Research Catalog
Allan Malcolm Morrison papers
- Title
- Allan Malcolm Morrison papers, 1940-1968.
- Author
- Morrison, Allan, 1916-1968.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | r. 3 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc Micro R-3537 r. 3 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | r. 2 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc Micro R-3537 r. 2 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | r. 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc Micro R-3537 r. 1 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Details
- Description
- 2 lin. ft.
- 3 microfilm reels.
- Summary
- Correspondence, writings, speeches, research files on notable persons and organizations, personal papers and speeches, news clippings, and printed material (chiefly political) relating to Morrison's career and interests. Includes material from his experiences as the first black correspondent for STARS AND STRIPES during World War II, and with the NEGRO WORLD DIGEST, THE PEOPLE'S VOICE, EBONY, DOWNBEAT, the Johnson Publishing Company, Symphony of the New World, and HARYOU-ACT, a Harlem youth program. Also includes writings and speeches of other authors.
- Subjects
- African Americans > Social life and customs
- New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs
- Morrison, Allan, 1916-1968
- African American journalists
- African American periodicals
- United States > History > World War, 1939-1945 > African American troops
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Economic conditions
- Journalists
- Music critics
- African Americans in the newspaper industry
- Symphony of the New World
- African Americans > Music
- Note
- Sc MG 33
- Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
- Political button transferred to Art and Artifacts Division.
- Access (note)
- Researchers are restricted to microfilm copy.
- Reproduction (note)
- Microfilm.
- Source (note)
- Attaway, Ruth
- Biography (note)
- Journalist and jazz and classical music critic.
- Processing Action (note)
- Surveyed
- Accessioned
- Processed
- Cataloging updated
- Call Number
- Sc Micro R-3537
- OCLC
- NYPW89-A156
- Author
- Morrison, Allan, 1916-1968.
- Title
- Allan Malcolm Morrison papers, 1940-1968.
- Access
- Researchers are restricted to microfilm copy.
- Reproduction
- Microfilm. New York, N.Y. : New York Public Library, marketed by Scholarly Resources Inc., 19--. 3 microfilm reels : 35 mm. (MN *ZZ-16215)
- Biography
- Journalist and jazz and classical music critic. During World War IIMorrison became the first African-American war correspondent of STARS ANDSTRIPES, and also worked for EBONY, later becoming the Editorial Bureau Chief of Johnson Publishing Company. Served as Board Chairman of Symphony of the New World.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- African American journalists.Music critics.Journalists.
- LCCN
- ms 79001887
- Research Call Number
- Sc Micro R-3537