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{"value"=>"Sc MG 714", "type"=>"local_call"}
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{"value"=>"1952-2002", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1952/2002"}
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1952
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2002
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1952
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{"value"=>"Joseph A. Boromé papers"}
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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"4 record cartons, 4 lin. ft."}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\"> The New York Public Library Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture</span>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Joseph Alfred Boromé Papers, Sc MG 714. Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"Boromé, Joseph Alfred, 1919-2002", "type"=>"persname"}
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{"value"=>"<div class=\"bioghist\"> <p>Joseph Alfred Boromé was an historian who compiled and edited the correspondence of diverse figures, from librarian and scholar Justin Winsor and Reconstruction Senator Hiram Revels to English abolitionist John Candler and Haitian historical figure Toussaint Louverture. A native New Yorker of West Indian descent, Boromé's parents were from the island of Dominica. He began his career as a librarian followed by a long tenure as a professor of history at The City College of New York (1950-1984). Boromé received his Associates degree from City College in 1942, and later matriculated in Columbia's School of Library Service on a library fellowship from City College. He obtained his Masters degree (1945) and Ph.D. in history (ca. 1950) from Columbia University.</p> <p>While a student at Columbia, Boromé was selected to be a research specialist under the dean in the History Department. He assisted with two publications on the Fair Employment Practices Committee legislation. During this period, he also occupied positions in various libraries including the New York Public Library and Columbia University Library (1943-1950). At Columbia he was first appointed head of the circulation department and then reference librarian. As reference librarian Boromé designed exhibits that highlighted materials on the life and cultures of many different races which proved to be very successful. His accomplishments in this post led to his appointment as head of the Burgess Library at Columbia University (1949-1950) which served the social science departments.</p> <p>Boromé's service to professional library associations included membership in the New York Library Club, assistant editor of <span class=\"title\">Columbia Library World Magazine</span>, and reviewer for <span class=\"title\">Library Journal</span> and <span class=\"title\">New York History Magazine</span> for which he wrote reviews on novels and history books. He was also a member of the American Historical Association and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In the late 1940's he was awarded fellowships from the Julius Rosenwald Fund (1946-1947) and the American Council of Learned Societies to undertake research on the nineteenth century librarian and historian Justin Winsor, the research topic of his Ph.D. dissertation.</p> <p>Subsequent to receiving his doctorate in 1950, Boromé joined the faculty of The City College of New York. As a professor of history his main areas of concentration were Haitian history, the Underground Railroad and Dominica, and he wrote extensively on these subjects. As the recipient of a Social Science Research Council grant and a Ford Foundation fellowship (1953-1954), he produced one of his earliest works on the history of Dominica, although it was never completed. In addition, Boromé received a grant from the American Philosophical Society in 1953 to travel to the Caribbean to conduct research on Dominica. Boromé authored two books, <span class=\"title\">Charles Coffin Jewett</span>Charles Coffin Jewett (1951) and <span class=\"title\">Toussaint Louverture, A Life with Letters</span> (1984) and numerous articles. He died in 2002.</p></div>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The Joseph A. Boromé Papers consist of his published and unpublished writings, scrapbooks, research correspondence, notes, and copies of historical documents. The collection is arranged into two series: Family Memorabilia and Writing and Research.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Joseph A. Boromé papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21898#c656974'>Series I. FAMILY MEMORABILIA, 1959-2006 1 lin. ft.</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>1 linear foot</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains mostly letters and postcards written by Boromé to his mother, Edith Boromé (1890-1971), during his travels abroad from 1952 to 1969. The letters discuss family matters, his research and publications. There are condolence letters and cards written to Boromé in English and Italian, after the passing of his mother in 1971. A scrapbook holds news clippings about Boromé's early career as a librarian at Columbia University and as the recipient of two research fellowships (1943-1953), as well as reviews he wrote for library journals. There are miscellaneous personal items such as a 2002 diary/journal, account books, and several drawings by Boromé. Also represented are items pertaining to his father, Louis J. Boromé (1888-1922) and mother, Edith Boromé, as well as other family memorabilia including membership ribbons and pins from the Dominica Benevolent Society, Daughters of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World (IBPOE-of-W), and the Mayflower Juvenile of the Dominica Benevolent Society.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21898#c656975'>Series II. WRITING AND RESEARCH 3 lin. ft.</a></div>\n<div class='series-extent'>3 linear feet</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series consists of writings on Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian revolution, the island of Dominica, the English and African-American abolitionists John Candler and Robert Purvis, the Underground Railroad, the First Vigilant Committee of Philadelphia, and the African-American spiritualist lecturer and trance medium Paschal Beverly Randolph. Also included is his doctoral dissertation The Life and Letters of Justin Winsor. This series has five sub-series: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution, Dominica, Robert Purvis, Paschal Beverly Randolph, and Justin Winser.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Joseph Alfred Boromé, 2002.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>Books and serials transferred to General Research and Reference Division</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>One LP Record transferred to Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Joseph A. Boromé papers consists of his published and unpublished writings on Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian revolution, the island of Dominica, the English and African-American abolitionists John Candler and Robert Purvis, the Underground Railroad, the First Vigilant Committee of Philadelphia, and the African-American spiritualist lecturer and trance medium Paschal Beverly Randolph. The collection also includes research correspondence, notes, copies of historical documents and scrapbooks. One of the scrapbooks contains news clippings about Boromé's early career as a librarian at Columbia University and as the recipient of two research fellowships (1943-1953), as well as reviews he wrote for library journals. The other scrapbook documents his research trip to Dominica in 1953. Additional material in this collection include lists of Dominican and Barbadian organizations in New York City, his doctoral dissertation The Life and Letters of Justin Winsor, letters written to his mother Edith Boromé from 1947 to 1971, several drawings by Boromé, and family memorabilia including materials pertaining to the Dominica Benevolent Association and to his father Louis J. Boromé (1888-1922)."}
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Miranda Mims; Machine-readable finding aid created by Miranda Mims.</p>"}
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1952
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2002