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Schomburg Committee of the Trustees of New York Public Library collection, 1925-1940

Title: Schomburg Committee of the Trustees of New York Public Library collection 1925-1940

The New York Pubic Library purchased Arthur A. Schomburg's collection of books, pamphlets, prints and photographs in 1926 with funds from the Carnegie Corporation and housed at the 135th Street Branch Library of The New York Public Library. L. Hollingsworth Wood was appointed in 1925 by the Board of Trustees of The New York Public Library to purchase and provide guidelines for the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature. Members of the Advisory Committee of the Arthur A. Schomburg Collection, in addition to Wood, included Arthur A. Schomburg, Henry G. Leach, New York Public Library, Mrs. Charles S. Brown, Jr., Library trustee; and Eugene Kinckle Jones, Secretary of the National Urban League. Charles S. Johnson, editor of "Opportunity" magazine, managed the negotiations between the officials of the National Urban League and Mr. Schomburg. The 135th Street Branch Library, under the guidance of Ernestine Rose, the Head Librarian, already had a nucleus of a reference library, the Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints that had officially opened on May 8, 1925. The Schomburg Collection became a major part of this reference library. Schomburg Committee of the Trustees of New York Public Library Files consists of correspondence and minutes of meetings of the Schomburg Committee of the Trustees of The New York Public Library. There are also some news clippings relating to the purchase of the Arthur A. Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature comprised of books, pamphlets, prints, manuscripts and other material. The post 1926 papers include correspondence pertaining to efforts to keep Arthur Schomburg on the library payroll, acquisition of additional material, and Arthur Schomburg's research plans. The correspondence is largely between L. Hollingsworth Wood, president of the National Urban League and member of the Advisory Committee of the Arthur A. Schomburg Collection, and Franklin Hopper, Chief of Circulation of the NYPL; Charles S. Johnson, Secretary of the Advisory Committee; Dr. F. P. Keppel of the Carnegie Corporation; Henry G. Leach, Chairman of the Advisory Committee; Ernestine Rose, Librarian of the 135th Street Branch Library; and Arthur A. Schomburg.

ArchivalResource: .1 linear ft. (2 folders)

http://archives.nypl.org/scm/20597 View

New York Public Library. Central Administration. Director's Office. Franklin F. Hopper records, 1940-1946.

Title: Franklin F. Hopper records, 1940-1946.

Records consist almost exclusively of correspondence concerning library matters and the role of the Library during World War II.

ArchivalResource: 3 cubic feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122466271 View

New York Public Library. Central Administration. Director's Office. Lydenberg, Hopper and Beals general correspondence, 1926-1957, (bulk 1934-1954).

Title: Lydenberg, Hopper and Beals general correspondence, 1926-1957, (bulk 1934-1954).

Records consist of general library correspondence relating to the Research Library (or Reference Department) and Branch Libraries (or Circulation Department), including letters concerning acquisitions, acknowledgements, complaints, reports and memoranda from staff members and the Special Investigator's Office. There are also files containing correspondence with various federal, state and local governmental agencies and other public and private libraries. In addition to this series of amalgamated Director's Office records, smaller separate records series exist for the three individual Directors: Lydenberg, Hopper and Beals.

ArchivalResource: 59 linear feet (60 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122626810 View

New York Public Library. Central Administration. Director's Office. Ralph A. Beals records, 1946-1954.

Title: Ralph A. Beals records, 1946-1954.

Records mainly document Beals' years as Director of the New York Public Library from 1946 to 1954.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear feet (7 boxes, 1 volume)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122580645 View

Oswald Garrison Villard papers

Title: Oswald Garrison Villard papers

Papers of American author, journalist, editor, and social reformer Oswald Garrison Villard. Includes materials that are unsorted and uncataloged.

ArchivalResource: 37 linear feet (169 boxes and 9 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00082/catalog View

Family papers, 1853-1954.

Title: Family papers, 1853-1954.

Family papers of Corinne Douglas (Robinson) Alsop Cole, daughter of Douglas Robinson and Corinne (Roosevelt) Robinson, younger sister of American president Theodore Roosevelt.

ArchivalResource: 36 boxes (18 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/trc00018/catalog View

Franklin F. Hopper records, 1923-1940

Title: Franklin F. Hopper records 1923-1940

Memoranda, correspondence and files concerning administration of the Branch Libraries of The New York Public Library from 1923-1940.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear feet; 1 box, 1 oversize folder

http://archives.nypl.org/nypla/5561 View

New York Public Library. Branch Libraries. Director's Office. Franklin F. Hopper records, 1923-1940.

Title: Franklin F. Hopper records, 1923-1940.

Memoranda, correspondence and administrative files concerning Circulation Department finances, personnel, regulations and other operational matters.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear feet (1 box, 1 oversize folder).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78911710 View