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Harry E. Jones papers
- Title
- Harry E. Jones papers, 1941-1968.
- Author
- Jones, Harry E. (Harry Edward), 1897-
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Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Folder 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 246 Folder 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Folder 2 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 246 Folder 2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Description
- 37 items (2 folders).
- Summary
- The majority of the Harry Jones papers reflect Jones's role as a Boy Scout leader for African American boys in New Jersey, with some material relating to his career as a musician.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Subjects
- Note
- Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
- Source (note)
- Jones, Estella W.
- Biography (note)
- In 1936 Harry Jones founded and organized the first Boy Scout troop for African Americans in the New Brunswick, New Jersey area, Troop 29, and was its scoutmaster for more than thirty years.
- Processing Action (note)
- Accessioned
- Processed
- Call Number
- Sc MG 246
- OCLC
- NYPW086000039-A
- Author
- Jones, Harry E. (Harry Edward), 1897-
- Title
- Harry E. Jones papers, 1941-1968.
- Biography
- In 1936 Harry Jones founded and organized the first Boy Scout troop for African Americans in the New Brunswick, New Jersey area, Troop 29, and was its scoutmaster for more than thirty years. A professional prizefighter in his youth, Jones also taught himself to play the piano and the organ. During the 1930s he had a weekly radio program and played in clubs in New Jersey through the 1960s. In addition, Jones was the organist for the Antioch Baptist Church in New Brunswick.
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- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 246