 Pitner, John W 1934Green Cross Nurse Association

b. 5 f. 40 r. 5 Plá, José Armando 1938El Noticiero

b. 5 f. 40 r. 5 The Poetry League 1934

Pol-PutMajor Topics: Harlem Political Union; booksellers; SCNLA acquisitions; Newspaper Guild of

New York; Amsterdam News; Percival L. Prattis' book store; Black literature.Reel 5, Frames 250-326

b. 5 f. 41 r. 5 Harlem Political Unionb. 5 f. 41 r. 5 Polk, Frank L 1937


b. 5 f. 41 r. 5 Pollack, Frances 1937


b. 5 f. 41 r. 5 Pollard, Myrtle E 1935-1937

b. 5 f. 41 r. 5 Pollard, Philip Mb. 5 f. 41 r. 5 Pollonais, A.T 1936

b. 5 f. 41 r. 5 Porter, Dorothy 1934Howard University

b. 5 f. 41 r. 5 Porter, Howard F 1934-1938Old Print Exchange

b. 5 f. 41 r. 5 Porter, Josep 1933-1936Bookseller

b. 5 f. 41 r. 5 Portuondo, B 1936

b. 5 f. 41 r. 5 Postles, Grace V 1934

b. 5 f. 41 r. 5 Poston, Ted 1935

Newspaper Guild of New York

b. 5 f. 41 r. 5 Potter, Alfred C 1934

Harvard College Library

b. 5 f. 41 r. 5 Powell, Adam Clayton 1937

b. 5 f. 41 r. 5 Prattis, Percival L 1932-1934Associated Negro Press

b. 5 f. 41 r. 5 Price, Thelma E 1935

b. 5 f. 41 r. 5 Prioleau, H.J 1932

b. 5 f. 41 r. 5 Prioleau, Abner L 1936

b. 5 f. 41 r. 5 Prouté, Paul 1932-1933

b. 5 f. 41 r. 5 Pryor, Roger 1910

b. 5 f. 41 r. 5 Purcell, Evelyn 1934Associated Art Students

b. 5 f. 41 r. 5 Putnam, L.H 1891

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b. 5 f. 41 r. 5 Putzler, L 1937Antiquarian Book Company

Pol-Put (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


QReel 5, Frames 327-329

b. 5 f. 42 r. 5 Quarles, Benjamin 1937

b. 5 f. 42 r. 5 Queen, Hallie E 1934

Rah-RitMajor Topics: Schomburg's speaking engagements; booksellers; Lincoln University (ChesterCounty, Pennsylvania); SCNLA acquisitions; foreign-born Black population in U.S.; BlackliteratureReel 5, Frames 330-418

b. 5 f. 43 r. 5 Rahman, C.D 1937The National City Bank of New York

b. 5 f. 43 r. 5 Ramery, Emilio 1936North Harlem Community Council

b. 5 f. 43 r. 5 Randolph, A. Philip 1935Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

b. 5 f. 43 r. 5 Rankin, Rebecca B 1938National Reference Library

b. 5 f. 43 r. 5 Ransom, Reverdy C 1921The A.M.E. Church Review

b. 5 f. 43 r. 5 Razaf, Andy 1936The Harlemite Magazine

b. 5 f. 43 r. 5 Reade, Aleyn Lyell 1913

b. 5 f. 43 r. 5 Reading and Collecting 1936

b. 5 f. 43 r. 5 Reddick, Lawrence D 1938Dillard University

b. 5 f. 43 r. 5 Reed, Daisy C 1933

b. 5 f. 43 r. 5 Reed, Philip 1936

b. 5 f. 43 r. 5 Reeves, Harold 1936Bookseller

b. 5 f. 43 r. 5 Reid, Ira De Augustine 1934-1936

b. 5 f. 43 r. 5 Reid, Sara S 1933-1935Harlem Adult Education Committee

b. 5 f. 43 r. 5 Remington, Mrs. Thomas 1936

b. 5 f. 43 r. 5 Remington Rand Inc 1935-1938

b. 5 f. 43 r. 5 Rey, Camilo Fernandez 1932

b. 5 f. 43 r. 5 Reynolds, Margaret 1933-1934

b. 5 f. 43 r. 5 Rice, Dana 1933

b. 5 f. 43 r. 5 Rice, Sarah Mayfield 1935

b. 5 f. 43 r. 5 Rios, Max Rios 1932-1933Columbia University

b. 5 f. 43 r. 5 Ritti, Paul 1933-1938Libraire Paul Ritti

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Riv-RogMajor Topics: SCNLA fundraising for Othello sculpture, acquisitions; booksellers; Blackartists; Black literature.Reel 5, Frames 419-476


b. 6 f. 44 r. 5 Rivers, Francis 1937

b. 6 f. 44 r. 5 Rivers, W. Napolean 1933-1934The Agriculture and Technical College of North Carolina

b. 6 f. 44 r. 5 Robeson, Eslanda Goodeb. 6 f. 44 r. 5 Robeson, Frances

Mother A.M.E. Zion Church

b. 6 f. 44 r. 5 Robinson, Bill 1935

b. 6 f. 44 r. 5 Robinson, Cyril 1937St. Philip's Church

b. 6 f. 44 r. 5 Robinson, E.C 1937Brotherhood of Railroad Station Porters

b. 6 f. 44 r. 5 Robinson, Gladys 1937

b. 6 f. 44 r. 5 John W. Robinson Club 1936

b. 6 f. 44 r. 5 Robson & Howgate Booksellers 1933

b. 6 f. 44 r. 5 Robynson, Bernie 1933-1938

b. 6 f. 44 r. 5 Rodney, J.R 1931

b. 6 f. 44 r. 5 Rodríguez, Estanislao 1932-1933Bookseller

b. 6 f. 44 r. 5 Rogers, J.A 1919-1937

b. 6 f. 44 r. 5 Roig de Leuchsenring, Emilio 1938Municipio de la Habana

Ros-RyeMajor Topics: 135th Street Branch NYPL interest in Schomburg collection and administrativematters; Harlem Adult Education Committee; Haiti; SCNLA acquisitions and exhibits;booksellers; Committee for the Release of Jacques Roumain; requests for information; Blackliterature; life of Prince Saunders; Carnegie Corporation.Reel 5, Frames 477-630

b. 6 f. 45 r. 5 Rose, Ernestine 1924-1938


b. 6 f. 45 r. 5 Rosemond, Henri Ch 1934-1935

b. 6 f. 45 r. 5 Rosemond, René J 1938

b. 6 f. 45 r. 5 Rosen, K.N 1934

b. 6 f. 45 r. 5 Rosenberg, Anna M 1937

b. 6 f. 45 r. 5 Rosenthal, Ludwig 1932-1933Bookseller

b. 6 f. 45 r. 5 Julius Rosenwald Fundb. 6 f. 45 r. 5 Rosetta, Sister Mary 1937

b. 6 f. 45 r. 5 Ross, Geraldine 1936

b. 6 f. 45 r. 5 Rothschild, Hans 1938

b. 6 f. 45 r. 5 Rossi, Vicente 1932

b. 6 f. 45 r. 5 Committee for the Release of Jacques Roumain 1935

b. 6 f. 45 r. 5 Rowe, Rose E 1932

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b. 6 f. 45 r. 5 Rowe, Williette 1933

Ros-Rye (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 6 f. 45 r. 5 Royall, John M 1935

b. 6 f. 45 r. 5 Royal Society of Canada 1936

b. 6 f. 45 r. 5 Rubins, Elena 1935The Equitable Life Assurance Society

b. 6 f. 45 r. 4 Rucker, Ann 1933-1937

b. 6 f. 45 r. 5 Ruffalo, Anthony 1937

b. 6 f. 45 r. 5 Rugg, Harold 1931-1935Dartmouth College

b. 6 f. 45 r. 5 Russell, John M 1936Carnegie Corporation

b. 6 f. 45 r. 5 Russell, York 1911

b. 6 f. 45 r. 5 Tylkkanen, HilmaSee also Hilma Tylkkanen in Box 7, Folder 52.

Sac-SimMajor Topics: Booksellers; SCNLA acquisitions; requests for information; salary of Curator ofDivision of Negro Literature and History (NYPL 135th Street Branch); Atlanta UniversityLibrary; Black literature; Black artists; New York Adult Education Council; Fisk UniversityLibrary; book collecting.Reel 5, Frames 631-790

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Sachs, R 1937-1938

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Salby, George 1933Bookseller

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Salisbury, T.MBookseller

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Sampson, J.P 1917

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Samuel, Bunford 1931-1932

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Sanabia, Rafael Emilio 1932

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Sanders, Myrtleb. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Sasser, Earl L 1934

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Saunder, D 1934New York Urban League

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Saunders, William P 1932

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Saposs, Davidb. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Savage, Augusta 1935-1936

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Savory, P.M.H 1936-1937

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Scandrett, Marian Satterthwaite 1932Atlanta University Library

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Scharrer, R.F 1937Remington Rand Inc.

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Schilling, J 1907

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Scholes, Theo. E. Samuel 1925

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Schomburg, Dolores 1935

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Schomburg, C 1933

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Schomburg, Kingsley 1937

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b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Schomburg, Reginald 1938

Sac-Sim (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Schomburg, Evelyn 1935

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Schulte's Book Store 1934-1936

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Schuyler, George 1934

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Schuylekill Book Shopb. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Scott, Mr 1937

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Scott, R 1937

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Scott, Emmett J 1919-1938

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Scott, Esther F 1933

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Scott, W. Edouard 1932

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Scott, Warren H 1934-1935

Bennett College

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Seagle, Nathan A 1935

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Sebastian, Martha 1936Carnegie Negro Library

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Seeman, Ernest 1932Character and Personality Quarterly

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Segal, Samuel 1937

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Seldon, Benjamin F 1937Works Progress Administration

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Sengstacks, John 1935

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Serra, Consuelo 1937

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Settle, E. Ophelia 1933Fisk University

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Setzer, E.M 1936

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Shannon, Irwin V 1933Vanderbilt University

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Shaw, Blanche V 1935Chicago Public Library

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Shaw, Charles A 1927

Victory Life Insurance

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Shaw, C.T 1938

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Shaw, O'Wendell 1935The Metropolitan

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Sheed and Ward, Incb. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Sheldon, M 1938

The Milton Press

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Shelton, Nokomis 1935

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Shephard, Lillian White 1937

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Sherman, R 1938Argosy Book Store

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Sherman, Irving 1936Pictorial Art Co.

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b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Shively, Mary 1933-1935New York Adult Education Council

Sac-Sim (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Shomberger, Eulalie 1932

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Shnitikoff, Boris N 1937

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Shore, J 1938

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Shores, Louis S 1932-1936Librarian, Fisk University Library

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Sigma Alpha Kappa 1935

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Sil, Thorgues 1935Congress of the African Peoples of the World

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Silva, Maria 1933

Instituto Civico-Literario

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Silverblatt, Ruth Jean 1937

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Simmons, Virginia 1934-1935Bennett College

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Simons, Reuben E 1937

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Simpson, George E 1937

Northwestern University

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Sims, R.P 1934-1935Bluefield State Teachers College

b. 6 f. 46 r. 5 Sims, R.V 1936Young Men's Christian Association

Sin-SmithMajor Topics: Prince Saunders; Black literature; Ira Aldridge; Library of Congress; Liverpool,England, and slave trade; book collecting; American Artists Professional League; Ethiopia;

Henry O. Tanner's death; art series on famous Black figures.Reel 5, Frames 791-985

b. 6 f. 47 r. 5 Singleton, John Ab. 6 f. 47 r. 5 Sissle, Noble 1936

Negro Actors Guild of America

b. 6 f. 47 r. 5 Skerrett, Ianthe 1933See also Ianthe Browne in Box 1, Folder 5.

b. 6 f. 47 r. 5 Slade, Mary B 1931-1934

b. 6 f. 47 r. 5 Slaughter, Henry P 1931-1938

b. 6 f. 47 r. 5 Smalls, Frank J 1934The Yoruba Literary and Debating Club

b. 6 f. 47 r. 5 Smith, Albert A 1929-1938

Smith-SprMajor Topics: Book lists on Black history and John Brown; Negro Society for HistoricalResearch; Mary Kingsley; request for information concerning Black actors, songs, andliterature; Harlem Museum of African Art; material concerning history of slavery; Haitian Afro-American Chamber of Commerce; SCNLA acquisitions; Schomburg's position as curator ofResearch Division of Negro Literature and History, 135th Street Branch of NYPL; PhillisWheatley's writings.Reel 5, Frames 986-1094

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Smith, Aida S 1938

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Smith, Renforth Alfred 1931-1937

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Smith, Alice Ward 1934

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b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Smith, Anna B 1935

Smith-Spr (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Smith, Bertha Len 1934

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Smith, Bolton 1933

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Smith, Charles W 1917The Washington Historical Quarterly

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Smith, F. Tredwell undated

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Smith, Ida S 1937

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Smith, Inez 1937

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Smith, James C 1911-1912See also James C. Smith in Box 6, Folder 49.

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Smith, John and Son 1936

Bookseller

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Smith, Margarette 1935

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Smith, Marjorie E.W 1934-1935Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Smith, Ollington 1933

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Smith, Jr., Thomas P 1937

NYC Dept. of Finance

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Smith, Warren P 1935General Drafting Co.

