- Creator
- Spingarn, Joel Elias, 1875-1939
- Call number
- Sc MG 174
- Physical description
- .4 linear feet
- Preferred Citation
- Joel E. and Amy E. Spingarn papers, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
- Access to materials
- Request access to this collection.
Joel and Amy Spingarn were philanthropists, humanitarians, and patrons of the arts. Letters from Joel E. Spingarn to Amy Spingarn written during the 1914-1915 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) speaking tour, and some letters, 1930s, concerning Joel's NAACP activities; letters to Amy Spingarn regarding researcher access to the Joel E. Spingarn collections at the Moorland Collection at Howard University and the James Weldon Johnson Collection at Yale University; material regarding the opening of Joel E. Spingarn High School in Washington, D.C.; an 1898 speech; NAACP printed material; letters to W.E.B. Du Bois; articles by and about Arthur Spingarn; typescript by Jacques Roumain on Vodun (voodoo); and printed material.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift, Tranum, Honor, 09/09/1980Key terms
Names
- Spingarn, Joel Elias, 1875-1939
- Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
- Roumain, Jacques, 1907-1944
- Spingarn, Amy E., (Amy Einstein), 1883-
- Spingarn, Arthur B. (Arthur Barnett), 1878-1971
- Joel E. Spingarn High School (Washington, D.C.)
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Subjects
- African Americans -- Civil rights
- African Americans -- Societies, etc
- High schools -- Washington (D.C.)
- Philanthropists
- Voodoo -- Haiti
Places
Using the collection
Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor