Research Catalog

Title

Fisher family papers, 1873-1926.

Author

Fisher Family.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

.6 lin. ft.

Summary

The Fisher Family Papers consists of material relating to four of its members: Rudolph, Pearl, John and Joseph. The Rudolph Fisher papers consist of a short story, "City of Refuge" and a graduation program from his alma mater, Brown University. The bulk of the material relates to Pearl and includes class notes and writings, test papers, a yearbook for the Colored Teachers Training School, and a program for the "Scribblers," a poets' club to which she belonged. There are many letters from Joseph to his mother, Glendora, concerning his financial and personal problems. Rev. John Wesley Fisher is represented only by financial records.

Subjects

• African Americans > Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
• African Americans in literature
• Fisher, Rudolph, 1897-1934 > City of refuge
• Fisher, John Wesley, d 1919
• African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Harlem
• Fisher, Pearl

Note

• Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.

Source (note)

• 409 Edgecombe Avenue Tenants Association

Biography (note)

• The Fisher Family Papers represent four members of the Fisher family, most notably, physician and Harlem Renaissance author, Rudolph Fisher (1897-1934). Fisher is best known for his novels: "The Walls of Jericho," 1928, and "The Conjure-Man Dies: A Mystery Tale of Dark Harlem," 1932. The other family members are his sister, Pearl, a teacher educated at the College Preparatory School in Falls River, Massachusetts, who taught in Manhattan and Baltimore; their father John, a minister in Providence, Rhode Island; and their brother, Joseph.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Preliminary finding aid is available.

Processing Action (note)

• Accessioned
• Cataloged

OCLC

NYPW03-A41

Author

Fisher Family.

Title

Fisher family papers, 1873-1926.

Biography

The Fisher Family Papers represent four members of the Fisher family, most notably, physician and Harlem Renaissance author, Rudolph Fisher (1897-1934). Fisher is best known for his novels: "The Walls of Jericho," 1928, and "The Conjure-Man Dies: A Mystery Tale of Dark Harlem," 1932. The other family members are his sister, Pearl, a teacher educated at the College Preparatory School in Falls River, Massachusetts, who taught in Manhattan and Baltimore; their father John, a minister in Providence, Rhode Island; and their brother, Joseph.

Indexes

Preliminary finding aid is available.

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Local Subject

African Americans -- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)