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Smoot, E 1933

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Smoot, Ferol V 1934The Haitian Afro-American Chamber of Commerce

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Snow, Edith N 1932Cataloger, Portland Public Library

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Southwest Harlem Neighborhood Council 1938

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Snyderman, I 1935Art Trading Company

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Somervell, Brehon 1936Works Progress Administration

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Somerville, E.D 1937

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Spencer, Walter T 1926Bookseller

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Spafford, J.M 1933

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Spicer, Lorena M 1934-1936

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Spiegel-Tow, F. Nancy 1933-1934

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Spingarn, Arthur 1926-1937

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Spink & Son, Ltd 1938

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Spofford, Ernest 1931

b. 6 f. 48 r. 5 Spratlin, V.B 1932-1935

Sta-SzeMajor Topics: Frederick Starr's trip to Asia; Schomburg's speaking engagements; Blackpoetry; African influence on Spanish civilization; funding for Paul Lawrence Dunbarresidence; request for information concerning Black music; book lists on Haiti, John Brown;African marriage customs; French in Africa; Black art.Reel 6, Frames 1-109

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b. 6 f. 49 r. 6 Starr, Frederick 1916University of Chicago

Sta-Sze (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 6 f. 49 r. 6 Steele, D 1935Fisk University

b. 6 f. 49 r. 6 Stephens, James 1912

b. 6 f. 49 r. 6 Stevens, Edward F 1936Pratt Institute Free Library

b. 6 f. 49 r. 6 Stewart, Leo E 1935-1937

b. 6 f. 49 r. 6 Stewart, R. McKinnon 1934The Sunday Messenger

b. 6 f. 49 r. 6 Still, Frances 1935

b. 6 f. 49 r. 6 Stockwell, Arthur H 1936

b. 6 f. 49 r. 6 Stokes, Anson Phelps 1931

b. 6 f. 49 r. 6 Stone, Jr., James 1935

b. 6 f. 49 r. 6 Stone, Malcolm N 1935

b. 6 f. 49 r. 6 Storey, Ainslie 1933

b. 6 f. 49 r. 6 Storey, Moorfield 1927

b. 6 f. 49 r. 6 Stoute, Hilda F 1927

b. 6 f. 49 r. 6 Straus, Percy S 1932

b. 6 f. 49 r. 6 Stuber, Elizabeth Davis 1934D.C. Heath & Co.

b. 6 f. 49 r. 6 Stutler, Boyd B 1932-1938

b. 6 f. 49 r. 6 Sullivan, Joseph 1925-1934

b. 6 f. 49 r. 6 Susto, Juan Antonio 1936-1937Director, Archivos Nacionales, Republica de Panama

b. 6 f. 49 r. 6 Smith, James C 1911See also James C. Smith in Box 6, Folder 48.

b. 6 f. 49 r. 6 Sutter, C 1934

b. 6 f. 49 r. 6 Sutton, Virga D 1934

b. 6 f. 49 r. 6 Swann, Thomas Wallace 1934

b. 6 f. 49 r. 6 Sweeney, James Johnson 1935Museum of Modern Art

b. 6 f. 49 r. 6 Sweeting, Earle Rb. 6 f. 49 r. 6 Sylvain, George 1925

b. 6 f. 49 r. 6 Syminton's Olde Booke Shoppe 1938

b. 6 f. 49 r. 6 Szecsi, Ladislas 1932-1937

Tan-ThoMajor Topics: Speaking engagements; Henry O. Tanner; Schomburg's position as curator ofResearch Division of Negro Literature and History, 135th Street Branch of NYPL; AtlantaUniversity Library; book lists; American Colonization Society; Association of Trade andCommerce; YMCA; New York Urban League; Opportunity.Reel 6, Frames 110-187

b. 7 f. 50 r. 6 Tankard, Lorraine 1936The Church of St. Martin

b. 7 f. 50 r. 6 Tanner, B.J 1918

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b. 7 f. 50 r. 6 Tanner, J.O 1938

Tan-Tho (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 7 f. 50 r. 6 Taylor, Frank J 1937Comptroller

b. 7 f. 50 r. 6 Teekro, Philip Davis 1934

b. 7 f. 50 r. 6 Telford, Bertie 1935

b. 7 f. 50 r. 6 Templeton, Charlotte 1932-1936Librarian, Atlanta University Library

b. 7 f. 50 r. 6 Thatcher, Isabel 1934

b. 7 f. 50 r. 6 Thacher, Thomas D 1936New York City Charter Revision Commission

b. 7 f. 50 r. 6 Thiebaud, J 1936

Librairie E. Nourry

b. 7 f. 50 r. 6 Thomas, Benjamin F 1936-1937

b. 7 f. 50 r. 6 Thomas, C.P 1932

b. 7 f. 50 r. 6 Thomas, Edna 1932

b. 7 f. 50 r. 6 Thomas, James C 1935Young Men's Christian Association

b. 7 f. 50 r. 6 Thomas, Maceo 1934-1936Works Progress Administration

b. 7 f. 50 r. 6 Thomas, Rudolph J 1936

b. 7 f. 50 r. 6 Thompson, Albert J1932

b. 7 f. 50 r. 6 Thompson, Charles L 1937

b. 7 f. 50 r. 6 Thompson, E.D.L 1911

b. 7 f. 50 r. 6 Thompson, Ethel J 1934

b. 7 f. 50 r. 6 Thompson, H. Taft 1935-1936Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity

b. 7 f. 50 r. 6 Thompson, Noah D 1932-1933Opportunity

b. 7 f. 50 r. 6 Thompson, R.W 1935

The Gleaner Co.

b. 7 f. 50 r. 6 Thompson, T.B 1934Young Women's Christian Association

b. 7 f. 50 r. 6 Thorne, Elliott C 1937

Tim-TuttleMajor Topics: The Caribbean Tower, International Poetry Club; Black history in History ofEveryday Things in America by Arthur Train, Jr.; Black artists; Black music; hurricane damagein Hampton, Virginia; National Negro Theatre; material concerning John Brown; slaveinsurrection in Charleston, South Carolina; book collecting.Reel 6, Frames 188-274

b. 7 f. 51 r. 6 Timothee, Pedro C 1917-1932

b. 7 f. 51 r. 6 Todd, William 1930Bookseller

b. 7 f. 51 r. 6 Tomas, Benito Luciano 1938The International Poetry Club

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b. 7 f. 51 r. 6 Trager, Lester W 1929Bookseller

Tim-Tuttle (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 7 f. 51 r. 6 Train, Jr., Arthur 1937

b. 7 f. 51 r. 6 Traylor, L. Mason 1933Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity

b. 7 f. 51 r. 6 Traynham, W.A 1933New York Urban League

b. 7 f. 51 r. 6 Trinkle, Bonita 1933Fisk University

b. 7 f. 51 r. 6 Turner, Albert V 1936-1938Bookseller

b. 7 f. 51 r. 6 Turner, Thomas W 1933-1936Hampton Institute

b. 7 f. 51 r. 6 Tutin, William L 1938Bookseller

b. 7 f. 51 r. 6 Tutt, J. Homer 1934National Negro Theatre

b. 7 f. 51 r. 6 Tuttle, Charles E 1932-1938Bookseller

Tuttle-TynMajor Topics: American Negro Academy; Prince Saunders; book collecting; Phillis Wheatley'spoetry; abolition movement; Rowland E. Robinson; Youth Forum of Baptist Church; CharlesE. Tuttle's collection on Black history, John Brown; SCNLA acquisitions; Lemuel Haynes.Reel 6, Frames 275-352

b. 7 f. 52 r. 6 Tuttle, Charles E 1934-1938

Bookseller

b. 7 f. 52 r. 6 Tylkkanen, Hilma 1936See also Hilma Tylkkanen in Box 6, Folder 45.

b. 7 f. 52 r. 6 Tynes, Harcourt A 1938

UMajor Topics: Federal Theatre Project for New York City, Federal Writers' Project in New YorkCity, WPA; Schomburg's article in The Messenger, Black poetry; West Indies literature andnewspapers; Lenox Library; Selma Burke; WPA workers at NYPL; book lists; book collecting;Pierre Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture.Reel 6, Frames 353-449

b. 7 f. 53 r. 6 Ullman, James R 1938Works Progress Administration

b. 7 f. 53 r. 6 Underwood, Edna Worthley 1923-1938

b. 7 f. 53 r. 6 U.S. Works Progress Administration 1936

b. 7 f. 53 r. 6 University Place Book Shop 1935-1938

b. 7 f. 53 r. 6 Urquhart, Lillian 1911

b. 7 f. 53 r. 6 Urrutia, Gustavo 1932-1937

VMajor Topics: Cuba; Puerto Rican history; book collecting; WPA workers at NYPL; Haiti; booklists


b. 7 f. 54 r. 6 Vail, Robert W.G 1932

Librarian, American Antiquarian Society

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b. 7 f. 54 r. 6 Valdés, Ildefonso Pereda 1933

V (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 7 f. 54 r. 6 Valero, Julian Gonzalez 1934

b. 7 f. 54 r. 6 Van Deusen, Richard J 1931

b. 7 f. 54 r. 6 Van Patten, Nathan 1924Librarian, Queen's University Library

b. 7 f. 54 r. 6 Van Sax, Stanley 1936Works Progress Administration

b. 7 f. 54 r. 6 Vandercook, John Wb. 7 f. 54 r. 6 Vann, Elizabeth C. Denny 1936


b. 7 f. 54 r. 6 Vangues, Ry 1934

b. 7 f. 54 r. 6 Varley, Douglas H 1935

b. 7 f. 54 r. 6 Varney, Mecca M 1935-1936

b. 7 f. 54 r. 6 Varona, Enrique José 1927

b. 7 f. 54 r. 6 Vaughan, Charles 1935

b. 7 f. 54 r. 6 Verschleiser, Lawrence 1934New Deal Book Store

b. 7 f. 54 r. 6 Villemin, Céline 1932French Book of the Month

b. 7 f. 54 r. 6 Vincent, Charles B 1935Consul General of Haiti

b. 7 f. 54 r. 6 Vincent, Sténio Joseph 1938President of Haiti

b. 7 f. 54 r. 6 Visscher, Glenn Lightfoot 1933-1937

b. 7 f. 54 r. 6 Vitolo, Richard 1932Gainesborough GalleriesSee also Richard Vitolo in Box 4, Folder 29.

b. 7 f. 54 r. 6 Vuillequez undated

Wal-WegMajor Topics: Writers' Guild; NYPL 135th Street Branch Adult Education Program; bookcollecting; Lester Walton's appointment as American Minister to Liberia; Negro Actors Guildof America, Inc.; National Catholic Interracial Federation convention; Black communities inPuerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Venezuela; Committee against DiscriminationPractices in the City College; pre-World War II Ethiopia; American Colonization Society.Reel 6, Frames 502-589

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Walker, M.V 1938New York Urban League

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Wallace, Vera 1935

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Wallace Swann, Thomas 1936

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Walrond, Eric D 1924-1926Opportunity

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Walser, Frank 1932

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Walsh, Rev. Leo M 1931Holy Trinity Church

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Walter 1937

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b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Walton, C 1931Harvard College Library

Wal-Weg (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Walton, Lester 1935-1937

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Ward, Henrine E 1933Fisk University

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Warshaw, I 1936

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Washington, Booker T 1906

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Washington, Fredi 1938Negro Actors Guild of America

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Waters, Oliver G 1933National Catholic Interracial Federation

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Watkins, Marjorie 1934-1936New York Public Library

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Watson, J. Herbert 1926

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Watson, Lucius C 1936Young Men's Christian Association

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Watson, Willie Mae 1932

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Watson, Marion PNew York Public Library

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Waller, Lillian Ray 1934

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Wall, Alexander 1931Librarian, New York Historical Society

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Waxman, Samuel M 1932Boston University

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Walker, Grace 1933

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Walker, Elizabeth 1932

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Walker, M.V 1936New York Urban League

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Weatherford, W.D 1931-1934Young Men's Christian Association

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Weaver, John A 1935Committee Against Discriminatory Practices in the City Colleges

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Webb, Mary Josephine 1932

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Webster, T.D 1938

Bookseller

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Westermann, B 1932-1937

Bookseller

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Weeks, William W 1935

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Weeks, Stephen B 1914-1915Dept. of the Interior

b. 7 f. 55 r. 5 Weekes, C.H 1935

b. 7 f. 55 r. 6 Wegelin, Oscar 1916-1934Bookseller

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Wei-WhoMajor Topics: Rockefeller Foundation's Social Science Research Counsel; book lists,including lists on slavery; Werner Hoehn; Black community in Panama; Fisk UniversityLibrary; Black literature; NAACP activities, including "An Art Commentary on Lynching"; Blackparticipation in World's Fair; brief biography of Schomburg; German Jewish artist'scontribution to Negro Symphony Orchestra.Reel 6, Frames 590-718


b. 7 f. 56 r. 6 Wiedermann, Bernice 1936Librarian, Mitchell-Carnegie Public Library

b. 7 f. 56 r. 6 Weinreich, Max 1932-1933

b. 7 f. 56 r. 6 Weiss, Gertrude 1936College Summer Service Group

b. 7 f. 56 r. 6 Weiss,S.Z 1936Works Progress Administration

b. 7 f. 56 r. 6 Weiss, Sigmund 1935-1938Bookseller

b. 7 f. 56 r. 6 Weitenkampf, Frank 1938New York Public Library

b. 7 f. 56 r. 6 Welty, Frederick 1935-1938Bookseller

b. 7 f. 56 r. 6 Welsh, Edward K 1938

b. 7 f. 56 r. 6 Wessells, Helen E 1934New York Library Association

b. 7 f. 56 r. 6 West, Dorothyb. 7 f. 56 r. 6 West, Theresa 1936-1937

b. 7 f. 56 r. 6 West Virginia State College 1936

b. 7 f. 56 r. 6 Westermann, B 1931-1935

b. 7 f. 56 r. 6 Westerman, G.W 1936

b. 7 f. 56 r. 6 Wheatley, L.J 1936The Dixwell Community House

b. 7 f. 56 r. 6 White, Carl M 1935-1938Librarian, Fisk University Library

b. 7 f. 56 r. 6 White, Clarence Cameron 1934Hampton Institute

b. 7 f. 56 r. 6 White, Newman 1924

b. 7 f. 56 r. 6 White, Walter 1925-1937National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

b. 7 f. 56 r. 6 Wernecke, H undatedEden Theological Seminary

b. 7 f. 56 r. 6 Whiting, Helen A 1934

b. 7 f. 56 r. 6 Who's Who in Colored Americab. 7 f. 56 r. 6 Walters, A. Edward 1938

Negro Symphony Orchestra

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Wib-WillMajor Topics: Haitian Afro-American Chamber of Commerce; Africa and the Discovery ofAmerica; Paul Laurence Dunbar's writings; New York Urban League Publicity Committee;Black writers; Black music; Black civil servants in New York state; Black land owners incolonial New York; book lists; Black Freemasons.Reel 6 Frames 719-867


b. 7 f. 57 r. 6 Wibecan, George E 1932-1934The Haitian Afro-American Chamber of Commerce

b. 7 f. 57 r. 6 Wieder, F.C 1912

b. 7 f. 57 r. 6 Wiedermann, Bernice 1936Mitchell-Carnegie Public Library

b. 7 f. 57 r. 6 Wiener, Leo 1921-1927

b. 7 f. 57 r. 6 Wiggins, Lida K 1934-1935

b. 7 f. 57 r. 6 Wile, Saida Rigby 1938New York Urban League

b. 7 f. 57 r. 6 Wilkins, G.Lb. 7 f. 57 r. 6 Wilkins, Roy

The Crisis

b. 7 f. 57 r. 6 Wilkinson, Garnet C 1921Principal, Dunbar High School

b. 7 f. 57 r. 6 Wilkinson, Henry 1932

b. 7 f. 57 r. 6 Wilkinson, Martha 1937

b. 7 f. 57 r. 6 Williams, Anna Sorelle 1937

b. 7 f. 57 r. 6 Williams, Bernice 1937The Historical Society, Howard University

b. 7 f. 57 r. 6 Williams, Dorothy 1933Young Women's Christian Association

b. 7 f. 57 r. 6 Williams, Ellis A 1934

b. 7 f. 57 r. 6 Williams, James A 1937Bookseller

b. 7 f. 57 r. 6 Williams, Stanley 1927-1928

b. 7 f. 57 r. 6 Williams, Virginia 1937

b. 7 f. 57 r. 6 Williams, Walter B 1932-1938Librarian, Carnegie Library, Tuskegee Institute

b. 7 f. 57 r. 6 Williamson, Harry A 1932-1936Prince Hall Masonic Publishing

b. 7 f. 57 r. 6 Williamson, H.G 1937

b. 7 f. 57 r. 6 Williamson, Lillian HerronLouisiana Library Association

b. 7 f. 57 r. 6 Willis, A. Merral 1936Colonel Young Memorial Foundation

Wils-WylMajor Topics: Association of Trade and Commerce; Black exhibits in public libraries andcolleges; League of Struggle for Negro Rights' symposium on art's relation to society; NancyCunard's anthology of Black writings; Association for the Study of Negro Life and History;award to Schomburg by The Journal of Negro History, The Collapse of the Confederacy byCharles H. Wesley; book lists; Black music; Negro Year Book.Reel 6, Frames 868-975

