Found 3 collections related to African American historians

Papers include letters written to Bruce from black politicians, journalists, intellectuals, and activists including John Wesley Cromwell, Alexander Crummell, Richard T. Greener, T. Thomas Fortune, and Arthur A. Schomburg, as well as manuscript and printed copies of Bruce's articles, editorials, short stories, poems, addresses, and other writings concerning national and local politics, race relations, historical black figures, Haiti, Prince Hall Masons, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Universal Negro Improvement Association, among other topics. less

This collection consists of personal and professional material related to both William Henry and Sadie Winslow. The material contains biograpical papers, such as resumes, personal correspondence, and obituaries; professional correspondence; documents, including printed matter and research material, related to the couple's involvement in various community and political affiliations; and in the case of Henry Winslow, some writing. The bulk of the collection relates to the couple's community affiliations. less

This collection consists of one folder of papers relating to the personal and professional life of John Edward Bruce. Included is a drawing of an invention of a metal binder clasp by Bruce; an 1888 letter from Bruce to M. L. Robinson of the National Leader accepting the position of associate editor; a printed poem ("Song of the Night Child") with a picture of Bruce; an essay entitled "Great Thoughts by Great Negroes" (authorship is unclear); a copy of the "Congressional Record" (1918) in which Bruce's pamphlet, "A Tribute for the Negro Soldier", was included; and invitations such as a one for a testimonial dinner for Bruce (1905). Also included is correspondence between Bruce and friends such as Arthur A. Schomburg, J. E. Aggrey, W. M. Trotter, Rufus L. Perry, and Emmett J. Scott; and a letter of condolence to the relatives of author Frances E. W. Harper, including her obituary from the Theban Literary Circle (1911), of which Bruce was president and Arthur A. Schomburg was a member. less