Arthur Alfonso Schomburg collection, 1920-1938, 1985-1993.

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Arthur Alfonso Schomburg collection, 1920-1938, 1985-1993.

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The Arthur Alfonso Schomburg Collection consists principally of nine undated typescripts authored by Schomburg primarily concerned with the history of Africans and people of African descent in Latin America and Spain from the 1500 to 1700's as well as pre-Columbian times. One manuscript deals with ancient Egyptian culture; another pertains to the history of Africans in the Americas under Spanish rule; several are annotated. Two of the manuscripts were published in "Opportunity." Additionally, there is another unpublished typescript, with corrections, written by Alain Locke as a foreword entitled "In Memoriam: Arthur Alfonso Schomburg 1874-1938." There is also a brief biography of Schomburg and a list of Schomburg's memberships in various organizations. This collection also includes genealogical information about Schomburg. There are photocopies of a questionnaire (in the the E. Franklin Frazier Papers at Howard University) completed by Schomburg concerning his family background, and copies of Schomburg's baptismal certificate, his Prince Hall Mason membership certificate, and a marriage record for one of Schomburg's paternal ancestors. The quest to understand the genealogy of the German/Puerto Rican side of his family is represented by letters written by Susan Schomburg, a possible distant relative, to staff of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture regarding her research findings. Another letter from Schomburg's daughter, Dolores, discusses the family background. A copy of a letter to Schomburg from Nancy Cunard, two bookplates and an Ellis Island certificate complete the collection.

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 8233121

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Schomburg, Arturo Alfonso, 1874-1938

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Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (January 24, 1874 – June 10, 1938), was a historian, writer, collector, and activist. Schomburg was a Puerto Rican of African and German descent. He moved to the United States in 1891, where he researched and raised awareness of the great contributions that Afro-Latin Americans and African Americans have made to society. He was an important intellectual figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Over the years, he collected literature, art, slave narratives, and other materia...

Locke, Alain, 1885-1954

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Alain LeRoy Locke was an African-American professor of philosophy at Howard University. From the description of Alain LeRoy Locke photograph, and funeral orations brochure, 1952-1954. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 48822627 African American teacher, philosopher, author, and critic. From the description of Papers, 1841-1983 (bulk 1898-1954). (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 70939715 ...

Cunard, Nancy, 1896-1965

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Nancy Clare Cunard (March 10, 1896 - March 17, 1965) was an English writer, editor, publisher, political activist, anarchist and poet. She became a muse to some of the 20th century's most distinguished writers and artists, including Wyndham Lewis, Aldous Huxley, Tristan Tzara, Ezra Pound, and Louis Aragon, who were among her lovers, Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, Constantin Brancusi, Langston Hughes, Man Ray, and William Carlos Williams. In later years she suffered from mental illness, and her p...