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b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Woodruff, Hale 1936Atlanta University

Wils-Wyl (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Wilson, Cory E 1937

b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Wilson, Daisy 1934Atlanta University

b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Wilson, Ellis 1937Vendome Art Galleries

b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Wilson, H.W 1937Publishers

b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Wilson, Lewis A 1934University of the State of New York

b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Wilson, Mary H 1938Syracuse Public Library

b. 7 f. 58 Wolfe, Ann 1934

b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Wittelstaedt, Harriet 1937

b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Withington, C.M 1936Edison Pioneers

b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Wishart & Co 1934

b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Wilson, Wilfred 1935Omega Psi Phi Fraternity

b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Wilson, Shamray Bryant 1932

b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Wood, L. Hollingsworth 1930-1938

b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Wood, M.E 1934

b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Woodruff, Hale 1935-1936

b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Woodson, Carter G 1932-1938

b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Walsh, M.J 1937Goodspeed's Book Shop

b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Work, Monroe N 1931-1937Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute

b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Wortham, William HYoung Men's Christian Association

b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Wose, F 1936

The Legislative Index Company

b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Wright, Arthy D 1938

National Association for the Study of Negro Life and History

b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Wright, Corinne 1934

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Wright, Dudley 1920

b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Wright, J.C 1916

b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Wright, Sr., R.R 1932Citizens & Southern Bank and Trust Company

b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Wyatt, Donald W 1934Librarian, Armstrong Association of Philadelphia

b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Wyldab. 7 f. 58 r. 6 White, Carl M 1935-1936

Fisk University Library

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b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 White, Walter 1936

Wils-Wyl (cont.)Letters to Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Wright, Kathryn 1936Manchester College Library

b. 7 f. 58 r. 6 Wright, Arthur 1938Association for the Study of Negro Life and History

YMajor Topics: American Pushkin Committee; Who's Who in Colored America; brief biographyof Schomburg; International Committee on African Affairs; African labor movement; NationalNegro Congress; Haitian massacre in Dominican Republic; Frederick Douglass chapter ofJohn Brown Memorial Association; Schomburg's speaking engagements; YMCA.Reel 6, Frames 976-1021

b. 7 f. 59 r. 6 Yakhontoff, Victor A 1937The American Pushkin Committee

b. 7 f. 59 r. 6 Yarmolinsky, Avrahm 1937New York Public Library

b. 7 f. 59 r. 6 Yergan, Max 1937-1938The International Committee on African Affairs

b. 7 f. 59 r. 6 Yocom, Frances L 1937Fisk University

b. 7 f. 59 r. 6 Young, Hortense Houston 1937

Assistant Librarian, Louisville Municipal College for Negroes

b. 7 f. 59 r. 6 Young, George 1932-1936John Memorial Association

b. 7 f. 59 r. 6 Young, Louise 1933

b. 7 f. 59 r. 6 Young Men's Christian Association 1933-1938

ZMajor Topics: Book lists including lists on slavery; Puerto Rico; Amsterdam News.Reel 6, Frames 1022-1047

b. 7 f. 60 r. 6 Zamboni, Karl 1935-1937

b. 7 f. 60 r. 6 Zarratt, Jacinto 1933-1937

Letters from Arthur Schomburg 1914-1938

Includes both personal and professional letters sent by Arthur Schomburg. For furtherinformation for contents of the letters, please see the Scope and Content notes at the folderlevel, which list the major topics discussed. Further information about individualcorrespondents, if known, is supplied in Scope and Content notes at the individual level.

Material in this series is arranged alphabetically by last name of correspondent. Foldersgenerally include multiple correspondents, and each correspondent may represent multipleletters, which are not individually descibed. Please note that some material may be out oforder; the following list is an effort to describe the actual order of material in the microfilmrather than adhere to strict alphabetical order.

AMajor Topics: Elizabeth Ross Haynes; funding for Othello sculpture, SCNLA; Ira Aldridge;Countee Cullen; Fisk University; Freedom's Journal; book collecting; Association of Trade andCommerce; presentation of Bible by free Blacks of Baltimore, Maryland, to Abraham Lincoln.Reel 7, Frames 1-54

b. 8 f. 1 r. 7 Adie, David C 1937

b. 8 f. 1 r. 7 Advocate Company Ltd 1934

b. 8 f. 1 r. 7 Aldridge, Amanda Ira 1935-1937

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b. 8 f. 1 r. 7 Alridge, Ira 1935

A (cont.)Letters from Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 8 f. 1 r. 7 Alexander, Dr. E.R 1935

b. 8 f. 1 r. 7 Alexander, W.W 1934

b. 8 f. 1 r. 7 Allen, Mr. [Samuel A.] 1931

b. 8 f. 1 r. 7 Allen, Carrie 1936

b. 8 f. 1 r. 7 Allen, Edward 1934

b. 8 f. 1 r. 7 Allen, James Egert 1935

b. 8 f. 1 r. 7 Allen, Lucille 1935

b. 8 f. 1 r. 7 Allen, Samuel A 1936

b. 8 f. 1 r. 7 American Antiquarian Society 1936-1938

b. 8 f. 1 r. 7 American Seating Company 1935

b. 8 f. 1 r. 7 The Amsterdam News 1936

b. 8 f. 1 r. 7 Anderson, Peyton 1936

b. 8 f. 1 r. 7 Anderson, Miss 1937

b. 8 f. 1 r. 7 Andrews, Cyril B 1937

b. 8 f. 1 r. 7 Andrews, William T 1936

b. 8 f. 1 r. 7 Antiqua Boekantiquariaat 1938

b. 8 f. 1 r. 7 Argudin, Pastor 1933

b. 8 f. 1 r. 7 Argosy Press Ltd 1934

b. 8 f. 1 r. 7 Ashley, M. St. Matt 1936

b. 8 f. 1 r. 7 Association of Trade and Commerce 1936-1937

b. 8 f. 1 r. 7 Atkins, Eliza 1936Louisville Municipal College

b. 8 f. 1 r. 7 Ayers, Gertrude Elsie Johnson 1935-1936

BMajor Topics: Benjamin Banneker; book lists including information about sugar plantations inWest Indies; Haitians' contributions; U.S. presidents, vice presidents, and Black Americans;SCNLA acquisitions; Black magazines; Black community in Cuba, Italy; Schomburg's viewson communism; interracial marriages; Ira Aldridge.Reel 7, Frames 55-210

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Bach, S 1933

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Bagby, III, George F 1935YMCA Graduate School

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Banneker School Principal 1912

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 The Barbados Advocate 1934

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Barber, Phillip W 1936New York Public Library

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Barnes, T.H 1938

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Barnes & Noble 1938

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Barnett, Claude A 1936The Associated Negro Press

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Barnette, J.B 1937Young Men's Christian Association, Harlem Branch

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Bates, Eunice 1927

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b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Becerril, Joaquin A 1934Editor, La Voz del Obrero

B (cont.)Letters from Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Becker, May Lamberton 1934

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Bell, Grace W 1936Librarian, Public Library, Lackawanna NY

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Bellegarde, Dantes 1932-1937Minister of the Republic of Haiti

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Berlack, Miss 1929

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Bidwell, Mrb. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Bieber, Albert A 1923

Bieber's Book Shop

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Bilden, Rudiger 1934-1936

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Bingham, Mrb. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Bishop, Shelton H 1936

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Blackford, Elizabeth P 1936

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Blanchard, Julia 1936Linfield College

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Blaxall, Rev. Arthur W 1931

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Blunt, Jeff 1937

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Board of Superintendents, Board of Education, New Yorkb. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Boardman, Helen 1934

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Boddy, J.M 1932-1935

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Boddy, Elizabeth 1935

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Bond, Horace M 1936-1938Dillard University

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Boston Public Library 1937

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Bowes, Julian 1936

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Boyd, Rubie 1936

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Boyd, W.K 1936Duke University Library

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Boykin, Eugene 1937Civilian Conservation Corps.

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Brady, Mary Beattie 1936-1938Harmon Foundation

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Bragg, George F 1936

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Brawley, Benjamin 1926-1936

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Bray, Sophie 1937Bookniga Corporation

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Brigham, Clarence S 1932American Antiquarian Society

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 British Museum 1934

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Britton, Elizabeth A 1938

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Brooks, Daisy M 1936

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Brown, Mrs

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b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Brown, R.T 1923

B (cont.)Letters from Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Brown, Rev. Ethelred 1936Jamaica Progressive League

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Brown, Evelyn 1935-1937Harmon Foundation

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Brown, George W 1937

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Brown, Thomas A 1936Camp Breeze Hill

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Browne, Ianthe W 1935

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Browne, J.W 1936Bookseller

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Bruce, Roscoe Conkling 1932-1935

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Bryan, Helen R 1933-1938Committee on Race Relations

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Buckmaster, Henrietta 1938

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Buffon, A 1938

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Burke, Selma 1933-1936

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Burnham Antique Store 1936-1938

b. 8 f. 2 r. 7 Burrell, W.P 1938

CMajor Topics: Black education; Freedom's Journal; George Washington and the Negro byWalter H. Mazyck; John W. Cromwell; archaeological data on Black history; Blackcommunities in Pennsylvania, Soviet Union; New York Urban League; Schomburg's death;Black writers; West Indies history.Reel 7, Frames 211-307

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Cade, Lena 1937

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Caliver, Prof 1933

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Cameron, N.E 1934

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Campbell, C.Cb. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Cannon, Mr 1938

Librarian, Yale University

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Carew, S.B. Islington 1938

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Carey, Richard E 1936

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Carnegie Corporation of New York 1935

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Carnegie, Rev. Amos H 1936Negro National Hospital Fund

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Carothers, Wilhelmina E 1936-1938Librarian, Dillard University

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Carré, Louis 1935

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Carrington, Glenn 1936

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Carter [G. Woodson], Editorb. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Cultura, Jefe de 1936

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Carter, Doris 1938

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Carter, Elmer A 1936Editor, Opportunity

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b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Challenger, Edgar O 1936

C (cont.)Letters from Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Chase, Marie Sb. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Chisholm, Frank R 1936

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 City Editor of the Daily News 1935

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 College of the City of New York 1936

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Clarke, John H 1936

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Cleveland Public Library 1932

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Colbeck Radford & Co 1933-1934Booksellers

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Colby, Librarian 1932

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Colcott, Mary Stevenson 1938

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Coleman, L. Zenobia 1937Librarian, Tougaloo College

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Coleman, Mr. S.C 1936Civilian Conservation Corps

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Collins, Alan C 1936Curtis Brown Ltd.

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Colgan, Howard H 1937

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Columbia University 1936

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Comma, Carleton N 1935-1938

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Librarian of Congress 1931-1937

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Constantine, L 1935-1936

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Cooper, Anna J 1935Frelinghuysen University

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Cooper, Isabella 1936Works Progress Administration

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Cooper, Zara Eb. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Copeland, Senator Royal Sb. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Cork, Henry 1933

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Cornell University Librarian 1937

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Cousins, Elizabeth 1937

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Coverly, Roy de 1936

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Crabb, Frederic N 1937

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Craft, Henry K 1935-1936

Young Men's Christian Association

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Crosley, Frances 1933

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Cunard, Nancy 1935-1938

b. 8 f. 3 r. 7 Cundall, Frank 1935-1936

The Institute of Jamaica

DMajor Topics: Black magazines; Wendell P. Dabney; Black writers' plays concerning injusticesin South; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Schomburg's views on Black people's future and hispresidency of American Negro Academy; slavery; Puerto Rican history; Frederick Douglass;Prince Saunders; Black history and Christianity.Reel 7, Frames 308-410

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b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Dabney, Wendell P 1933-1938

D (cont.)Letters from Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Daniel, Walter G 1935Librarian, Howard University

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Davis, Geraldine 1935-1936

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Davis, Harry E 1938

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Davis, Jackson 1936

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Davis, John P 1935-1937National Negro Congress

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Davis, Ralph N 1934Tuskegee Institute

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Dawson's Book Store 1934

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Deas, Vivien L 1938

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 DeBerry, William M 1936Dunbar Community League

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Delany, Hubert T 1935-1936

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 DeLisser, Herbert G 1935Editor, The Daily Cleaner

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Delph, Walter Ivey 1935

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Dernberg, Bernhardb. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Dewey, Thomas E 1938

District Attorney, New York

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Dickerman, Hallie Ferron 1935

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Didcoct, Gertrude L 1936Librarian, George Peabody College

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Dellquest, Mrb. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Diggs, Mr 1935

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Dillard University Librarian 1935

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Dingle, Alan L 1935

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Dixie Book Shop 1935-1938

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Doar, Irma N 1936

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Dobell's Antiquarian Bookstore 1937

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Doherty, Frank L 1936

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Dobrowski, Charles val 1935

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Dolores, Sister 1932-1936

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Donald, H.H 1937

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Donaldson, Isaac T 1935

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 D'Ou, Linob. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Dorsainvil, J.C 1932

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Dougherty 1932

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Dougherty, Romeo L 1938

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Dover, Cedricb. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Drachler, Jacob 1938

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Drayton, Frank 1936

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b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Druitt, T.H 1934

D (cont.)Letters from Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Dutton & Co 1936

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Dunbar-Nelson, Alice 1934

b. 8 f. 4 r. 7 Dyett, Thomas B 1936

EMajor Topics: Book collecting; American Colonization Society; Black scientists; Cuba; Haiti;SCNLA acquisitions; Granville Sharp; Colored Actors and Pertormance Association;Schomburg's speaking engagements; Black artists.Reel 7, Frames 411-444

b. 8 f. 5 r. 7 Eames, Wilberforce 1935New York Public Library

b. 8 f. 5 r. 7 Eaton, Clement 1936Lafayette College

b. 8 f. 5 r. 7 Eaton's Ltd 1935Bookseller

b. 8 f. 5 r. 7 Edison, Jr., Thomas A 1936

b. 8 f. 5 r. 7 Edward, Harry F.V 1938Negro Theatre Project

b. 8 f. 5 r. 7 Edwards, Francis 1933-1938Bookseller

b. 8 f. 5 r. 7 Edwards, Paul 1937Federal Theatre Project

b. 8 f. 5 r. 7 Eggleston, Dorothy A 1937

b. 8 f. 5 r. 7 Ellenberger, Marguerite 1935Aguilar Branch Library

b. 8 f. 5 r. 7 Elliott, E.F 1936Winston Salem Teachers College

b. 8 f. 5 r. 7 Etzkorn, Leo R 1937Librarian

b. 8 f. 5 r. 7 Evans, Mrs. John B 1936

FMajor Topics: Bibliography on Gustavus Vassa; National Association of Teachers meeting atTuskegee Institute; Amsterdam News; Ira Aldridge; history of Black people and Christianity;book collecting; Black community in Boston, Massachusetts; letters of recommendation bySchomburg; Harlem exhibit in World's Fair; anthology of writings by Brazilians.Reel 7, Frames 445-503

b. 8 f. 6 r. 7 Feipel, Louis N 1935Brooklyn Public Library

b. 8 f. 6 r. 7 Ferguson, Dutton 1938Works Progress Administration

b. 8 f. 6 r. 7 Ferris, William H 1935-1937

b. 8 f. 6 r. 7 Finance Department 1937

b. 8 f. 6 r. 7 Fisher, Pearl M 1938

b. 8 f. 6 r. 7 Fisk University Librarian 1935

b. 8 f. 6 r. 7 Flagg, Cedric R 1935

Middlebury College Library

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b. 8 f. 6 r. 7 Fleming, Daniel J 1938Union Theological Seminary

F (cont.)Letters from Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 8 f. 6 r. 7 Fletcher, Ifran Kyrle 1933-1938Bookseller

b. 8 f. 6 r. 7 Flood, J. Julius 1935Tuskegee Institute

b. 8 f. 6 r. 7 Fombona, Rufino Blancob. 8 f. 6 r. 7 Forbes, Elizabeth H 1936-1938

Boston Public Library

b. 8 f. 6 r. 7 Force, Juliana 1934Whitney Center

b. 8 f. 6 r. 7 Foreman, Alice 1936

b. 8 f. 6 r. 7 Fordham University Librarian 1934

b. 8 f. 6 r. 7 Foster, Lemuel L 1936Works Progress Administration

b. 8 f. 6 r. 7 Fowler, Mrs. Manet Harrison 1935-1938

b. 8 f. 6 r. 7 France, Miss 1935

b. 8 f. 6 r. 7 Franklin, Miss 1938

b. 8 f. 6 r. 7 Francis, A.E 1938

b. 8 f. 6 r. 7 Francis, Rothschild 1937

b. 8 f. 6 r. 7 Freyse, Gilberto 1935

b. 8 f. 6 r. 7 Frost, E.H 1936-1937

b. 8 f. 6 r. 7 Funkhouser, Myrtle 1935Southern Oregon Normal School

b. 8 f. 6 r. 7 Fuller, Dr

GMajor Topics: WPA workers at NYPL; book collecting; Claude McKay's writings; Ira Aldridge;Black education; New England Anti-Slavery Society; Phillis Wheatley; Italian invasion ofEthiopia; Langston Hughes; YMCA.Reel 7, Frames 504-567

b. 8 f. 7 r. 7 Gallagher, Edward F 1937Works Progress Administration

b. 8 f. 7 r. 7 Gabby, F.F.C 1938Works Progress Administration

b. 8 f. 7 r. 7 Garcia, Valentin 1933-1938

b. 8 f. 7 r. 7 George Peabody College Librarian 1936

b. 8 f. 7 r. 7 George, Lennie L 1935

b. 8 f. 7 r. 7 Gibson, Rufus 1937

b. 8 f. 7 r. 7 Gizerian, Frances 1937

b. 8 f. 7 r. 7 Godfrey, Pauline 1934

b. 8 f. 7 r. 7 Gold, G.L 1936

b. 8 f. 7 r. 7 Gold, H 1934-1937Aldine Book Co.

b. 8 f. 7 r. 7 Goll, Oscar K 1936Works Progress Administration

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b. 8 f. 7 r. 7 Gonzalez, Louis S 1936

G (cont.)Letters from Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 8 f. 7 r. 7 Goodrich, F.L.D 1936Librarian, College of the City of New York

b. 8 f. 7 r. 7 Goodspeed Book Shop 1935-1938

b. 8 f. 7 r. 7 Gottheil, Richard 1935Columbia University

b. 8 f. 7 r. 7 Gould, Mr 1937American Library Service

b. 8 f. 7 r. 7 Grand United Order of Odd Fellows 1935

b. 8 f. 7 r. 7 Granger, Lester B 1938New York State Temporary Commission on the Condition of the Urban Colored Population

b. 8 f. 7 r. 7 Greenburg, Lawrence 1938

b. 8 f. 7 r. 7 Gregory, Elinor 1931-1936Librarian, Library of the Boston Athanaeum

b. 8 f. 7 r. 7 Gregory, Ruth 1938

b. 8 f. 7 r. 7 Griffey, William 1938Fisk University Library

b. 8 f. 7 r. 7 Grimke, Angelina 1930

b. 8 f. 7 r. 7 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 1936

b. 8 f. 7 r. 7 Guillén, Nicolás 1932-1938

b. 8 f. 7 r. 7 Guishard, Henryb. 8 f. 7 r. 7 Gunn, Theodus L 1936

Librarian, Johnson C. Smith University

b. 8 f. 7 r. 7 Gzecsi, Mr 1937Madison Book Store

HMajor Topics: Catholic Church and Black community; Ira Aldridge; Black and Creole music;Black newspapers in New York City; SCNLA funding for Othello sculpture and gifts tocollection; legislation relating to Black people in New York State; book collecting; 18th centurywriters' influence on Black writers; NYPL administrative matters; Schomburg biography andresignation from New York Urban League; correspondence to Langston Hughes concerningAleksander Pushkin, Cuban writers.Reel 7, Frames 568-703

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 H[?], MrCardinal Gibbons Institute

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Halfon, Rica 1937Spanish Club, Hunter College

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hall, Lillian 1935-1936Harvard College Library

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hamilton 1934

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hammerslough, A.J 1936

The Paisley Press

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Handy, William C 1937

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hannah, Emily 1936Dunbar School

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hanson, Endicott 1937Stanford University

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b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hare, Michael M 1936New York World's Fair

H (cont.)Letters from Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Harmon, Lucy 1936

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Harmon Foundation 1935-1938

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Harris, Eyre Hudson 1935

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Harris, George 1936

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Harris, Rachel D 1937Colored Public Library

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Harris, Rev. Thomas J 1936Rendall Memorial Church

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Haynes, Arminius 1936

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Harris, Mr 1935Editor, NY News

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 The Hartney Press 1935

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Haynes, Edmund D 1935

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Haynes, Elizabeth R 1936

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Haynes, George Edmund 1936

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hayes, Roland 1935

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Heartman, Charles F 1935-1936The Pelican Gallery

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Heathman, William 1932

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Henderson, Missb. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Henderson, Bessie M 1936

George Normal & Agricultural College

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Henderson, Rose 1936

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Henry Stevens, Son, & Stiles 1932

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Herald Tribune City Editor 1935

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Herman, Harold P 1938Chairman, New York State Temporary Commission on the Condition of the Urban ColoredPopulation

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Herrerías, Gonzalo 1933Director Interino, Excelsior

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Herring, James Vernon 1935Howard University

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hickman, Lloyd 1936Camp Breeze Hill

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hiersmann, Karl W 1938

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hikida, Yosuro 1935-1936

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hill, Leslie Pinckney 1932

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hill, Miss 1938

New Rochelle Public Library

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hill, Arnold T 1935


b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hill, N.S 1936Dunbar Civic League

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b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hines, Madeline 1935Librarian, Booker T. Washington High School

H (cont.)Letters from Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hodges, Jr., Fletcher 1937Curator, Foster Hall Collection, University of Pittsburgh

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hoke, Travis 1936Federal Writers' Projects

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Holley, Otis 1935-1937

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Holstein, Casper 1935Tennessee A&I Teachers College

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Holly, Robert A 1935

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hollon, William H 1936

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Holmes Book Co 1937

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hope, J 1936

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hopper, Franklin F 1926-1938New York Public Library

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hoskins, John R 1936Tuskegee Institute

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Howard University Librarian 1935

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Howe, Arthur 1936President, Hampton Institute

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hubert, James H 1936-1938Director, New York Urban League

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hubert, Theodore 1938Morgan College

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Huggins, Willis N 1935

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hughes, Langston 1933-1938

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hulbert, C.A 1936

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Humberd, Charles Db. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hunger, Helen 1936

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hunnicutt, W.C 1934

State Normal School of North Carolina

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hunt, M. Louise 1936Racine Public School

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hunton, George K 1937

Editor, Interracial Review

b. 8 f. 8 r. 7 Hutchinson, Crete 1936-1937

Federal Writers' Projects

IMajor Topics: Centenary of Aleksander Pushkin's death; Ira Aldridge; Schomburg's speakingengagements; improvements in NYPL; authors on slavery.Reel 7, Frames 704-716

b. 8 f. 9 r. 7 Ijersky, J.Wb. 8 f. 9 r. 7 Imes, William Lloyd 1934-1936

b. 8 f. 9 r. 7 Immelen, Mr 1933Libreria gia Nardecchia

b. 8 f. 9 r. 7 Imprimerie de la Cour d'Appel 1935

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b. 8 f. 9 r. 7 Ingram, Marie

I (cont.)Letters from Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 8 f. 9 r. 7 Interracial Review Editor 1936

b. 8 f. 9 r. 7 Isaacs, Stanley M 1938President of the Borough of Manhattan

JMajor Topics: Louis Gottschalk; Black art; biography of Ira Aldridge; National Urban League;segregation in Atlanta, Georgia; Black people in prisons; Phillis Wheatley; Freedom's Journal;funding for NYPL, 135th Street Branch; book lists on slavery, Black education.Reel 7, Frames 717-851

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Jackman, HaroldAssociate Editor, Challenge Magazine

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Jackson, Dr 1932

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Jackson, Alice 1936-1937Librarian, Virginia State College

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Jackson, C. Channing 1938

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Jackson, Helen E 1936

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Jackson, Ida 1936Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Jackson, J.S 1936Seattle Urban League

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Jackson, Margaret 1932The Hoyt Library

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 James, Mrs 1934

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 James, Magill 1936-1937Municipal Museum, City of Baltimore

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 James, Robert O 1936

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Jarboro, Caterina 1936-1938

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Jarosz, Edward 1938

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Javitz, Ramona 1936New York Public Library

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Jefe de Cultura de la Secretaria de Educacion, Cuba 1936

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Jelliffe, Russell W 1936-1937

Director, The Neighborhood Association

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Jerkins, Henry R 1936

Tuskegee Institute

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Jerome, Marguerite 1936

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Jeudy, Hyppolite 1935-1936

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 John Smith and Son, Ltd 1936

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Johns, Orrick 1936Director, Federal Writers Project

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Johnson, Charles S 1934-1938Fisk University

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Johnson, Fred S.A 1935Lincoln Young Men's Christian Association

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Johnson, Georgia Douglas 1936

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Johnson, John H 1936

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b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Johnson, Mordecai 1929

J (cont.)Letters from Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Johnson, Momodu 1936Works Progress Administration

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Johnson, Wallace 1938

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Johnson's Bookstore 1937

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Joint Committee on National Recovery 1935

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Jones, Anna A 1938

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Jones, Emily E 1935

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Jones, Bernard Milton 1938Morehouse College

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Jones, Eugene Kinckle 1938


b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Jones, Bishop Lawrence 1936St. Patti Holy Church

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Jones, Lois Marilou 1937

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Jordan, Lawrence 1935-1938West Virginia State College Institute

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Joy, James R 1932Editor, The Christian Advocate

b. 8 f. 10 r. 7 Justice, Robert W 1936

KMajor Topics: Black lawyers; book collecting; South African textiles and wood carvings; booklists on Black literature, miscegenation; sculpture of Aleksander Pushkin; SCNLA.Reel 7, Frames 852-880

b. 9 f. 11 r. 7 Kane, Joseph Nathan 1938

b. 9 f. 11 r. 7 Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co 1936

b. 9 f. 11 r. 7 Keith Pouzese & Co 1938

b. 9 f. 11 r. 7 Keppel, Frederick 1935-1937President, Carnegie Corporation

b. 9 f. 11 r. 7 King, Lorenzo H 1946

The Association of Trade and Commerce

b. 9 f. 11 r. 7 Kleinman, S.F 1938

Schuylkill Book Shop

b. 9 f. 11 r. 7 Knight, W.V 1934

b. 9 f. 11 r. 7 Koch, Guenther 1937-1938

b. 9 f. 11 r. 7 Kodish, Hannah 1936

b. 9 f. 11 r. 7 Konenkov, S.T 1937

b. 9 f. 11 r. 7 Krieg, Amelia 1937

Assistant Director, University of Illinois Library School

b. 9 f. 11 r. 7 Kruckman, Herb 1936

b. 9 f. 11 r. 7 Krutchkoff, Sonya 1936

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LMajor Topics: Book lists, including lists on Black education; Mayflower and slave trade;Frederick Douglass; Prince Saunders; Alexander Crummell; Schomburg's opposition tohousing bill; material relating to Aleksander Pushkin; Cuban Revolutionary party; list ofspeeches about abolition of slave trade; Freedom's Journal.Reel 7, Frames 881-945

Letters from Arthur Schomburg (cont.)I. Correspondence (cont.)

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Latimer, Catherineb. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Larabee, Mary Fleming 1935-1936

Vail Memorial Library, Lincoln University

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Larabee, Robert M 1936Vail Memorial Library, Lincoln University

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 La Farge, Rev. Father John 1938

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 LaFourche, Jas. B 1937

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Lang, Miss 1933

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Latimer, Louise 1936

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Laurent, M 1938Bookseller

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Lawhead, W.T 1935Young Men's Christian Association

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Lawrence, Margaret 1920

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Lee, George L 1925

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Le Fourche, James 1938

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Lehman, Herbert 1936Governor of New York

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Levy, Samuel 1936-1937President of the Borough of Manhattan

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Lichtman, Theodore 1935

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Librarian, College of the CIty of New York 1936

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Librarian, Litchfield Public Libraryb. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Librarian, Louisville Free Public Library 1937

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Librarian, Middlebury College 1935

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Librarian, University of Puerto Rico 1936

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Libreria gia Nardecchia 1934

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Librarian, Oberlin College 1936

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Library of Congress 1931

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Lingel, Robert 1936-1937New York Public Library

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Lincoln Book Shop 1937

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Lippincott, J.B 1934-1935

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Little, Col. A.W 1936

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Livingston, Arthur 1937

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Locke, Alain LeRoy 1935-1936

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Loggins, Vernon 1937

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Long, Howard H

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b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Loomis, John T 1933W.H. Lowdermilk & Co.

