Research Catalog

Title

Gladys H. MacDonald papers, 1924-1959.

Author

MacDonald Gladys H., 1912-

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Details

Description

.4 lin. ft. (1 archival box)

Summary

The Gladys MacDonald Papers include documents from MacDonald's personal life and from the organization Harlem Speaks, a forum dedicated to stimulating discussion of major issues affecting community life. Most of the personal documents are biographical sketches and correspondence regarding her employment history and job search. Harlem Speaks material contains correspondence (1952-1958), event and meeting information such as flyers, invitations, minutes, notes and agendas. There are also financial reports, fundraising letters and proposals as well as press clippings. Address lists and approximately one hundred address cards provide membership information.

Subjects

• Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
• African American librarians
• African Americans > Societies, etc
• Associations, institutions, etc > New York (State) > New York
• Harlem Speaks (Organization)
• MacDonald Gladys H., 1912-

Note

• Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.

Source (note)

• Andrew Sinauer

Biography (note)

• Gladys H. MacDonald was a Harlem-based librarian and community organizer. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, MacDonald worked in a variety of librarian and teaching positions for institutions such as the Schomburg Collection for Negro Literature and History (New York Public Library), New York Amsterdam News, 135th Street YMCA, and Brooklyn College.
• In 1951 MacDonald founded Harlem Speaks, an interracial group that held community forums and meetings featuring speakers such as Langston Hughes and George Schuyler. The organization suffered from lack of funding and ceased functioning in 1959.

Call Number

Sc MG 726

OCLC

428525159

Author

MacDonald Gladys H., 1912-

Title

Gladys H. MacDonald papers, 1924-1959.

Biography

Gladys H. MacDonald was a Harlem-based librarian and community organizer. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, MacDonald worked in a variety of librarian and teaching positions for institutions such as the Schomburg Collection for Negro Literature and History (New York Public Library), New York Amsterdam News, 135th Street YMCA, and Brooklyn College.

In 1951 MacDonald founded Harlem Speaks, an interracial group that held community forums and meetings featuring speakers such as Langston Hughes and George Schuyler. The organization suffered from lack of funding and ceased functioning in 1959.

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Research Call Number

Sc MG 726