Research Catalog

  • Sara Lou Harris portrait collection [graphic].

    • Still image
    • <1947?-1960?>
    • 1947-1960
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Still image Sc Photo Harris, Sara LouSchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

    Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

  • Black elegance presents model guide.

    • Text
    • New York, NY : Starlog Group, 1997-
    • 1997-present
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc Ser.-M .M6375 premiere issue (Dec. 1997)Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

    Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

  • Veronica Webb-sight : adventures in the big city / Veronica Webb.

    • Text
    • New York : Miramax Books/Hyperion, c1998.
    • 1998
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc D 98-1745Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Is modeling for you? : the handbook and guide for the young aspiring black model / by Yvonne Rose and Tony Rose.

    • Text
    • Los Angeles, CA : Amber Books, c1997.
    • 1997
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc D 98-2505Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Skin deep : inside the world of Black fashion models / Barbara Summers.

    • Text
    • New York : Amistad Press ; New York : Distributed by St. Martins Press, c1998.
    • 1998
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc G 98-127Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Texas passion / Leah Guild.

    • Text
    • Los Angeles, Calif.: Holloway House, 1983.
    • 1983
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc C 98-515Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Mahogany : a novel / by Burton Wohl ; based on an original screenplay by John Byrum, story by Toni Ambler.

    • Text
    • New York : Bantam Books, c1975.
    • 1975
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc C 98-519Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Black and beautiful : how women of color changed the fashion industry / Barbara Summers; foreword by Harriette Cole.

    • Text
    • New York : Amistad Press, c2001.
    • 2001
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc F 02-290Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • SoulStyle : Black women redefining the color of fashion / [author/designer] Duane Thomas ; [editor, Gena Pearson].

    • Text
    • New York : Universe, 2000.
    • 2000
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc F 02-790Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Virginia Girvin papers, 1902-1975.

    • Mixed material
    • 1902-1975
    • 1 Item

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/29bf14a0-75ff-0139-5ad0-0242ac110005
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Mixed material Sc MG 639 Box 1Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

    Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

  • Morgan and Marvin Smith collection [graphic].

    • Still image
    • 1933-1968.
    • 1933-1968
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/b1e4e030-c6e5-012f-c9d3-3c075448cc4b
  • I'll cry tomorrow : a novel / by Pamela M. Johnson.

    • Text
    • San Francisco : Macavelli Press, 2003.
    • 2003
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc D 06-532Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

    Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

  • Klytus Smith collection [graphic].

    • Still image
    • 1960-1995.
    • 1960-1995
    • 3 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Still image Sc Photo Klytus Smith Collection box 3Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

    Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Still image Sc Photo Klytus Smith Collection box 2Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Still image Sc Photo Klytus Smith Collection box 1Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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  • Smooth girl.

    • Text
    • New York, NY : Star Media
    • unknown-present
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc Ser.-M .S6265 no. 46 (winter 2005)Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Fashion [graphic].

    • Still image
    • [194-]-[198-]
    • 198-198
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Still image Sc Photo Fashion box 2Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

    Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Still image Sc Photo Fashion box 1Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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  • Frederick D. Murphy papers, 1970-1992 (bulk 1970-1980).

    • Mixed material
    • 1970-1992
    • 8 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Mixed material Sc MG 651 Box 3Offsite
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Mixed material Sc MG 651 Box 2Offsite
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Mixed material Sc MG 651 Box 1Offsite
  • From the ashes / Kathleen Suzanne & Jeanne Sumerix.

    • Text
    • Columbus, Miss. : Love Spectrum, c2000.
    • 2000
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc C 07-96Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • A black issue / [direttore editoriale, Franca Sozzani].

    • Text
    • Milano : Edizioni Condé Nast, 2008.
    • 2008
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc F 08-557Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Tyra Banks / Karen Schweitzer.

    • Text
    • Philadelphia : Mason Crest Publishers, c2009.
    • 2009
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc E 09-315Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Tyra Banks / by Susan K. Mitchell.

    • Text
    • Pleasantville, NY : Gareth Stevens Pub., 2008.
    • 2008
    • 1 Item

    Available Online

    http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip079/2007002997.html
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc E 09-676Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • One + one = three / Sasha James.

    • Text
    • New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2009.
    • 2009
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc D 10-1204Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Back in the day / by Deardria A. Nesbitt.

    • Text
    • Atlanta, Ga. : GateWay, c1996.
    • 1996
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc D 10-244Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Photographs [graphic] / Kwame Brathwaite.

    • Still image
    • 1958-[1995]
    • 1958-1995
    • 4 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Still image Sc Photo Portfolio (Brathwaite, K.) Box 3Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

    Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Still image Sc Photo Portfolio (Brathwaite, K.) Box 2Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Still image Sc Photo Portfolio (Brathwaite, K.) Box 1Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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  • Beauty and fashion : the Black Portrait Symposium : April 2-3, 2011 / New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, Institute of African-American Affairs; Harvard University, W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research.

    • Text
    • [New York : New York University, 2011]
    • 2011
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc D 11-1470Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Beyond Black : celebrity and race in Obama's America / Ellis Cashmore.

    • Text
    • London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2012.
    • 2012
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc E 13-189Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Judd Jones papers, 1952-2011.

    • Mixed material
    • 1952-2011
    • 2 Items

    Available Online

    http://archives.nypl.org/scm/25653
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Mixed material Sc MG 846 Box 2Offsite
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Mixed material Sc MG 846 Box 1Offsite
  • Nanette Bearden papers, 1949-1996.