L (cont.)Letters from Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 López Garrido, Dr. Lb. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Lowe Brothers, Ltd 1934

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Luce, Mrb. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Lull, Robert W 1933

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Lightner, Geraldineb. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Little, Brown, and Company 1938

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Lydenberg, Harry 1936-1938New York Public Library

b. 9 f. 12 r. 7 Lynch, Charles 1935

MMajor Topics: Black literature; The Crisis; interracial marriages; African ancestry of Britishwriters, Alexandre Dumas, Aleksander Pushkin, Alexander Hamilton; Italian use of chemicalwarfare against Ethiopia; trade between American colonies and West Indies; Blackunemployment in New York City; Black music; James M. Boddy's biography; Black doctors.Reel 7, Frames 946-1051

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Mabry, Jr., Thomas Dabney 1936Museum of Modern Art

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Macauley, Herbert 1938

Editor, Lagos Daily News

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 McCollum, Obie 1935

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 McConico's Book and Magazine Store 1935-1937

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 McCord, David F 1937

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 MacCreagh, Gordon 1936

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 MacDonald, Claudineb. 9 f. 13 r. 7 McFarlane, J.E. Clare 1937-1938

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 McIntyre, James 1934

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 McKay, Claude 1933-1937

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Mackenzie, Jean K 1935

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 McKinney, Genevieve 1936

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 McKinney, T.E 1936

Johnson C. Smith University

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Macmillan and Companyb. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Madett, D.Tb. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Maggs Brothers 1938

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Maienthau, Heinz W 1938University Place Book Shop

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Malan, Senator F.S 1937

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Malliet, A.M. Wendell 1936Council of West Indian Affairs

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Marder, Eugene 1935-1938Bookseller

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Marriott, Alvin T 1935

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Marshall, Harriet Gibbs 1937

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b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Marson, Una 1938

M (cont.)Letters from Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Martin, Dr. Warnequed 1935-1936The Imperial Ethiopian Legation

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Masas, La Editorial 1937

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Matthews, Loulie 1932

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Matthews, John F 1936West Virginia State College

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Medina, Catherine 1936

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Meehan, Thomas A 1938Interracial Review

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Metcalf, K.D 1938

Director, Library of Harvard

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Metropolitan Museum of Artb. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Meyerowitz, H.V 1938

Achimota College

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Millar, B 1937

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Miller, George J 1933-1938

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Miller, Kelly 1938Howard University

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Minvielle, Albert E 1937-1938

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Mitchell, Mary Virginia 1938

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Mischler, Irene 1938

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Miyashita, M 1936

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Moe, Henry Allen 1936John Simon Guggenheim Memorial

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Mohamed, Dusé 1938

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Moore, Fred R 1935-1936

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Moore, Richard B 1937

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Morgan, Margaret 1937Columbia University

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Morris, H.W 1936Assistant Librarian, The Institute of Jamaica

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Morton, Lois G 1938Fisk University

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Moss, Carlton 1935Young Men's Christian Association

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Mullowney, John J 1938Meharry Medical College

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Murphy, B.H 1936Bookseller

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Murphy, Jr., J.H 1933

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Musical Standard 1936

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Musical Times 1936

b. 9 f. 13 r. 7 Mwalimu School of Music 1937

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NMajor Topics: African dialects in Georgian islands; question of statehood for Puerto Rico;Freedom's Journal; Colored Literary League of Greater New York's petition to TheodoreRoosevelt concerning injustices to Black Americans; Black ancestry of Alexandre Dumas andAleksander Pushkin and white ancestry of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Booker T. Washington,including arguments against superiority of ''white blood"; Black contribution to AmericanRevolution; Black people and crime; history of Black Masonry; SCNLA funding for Othellosculpture.Reel 7, Frames 1052-1092


b. 9 f. 14 r. 7 National City Bank of New York 1937

b. 9 f. 14 r. 7 National League of Young Negro People 1935

b. 9 f. 14 r. 7 Nelson 1935

b. 9 f. 14 r. 7 National Urban League 1936

b. 9 f. 14 r. 7 New York Age 1936

b. 9 f. 14 r. 7 New York Herald Tribuneb. 9 f. 14 r. 7 New York Historical Society 1937

b. 9 f. 14 r. 7 Nelson, R.L 1938Morristown College

b. 9 f. 14 r. 7 New York Public Libraryb. 9 f. 14 r. 7 New York News 1914

b. 9 f. 14 r. 7 New York Sunb. 9 f. 14 r. 7 New York Timesb. 9 f. 14 r. 7 New York State Library 1931

b. 9 f. 14 r. 7 Neurath, Otto 1938

b. 9 f. 14 r. 7 Newbold, N.C 1936Duke University

b. 9 f. 14 r. 7 Niedemann, Librarianb. 9 f. 14 r. 7 Nijhoff, Martinus 1936-1938

Bookseller

b. 9 f. 14 r. 7 Norwood, Alberta 1936-1938

b. 9 f. 14 r. 7 Nourry, Emile 1936

Bookseller

b. 9 f. 14 r. 7 Nunns, Anne A 1938

State Historical Society of Wisconsin

b. 9 f. 14 r. 7 Nurse, Godfrey 1935

OMajor Topics: Book list on West Indies; George Horton; Puerto Ricans' attitudes to race;

Black artists, writers, actors; "Morocco" (sculpture).Reel 7, Frames 1093-1105

b. 9 f. 15 r. 7 Oates, Robert Washington 1935

b. 9 f. 15 r. 7 Olbrechts, Frans M 1938

b. 9 f. 15 r. 7 Oldham, Edward 1938

b. 9 f. 15 r. 7 Okkleberg, Peter 1936University of Michigan

b. 9 f. 15 r. 7 Orchard, John E 1936Columbia University

b. 9 f. 15 r. 7 Orr-Ewing, J.A 1935

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b. 9 f. 15 r. 7 Ozersky, Israel W 1935-1937(as I.W. Oser, Israel Ovejsky, and J.W. Ozersky)

O (cont.)Letters from Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 9 f. 15 r. 7 O'Neill, Armando Walters y 1937

PMajor Topics: Book collecting; Gustavus Vassa literature; Puerto Rico; Nicolas Guillen; JohnR. Pedro; SCNLA funding for Othello sculpture and acquisitions; Schomburg's death; criticism

of Luigi Pirandello's comments about Ethiopia; Black insurance; Freedom's Journal.Reel 7, Frames 1106-1182

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Paez, Antonio L 1937

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Paige, Myles A 1936-1938

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Parris, Guichard B 1935-1936Atlanta University

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Pasqualle, Louise 1938Federal Theater Project

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Pattee, Richard 1937-1938University of Puerto Rico

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Peabody, George Foster 1936

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Pedro, Andrew C 1931

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Pelham, Robert A 1938

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Pennsylvania Historical Society Librarian 1931

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Petioni, Charles A 1936

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Perry, Armstrong 1936

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Philipp, Col. Leopold 1936Uptown Chamber of Commerce

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Phillips, Ethel E 1936

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Phipps, W.J 1934

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Pickens, William 1935-1938

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Pihlblad, C. Terence 1937The University of Missouri

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Pioneers, Edison 1936

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Pittsburgh-Courier Editor 1933

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Platt, Charles 1937

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Plá, José Armando 1938

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Pelhemus, R.L 1938

The Barter Shop

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Pollonais, A.T 1936

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Porter, Dorothy 1938Howard University Librarian

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Porter, Howard F 1938The Old Print Exchange

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Porter, Jonnie D 1936Harriet Beecher Stowe School

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Porter, Josep 1935-1937

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Portuondo, B 1936

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Evening Post Editor 1935

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b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Postles, Grace V 1934

P (cont.)Letters from Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Poursin, André 1935-1937

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Price-Maas, D 1930

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Powell, Adam Clayton 1934

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Prattis, Percival L 1933

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Price, Thelma E 1935

b. 9 f. 16 r. 7 Putnam, Herbert 1938Librarian, Library of Congress

QReel 7, Frames 1183-1184

b. 9 f. 17 r. 7 Quander, Charles 1934

RMajor Topics: Harmon Foundation; Catholic Church and Black community; comparison ofBlack culture in West Indies to Black culture in U.S.; SCNLA acquisitions, funding for Othellosculpture; French West Indies; registration of Black people and mulattoes in Guadeloupe,France; Pullman porters; Schomburg's correspondence to Franklin Delano Rooseveltconcerning Ethiopia; Haiti; book lists; Black music.Reel 8, Frames 1-88

b. 9 f. 18 Ramery, Emilio 1936North Harlem Community Council

b. 9 f. 18 Ramos 1937

b. 9 f. 18 Razaf, Andy 1936The Harlemite Magazine

b. 9 f. 18 r. 7 Reddick, Lawrence D 1938Dillard University

b. 9 f. 18 Reed, Phillip H 1936Lincoln University

b. 9 f. 18 Reese, Esther 1936

b. 9 f. 18 Reeves, Harold 1936

b. 9 f. 18 Reid, Ira De A 1935

b. 9 f. 18 Remington, Thomas 1936

b. 9 f. 18 Remenyi, Joseph 1931

b. 9 f. 18 Ridder, Victor F 1937State Board of Social Welfare

b. 9 f. 18 Rios, Max Rios 1933Columbia University

b. 9 f. 18 Ritti, Paul 1933-1937Libraire Paul Ritti

b. 9 f. 18 Rivers, Mr 1934

b. 9 f. 18 Robeson, Paul 1935

b. 9 f. 18 Robynson, Bernie 1935

b. 9 f. 18 Robinson, Bill 1935

b. 9 f. 18 Robinson, E.C 1937Brotherhood of the Railroad Porters

b. 9 f. 18 Robinson, William 1935

b. 9 f. 18 Rogers, J.A 1935-1936

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b. 9 f. 18 Roig de Leuchsenring, Emilio 1938

R (cont.)Letters from Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 9 f. 18 Roosevelt, Franklin 1935President of the U.S.

b. 9 f. 18 Rose, Ernestine 1933-1936

b. 9 f. 18 Rose, Therese L 1935

b. 9 f. 18 Rosemund, Henri Ch 1934

b. 9 f. 18 Rosemund, Rene J 1938

b. 9 f. 18 Rosenthal, Jacques 1938

b. 9 f. 18 Rosetta, Mary 1937

b. 9 f. 18 Ross, Geraldine 1936Camp Atwater

b. 9 f. 18 Rowe, Mrs 1932

b. 9 f. 18 Rucker, Ann L 1936Librarian, Kentucky State Industrial College

b. 9 f. 18 Ruder, Barnet B 1936Bookseller

b. 9 f. 18 r. 8 Russell, John M 1936-1937

Carnegie Corporation of New York

SMajor Topics: Schomburg's position as Curator of Research Division of Negro Literature andHistory, 135th Street Branch, NYPL; book collecting; SCNLA acquisitions and gifts; Jim Crowpolicy of U.S. government; book lists concerning Black literature, abolition of slave trade;Freedom's Journal; Black artists, Black people as subjects of art; Black contributions to NewYork City; Alessandro de Medici; Black scientists.Reel 8, Frames 89-221

b. 9 f. 19 Sack, Miss 1937-1938New York Public Library

b. 9 f. 19 Sanders, Myrtle 1937

b. 9 f. 19 Salby, George 1933

b. 9 f. 19 Savage, Augusta 1933

b. 9 f. 19 Savory, P.M.H 1936-1937

b. 9 f. 19 Sebastian, S.P 1936Carnegie Negro Library

b. 9 f. 19 r. 8 Scezsi, L 1936

b. 9 f. 19 Schnitnikoff, Boris N 1937

b. 9 f. 19 Schomburg, Fernando 1935

b. 9 f. 19 Schomburg, Reginald S 1938

b. 9 f. 19 Scott, Emmett J 1938Howard University

b. 9 f. 19 Scott, Warren H 1935Bennett College

b. 9 f. 19 Scott, Mrs. William Eb. 9 f. 19 Scott, Dr

b. 9 f. 19 r. 7 Serra, Señoras 1938

b. 9 f. 19 Schuyler, George 1938

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b. 9 f. 19 Schuylkill Book Shop 1938

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b. 9 f. 19 Shaw, C.P 1938Anthropology Museum, Achimoto College

b. 9 f. 19 Sheldon, M 1938The Milton Press

b. 9 f. 19 Shepard, Lillian 1937

b. 9 f. 19 Sherman, Irving 1936Pictorial Arts, Inc.

b. 9 f. 19 Shore, J 1938

b. 9 f. 19 Shores, Louis 1936Peabody College

b. 9 f. 19 Sigma Alpha Kappa 1935

b. 9 f. 19 Silverblatt, Ruth Jean 1937

b. 9 f. 19 Simmons, Ernest J 1938Harvard University

b. 9 f. 19 Simpson, George E 1937Northwestern University

b. 9 f. 19 Sims, R.V 1936Lincoln Young Men's Christian Association

b. 9 f. 19 Slade, Mrs 1933

b. 9 f. 19 Slaughter, Henry P 1933-1938

b. 9 f. 19 Slocum, Helen L 1936College of the City of New York

b. 9 f. 19 Smith, Albert 1931-1938

b. 9 f. 19 Smith, Anna B 1936

b. 9 f. 19 Smith, Marjorie E.W 1936

b. 9 f. 19 Smith, James Hb. 9 f. 19 Smith, John 1936

Bookseller

b. 9 f. 19 Somervell, Brehon 1936


b. 9 f. 19 Spencer, Lee Bowen 1938Oklahoma Baptist University

b. 9 f. 19 Spiegel-Tow, F. Nancy 1933-1934

b. 9 f. 19 Spingarn, Arthur B 1935-1936

b. 9 f. 19 Spink & Son, Ltd 1937

b. 9 f. 19 Spratlen, Dr 1933

b. 9 f. 19 Steele, Javan A 1935

b. 9 f. 19 Stevens, Edward F 1936Pratt Institute Free Library

b. 9 f. 19 Stevens, Henry 1933-1938Henry Stevens, Son, & Stiles

b. 9 f. 19 Stewart, L 1933

b. 9 f. 19 Steward, L.E 1937

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b. 9 f. 19 Stockwell, Arthur H 1936

S (cont.)Letters from Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 9 f. 19 Stone, Malcolm 1936

b. 9 f. 19 Stutler, Boyd B 1937

b. 9 f. 19 Surrey Bookshopb. 9 f. 19 Susto, Don Juan Antonio 1936

Biblioteca Panameña

b. 9 f. 19 r. 8 Sweeting, Earle R 1935

b. 9 f. 19 r. 8 Szecsi, Ladislas 1936-1937

TMajor Topics: Henry Tanner's death; Black artists, writers; Black education; Haiti; Ira Aldridge;Stanley P. Davies' (of Charity Organization Society) recommendations concerning a separatehousing department under New York City Charter; Black people and politics; publishingindustry; book collecting; material relating to John Brown.Reel 8, Frames 222-266

b. 9 f. 20 r. 8 Tanner, J.O 1937-1938

b. 9 f. 20 r. 8 Tarry, Ellenb. 9 f. 20 r. 8 Taylor, C.C 1936

b. 9 f. 20 r. 8 Templeton, Charlotte 1935-1936Librarian, Atlanta University

b. 9 f. 20 r. 8 Thacher, Thomas D 1936

New York City Charter Revision Commission

b. 9 f. 20 r. 7 Thomas, Essell 1937

b. 9 f. 20 r. 8 Thomas, F.L 1935

b. 9 f. 20 r. 8 Thomas, Walter N 1936

b. 9 f. 20 r. 8 Tice & Lynch Inc 1937

b. 9 f. 20 r. 8 Timothee, Pedro C 1938

b. 9 f. 20 r. 8 Tomas, Benito L 1938International Poetry Club

b. 9 f. 20 r. 8 Turner, Albert V 1936Surrey Bookshop

b. 9 f. 20 r. 8 Turner, Thomas W 1936Hampton Institute

b. 9 f. 20 r. 8 Tuttle, Charles E 1932-1938Bookseller

b. 9 f. 20 r. 8 Tylkkanen, Hilma 1936

UMajor Topics: Edna Worthly Underwood's writings; Una Mason; Juan Francisco Manzano;Black artists; education in Ethiopia; Harmon Foundation; Nicolas Guillen.Reel 8, Frames 267-284

b. 9 f. 21 r. 8 Underwood, Edna Worthley 1933-1938

b. 9 f. 21 r. 8 Union of Cincinnati Editorb. 9 f. 21 r. 8 Universal Ethiopian Students Association 1935

b. 9 f. 21 r. 8 University Place Book Shop 1935

b. 9 f. 21 r. 8 Urrutia, Gustavo 1935-1937

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VMajor Topics: Black newspapers; Haiti; SCNLA; Black artists.Reel 8, Frames 285-297


b. 9 f. 22 r. 8 Van Hoesen, Henry B 1938Librarian, Brown University Library

b. 9 f. 22 r. 8 Vincent, Charles BConsul General of Haiti

b. 9 f. 22 r. 8 Vincent, Sténio Joseph 1934-1938President of Haiti

WMajor Topics: Black history in North America, Latin America; slavery, including CharlesDickens' mention of slavery in American Notes; Carnegie Corporation's South African exhibit;publishing industry's various Black series; National Negro Congress; W. E. B. Du Bois; Blackmagazines and newspapers; mineral rights in British Guiana; NYPL Adult EducationProgram; Phillis Wheatley.Reel 8, Frames 298-446

