- 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
- Advance notice required. 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