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Schomburg Center Scrapbooks : Africa.

Title
Schomburg Center Scrapbooks : Africa.
Publication
1926-1940.

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Description
2 volumes (50; 51 leaves) : illustrations; 31 cm
Summary
  • These scrapbooks (1926-1940) are about the continent of Africa and contain clippings and ephemera from a variety of both African American and mainstream newspapers. Topics include status updates on missionary work, changing perceptions of Africa, anthropological explorations of African culture and traditions, and the effects of World War II on North Africa and Ethiopia. Recurring newspaper columns include status updates from Missionary Review of the World and "Salt of Wisdom from Africa," published in Negro World, "Lighting Up Africa" from Louisiana Weekly, and "Africans Say" from the Afro-American.
  • The publications represented include African American newspapers the Afro-American (Baltimore), Boston Chronicle, Boston Guardian, Chicago Bee, Chicago Defender, Chicago Whip, Norfolk Journal and Guide, Louisiana Weekly, Negro World (Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League newspaper), New York Age, New York Amsterdam News, New York News and Harlem Home Journal, Philadelphia Tribune, Pittsburgh Courier, St. Louis Argus, and Washington Tribune. Not all clippings include date or source information.
Donor/Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Uniform Title
  • Afro-American (Baltimore, Md. : National ed.)
  • Chicago defender.
  • New York age (New York, N.Y. : 1887)
  • Pittsburgh courier.
Alternative Title
  • Africa
  • Boston chronicle
  • Boston guardian
  • Chicago bee
  • Louisiana weekly
  • Negro world
  • New York Amsterdam news
  • Norfolk journal and guide
  • Philadelphia tribune
  • St. Louis argus
  • Washington tribune
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Clippings (information artifacts)
  • Scrapbooks.
Note
  • Compiled and bound by The New York Public Library.
  • The staff who assembled the scrapbooks noted their initials alongside the articles they clipped. The staff responsible for these volumes are AJ, AMC, AVR, BB, EJ, EMN, EW, GG, JC, JP, MN, MPT, MS, MW, SC, VK, and WA.
  • Initials EJ likely belong to E. Johnson and MS likely belong to M. Starke, both of whom clipped periodicals at the 135th St. New York Public Library branch. Initials VK likely belong to Vincent Kerr, Assistant Research Worker, and MN likely belong to Marie Neal, Library Clerk, assigned to the 135th St. branch through the Works Progress Administration.
Access (note)
  • Researchers are restricted to the microfilm copy in: Sc Micro R-707 r. 1
Cite As (note)
  • Schomburg Center Scrapbooks, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library
Terms of Use (note)
  • Permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
Biography (note)
  • The Schomburg Center Scrapbooks are a collection of 296 volumes assembled by library staff between the 1920s and 1960s, to supplement the collection of black history resources that would later form the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The staff were strategic in their clipping, choosing to highlight black voices and topics of particular interest to the African American community. The scrapbooks are organized by topic and consist primarily of newspaper clippings, unless otherwise noted.
Provenance (note)
  • The Schomburg scrapbooks may have grown out of the clipping file, when librarian Catherine Latimer assigned WPA workers to clip African American and mainstream newspapers and assemble them into scrapbooks. Two or three scrapbooks on Marcus Garvey went missing around 1960.
Call Number
Sc MG 958 (Africa)
OCLC
1091191865
Title
Schomburg Center Scrapbooks : Africa.
Production
1926-1940.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Restricted Access
Researchers are restricted to the microfilm copy in: Sc Micro R-707 r. 1
Cite As:
Schomburg Center Scrapbooks, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library
Terms Of Use
Permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
Biography
The Schomburg Center Scrapbooks are a collection of 296 volumes assembled by library staff between the 1920s and 1960s, to supplement the collection of black history resources that would later form the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The staff were strategic in their clipping, choosing to highlight black voices and topics of particular interest to the African American community. The scrapbooks are organized by topic and consist primarily of newspaper clippings, unless otherwise noted.
Provenance
The Schomburg scrapbooks may have grown out of the clipping file, when librarian Catherine Latimer assigned WPA workers to clip African American and mainstream newspapers and assemble them into scrapbooks. Two or three scrapbooks on Marcus Garvey went missing around 1960.
Spine Title
Africa
Added Title
Afro-American (Baltimore, Md. : National ed.)
Chicago defender.
New York age (New York, N.Y. : 1887)
Pittsburgh courier.
Boston chronicle
Boston guardian
Chicago bee
Louisiana weekly
Negro world
New York Amsterdam news
Norfolk journal and guide
Philadelphia tribune
St. Louis argus
Washington tribune
Research Call Number
Sc MG 958 (Africa)
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