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Walker, John W 1937

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Wall, Alexander J 1931-1934Librarian, New York Historical Society

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Walters, A. Edward 1938Negro Symphony Orchestra

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Walton, Lester A 1930-1937American Legation

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Waring, Mary F 1937

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Watkins, Marjorie 1936New York Public Library

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Watson, James S 1935-1937

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Waxman, Samuel Mb. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Webb 1932

Editor of the Louisiana Weekly

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Webster, T.D 1938

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Weekes, C.H 1935

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Weiner, Profb. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Weitenkampf 1938


b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Welty, Frederick 1935-1938

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Wendell, Bruce 1937

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Wesley, Charles H 1938Howard University

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 West, Theresa 1936-1937

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Westerman, B 1934Bookseller

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Wheatley, L.J 1936The Dixwell Community House

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 White, Augustus undated

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 White, Carl M 1935-1938Librarian, Fisk University

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b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 White, Walter 1933-1938

W (cont.)Letters from Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Wibecan, George 1935

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Wile, Frederic William 1929

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Wiedermann, Bernice 1936Librarian, Mitchell-Carnegie Public Library

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Wilkinson, Garnet C 1934

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Wilkinson, Martha 1937

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Williams 1937-1938

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Williams, Clarence 1937

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Williams, Ellis A 1936US Department of the Interior

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Williams, Minnie T 1936

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Williams, Walter B 1932-1936Librarian, Tuskegee Institute

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Williamson, Harry A 1933-1938

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Williamson, Lillian H 1935

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Wilson & Company 1936

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Wilson, Frank 1935

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Wilson, H.W 1936-1937

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Wisconsin State Historical Society 1938

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Wood, Hollingsworth 1935-1938

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Wood, R.C 1937Librarian, Cornell University Library

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Woodruff, Hale 1935-1936Atlanta University

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Woodson, Carter G 1936-1938

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Woodward, Elizabeth A 1937Works Progress Administration

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Work, Ernest 1935Muskingum College

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Work, Monroe N 1931-1937Tuskegee Institute

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Works, Lang Stamp 1936

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Wright & Brown 1936

Bookseller

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Wright, Arthur 1938

b. 9 f. 23 r. 7 Wright, Kathryn 1936Assistant Librarian, Manchester College Library

b. 9 f. 23 r. 8 Wright, R.R 1931

YMajor Topics: YMCA Art Committee; Library of Congress's Pushkin Collection; materialconcerning Ira Aldridge.Reel 8, Frames 447-451

b. 9 f. 24 r. 8 Young Men's Christian Association 1933

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b. 9 f. 24 r. 8 Yakhontoff, Victor A 1937

Y (cont.)Letters from Arthur Schomburg (cont.)


b. 9 f. 24 r. 8 Young, Ellen Thomas 1936

b. 9 f. 24 r. 8 Yur'yevich, Boris 1935

b. 9 f. 25 r. 8 ZMajor Topics: SCNLA acquisitions; book collecting; Captain Moise Babel.

Miscellaneous Correspondence 1909-1938

b. 10 f. 1 r. 8 Invitations 1922-1938Major Topics: Universal Negro Improvement Association's banquet in honor of GabrielJohnson; SCNLA private showing and gifts from individuals; Schomburg's speakingengagements; conference on unemployment in U.S.; Frederick Douglass Patterson'spresidency of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute; Oscar DePriest; Defense of Ethiopiacommittee; New York Urban League; Black participation in World's Fair, Texas centenary;Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; Federal Art Project, Federal Theatre Project for NewYork City, WPA, including play "Haiti"; West Harlem Council of Social Agencies.

b. 10 f. 2 Greeting Cardsb. 10 f. 3 Letters--Incomplete and/or Unidentified 1932-1937

Major Topics: Carter G. Woodson; W. E. B. Du Bois; request for information; Black music;Aleksander Pushkin; Prince Saunders; Trinidad; book collecting; U.S. Postal Service's JimCrow practices; Benjamin Banneker.

b. 10 f. 4 Letters dictated by Arthur Schomburg 1936-1937Shorthand transcriptions.

b. 10 f. 5 Letters dictated by Arthur Schomburg 1936-1937Shorthand transcriptions.

b. 10 f. 6 Miscellaneous letters by Arthur Schomburg 1934-1937Major Topics: NYPL gifts from organizations, African craft exhibit, and WPA workers;Freemasonry; Ira Aldridge; Association of Trade and Commerce; Julius Rosenwald Fundfellowships; Black history in Latin America; letters of recommendation; SCNLA funding forOthello sculpture; miscegenation; slavery.

b. 10 f. 7 Miscellaneous letters to Arthur Schomburg 1931-1935Major Topics: Rapid transit railroad employees and discrimination; Hubert Harrison MemorialPublication Committee; Institute of Race Relations; Fellowship of Reconciliation; YWCA inHarlem; Bermuda; Black Americans' economic status; book collecting; Harlem Political Unionresolutions concerning legislative reapportionment; Federal Theatre Project for New York City,WPA.

b. 10 f. 8 Miscellaneous letters to Arthur Schomburg 1936-1938Major Topics: Prince Hall Masonry; Julius Rosenwald Fund fellowships; Black singers,including Otis Holley; conditions in Harlem Hospital; Association for the Study of Negro Lifeand History publications; art exhibits in universities; New York Urban League's plans for Blackindustrial recovery; book collecting; Community Fund of New York City, Inc.; workingconditions of Pennsylvania Railroad company employees.

b. 10 f. 9 Miscellaneous letters to Arthur Schomburg--PersonalMajor Topics: American Negro Academy; Schomburg's article in Amsterdam News; OtisHolley's travels.

b. 10 f. 10 r. 8 Miscellaneous letters (not Arthur Schomburg's) 1909-1938

Major Topics: Economic development in South; Black education; Black literature; WPA's plansfor "American Guide"; Haitian Afro-American Chamber of Commerce; British West Indies;Black community in Detroit, Michigan; Association of Trade and Commerce; Schomburg'sdeath; "Emperor Jones" (movie).

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II. Professional & Literary Activities 1794-1939 (4 boxes 1.67 linear feet 2 reels .13linear feet)

The Professional and Literary Activities series illustrates the broad scope of Schomburg'sinterests. Included in this series are typescripts and published articles written by Schomburg,although authorship of the manuscripts is not always clear as they are frequently unsigned.There are also articles about Schomburg's activities and the Schomburg Collection, as well asinvitations, announcements and programs of events Schomburg participated in. Included in thissection are minutes and reports for the Citizens Committee of the 135th Street Branch Libraryand the New York Urban League, the two organizations that consistently worked with Schomburgand Ernestine Rose, the branch librarian, to benefit the branch in general, and the SchomburgCollection in particular.

The folders in this series are arranged in alphabetical order by subject or type of material.

Acquisitions, Bibliographies, and Lists 1930-1939

b. 11 f. 1.1 r. 9 1930sContains a "List of Donors to Negro Division."

b. 11 f. 1.2 r. 9 1934-1937Includes a "Negro Division" inventory; material from booksellers Martinus Nijhoff, LibrairePaul Ritti, and Goodspeed's Book Shop; and bibliographies on Haiti, folklore, slavery,abolition, Albion W. Tourgee, Olaudah Equiano, Alexander Pushkin, Ira Alridge, and VictorSéjour.

b. 11 f. 1.3 r. 9 1934-1937Includes correspondence with bookseller Charles Tuttle; bibliographies on "The New Negro,"farm tenancy, race relations, slavery, Phillis Wheatley, Osceola, Abraham Lincoln, and Haiti;and a list of related material at Duke University and the University of North Carolina.

b. 11 f. 1.4 r. 9 1931-1938Includes material from booksellers Ludwig Rosenthal, Francis Edwards, Argosy, HeinrichTiedemann, and others; bibliographies on painting, Richard Hill, Ethiopa, slave insurrections,Toussaint Louverture, John Marrant, Benjamin Banneker, and Matthew Phipps Shiel; and alist of related material at the Ossining Public Library.

b. 11 f. 1.5 r. 9 1935-1939Includes a book list from Howard University; a sales catalog from Paul E. Howard; and ads forvarious Cuban booksellers from the pages of Revista Bimestre Cubana.

b. 11 f. 1.6 r. 9 1936-1937Includes documents relating to loans between the NYPL and other institutions, including theMetropolitan Museum, Circuit Case Extension Cooperative, and New Rochelle Public Library;and bibliographies on Alexander Pushkin, Haiti, and abolition.

b. 11 f. 1.7 r. 9 1930-1938Includes correspondence regarding John Brown material; bibliographies on Albery AllsonWhitman and Haiti; an outline of "A Compendium of Negro History"; and material frompublishers Mosher Press, Associated Publishers, American Library Service, and booksellersJ. Jones, Martinus Nijhoff, Antiqua Boekantiquariatt, and Libraire Paul Ritti.

b. 11 f. 1.8 r. 9 1936-1937Includes lists of newspapers and magazines; bibliographies of plays and music; and lists ofpaintings, etchings and lithographs, artifacts, and other art objects.

b. 11 f. 1.9 r. 9 1930sContains a handwritten list of paintings, engravings, and photographs.

b. 11 f. 2.1 r. 9 Activities (Invitations, announcement, and programs) 1911-1936Major Topics: American Negro Academy annual meetings; Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill; gifts to,private showing of SCNLA; Ethiopian-Italian relations; New York Urban League's inter-racialconference; Harlem Adult Education Committee; Schomburg's travels, Schomburg's speakingengagements, membership in Business and Professional Men's Forum; Black history;economic conference in Harlem; New York Tuskegee Alumni Association.

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b. 11 f. 2.2 r. 9 Activities (Invitations, announcement, and programs) 1937-1938Major Topics: Adult education programs, other education conferences; New York UrbanLeague; Institute of Family Service, Charity Organization Society of the City of New York;Schomburg's speaking engagements, correspondence to Schomburg, and review of his GreatBritain in the Italian-Ethiopian Dispute; Mary Mcleod Bethune; Negro Actors Guild of America,lnc.'s annual memorial service with address by Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.; Harlem World's FairCommittee; lectures and other activities concerning Black history; plans for Black magazine;Committee of One Hundred for Negro Workers.

II. Professional & Literary Activities (cont.)

b. 11 f. 3 r. 9 Douglas, Aaron--MuralsMajor Topics: Harlem Adult Education Committee; NYPL art exhibits; art of Diego Rivera;Aaron Douglas and Marxism; art in Soviet Union.

b. 11 f. 4 r. 9 Jarboro, Caterina--Debate between Dr. Frazier and Arthur Schomburg 1933Major Topics: Schomburg's writings; Frederick Douglass; North Carolina; slavery; SaintAugustine; Black history; Puerto Ricans; Alexander Crummell; Antonio Carlos Gomes.

b. 11 f. 5 r. 9 American Negro Academy--Printed Material 1921Major Topics: Annual meetings; purpose; membership; constitution.

b. 11 f. 6 r. 9 Citizens Committee of the 135th Street Branch Library 1938

b. 11 f. 7 r. 9 New York Urban League 1932-1937Major Topics: Departments' work; Executive Board meetings; Civilian Conservation Corps;Brownell Bill (plans for a New York State commission to study aspects of Black life);desegregation in education; Black participation in World's Fair; Black employment; medicalclinics; teen pregnancy; Black Americans and judicial system.

Writings by Schomburg

Typescript drafts of articles by Schomburg, largely focused on Black history, drawn fromSchomburg's research and book collection. Topics include the history of the African diasporaacross Africa, Spain, the West Indies, and the Americas. There are several brief biographicalarticles on prominent Black figures, including artists, poets, musicians, scientists, journalists,teachers, and doctors; as well as autobiographical articles on Schomburg himself and his bookcollection. Note that some titles encompass multiple versions of an article, and some areincomplete. Note also that, while these are primarily articles authored by Schomburg, there aresome writings by others mixed in.

Articles & Essays A-BReel 9, Frames 1076-1203.

b. 12 f. 8.1 r. 9 "Alessandro De Medici, Duke of Florence and Benvenuto Cellini"b. 12 f. 8.1 r. 9 "Alexander W. Wayman"b. 12 f. 8.1 r. 9 "Alridge, Ira"b. 12 f. 8.1 r. 9 "Africa has had for centuries..."

This article is about African drums.

b. 12 f. 8.1 r. 9 "The American dictionary..."This article is about piracy.

b. 12 f. 8.1 r. 9 "The American Negro Gratitude to His Benefactors in the Abolition of theSlave Trade"

b. 12 f. 8.1 r. 9 "Anne Florence" Biographyb. 12 f. 8.1 r. 9 "An Appeal to Caesar or an Appeal to God, Which Should it Be?"b. 12 f. 8.1 r. 9 "Archbishop Francisco Xavier de Luna Victoria y Castro"b. 12 f. 8.1 r. 9 "Archivio de las Indias"b. 12 f. 8.1 r. 9 "At the narrowest point..."

This article is about Panama.

b. 12 f. 8.1 r. 9 "Baron de Vastey..."b. 12 f. 8.1 r. 9 "Beauty Culture"

This article is about Madam C.J. Walker.

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b. 12 f. 8.1 r. 9 "Behind one of our articles..." 1926This article is about the Schomburg Collection.

Articles & Essays A-B (cont.)Writings by Schomburg (cont.)


b. 12 f. 8.1 r. 9 "Benjamin Bannaker [sic]"b. 12 f. 8.1 r. 9 "Benvenuto Cellini"b. 12 f. 8.1 r. 9 "Beulah Woodard"b. 12 f. 8.1 r. 9 Review of Bibliography of the Negro in Africa and America by M.N. Workb. 12 f. 8.1 r. 9 "Biographical Sketch of the Life of Teresa of Salamanca"b. 12 f. 8.1 r. 9 Review of Black Manhattan by James Weldon Johnson

Articles & Essays C-EReel 10, Frames 1-103.

b. 12 f. 8.2 r. 10 "Cardinal Ximinez and Bishop Las Casas"b. 12 f. 8.2 r. 10 "Catherine Ferguson"b. 12 f. 8.2 r. 10 "Les Cenelles"b. 12 f. 8.2 r. 10 "The Chicago Opera Company..."

