Found 3 collections related to Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Intellectual life

The New Heritage Theatre Group records consists of playbills, broadsides, flyers, playscripts, correspondence and printed matter relating to the organization's productions and events from 1965-2015. Of particular note are original playscripts and production materials for the South African musical "Sarafina!" (1988-1991) and flyers and announcements for a play reading series entitled "Voices of Griots" (1991-1996). There is also a biographical file for Roger Furman. less

The 135th Street Branch Records document staff activities as they serviced the information needs of the Harlem community. There are eleven ledgers (1905-1935) containing lists of acquisitions, circulation statistics, library card registrations, and fines. There are also annual Children's Room reports from 1922 to 1950. The Correspondence, 1921-1951, includes a folder of correspondence between Ernestine Rose and Franklin F. Hopper, the Chief of the Circulation Department of the New York Public Library, and a file for Dorothy R. Homer, who became the Branch Librarian following Ernestine Rose's retirement in 1942. less

Kanya Vashon McGhee, also known as Kanya KéKumbha, was the owner of the Tree of Life Books of Harlem, a metaphysical bookstore formerly located in Harlem, New York. His father, Norman L. McGhee Sr., was the first African American licensed to trade stocks in the Midwest, and the first African American to own a brokerage firm and mutual investment fund in the United States. The Kanya Vashon McGhee papers primarily contains materials pertaining to the Tree of Life bookstore, as well as assorted ephemera; certificates; and printed matter belonging to Kanya Vashon McGhee and Norman L. McGhee, Sr. less