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James Weldon Johnson collection
- Title
- James Weldon Johnson collection, 1930-1998.
- Author
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938.
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Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Folder 2 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 698 Folder 2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Folder 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 698 Folder 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Description
- 2 folders
- Summary
- The James Weldon Johnson collection consists primarily of programs honoring Johnson following his death in 1938, including those sponsored by the NAACP, Yale University Library, Virginia Union University, and Hampton Institute. Two programs printed during his lifetime provide information about subjects for his lectures and work with students at Fisk University. News clippings discuss a marker erected, in 1972, at the site of his home in Jacksonville, Florida. An obituary marks the passing of his widow, Grace Nail Johnson, in 1976, and two towels with their embroidered initials complete the collection.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Programs.
- Note
- Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
- Drawing transferred to Art and Artifacts Division.
- Source (note)
- Sondra Wilson
- Biography (note)
- James Weldon Johnson was a publisher, educator, lawyer, composer, artist, diplomat and civil rights leader. Together with his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, he wrote the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing", which came to be known as the "Negro National Anthem" as well as a large number of popular songs for the musical stage of the early twentieth century. Johnson also served as consul of the United States to Venezuela and Nicaragua. He wrote several books and served as editor of the "New York Age." From 1920-1931, Johnson was field secretary, then secretary, of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. In 1930, he became chair of Creative Literature and Writing at Fisk University.
- Processing Action (note)
- Processed
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- Sc MG 698
- OCLC
- NYPW02-A313
- Author
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938.
- Title
- James Weldon Johnson collection, 1930-1998.
- Biography
- James Weldon Johnson was a publisher, educator, lawyer, composer, artist, diplomat and civil rights leader. Together with his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, he wrote the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing", which came to be known as the "Negro National Anthem" as well as a large number of popular songs for the musical stage of the early twentieth century. Johnson also served as consul of the United States to Venezuela and Nicaragua. He wrote several books and served as editor of the "New York Age." From 1920-1931, Johnson was field secretary, then secretary, of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. In 1930, he became chair of Creative Literature and Writing at Fisk University.
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- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 698