This article is about Caterina Jarboro.

b. 12 f. 8.2 r. 10 [Citizens for Fairplay]b. 12 f. 8.2 r. 10 "Christophe, King of Haiti"b. 12 f. 8.2 r. 10 "Crispus Attucks"b. 12 f. 8.2 r. 10 [Cookbook]b. 12 f. 8.2 r. 10 "Cyrille Charles Auguste Bissette"b. 12 f. 8.2 r. 10 "J.B. Danforth, Jr."b. 12 f. 8.2 r. 10 "Dignity of Labor"b. 12 f. 8.2 r. 10 "Draft of Talk"

This article is about the Utica Jubilee Singers.

b. 12 f. 8.2 r. 10 "Biography of Drusilla Dunjee Houston: A Life of Service"b. 12 f. 2 r. 10 "To the Editor of the Union"

This is a letter to the editor in response to criticism by Frazier Miller of a review bySchomburg of Caterina Jarboro's performance in Aida.

Articles & Essays F-IReel 10, Frames 104-180.

b. 12 f. 8.3 r. 10 "The First European..."This article is about Hiob Ludolph and Ethiopia.

b. 12 f. 8.3 r. 10 "The first pamphlet published"This article is about the Negro Historical Society, Arthur Schomburg, and his collection.

b. 12 f. 8.3 r. 10 "Francis Williams"b. 12 f. 8.3 r. 10 "Fragmentary Tribute to the Spanish Negro Painters of the School of

Sevilla: Juan de Pareja and Sebastian Gomez"b. 12 f. 8.3 r. 10 "Free Negroes in the Formation of the American Republic"b. 12 f. 8.3 r. 10 "My friend Doctor J.M. Boddy"

This article is about Africa and the Roman Empire.

b. 12 f. 8.3 r. 10 "Harlem World's Fair Committee"b. 12 f. 8.3 r. 10 "The Harmon Foundation"b. 12 f. 8.3 r. 10 "Garran Coulon"

This article is about Jean Philippe Garran de Coulon.

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b. 12 f. 8.3 r. 10 "Guillaume Guillon Lethiere"

Articles & Essays F-I (cont.)Writings by Schomburg (cont.)


b. 12 f. 8.3 r. 10 "Harlem's Seventh Avenue"b. 12 f. 8.3 r. 10 [Harlem]b. 12 f. 8.3 r. 10 "Henri Christophe, King of Haiti"b. 12 f. 8.3 r. 10 "If any person thinks..."

This article is about the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

b. 12 f. 8.3 r. 10 "In the city of Nantes, France..."This article is about the history of Haiti.

b. 12 f. 8.3 r. 10 "Influence of the Negro Race in the Formation of the Mexican Race"b. 12 f. 8.3 r. 10 "It is recorded..."

Articles & Essays J-MReel 10, Frames 181-242.

b. 12 f. 8.4 r. 10 "Dr. James McCune Smith"b. 12 f. 8.4 r. 10 "José Campeche"b. 12 f. 8.4 r. 10 "Just at this time..."

This article is about the history of Africans in Spain.

b. 12 f. 8.4 r. 10 "Lewis Howard Latimer"b. 12 f. 8.4 r. 10 "Lislet-Geoffrey"

This article is about Jean-Baptiste Lislet Geoffroy.

b. 12 f. 8.4 r. 10 "Mark the Present (A Fiction)" 1934 February 3

b. 12 f. 8.4 r. 10 "The masonic fraternity..."This article is about the Prince Hall Masons.

b. 12 f. 8.4 r. 10 "A Monument to Toussaint Louverture in Haiti"b. 12 f. 8.4 r. 10 "The Moors..." 1928 March

This article appeared in the March 1928 issue of Opportunity under the title "Negroes inSevilla."

Articles & Essays N-OReel 10, Frames 243-296.

b. 12 f. 8.5 r. 10 "The Negro Bishop of Panama"This article is about Don Francisco Xavier Luna y Victoria.

b. 12 f. 8.5 r. 10 "A Negro Delivers Sermon in Sistine Chapel"b. 12 f. 8.5 r. 10 "The Negro a King Cotton"b. 12 f. 8.5 r. 10 "The Negro in Spanish America" 1932

b. 12 f. 8.5 r. 10 "Negro Pirates"b. 12 f. 8.5 r. 10 "Pioneers: Negroes in Virginia during 1526"b. 12 f. 8.5 r. 10 "The New York Tuskegee Alumni Association..."

This article is about the New York Tuskegee Alumni Association's acquisition of a bust ofBooker T. Washington.

b. 12 f. 8.5 r. 10 "A number of well educated..."This article is about Black artists.

b. 12 f. 8.5 r. 10 "Observations on Slave Trade"b. 12 f. 8.5 r. 10 "One of the first..."

This article is about Miguel Henriquez.

b. 12 f. 8.5 r. 10 Review of Out of Bondage and Other Stories by Rowland C. Robinson

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Articles & Essays P-RReel 10, Frames 297-356.

Writings by Schomburg (cont.)II. Professional & Literary Activities (cont.)

b. 12 f. 8.6 r. 10 "Pastor Argudin y Pedroso"b. 12 f. 8.6 r. 10 [Reverend Thomas Paul]b. 12 f. 8.6 r. 10 [Richard Berry "Lawd" Harrison]b. 12 f. 8.6 r. 10 [Peanuts]b. 12 f. 8.6 r. 10 [John Peterson]b. 12 f. 8.6 r. 10 "Peter Martyr..."b. 12 f. 8.6 r. 10 "Prince Saunders"b. 12 f. 8.6 r. 10 "Return to the Dominican Capital" 1902 December

b. 12 f. 8.6 r. 10 "The romance of corn..."This article is about Black contribution to agriculture.

Articles & Essays SReel 10, Frames 357-407.

b. 12 f. 8.7 r. 10 [George Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges]b. 12 f. 8.7 r. 10 [Samuel Johnson, Gustavus Vassa, and English Abolitionists]b. 12 f. 8.7 r. 10 "Sarah M. Douglass..."

This article is about Black teachers and educators.

b. 12 f. 8.7 r. 10 "Sebastion Gomez"b. 12 f. 8.7 r. 10 "Some Notable Colored Men from the West Indies"b. 12 f. 8.7 r. 10 "Sometime during the year 1900..."

This article is about Schomburg's acquisition of a Bible presented to Abraham Lincoln byBlack citizens of Baltimore.

b. 12 f. 8.7 r. 10 "Soubise"This article is about Julius Soubise.

b. 12 f. 8.7 r. 10 "South African Exhibit"This article is about an exhibit of work of students from the Jeanes School in SouthernRhodesia, brought to New York by the Carnegie Corporation.

b. 12 f. 8.7 r. 10 "Story of the Word, Mulatto"b. 12 f. 8.7 r. 10 "Surgeon and botanist..."

This article is about Cristóbal Acosta.

Articles & Essays T-YReel 10, Frames 408-501.

b. 12 f. 8.8 r. 10 "There was another..."This article is about Josef Xavier de Arauz.

b. 12 f. 8.8 r. 10 "Two Negro Missionaries to the American Indians: John Marrant andJohn Stewart"

b. 12 f. 8.8 r. 10 "We glean from a very unusual..."This article is about Prince Saunders.

b. 12 f. 8.8 r. 10 "We ought to send up praises..."This article is about the Black community in Latin America.

b. 12 f. 8.8 r. 10 "The West Indian island..."This article is about notable West Indians, including Alexander Hamilton, Judah P.Benjamin, and Robert Brown Elliott.

b. 12 f. 8.8 r. 10 "William Hamilton"b. 12 f. 8.8 r. 10 "William Miller"

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b. 12 f. 8.8 r. 10 "Williams"This article is about Peter and Mary Durham Williams.

Articles & Essays T-Y (cont.)Writings by Schomburg (cont.)


b. 12 f. 8.8 r. 10 "Yet we owe no allegiance..."This article is about the abolitionist movement in Vermont.

Articles--PeriodicalsReel 10, Frames 502-606.

b. 12 f. 9 r. 10 "My Trip to Cuba in Quest of Negro Books" 1933 FebruaryPublished in Opportunity

b. 12 f. 9 r. 10 "Juan Latino, Magister Latinus"b. 12 f. 9 r. 10 "In Quest of Juan de Pareja" 1927 July

Published in The Crisis

b. 12 f. 9 r. 10 "General Antonio Maceo" 1931 MayPublished in The Crisis

b. 12 f. 9 r. 10 "Negroes in Sevilla" 1928 MarchPublished in Opportunity

b. 12 f. 9 r. 10 "Alessandro, First Duke of Florence" 1931 DecemberPublished in The Crisis

b. 12 f. 9 r. 10 "Military Services Rendered by the Haitians in the North and SouthAmerican Wars for Independence"Published in A.M.E. Church Review

b. 12 f. 9 r. 10 Review of The Penitent by Enda Worthley Underwood 1923 MayPublished in The Messenger

b. 12 f. 9 r. 10 "Henri Christophe, King of Haiti" 1935 May-JunePublished in Looking Forward

b. 12 f. 9 r. 10 "The Fight for Liberty in St. Lucia"Published in The Crisis

b. 12 f. 9 r. 10 "Placido"b. 12 f. 9 r. 10 "The Negro and Christianity"b. 12 f. 9 r. 10 "The Economic Contribution by the Negro to America"b. 12 f. 9 r. 10 "West Indian Composers and Musicians" 1926 November

Published in Opportunity

b. 12 f. 9 r. 10 "Cardinal Ximinez and Bishop Las Casas"Corrected galleys

b. 12 f. 9 r. 10 "Unusual Books"Corrected galleys for Gumby's Book Studio Quarterly

b. 12 f. 9 r. 10 "Prince Hall Masons of the State of New York" 1923 December

Published in The Fraternal Review

b. 12 f. 9 r. 10 "A Few Facts about the Earliest Negroes in America"b. 12 f. 9 r. 10 Review of Juan Gualberto Gomez by Lino D'Ou Y Ayllon and Ramon M.

Valdez Herrerra 1935 MayPublished in Opportunity

b. 12 f. 9 r. 10 "Racial Integrity: A Plea for the Establishment of a Chair of Negro Historyin our Schools and Colleges, etc"

b. 12 f. 9 r. 10 "My Trip to Cuba in Quest of Negro Books" 1933 FebruaryPublished in Opportunity

b. 12 f. 9 r. 10 "West Indian Composers and Musicians" 1926 NovemberPublished in Opportunity

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b. 13 f. 10.1 r. 10 Articles--Newspapers 1902-1936Articles by Arthur Schomburg from The Union (Cinncinnati, Ohio), Negro World, Abbott'sWeekly and Illustrated News, The New York Age, and Diario de la Marina. Major Topics: Pan-African Congress; exploitation of Africa by other countries; African history and education;Matthew Bullock; Black status in West Indies, U.S.; Black actors including Ira Aldridge; Blackparticipation in League of Nations; Black Latin American history; Black rights; Haiti;abolitionists in England, Black abolitionists; Black history in New York City.

Writings by Schomburg (cont.)II. Professional & Literary Activities (cont.)

b. 13 f. 10.2 r. 10 Articles--Newspapers 1910-1936Articles by Arthur Schomburg from Prevision, The Union, The New York Age, The CaliforniaEagle, The Chicago Defender, and The New York Amsterdam News. This folder containsarticles by other writers. Major Topics: Black abolitionists; New York Tuskegee AlumniAssociation's acquisition of bust of Booker T. Washington; Nancy Cunard's anthology of Blackwritings; Black music; Schomburg's "Our Pioneers" series; Black North American and LatinAmerican history; Black military history; Jesse Owens; Black journalists; Virgin Islands.

b. 13 f. 11 r. 10 Book ReviewsReviews by Arthur Schomburg of Fighting the Slave Hunters in Central Africa by Alfred J.Swann; Race Relations, adjustment of whites and Negroes in the United States by Willis D.Weatherford and Charles S. Johnson; and The Conjure Woman by Charles W. Chesnutt

b. 13 f. 12 r. 10 Publications 1909-1913Racial Integrity: A Plea for the Establishment of a Chair of Negro History in our Schools andColleges, etc. (Occasional Paper No. 3 Published by the Negro Society for HistorialResearch), and Placido: A Cuban Martyr (Reprint from The New Century, Norfolk VA, Dec.25, 1909). Major Topics: Placido; Francis Williams, Phillis Wheatley, and other Black writers;need for Black education in schools and universities.

Writings by Othersb. 13 f. 13 r. 10 Articles--Arthur Schomburg 1924-1936

Includes writings by Arthur Schomburg. Major Topics: American Negro Academy presidency;Schomburg's travels in Spain and Cuba; brief biographies; Harmon award; Schomburg'sspeaking engagements and writings; SCNLA; Black history; Ira Aldridge; book lists onEthiopian history; The New Negro by Alain Locke, also his speech; EmancipationProclamation; Black movies; segregation in education; Black voters; New York Urban Leagueand Negro Theatre of Federal Theatre Project for New York City.

b. 14 f. 14 r. 10 Articles--Arthur Schomburg 1925-1938Major Topics: Biographies, death, writings, speaking engagements of Schomburg, FiskUniversity curatorship; nickname of "Sherlock Holmes of Negro History," Prince Hall Lodgehonors to, debate with T. R. Poston concerning Abraham Lincoln and slavery, position ascurator of Research Division of Negro Literature and History, 135th Street Branch, NYPL;SCNLA; need for Black history in schools, universities; personnel of NYPL, 135th StreetBranch, including W. E. B. Du Bois' views; William C. Bolivar's collection of Black history;Puerto Ricans in Harlem; Black history; Black military history; Black teachers.

b. 14 f. 15 r. 10 Articles--Schomburg Collection (Typescripts) 1925-1939

Major Topics: Schomburg's nickname of "Sherlock Holmes of Negro History"; position ascurator, 135th Street Branch, NYPL; Ira Aldridge's acting career, biography; Victor Sejour;book list on Ethiopian history; SCNLA acquisitions; NYPL, 135th Street Branch book lists,exhibits, and acquisitions; Alexandre Dumas; Pastor Arguain y Pedroso; Haiti; Caribbeanissue of Opportunity.

b. 14 f. 16 r. 10 Articles Collected by Arthur Schomburg 1916-1938Major Topics: Negro Society for Historical Research; criticism of C. G. Woodson; PastorArgudin y Pedroso; Black art and literature exhibits; Juan Latino; Black actors includingMorgan Smith, J. A. Arneaux; biography of Booker T. Washington; Black people in Mexico;Abyssinia; American Artists Professional League.

b. 14 f. 17 r. 10 Articles--Other Authors 1794-1934

Includes writings by Arthur Schomburg. Major Topics: Art of Richmond Barthe, E. SimmsCampbell, R. S. Duncanson; Race Relations: Adjustment of Whites and Negroes in theUnited States by Willis D. Weatherford, Charles S. Johnson; The Normal Condition of theBlacks or a Lost Republic by J. H. Van Evrie; Aleksander Pushkin's Black ancestry; Africanhistory; Prince Saunders; Ira Aldridge's acting career; lgnatus Sancho.

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b. 14 f. 18.1 r. 10 Articles--Unidentified (Incomplete Typescripts)Includes writings by Arthur Schomburg. Major Topics: History of slavery; Black actors in roleof Othello, including Ira Aldridge; Black inventors, including Benjamin Banneker; RobertBrown Elliott's work for civil rights; German Africa; Baltimore (Maryland) free Blacks'presentation of Bible to Abraham Lincoln; Black people in Latin American history; Blackcontribution to agriculture; Haiti; Black participation in League of Nations.