    • Mixed material
    • 1949-1996
    • 3 Items

    Available Online

    http://archives.nypl.org/scm/172445
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Mixed material Sc MG 867 box 3Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

    Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Mixed material Sc MG 867 box 2Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Mixed material Sc MG 867 box 1Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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  • Grandassa Models collection, 1963-1968.

    • Mixed material
    • 1963-1968
    • 1 Item

    Available Online

    http://archives.nypl.org/scm/25641
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Mixed material Sc MG 822 folder 1Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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  • Black girl in Moscow : a memoir / Jacqueline Clay Chester.

    • Text
    • Bloomington, Ind. : AuthorHouse LLC, 2014.
    • 2014
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc E 14-1590Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Fashion designers 1980-1990: clippings.

    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Sc VF: Part 3 Part 2Schomburg Center - Research & Reference - Desk

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Sc VF: Part 3 Part 1Schomburg Center - Research & Reference - Desk

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  • The face that changed it all / Beverly Johnson with Allison Samuels ; foreword by Andre Leon Talley.

    • Text
    • New York : Atria Books, [2015]
    • 2015
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://ebook.yourcloudlibrary.com/library/nypl-document_id-gkmgdr9
  • Black models : television news program.

    • Moving image
    • [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [1987]
    • 1987
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image Sc Visual DVD-1217Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound

    Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.

  • Chocolate cheesecake : celebrating the modern black pin-up / Earnest L. Cox, PhD.

    • Text
    • Atglen, PA : Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2015.
    • 2015
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc+ G 16-37Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Hip hop honeys / Brian Finke ; [foreword by Abigail Covington].

    • Text
    • Brooklyn, NY : Powerhouse Books, 2018.
    • 2018-2018
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc+ F 18-319Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Wild Child to Couture Style : the Shailah Edmonds Story : a memoir / written by: Shailah Edmonds with Chester Fultz.

    • Text
    • [United States] : Lyons Publishing, Ltd., 2018.
    • 2018
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc E 18-1010Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Posing modernity : the black model from Manet and Matisse to today / Denise Murrell.

    • Text
    • New Haven : Yale University Press ; New York : in association with The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University in the City of New York, [2018]
    • 2018-2018
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc+ F 19-218Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JQF 19-770Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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  • Perfect is boring : 10 things my crazy, fierce mama taught me about beauty, booty, and being a boss / Tyra Banks and Carolyn London.

    • Text
    • New York, New York : TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2018]
    • 2018
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc D 20-58Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • The new black vanguard : photography between art and fashion / [curated] by Antwaun Sargent.

    • Text
    • New York, NY : Aperture Foundation, 2019.
    • 2019-2019
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc F 19-530Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Supreme models : iconic black women who revolutionized fashion / Marcellas Reynolds ; foreword by Veronica Webb.

    • Text
    • New York, NY : Abrams, 2019.
    • 2019
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc+ G 20-20Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Straight stuntin magazine.

    • Text
    • [United States] : published by Keith Grayson
    • unknown-present
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc Ser.-M .S7595 ino. 33-34 (summer-fall 2014)Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Just wanna testify : a novel / Pearl Cleage.

    • Text
    • New York : One World Ballantine Books, c2011.
    • 2011
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc E 12-31Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • The face that changed it all : a memoir / Beverly Johnson with Allison Samuels ; foreword by Andre Leon Talley.

    • Text
    • New York : Atria Books, 2015.
    • 2015
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc E 15-1488Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Walking with the muses : a memoir / Pat Cleveland, with Lorraine Glennon.

    • Text
    • New York : 37 INK, ATRIA, [2016]
    • 2016
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc E 16-1656Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Chocolate cheesecake 2 : a second serving of modern black pinups / Earnest L Cox, PhD.

    • Text
    • Atglen, PA : Schiffer Publishing Ltd, [2016]
    • 2016
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc G 21-41Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Not your average size : an aspiring model's manifesto into the industry & beyond / Porcilla "Ziggy" Charlton.

    • Text
    • United States : Porcilla "Ziggy" Charlton, 2020.
    • 2020
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc E 23-1456Schomburg Center - Research & Reference
    Not available - In use until 2024-06-17 - Please for assistance.
  • Maurice Hunter scrapbooks.

    • Still image
    • [1926?]-1966.
    • 1925-1966
    • 2 Items

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/0f7736d0-6f08-0135-7f35-00d82db74e31
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Still image Sc Photo Maurice Hunter Scrapbooks Box 2Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Still image Sc Photo Maurice Hunter Scrapbooks Box 1Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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  • Friday Foster : the Sunday strips / Jim Lawrence ; illustrated by Jorge Longaron.

    • Text
    • Portland, OR : Ablaze, [2021]
    • 2021-2021
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc+ E 22-1115Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Frederick D. Murphy photograph collection.

    • Still image
    • [between 1940 and 1989?]
    • 198-198
    • 10 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Still image Sc Photo Frederick D. Murphy Collection Box 3Offsite
    Not available - Please for assistance.
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Still image Sc Photo Frederick D. Murphy Collection Box 2Offsite
    Not available - Please for assistance.
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Still image Sc Photo Frederick D. Murphy Collection Box 1Offsite
    Not available - Please for assistance.
  • Barbara Mae Watson photographs.

    • Mixed material
    • 1921-1983, bulk 1968 - 1981.
    • 1921-1983
    • 9 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Mixed material SCP 186089 box 3Offsite
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Mixed material SCP 186089 box 2Offsite
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Mixed material SCP 186089 box 1Offsite
  • Gloria / Gloria Hendry.

    • Text
    • [Bloomington, IN] : Xlibris Corp., 2008.
    • 2008
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc F 23-176Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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