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Negro World Digest records

Title
Negro World Digest records, 1939-1941.

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reel 1Mixed materialUse in library Sc Micro R-1236 reel 1Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Description
  • .9 lin. ft.
  • 1 reel.
Summary
The collection contains correspondence covering the period 1939-1941. Includes articles intended for publication, and information regarding the services offered by the NEGRO WORLD DIGEST, advertising, reprint permissions, sales and distribution. There are also congratulatory letters, office notes and memoranda.
Uniform Title
Negro World Digest.
Subjects
Note
  • Originals held in the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Sc MG 6.
Access (note)
  • Researchers are restricted to microfilm copy.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Microfilm;
Biography (note)
  • Monthly periodical which began publication in July 1940 and ceased publication after the December issue of the same year. The NEGRO WORLD DIGEST condensed the best in writings by or about blacks, reflecting the life, thought, and achievement of blacks worldwide. The Digest featured such writers as Zora Neale Hurston, James Weldon Johnson, Ralph Ellison, and Sterling Brown, and represented a variety of African, British and American publications.
Processing Action (note)
  • Surveyed
  • Processed
  • Cataloging updated
Call Number
Sc Micro R-1236
OCLC
NYPW89-A165
Title
Negro World Digest records, 1939-1941.
Access
Researchers are restricted to microfilm copy.
Additional Formats
Microfilm; New York Public Library, New York, NY.
Biography
Monthly periodical which began publication in July 1940 and ceased publication after the December issue of the same year. The NEGRO WORLD DIGEST condensed the best in writings by or about blacks, reflecting the life, thought, and achievement of blacks worldwide. The Digest featured such writers as Zora Neale Hurston, James Weldon Johnson, Ralph Ellison, and Sterling Brown, and represented a variety of African, British and American publications.
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Sc Micro R-1236
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