Schomburg collection acquired (1926)

CTL-E-4815 · Event · other · 1926

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The personal collection of Puerto Rican-born Black scholar Arturo Alfonso Schomburg was added to the Division in 1926 — 5,000+ books, 3,000 manuscripts, 2,000 etchings and paintings, thousands of pamphlets — purchased with $10,000 from the Carnegie Foundation.

Notes

RELP111 supporting event; events.json CTL-EVT-023905.

Relationships

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture — held at
1926 collection acquisition at the Division.

Sources

NYPL - Schomburg Center $22.3M renovation press release (primary source)
Wikipedia - Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

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