Found 2 collections related to Independent bookstores -- New York (State) -- New York

Jeannette Watson owned two independent bookstores on Manhattan's Upper East Side, most notably Books & Co., a literary mainstay from 1977 until its closure in 1997. The Jeannette Watson papers (1977-2011) document her time as a bookseller and publisher under the Books & Co. imprint associated with Turtle Point Press. less

Black Books Plus was a bookstore located in Manhattan that operated from 1989 to 1999. It was owned and operated by Glenderlyn Johnson, a former Schomburg Center librarian, and was one of the few Black-owned bookstores in New York City. The bookstore hosted around 200 book signings with notable and sometimes lesser known Black authors. The Black Books Plus records document the bookstore's event planning, correspondence, stock inventory, and other administrative records. less