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Lincoln School for Nurses
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 248
2.26 linear feet (4 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
The Lincoln School for Nurses, a privately endowed institution, was founded in 1898 in the Bronx, to train Black women to become nurses at a time when this kind of education was not available. The collection consists primarily of printed material.
Demby family
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 106
1.4 linear feet
Edward Demby was the first black Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church, his wife Antoinette M. Demby was a member of the first graduating class of nurses from Howard University's Freedmen's Hospital. Bishop Demby's collection, 1893-1957,...
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Cobb, Jewel Plummer, 1924-2017
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 298
29.46 linear feet (72 boxes, 2 tubes). 28 megabytes (1,241 computer files)
Jewel Plummer Cobb (1924-2017) was a Black scientist, educator, and advocate for Black women entering the scientific field. Cobb's papers hold her professional publications; research files on cancer, particularly melanoma; and her personal files....
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Cobb, Jewel Plummer, 1924-2017
Photographs and Prints Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture | Sc Photo Jewel Plummer Cobb Collection
5.13 linear feet (22 boxes). Approximately 2,500 photographic prints. Approximately 500 photographs : negatives (rolls of film). Approximately 50 photographic slides. 6 photograph albums
Jewel Plummer Cobb (1924-2017) was a Black scientist, educator, and advocate for Black women entering the scientific field. The collection holds prints, slides, negatives, and scrapbooks that illustrate her professional life, family, and friends....
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