Research Catalog

Title

Jean Blackwell Hutson papers.

Author

Hutson, Jean Blackwell, 1914-1998

Publication

1902-1998.

Supplementary Content

Finding aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Dammond, Ellen Craft.
• Razaf, Andy, 1895-1973.
• Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
• Harlem Cultural Council.
• New York Public Library.
• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
• University of Ghana.

Description

6.0 linear feet (6 boxes)

Summary

Jean Blackwell Hutson (1914-1998) was a librarian who served as curator of the Schomburg Collection from 1948 to 1972, then chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture from 1972 to 1980. The Jean Blackwell Hutson papers include materials relating to Hutson's personal life and family, library career at the Schomburg Center and the University of Ghana, and teaching, writing, and other activities.

Subject

• African American librarians > New York (State) > New York
• African American women librarians
• Black author

Source (note)

• Gift of the estate of Jean Blackwell Hutson, 1998.

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

• Andy Razaf papers, Sc MG 35, Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Ellen Craft Dammond reminiscences, Sc MG 650, Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Jean Blackwell Hutson oral history interview, Sc MG 673, Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture records, Sc MG 44, Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Call Number

Sc MG 652

OCLC

1288703328

Author

Hutson, Jean Blackwell, 1914-1998, creator.

Title

Jean Blackwell Hutson papers.

Production

1902-1998.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Location of Other Archival Materials

Andy Razaf papers, Sc MG 35, Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Ellen Craft Dammond reminiscences, Sc MG 650, Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Jean Blackwell Hutson oral history interview, Sc MG 673, Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture records, Sc MG 44, Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Materials Separated from the Resource: Transferred to the Art and Artifacts Division: portraits of Hutson, watercolor, kinte cloth, musical instrument, stool, coins. . Transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound (MIRS) Division: audio materials. For more information, please contact the division at schomburgaudiovisual@nypl.org or 212-491-2270. Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs, including portraits, family photographs, and snapshots. Transferred to the Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division: books and serials.

Source

Gift of the estate of Jean Blackwell Hutson, 1998.

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Finding aid

Added Author

Dammond, Ellen Craft.

Razaf, Andy, 1895-1973.

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.

Harlem Cultural Council.

New York Public Library.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

University of Ghana.

Research Call Number

Sc MG 652