Recollections of her employment in the Astor Library 1977

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Recollections of her employment in the Astor Library 1977

Alice S. Broadbent (née Cole) was a librarian. Recollections (8 p.), written in 1977, of her employment in the cataloging department of the Astor Library, ca. 1909-1910, and of her life in New York City as a single young working woman; also, a photocopy of her obituary.

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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, i...

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Broadbent, Alice S., 1885-1979

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Alice S. Broadbent (née Cole) was a librarian. From the guide to the Recollections of her employment in the Astor Library, 1977, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...