Scope and arrangement
The collection contains one audio recording of an interview with ABA member Alberta Peterson, and one video of a meeting of ABA's Metropolitan Bridge Unit (MBU). They are organized in chronological order.
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- Creator
- American Bridge Association
- Call number
- Sc MIRS American 1984-38
- Physical description
- 1 video_recording. 1 audio_recording
- Language
- English
- Preferred Citation
- American Bridge Association audio and moving image collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division, The New York Public Library
- Sponsor
- An anonymous donor funded preliminary processing for this collection. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation supported a research library-wide grant for the digitization, and funded the Schomburg for the description and production of the finding aid as part of The Next Century of Black Studies Project.
- Repository
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division
- Access to materials
- Appointment preferred: Request an in-person research appointment.
The American Bridge Association (ABA) was formed in 1932 by a group of African American bridge players in order to combat racial prejudice, segregation, and exclusion from membership and competition in the American Contract Bridge League. The collection contains two items.
Biographical/historical information
The American Bridge Association (ABA) was formed in Buckroe Beach, Virginia, in 1932 by a group of African American bridge players in order to combat racial prejudice, segregation, and exclusion from membership and competition in the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL).
In 1967, ACBL changed its by-laws to allow African Americans to become full members, eliminating the racial barrier in professional bridge. ABA continues to sponsor two annual tournaments.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
American Bridge Association, 1984, 1995.
Revision History
Scope and content notes, and extent notes updated to facilitate public access by Lyric Benjamin-Hunter. (2026-05-27)
Processing information
Collection inventoried by Nathan Evans and Stacy Doyle Ference. Collection processed and described by Lyric Evans-Hunter, archivist. Finding aid published in 2024.
Separated material
See the Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division for the American Bridge Association records, Sc MG 274.
See the Photographs and Prints Division for the photographs.
Using the collection
Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Third Floor