Schomburg Collection renamed (1940)

CTL-E-4816 · Event · other · 1940

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The Division was renamed the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature, History and Prints in 1940 in honor of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, its curator from 1932 until his death in 1938.

Notes

RELP111 supporting event; events.json CTL-EVT-023906.

Relationships

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture — held at
1940 renaming of the Division.

Sources

NYPL - Schomburg Center $22.3M renovation press release (primary source)

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Shoeshine, 47th Street, Chicago's main Negro business street, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Apartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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