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Creator
Universal Negro Improvement Association
Call number
Sc MG 442
Physical description
2 folders, 1 ledger
Preferred Citation
[Item], Universal Negro Improvement Association Philadelphia Division records, Sc MG 442, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
Repository
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
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The Universal Negro Improvement Association was an international self-help organization founded in 1914 by Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) in Jamaica. The Universal Negro Improvement Association - Philadelphia Division Records consist of one ledger, only partially filled in, containing membership lists, and a number of entries relating to embezzlement charges leveled against the President of the division, Fred A. Toote. There are two folders of letters, 1919-1920, containing 3 authorgraph letters signed from Hubert H. Harrison to Joseph St. Prix (who appears to have been the owner of this collection), one letter from Henry Dolphin to Anderson Joseph, St. Prix's partner in a shoe repair business, and the rest relate to UNIA business matters. Additionally, there are several flyers for a parade given by the Universal African Legion, 1920 in Camden New Jersey and for a UNIA mass meeting.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Gift, Amacedo Dumaka, 1991

Using the collection

Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor

Access to materials

Some collections held by the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture are held off-site and must be requested in advance. Please check the collection records in the NYPL's online catalog for detailed location information. To request access to materials in the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, please visit: http://archives.nypl.org/scm/request_access Request access to this collection.