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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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H2 Workers Research Collection
Hager, Steven / Hip-Hop Research Collection
Hairston, William Papers
Haiti / Dechoukaj Collection
Haiti Miscellaneous Manuscripts
Haley, Alex Papers
Haley, Myran Legal Papers
Hall, Alvin P. Papers
Hall, Ed Papers
Handy, William Christopher Collection
Hansberry, Lorraine Papers *
Hansen, Austin Papers
Hardison, Inge/Black Academy of Arts & Letters Collection
Harlem Neighborhoods Association Records, 1941-1978 - Finding Aid
Harlem Neighborhoods Association Records - Finding Aid
Harlem Riot of 1943. Reports
Harlem Spiritual Ensemble Collection
Harper, Solomon Collection
Harris, A. Lincoln Scrapbook
Harris, Gershon E./Garvey Club Collection
Harris, Middleton A. Spike Letters
Harris, Middleton, A. Spike Collection
Harris, Willie Thomas Playscripts
Harrison, Richard B. Collection
Hatzaad Harishon, Inc. Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation Records
James Haughton Papers, 1929-1984 - Finding Aid
Hauke, K./Ted Poston Research Collection
Haynes, George Edmund Papers
Haynes, Hilda Papers
Haywood, Harry Papers *
Hedgeman, Anna Arnold Papers
Henderson, Luther Papers
Rietta Hines Herbert Papers, 1940-1969 - Finding Aid
Herndon, Angelo Collection
Herskovits, Melville & Frances Papers
Will Herzfeld Papers, 1967-1990 - Finding Aid
Hewitt, John Papers
Hewitt, Vivian Papers
Samuel Edwin, Heyward Jr. Papers, 1917-1982 - Finding Aid
Hicks, John H. Collection
Hill, Nelam Papers
Hillman, George A., Sr. Collection
Hinton, Arnold Letters
Holmes, Dwight 0.W. Collection
Holt, Stella Collection
Holte, Clarence L. Papers
Hooey, Luther Collection
Horne Family Research Collection
Horne, Lena Collection
Howard Memorial Fund Records
Howard Orphanage and Industrial School Records
Howard, Bob Papers
Hubbard, Alma L. Papers
Hubert, Levi Collection
Hosea Hudson Papers, 1941-1980 - Finding Aid
Hughes, Langston Collection
Hughes/Neilson Music Collection
Huiswood, Chris Scrapbook
Hunter, Alberta Papers
Hunter, Maurice Scrapbook
William Alphaeus Hunton Papers, 1926-1970 - Finding Aid
Hurston, Zora Neale Collection
Hutson, Jean Blackwell Oral History Interview
Hutson, Jean Blackwell Papers *

* Closed until processed