Research Catalog

Title

Schomburg Center Scrapbooks : Schuyler, Geo.

Publication

1925-1938.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Schuyler, George S. (George Samuel), 1895-1977.
• Schuyler, Josephine, 1900-1969.

Description

5 volumes (48; 50; 50; 50; 50 leaves) : illustrations; 31 cm

Summary

• These scrapbooks (1925-1938) are about journalist and author George Schuyler and contain clippings from a variety of both African American and mainstream newspapers. The clippings are primarily Schuyler's column "Views and Reviews" in the Pittsburgh Courier. Topics covered include Schuyler's travels to a number of African countries and southern cities in the United States, injustices in the African American community, quality of life for African Americans, criticism of Communism, literary criticism, politics, and international relations. Other coverage includes reviews of Schuyler's books "Black No More" and "Slaves Today," Schuyler's intellectually advanced daughter Philippa, and a recurring column titled "Mrs. Schuyler Says," written by George's wife Josephine Duke Schuyler, which ran in several African American newspapers.
• Publications include African American newspapers the Afro American (Baltimore), Boston Chronicle, Chicago Bee, Chicago Defender, Chicago Whip, Negro World (Universal Negro Improvement and Association and African Communities League newspaper), New York Age, New York Amsterdam News, Norfolk Journal and Guide, Philadelphia Tribune, Pittsburgh Courier, and Washington Tribune, as well as New York Herald Tribune. 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

• Schuyler, Geo.
• Boston chronicle
• Chicago bee
• Chicago whip
• Negro world
• New York Amsterdam news
• Norfolk journal and guide
• Philadelphia tribune
• Washington tribune

Subject

• Schuyler, Philippa, 1932-1967
• African American authors > 20th century
• African American journalists > 20th century
• African Americans > Employment > 20th century
• International relations > 20th century
• Labor > United States > 20th century
• United States > Politics and government > 20th century

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, AVR, CMN, EJ, EMN, JC, JP, MN, MS, 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. 16

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 (Schuyler, Geo.)

OCLC

1101987154

Title

Schomburg Center Scrapbooks : Schuyler, Geo.

Production

1925-1938.

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. 16

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.

Added Author

Schuyler, George S. (George Samuel), 1895-1977.

Schuyler, Josephine, 1900-1969.

Spine Title

Schuyler, Geo.

Added Title

Afro-American (Baltimore, Md. : National ed.)

Chicago defender.

New York age (New York, N.Y. : 1887)

Pittsburgh courier.

Boston chronicle

Chicago bee

Chicago whip

Negro world

New York Amsterdam news

Norfolk journal and guide

Philadelphia tribune

Washington tribune

Research Call Number

Sc MG 958 (Schuyler, Geo.)