Writers' Program, New York City: Negroes of New York collection

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unitid

{"value"=>"21183", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"Sc Micro R-6544", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"Sc MG 24", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"b11928496", "type"=>"local_b"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1936-1941", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1936/1941"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Writers' Program, New York City: Negroes of New York collection"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"10 boxes, 5 reels", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"4.48 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

origination

{"value"=>"Writers' Program (New York, N.Y.)", "type"=>"corpname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>The studies for this collection were compiled by workers of the Writers' Program of the Works Projects Administration in New York City.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>This collection consists of 41 studies of the history of Blacks in New York City. Included are biographical sketches and studies relating to cultural achievements, history, slavery, economics, sports, theater, churches, as well as other subjects. Authors of the studies include Ralph Ellison, Abram Hill, and Ellen Tarry. Also included is a manuscript of <span class=\"title\">The Negro in New York: An Informal Social History</span> edited by Roi Ottley, which was originally prepared by the Federal Writers' Project of New York City.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

processinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Compiled digitally by <span class=\"name\">Kay Menick</span>, <span class=\"date\">2016</span>.</p>"}

userestrict

{"value"=>"<p>Researchers are restricted to microfilm copy.</p>"}

relatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>Also available online via The New York Public Library Digital Collections.</p>"}

revisiondesc

{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2021 April 5"}

date_start

1936

keydate

1936

date_end

1941

date_inclusive_start

1936

date_inclusive_end

1941

prefercite

{"value"=>"[Item], Writers' Program, New York City: Negroes of New York collection, Sc Micro R-6544, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"The studies for this collection were compiled by workers of the Writers' Program of the Works Projects Administration in New York City. This collection consists of 41 studies of the history of Blacks in New York City. Included are biographical sketches and studies relating to cultural achievements, history, slavery, economics, sports, theater, churches, as well as other subjects. Authors of the studies include Ralph Ellison, Abram Hill, and Ellen Tarry. Also included is a manuscript of <span class=\"title\">The Negro in New York: An Informal Social History</span> edited by Roi Ottley, which was originally prepared by the Federal Writers' Project of New York City.", "generated"=>true}

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1. "An Account of the Effects of the Publication of Frederick Douglass' Autobiography in New York"
2. Art in New York [11/1]
3. Biographical Sketches A-D [32/1]
4. Biographical Sketches F-Ha [47/1]
5. Biographical Sketches He-M [29/1]
6. Biographical Sketches O-St [32/1]
7. Biographical Sketches Su-Z [32/1]
8. The Black Jews of Abyssinia and Harlem [7/1]
9. Characteristics and Samples of Negro Speech in New York [2/1]
10. "Chief Sam and His 'Back to Africa Movement'"
11. The Church in New York [47/1]
12. The Dance [16/1]
13. Discriminatory Practices Against Negroes [8/1]
14. Economic History of the Negroes of New York [59/1]
15. Education of Negroes in New York [20/1]
16. History and Historical Questions, Numbers 1-72 [2/2]
17. The Housing of Negroes in New York City [13/1]
18. The Influence of the Haitian Revolution [5/1]
19. Intellectual Attainments and Cultural Life [25/1]
20. Marcus Garvey [12/1]
21. Medicine and Health [11/1]
22. Migration and the Negro Population of New York City [6/1]
23. Minority National Groups... Their Influence on Negroes
24. Miscegenation [4/1]
25. Motion Pictures and Negro Actors [5/1]
26. Music and Musicians [45/1]
27. The Negro in Manhattan
28. "The Negro in New York: A Bibliography"
29. Negro Inventors, Architects, and Engineers [9/1]
30. Negro Organizations in New York City [100/1]
31. The Negro Press [31/1]
32. Negro Policemen and Firemen
33. Negroes in Queensboro, Bronx, and Staten Island [4/1]
34. Negroes of New York: An Informal Social History [25/1]
35. Negroes of New York: An Informal History [17/1]
36. Negroes of New York (an informal social history) [22/1]
37. New York: City and People [25/1]
38. Plans, Outlines, Correspondence, Etc. for Negroes of New York [39/1]
39. Political Life and Organizations of Negroes in New York City [35/1]
40. "The Significance and Story Behind the Fight to Have 'Negro' Spelled with Capital 'N'"
41. Slavery and the Slave Trade in New York [75/1]
42. Social Adjustments of Negroes in New York City [12/1]
43. Sports [24/1]
44. The Theatre [51/1]
45. Welfare and Public Relief Development for Negroes in New York [4/1]
46. "Woman Suffrage and the Negro"