Joseph Alfred Borome papers, 1945-1959.

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Joseph Alfred Borome papers, 1945-1959.

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Papers include publications and correspondence. Several copies of his manuscript The Venezuelan Indian, a history and analyses of his status, May 1945. Notes and bibliographic information used in preparation for the work. Pamphlet on Venezuelan missionaries, manuscript draft for Indian Legislation and Policy in Venezuela. Correspondence between universities and libraries regarding information and sources pertaining to Venezuelan Indians. Manuscripts provide history on the Indians from the 1500s through the 1940s.

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Boromé, Joseph Alfred, 1919-2002

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Joseph Alfred Boromé was an historian who compiled and edited the correspondence of diverse figures, from librarian and scholar Justin Winsor and Reconstruction Senator Hiram Revels to English abolitionist John Candler and Haitian historical figure Toussaint Louverture. A native New Yorker of Caribbean descent, Boromé's parents were from the island of Dominica. He began his career as a librarian, and was head of the Burgess Library at Columbia University (1949-1950) followed by a long career a...