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- Call number
- Sc MG 533
- Physical description
- 0.21 linear feet (1 box)
- Language
- English
- Preferred Citation
- [Item], Charles Turner scrapbook, Sc MG 533, 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.
This scrapbook was possibly kept by Charles Turner of St. Louis in 1896 and 1897; consists of clippings from different newspapers about issues and events, both serious and not-so-serious, affecting Black people. Subjects in clippings include: white violence against Black workers at Hawthorne Mills, Eldorado, Arkansas; Richard T. Greener; Masons; Sandy Alexander Mix of St. Louis; O.M. Wood, principal of L'Ouverture Colored School; B.T. Washington; and the Black vote. There are programs and playbills for theatrical events, concerts, and lectures, and a poem.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Possibly purchased from Lambeth Book, March 1988.
Processing information
Accessioned by Diana Lachatanere, April 1988.
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