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{"value"=>"<p>The Correspondence is separated into three subseries: Letters to Schomburg, 1904-1938, Letters by Schomburg, 1914-1938, and Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1909-1938. The first two subseries are arranged alphabetically by the correspondent's name or affiliation. The third subseries is subdivided by type, such as Invitations, Greeting Cards, and Miscellaneous Letters. Schomburg's correspondents included a number of prominent people in the fields of arts and letters, politics and civil rights, such as John E. Bruce, Henrietta Buckmaster, W.E.B. Du Bois, W.C. Handy, Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, J.A. Rogers, The Honorable Sténio Vincent (President of Haiti), Walter White, Carter G. Woodson, Charles S. Johnson, Nancy Cunard, Albert Smith, and fellow collectors and bibliophiles William C. Bolivar, Henry Slaughter and Arthur Spingarn. The letters relate to Schomburg's position as Curator of the Schomburg Collection, as well as to his intellectual interests and personal life.</p> <p> Please note that letters to John Edward Bruce were transferred to the John Edward Bruce Papers (Additions), held at the Schomburg Center.</p>"}