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Schomburg Center Scrapbooks : Boxing.

Title
Schomburg Center Scrapbooks : Boxing.
Publication
1926-1962.

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r. 2: Boxing-Civil Rights Act, 1964Mixed materialUse in library Sc Micro R-707 r. 2: Boxing-Civil Rights Act, 1964Schomburg Center - Research & Reference
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Description
8 volumes (50; 50; 53; 50; 51; 61; 54; 26 leaves) : illustrations; 31 cm
Summary
  • These eight volumes (1926-1962) are about the sport of boxing and contain ephemera and clippings from a variety of both African American and mainstream newspapers. Coverage includes athlete interviews, upcoming boxing matches and the predicted outcomes, and match recaps. Boxers covered include Virgil Akins, Lou Ambers, Henry Armstrong, Hogan Bassey, Jack Blackburn, Joe Brown, Ezzard Charles, Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali, Jack Dempsey, George Dixon, Tiger Flowers, Zora Folley, Al Gainer, Joe Gans, Ceferino Garcia, Leroy Haynes, Jim Howell, Peter Jackson, Lew Jenkins, Jack Johnson, Peter "Gorilla" Jones, Sam Langford, John Henry Lewis, Sonny Liston, Joe Louis, Eddie Machen, Tom Molineaux, Eligio Sardinas "Kid Chocolate" Montalvo, Pedro Montanez, Benny Paret, Floyd Patterson, Charlie Powell, Sugar Ray Robinson, Barney Ross, Johnny Saxton, Dick Tiger, Jack Thompson, Roscoe Toles, Joe Walcott, Harry Wills, Danny "Bang Bang" Womber, and Fritzie Zivic.
  • Publications represented include African American newspapers The Afro American (Baltimore), Boston Chronicle, Boston Guardian, Chicago Defender, Chicago Whip, Louisiana Weekly, Negro World (Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League newspaper), New York Age, New York Amsterdam News, Philadelphia Tribune, Pittsburgh Courier, St. Louis Argus, Savannah Tribune, and Washington Tribune as well as the Daily Gleaner (Jamaica), Daily Worker, New York Post, New York Times, and Newsweek magazine. Not all clippings include date and source information.
  • These eight volumes are about the sport of boxing between 1926 and 1962 and contain ephemera and clippings from a variety of both African American and mainstream newspapers. Coverage includes athlete interviews, upcoming boxing matches and the predicted outcomes, and match recaps. Boxers covered include Virgil Akins, Lou Ambers, Henry Armstrong, Hogan Bassey, Jack Blackburn, Joe Brown, Ezzard Charles, Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali, Jack Dempsey, George Dixon, Tiger Flowers, Zora Folley, Al Gainer, Joe Gans, Ceferino Garcia, Leroy Haynes, Jim Howell, Peter Jackson, Lew Jenkins, Jack Johnson, Peter "Gorilla" Jones, Sam Langford, John Henry Lewis, Sonny Liston, Joe Louis, Eddie Machen, Tom Molineaux, Eligio Sardinas "Kid Chocolate" Montalvo, Pedro Montanez, Benny Paret, Floyd Patterson, Charlie Powell, Sugar Ray Robinson, Barney Ross, Johnny Saxton, Dick Tiger, Jack Thompson, Roscoe Toles, Joe Walcott, Harry Wills, Danny "Bang Bang" Womber, and Fritzie Zivic.
  • Publications represented include African American newspapers The Afro American (Baltimore), Boston Chronicle, Boston Guardian, Chicago Defender, Chicago Whip, Louisiana Weekly, Negro World (Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League newspaper), New York Age, New York Amsterdam News, Philadelphia Tribune, Pittsburgh Courier, St. Louis Argus, Savannah Tribune, and Washington Tribune as well as Daily Gleaner, Daily Worker, New York Post, New York Times, and Newsweek magazine. Not all clippings include date and 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
  • Boxing
  • Boston chronicle
  • Boston guardian
  • Chicago whip
  • Louisiana weekly
  • Negro world
  • New York Amsterdam news
  • 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 ABJ, AMC, CMN, EJ, EW, FNR, GG, JC, JP, LS, MB, MPT, MS, MW, 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, assigned to the 135th St. branch of NYPL through the Works Progress Administration.
  • For more information about Joe Louis, see the scrapbooks titled "Louis, Joe" Sc Micro R-707 r. 10
  • 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, assigned to the 135th St. branch through the Works Progress Administration.
  • For more information about Joe Louis, see the scrapbooks titled "Louis, Joe" SC Micro R-707 r. 10
Access (note)
  • Researchers are restricted to the microfilm copy in: Sc Micro R-707 r. 2
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 (Boxing)
OCLC
1099471778
Title
Schomburg Center Scrapbooks : Boxing.
Production
1926-1962.
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. 2
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
Boxing
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 whip
Louisiana weekly
Negro world
New York Amsterdam news
Philadelphia tribune
St. Louis argus
Washington tribune
Research Call Number
Sc MG 958 (Boxing)
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