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Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Rare Book & Manuscript Library

6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th Street
New York, NY 10027, USA
rbml@library.columbia.edu
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library is Columbia University’s principal repository for special collections. We collect, preserve, describe, promote, and provide access to the material evidence of diverse individuals and activities in alignment with the University’s research and teaching mission. We build and steward deep collections in select subject areas and connect them to a global audience through reference, teaching, exhibitions, publications, and public programs.

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1791 New York City Legal Deposition by Free African American Woman Nelley Mumpherd, 1791

1 item
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Document signed. Approximately 12 x 8 inches. Laid paper with deckled edges. Watermarked "M C". Contemporary docketing. Folds with a short tear at the center.

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Lewis Harvie Blair papers, 1897-1914

.5 linear feet
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Manuscripts of businessman and Southern political writer Lewis Harvie Blair.
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Manning Marable papers, 1967-2012

140 linear feet
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Marable was a leading figure in African-American studies as well as a historian, social theorist, and political activist. The collection includes appointment books, biographical information, budgets, clippings, correspondence, drafts, lecture notes, manuscripts, photographs, proposals, reports, speeches, syllabi, and teaching materials.
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National Urban League records, 1911-1916

0.3 linear feet
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The National Urban League records document the early years of The National Urban League, a nationwide social welfare organization that strove to provide equal opportunities for African Americans. The papers deal with George Edmund Haynes' tenure as President of the organization and are mostly comprised of Haynes' correspondence with other important League figures including L.Hollingsworth Wood, T. Arnold Hill and Edward Ewing Pratt. The collection also contains a member list and surveys conducted by the League.
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