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Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Rare Book & Manuscript Library

6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th Street
New York, NY 10027, USA
rbml@library.columbia.edu
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library is Columbia University’s principal repository for special collections. We collect, preserve, describe, promote, and provide access to the material evidence of diverse individuals and activities in alignment with the University’s research and teaching mission. We build and steward deep collections in select subject areas and connect them to a global audience through reference, teaching, exhibitions, publications, and public programs.
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J. Max and Ruth Clement Bond papers, 1912-2004, bulk 1930-1990

32 linear feet
This collection contains the papers of J. Max Bond, Sr. (1902-1991), educator, State Department and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) official and president of the University of Liberia, and Ruth Clement Bond (1904-2005), chair of the English Department at Kentucky State College and at the University of Liberia, and president of the African-American Women's Association. The collection includes extensive family and professional correspondence, writings, and documents relating to educational, political, community and civil rights organizations in which the Bonds participated. The collection also contains photographs and ephemera.
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Gerald Freund papers, 1952-1997, bulk 1975-1995

62.50 linear feet
The papers of philanthropic advisor and writer Gerald Freund. The collection primarily documents Freund's work with several philanthropic organizations and also includes his academic pursuits and publications.
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Columbia University Press records, 1893-2000s, bulk 1923-2000s

752 linear feet

This collection contains the correspondence, editorial files and office files of the Columbia University Press, primarily from its reorganization in 1923 by Frederick Coykendall to the present.

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Hubert H. Harrison papers, 1893-1927

23.5 linear feet
The papers of Hubert Harrison, the brilliant and influential writer, orator, educator, critic, and political activist in Harlem during the early decades of the 20th century.
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1791 New York City Legal Deposition by Free African American Woman Nelley Mumpherd, 1791

1 item

Document signed. Approximately 12 x 8 inches. Laid paper with deckled edges. Watermarked "M C". Contemporary docketing. Folds with a short tear at the center.

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Collection of Negroiana : [microform], 1800-1981

22 Reels

A collection concerned with the various phases of black life in America, containing clippings, pamphlets, photographs, pictures, extracts from periodicals, and a representative group of approximately 350 letters, signatures, manuscripts, and documents. Among the letters are several each from Countee Cullen, Frederick Douglass, Alexander Dumas, fils, William Lloyd Garrison, Claude McKay, Abraham Lincoln, Henry Mencken, William Pickens, Albert A. Smith, and Booker T. Washington. Also, eighteen slavery documents.

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Constance Baker Motley Papers, 1935-2006

13.72 linear feet

The bulk of the Motley papers document her professional life. The papers include correspondence, manuscripts, memoranda, speeches, interviews, photographs, audio cassettes, and memorabilia.

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L. S. Alexander Gumby collection of Negroiana, 1800-1981

90 linear feet

A collection concerned with the various phases of black life in America, containing clippings, pamphlets, photographs, pictures, extracts from periodicals, and a representative group of approximately 350 letters, signatures, manuscripts, and documents. Among the letters are several each from Countee Cullen, Frederick Douglass, Alexander Dumas, fils, William Lloyd Garrison, Claude McKay, Abraham Lincoln, Henry Mencken, William Pickens, Albert A. Smith, and Booker T. Washington. Also, eighteen slavery documents.

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Sylvia Ardyn Boone Papers, 1925-2011, bulk 1961-1993

40 linear feet
This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Sylvia Ardyn Boone, a scholar of Art History with a focus on African art, and the first African-American woman to receive tenure at Yale University. The collection includes manuscripts, correspondence, course materials and syllabi, research notes, printed materials, photographs, video and sound recordings, and other papers relating to professional projects. Also included are dissertation manuscripts for recipients of the Sylvia Ardyn Boone Memorial Prize at Yale.
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National Urban League records, 1911-1916

0.3 linear feet
The National Urban League records document the early years of The National Urban League, a nationwide social welfare organization that strove to provide equal opportunities for African Americans. The papers deal with George Edmund Haynes' tenure as President of the organization and are mostly comprised of Haynes' correspondence with other important League figures including L.Hollingsworth Wood, T. Arnold Hill and Edward Ewing Pratt. The collection also contains a member list and surveys conducted by the League.
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