Found 2 collections related to Historians.

William Seraile (born 1941) is a noted African American historian, pedagogue, writer, and community activist who was one of the earliest scholars to teach African American history within an academic department focused on Black studies. Seraile played a large role in the establishment of Herbert H. Lehman College's Black Studies department, and taught there for 36 years. His papers, dating from 1905 to 2025 (the bulk date from 1956 to 2024), document his academic career, research, writings, activism, and family through correspondence, research files, writings, clippings, flyers, family papers, scrapbooks, journals, posters, and literature and mailings from multiple community and political organizations and activist groups. less

Hollis Lynch (born 1935) is a Tobagonian scholar of African history and professor emeritus at Columbia University. Lynch's papers, dating from 1920 to 2021 (bulk dates 1940 to 2007), trace his career as a researcher and educator with subject files; correspondence; and primary sources and notes used for his academic writings. The collection also holds personal files, and materials related to Richmond Great House, an 18th century plantation home in Tobago owned by Lynch. less