Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture > Collections > Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division

Manuscripts Collections

The Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division holds manuscript and archival collections of personal and family papers, organizational records, and miscellaneous manuscripts. These holdings focus on the history, literature, politics, and culture of peoples of African descent in the Americas and Africa, primarily in the twentieth century. The collections are strongest in the areas of the performing arts, women's studies, Harlem, civil rights and post-civil rights movements, cultural and political movements, African-American religion, and Haitian, Caribbean and Central African history. Geographic concentration within the manuscripts collection is primarily in the United States.

Catalog records for approximately two-third of the collections can be found in the Library's online catalog. In addition, links can be made to finding aids on the Library's Manuscript & Archival Finding Aids site. Not all of the finding aids are available via the Archives & Manuscripts webpage, nor do all of the collections have finding aids. For additional information concerning these collections contact the division via email (scmarbref@nypl.org) or telephone: 212 491-2224. Some collections are closed until processed.

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Abyssinian Baptist Church Oral History Project
Adams, Wilhelmina Papers
Adams, Wilhelmina Papers (Additions)
Adamz-Bogus, SDiane Papers, 1968-2001
African - Miscellaneous Collections
African Academy of Arts and Research Collection
African Methodist Episcopal Church. Department of Home and Foreign Missions Records *
African-American Migration and Southern Folkways Oral History Project
Alexander, Jesse N., Jr., Papers - Finding Aid
Allen, Cleveland G. Papers
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Collection
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Scrapbook
AMAS Musical Theatre Production Files, 1978-1992 - Finding Aid
American Negro Theatre Records - Finding Aid
American Negro Ballet Company scrapbook, 1937-1983
American Negro Theatre Alumni Collection
American Negro Theatre Scrapbook, 1945-1947 - Finding Aid
American Society of African Culture Collection
American West Indian Ladies Aid Society Collection
Ames, Wilmer Papers
Anderson, Jervis Papers *
Anderson, Martha Pryor Papers
Andrews, Regina Papers
Anthony, Michael Papers, 1957-1984 - Finding Aid
Armstrong, Winifred/South Africa *
Asbury United Methodist Church Records, 1836-1986 - Finding Aid
Arthur Ashe Archive, 1959-2003
Attles, Joseph Collection
Audubon Ballroom Ledgers
Ayer, Gertrude Papers

* Closed until processed