Scope and arrangement
Arrangement
Generally arranged alphabetically by author's last name, title, organization name, or conference name.
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- Call number
- Sc MG 43
- Physical description
- 38.51 linear feet (97 boxes, 6 volumes, 1 oversize folder)
- Language
- Multiple languages; The majority of the material is in English, but some is in French, Spanish, and Creole.
- Preferred Citation
- [Item], Literary and scholarly manuscripts collection, Sc MG 43, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.Restrictions apply
This collection consists of typescripts of novels, biographies, essays, and poems on historical, sociological, and educational issues, and conference papers. Some of the typescripts appear as final drafts, others as working drafts with author's annotations and corrections. Manuscripts included are "A Talk to Teachers: The Negro Child, His Self Image" by James Baldwin; "Slavery and Capitalism" by Eric Williams; "Life in a Haitian Valley" by Melville J. Herskovits; "American Dilemma" by Gunnar Myrdal; and poems by Waring Cuney, among others. Other authors represented are Arna Bontemps, Horace Mann Bond, Lloyd Brown, Helen Buckler, Henrietta Buckmaster, John H. Clark, Benjamin Davis, Ralph Ellison, Arthur Huff Fauset, and E. Franklin Frazier. Conference material includes Melville J. Herskovits and the Future of Africana Studies (Schomburg Center, May 1988); Marcus Garvey Centennial Conference (Jamaica, November 1987); and the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (Nigeria, 1977).
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gifts from various donors, 1976-2018; see individual items for specific donor information. Some manuscripts transferred from the Arthur A. Schomburg papers (Sc Micro R-2798).
Revision History
Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark. (2021 January 29)
Key terms
Names
- Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
- Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014
- Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988
- Bond, Horace Mann, 1904-1972
- Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973
- Buckmaster, Henrietta
- Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 1904-1971
- Clarke, John Henrik, 1915-1998
- Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
- Ellison, Ralph
- Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
- Myrdal, Gunnar, 1898-1987
- Sissle, Noble, 1889-1975
Subjects
- African American authors
- African Americans -- Economic conditions
- African Americans -- Education
- African Americans -- History
- American fiction -- African American authors
- American literature -- African American authors
- American poetry -- African American authors
- Authors, Black
- Race relations
- Slavery -- United States
Places
Using the collection
Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.Access restrictions
Two sets of papers, Inter-Regional Project "The Slave Route" ("La Route de L'Esclave") Conference papers and the Third Annual Conference on the Horn of Africa papers, are unavailable at this time.