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Found 4 collections related to Jack, Hulan E. (Hulan Edwin), 1906-1986
Jack, Hulan E. (Hulan Edwin), 1906-1986
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 909
0.42 linear feet (1 box)
Hulan Jack was born in British Guiana (Guyana) in 1906. He immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 16. Jack is most noted for being the first Black borough president in New York City (Manhattan), elected in 1954. For more biographical information see...
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Bruce, Herbert L., 1900-1990
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 79
3.21 linear feet (4 boxes)
Herbert L. Bruce was the district leader of the 12th and 21st Assembly Districts, and the first black Tammany Hall leader in New York City, 1935-1945. This collection consists of personal papers, letters, texts of speeches, news clippings, and...
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Walton, Lester A., 1882-1965
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 183
The Lester A. Walton Papers document his diversified careers as a journalist, diplomat, and civic leader and consist of personal papers, material on his entertainment and journalistic careers, his tenure as the American representative to Liberia,...
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Jack, Hulan E. (Hulan Edwin), 1906-1986
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 478
17.59 linear feet (22 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
Hulan Edwin Jack was the first Black borough president in New York City, representing Manhattan from 1954-1961. The Hulan E. Jack papers document Jack's years in the New York State Assembly and his tenure as borough president.