Writings by Others (cont.)II. Professional & Literary Activities (cont.)

b. 14 f. 18.2 r. 10 Articles--Unidentified (Incomplete Typescripts)Includes writings by Arthur Schomburg. Major Topics: Jean-Baptiste Lislet-Geoffrey; BlackLatin American and North American history; history of slavery, slave insurrections; Blackpeople in War of 1812; explorers in Africa; Howard Carter's archaeological work in Egypt;Black journalists; Black artists, Black people as subjects of art; Benjamin Banneker.

III. Subject & Reference File 1724-1937 (3 boxes 1.25 linear feet 2 reels .13 linear feet)

The Subject and Reference File consists of a variety of material, including reference notes,transcriptions of articles from newspapers, transcriptions and translations of speeches, letters,and essays about historical figures and events, biographical essays, and manuscripts by otherauthors.

The Subject and Reference File is arranged in alphabetical order by author or title.

b. 15 f. 1 r. 11 The Address by John Stewart 1827Major Topic: Religion.

b. 15 f. 2 r. 11 Address of Chief Amoah III given at The Library 1927Major Topics: Exploitation of, life in, trade in, social development of, judicial system of, andgovernment of Africa.

b. 15 f. 3 r. 11 Aldridge, Ira--Plays, Roles, and Number of Performancesb. 15 f. 4 r. 11 Aldridge, Ira -- Memorandum by B. Miller

Major Topics: Book lists; acting career; Pietro Calvi's bust; genealogy.

b. 15 f. 5 r. 11 Antigua Quarterly Agricultural Report (Transcription) 1819Major Topics: Agriculture and farming methods in West Indies; meteorological statistics.

b. 15 f. 6 r. 11 "The Babe of Bethlehem," by William H. Perryb. 15 f. 7 r. 11 "Cheerfulness" -- Two essays by W. H. and Mary W. Smedley 1873

b. 15 f. 8 r. 11 Chicago Defender, vols. I-V 1895-1909Transcriptions. Major Topics: Politics and Black Americans; slavery in U.S., Africa; antilynchinglaws, incidents of lynching and race riots; interracial marriage; incidents of racial discriminationand segregation in employment, education, transportation, trade unions, other areas of life;Black employment as doctors, teachers, soldiers, journalists, other fields; prominent Blackfigures in history and present (1890s, 1900s) including Pierre Dominique ToussaintL'Ouverture, Benjamin Banneker, Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells Barnett; U.S. presidentsand Black Americans; attitude toward Black Americans in South (U.S.); Black relations witheach other.

b. 15 f. 9 r. 11 Chicago Defender, vols. VI-X 1895-1909Transcriptions. Major Topics: Politics and Black Americans, including Black suffrage; U.S.presidents and Black Americans; racial discrimination and segregation in housing, women'sclubs, transportation; Black employment in government, military, medicine, religion, science,and other fields; Black education, American Indians; prominent Black figures in history andpresent (1890s, 1900s) including Booker T. Washington, John Smallwood; incidents of lynchingand race riots, antilynching laws; abolitionism; Black people and crime; Black health.

b. 15 f. 10 r. 11 "Consanguinary" by Henry B. Wilkinson 1933Poem

b. 15 f. 11 r. 11 Douglas, Aaron -- Prospectus for Portrait of the American NegroMajor Topics: Black history; race riots; trials; Black athletes.

b. 15 f. 12 r. 11 Douglass, Frederick 1868-1888Transcription of letters from Douglass. Major Topics: Douglass's appointment as ministerresident and consul general to Haiti; his travels in Italy; his comment about women and politics;John Brown.

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b. 15 f. 13 r. 11 The Echo Newsletter 1934Major Topics: YMCA; William Monroe Trotter's death; Prohibition; importance of religion toBlack community; Fernando Schomburg's editorship of the newsletter.

III. Subject & Reference File (cont.)

b. 15 f. 14 r. 11 Elegy on the Death of a Late Celebrated Poetess 1784Transcription from Boston Magazine. Major Topics: Phillis Wheatley's death; hercorrespondence; Samson Occom's (American Indian preacher) interest in Black Americans,American Indians.

b. 15 f. 15 r. 11 Figueroa, Sotero Obituary 1923 October 10Translation by his son, Pace Figueroa, taken from "La Discusion" of Havana, Cuba. MajorTopics: Sotero Figueroa's death; his contribution to Cuban independence; his work forunification of Cuba and Puerto Rico.

b. 15 f. 16 r. 11 Foster Hall Bulletin, nos. 1-7 1937Transcriptions. Includes other Foster Hall publications. Major Topics: Correspondence toSchomburg; biography, music of Stephen Foster; actor W. D. Rice; Black minstrelsy; music of1844 presidential campaign; Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1800s; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; music of CivilWar.

b. 15 f. 17 r. 11 Habana by D. Manuel Sanguily 1886Typescript. In Spanish.

b. 15 f. 18 r. 11 HaitiUnidentified photocopied and typewritten translation from a book. Major Topics: Slavery; PierreDominique Toussaint L'Ouverture; Haitian independence; Jean Jacques Dessalines; King HenriChristophe; commerce, education, and government in Haiti; Sister Teresa of Salamanca.

b. 15 f. 19 r. 11 Haitian-Dominican Embroglio 1937 November

b. 15 f. 20 r. 11 "Harriet Beecher Stowe's Biography" by William H. Ferris 1938Typescript. Major Topics: Review of a biography of Harriet Beecher Stowe written by CatherineGilbertson; Harriet Beecher Stowe's books.

b. 15 f. 21 r. 11 Henri 1816Original French and Translation from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume IX, April-August 1821. Major Topic: Haiti.

b. 15 f. 22 r. 11 Henry Christophe 1820 October 28Translated from French by Eleanor Johnson. Major Topics: Jean Jacques Dessalines; crimes ofKing Henri Christophe.

b. 15 f. 23 r. 11 Latinus (Juan Latino)Translated from French by Eleanor Johnson

b. 15 f. 24 r. 11 The Liberator 1832-1834Transcriptions from vols. II-IV. Major Topics: Juan De Paresa; sale of Thomas Jefferson'sdaughter; marriages of Richard M. Johnson's mulatto daughters.

b. 15 f. 25 r. 11 Liberty in the Name of the French Republic 1800Translated from French by Eleanor Johnson

b. 15 f. 26 r. 11 Lyons, William Henry -- Questionnaire re Genealogyb. 15 f. 27 r. 11 McKay, Claude -- Review of A Long Way from Home by William S. Cauthierb. 15 f. 28 r. 11 Miscellaneous Manuscripts And Translations 1789-1928

Includes excerpt copied from "Negroes in Sevilla" by A.A. Schomburg from March 1928,Opportunity. Major Topics: Nicolas Leonard; Dominican Republic National Assembly.

b. 15 f. 29 r. 11 Negro Education Club 1935 May 25Major Topics: Testimonial for Mabel Carney; discussion of Black education.

b. 15 f. 30 r. 11 "The Negro In Mexico During The Period Of Discovery And Colonization"Typescript

b. 15 f. 31 r. 11 "The Negro In The Public Schools Of New York City"Major Topics: Manumission Society; history of education; Grover Cleveland's and TheodoreRoosevelt's bills ending segregation in education.

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b. 16 f. 32 r. 11 "Negroes In The Discovery And Development Of America" (Incomplete),with "The Negro in Central America Before Columbus"Typescript. Major Topics: Black contribution to agriculture; correspondence by J.M. Boddy;Black ancestry of American Indian; Black history in Latin America and North America; slavery;gold in Africa; African history; book lists; training of Black divers for pearls.


b. 16 f. 33 r. 11 "Negroes In The Discovery And Development Of America"Manuscript. Major Topics: Black contribution to agriculture; Black history in Latin America andNorth America; slavery; African history; ancient libraries.

b. 16 f. 34 r. 11 "Observations On The Slave-Trade"Translated From French By Eleanor Johnson. Major Topic: Slavery in French colonies.

b. 16 f. 35 r. 11 "Official Report Of A Raid" 1724 September 25Translated From French By Eleanor Johnson. Major Topic: Raid upon bookseller.

b. 16 f. 36 r. 11 135th Street Branch -- Staff (Job Descriptions) 1936Major Topics: Budget; art collection; staff.

b. 16 f. 37 r. 11 "Pagina Literaria De El Pais" 1935Newspaper clippings

b. 16 f. 38 r. 11 Pedroso, Pastor Argudin -- Biographical Referenceb. 16 f. 39 r. 12 "A Protest From The Colored Citizens Of The French Islands And Colonies"

1790Translation

b. 16 f. 40 r. 12 Pushkin, Alexander S. -- Commemoration 1937 FebruaryMajor Topics: Biography of Pushkin; United Front of Russian Workers.

b. 16 f. 41 r. 12 Race Relations Bureau -- Report By Lemuel L. Foster 1936Major Topics: Black workers in WPA; discrimination charges against WPA; formation of RaceRelations Bureau.

b. 16 f. 42.1 r. 12 Reference NotesMajor Topics: Black actors, including Ira Aldridge; book lists on Africa, slavery, West Indies;correspondence by and re William Lloyd Garrison; Black education; Black contribution to Dutchcolonies; Black history in Latin America and North America, including Prince Saunders, PierreDominique Toussaint L'Ouverture; Black writers, including Juan Latino, Paul Lawrence Dunbar;history of French colonies; Black inventors; Black contributions to agriculture.

b. 16 f. 42.2 r. 12 Reference NotesMajor Topics: Slavery; Black literature; Black education; Black history in Latin America andNorth America; Samson Occom; book lists on Seminole Indians and abolition; PrinceSaunders; correspondence by Schomburg.

b. 16 f. 42.3 r. 12 Reference NotesMajor Topics: Richard Berry "Lawd" Harrison's death; Black actors, Ira Aldridge, J. A. Arneaux;Black history in Latin America; American Revolution; Bible; Black contributions to agriculture;draft of Schomburg's correspondence about his resignation from New York Urban League;Black education; Black employment; abolition of slavery.

b. 16 f. 42.4 r. 12 Reference NotesMajor Topics: Book lists including West Indian history; Jonathan Granville; Black education;Black religion; Cuban writers; Black artists; exhibit of Ira Aldridge, Victor Sejour at NYPL, 135thStreet Branch; Francis Williams' poetry; Africa; Prince Saunders.

b. 16 f. 42.5 r. 12 Reference NotesMajor Topics: Book lists; Henri Christophe, King of Haiti; George Washington's slaves; Blackhistory in Latin America; Black contributions to agriculture; benefits of academic training formusicians; Creoles; NYPL acquisitions; Freemasonry; various references to Ira Aldridge, alsohis correspondence.

b. 17 f. 43.1 r. 12 Reference NotesMajor Topics: Slavery in Spanish colonies, leaders of slave insurrections, including Nat Turner;Black history in Latin America and North America; Black participation in League of Nations;Phillis Wheatley's death; African history; Prince Saunders; Black artists; miscegenation; PaulRobeson; Black contribution to agriculture.

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b. 17 f. 43.2 r. 12 Reference NotesMajor Topics: Prince Saunders; NYPL's acquisition of bust of Booker T. Washington; Haitianindependence and Haitians' contributions to American Revolution; U.S. presidents and BlackAmericans; Black journalists; Black history in Latin America; history of slavery; book lists onBlack military history, Black rights; speeches on economy at National Association ofManufacturers meeting; Black actors.


b. 17 f. 44 r. 12 "Register Containing The Proclamations, Ordinances And Addresses OfGeneral Toussaint Louverture"Translation By Eleanor Johnson

b. 17 f. 45 r. 12 "Revue De L'hist. Des Colonies Francaises"Transcription

b. 17 f. 46 r. 12 "Saint George"Translation By Eleanor Johnson

b. 17 f. 47 r. 12 "Schomburg" By Gustavo E. UrrutiaMajor Topics: Curator positions at NYPL, Fisk University; American Negro Academypresidency; membership in the Society for Negro Historical Research; membership in the TwoAntilles of New York (Cuban organization).

b. 17 f. 48 r. 12 "The Serenade" By Jack ThornePoem

b. 17 f. 49 r. 12 "A Speech From The Citizens Of Color Of The French Isles And Colonies"1790Translation

b. 17 f. 50.1 r. 12 "Tales Of The Western Indies By A Resident" Part 1 1830Pages 1-74; Transcription from 1934. Major Topics: Slavery; British military; Caribe Indians;Black ancestry of American Indians; Black rebellion in French colonies; relations betweenFrench and British colonies; Creoles; hurricane; French aid to slave insurrections in BritishWest Indies; Victor Hughes.

b. 17 f. 50.2 r. 12 "Tales Of The Western Indies By A Resident" Part 2 1830

Pages 75-188; Transcription from 1934. Major Topics: Slavery, slave insurrections, comparisonof slavery with European workers' conditions, Creoles; Scotch indentured servants; prisonconditions and convict ships; British war with French; British settlement in Martinique; health;education in Europe; agriculture; hurricanes.

b. 17 f. 51 r. 12 "Time, Calendology And The Techni-Calendar" By Moses Ashleyb. 17 f. 52 r. 12 "To Bernelot Moens" By Nancy Cunard 1934

Poem. Major Topics: Bernelot Moens' views on Supra-Nation; human rights; racial oppression.

b. 17 f. 53 r. 12 "Tra Le Donne Artisti Sofonisba Anguissola..." By Gustavo Frizzonib. 17 f. 54 r. 12 Trotter, William Monroe -- Biographical Information

Major Topics: Niagara movement; reformers in New England; George Washington Forbes;NAACP; Booker T. Washington; William Monroe's relations with U.S. presidents, work againstgovernment segregation; roles in National Liberty Congress, Colored World DemocracyCongress, National Equal Rights League; Black soldiers in World War I.

b. 17 f. 55 r. 12 Vincent, Sténio, President Of The Republic Of Haiti -- Proclamation 1934Translation

b. 17 f. 56 r. 12 "Welcome Brother Debtor" By Francis WilliamsPoem

b. 17 f. 57 r. 12 William Wilberforce, Esq. To Lord Teignmouth 1817 June 18Transcription of letter. Major Topics: King Henri Christophe's support of distribution of Biblesamong Haitians, views on education, British views of King Henri, family life; Spanish andPortuguese abolishment of slave trade, slavery in French colonies and U.S., and abolitionism inU.S.; religion and government; religion, royalty in Great Britain; British citizens in West Indies;agriculture in Haiti, including cotton production; Haitian independence; judicial system in Haiti.

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b. 17 f. 58 r. 12 Woodson, Carter G. -- NotesMajor Topics: Schomburg's correspondence to Woodson with biographical data pertaining toprominent Black figures (Frederick Douglass, Dred Scott, Crispus Attucks), workers for Blackcause and abolitionists (including Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown, Granville Sharp);leaders of slave insurrections, history of slavery, abolition movement; Black education; Blackhistory; establishment of Dominican Republic; Black explorers; American Colonization Society;Black soldiers in Civil War; Benjamin Brawley's statement on Encyclopedia of the Negro inanswer to Carter G. Woodson; book lists.


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