Scope and arrangement
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
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- Creator
- Negro World Digest
- Call number
- Sc Micro R 1236; Sc Micro R-1236
- Physical description
- 0.06 linear feet (1 reel)
- Language
- English
- Preferred Citation
- [Item], Negro World Digest records, Sc Micro R 1236, 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
The Negro World Digest was a monthly periodical which began publication in July 1940 and ceased publication after the December issue of the same year. It condensed the best in writings by or about Blacks, reflecting the life, thought, and achievement of Blacks worldwide. The Digest, edited by William Cummings and A. Jackson, featured such writers as Zora Neale Hurston, James Weldon Johnson, Ralph Ellison, and Sterling Brown, and represented a variety of African, British, and American publications. This collection mostly contains correspondence covering the period 1939-1941. Additionally, there are some articles intended for publication, and information regarding advertising, reprint permissions, sales, and distribution. Also there are some congratulatory letters, office notes, and memoranda.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Unknown provenance, ca. 1968.
Revision History
Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark. (2021 January 28)
Processing information
Processed by Thomas A. Ekkens, 1968. This inventory was one of several prepared as a part of the archival program at the New York Public Library's Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History. Necessary staff and supplies for this project were made possible by a combination of library funds; special city, state, and federal government funds; and Ford Foundation funds.
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
Researchers are restricted to microfilm copy.