Research Catalog

Title

409 Edgecombe collection.

Author

409 Edgecombe Avenue Tenant Association, creator.

Publication

1878-1987, bulk 1920 - 1950.

Supplementary Content

Finding aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Boyd, Carroll.

Description

6.34 linear feet (16 boxes, 1 oversize folder)

Summary

409 Edgecombe Avenue, also known as Colonial Parkway Apartments, is a residential apartment building in the Sugar Hill section of Harlem that was home to many of the city's Black elite during the 1920s-1950s. The 409 Edgecombe collection consists of the personal effects of building residents, typically including correspondence, bills, receipts, and other ephemera. The collection is made up of the contents of trunks found in a storage room of the building by the 409 Edgecombe Tenants Association.

Subjects

• Photographs
• Personal correspondence
• Ephemera
• Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > History > 20th century
• Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Social life and customs

Genre/Form

• Ephemera.
• Personal correspondence.
• Photographs.

Source (note)

• Gift, 409 Edgecombe Tenants Association, 1988

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

• Walter White papers, Sc MG 479, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
• Aaron Douglas papers, Sc MG 308, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
• Fisher family papers, Sc MG 312, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
• Lillian Ross letters, Sc MG 547, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
• Philip Watson papers, Sc MG 546, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
• Alphonso H. Johnson papers, Sc MG 550, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
• Alma Lillie Hubbard papers, Sc MG 549, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
• Marie Thomas collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, New York Public Library

Call Number

Sc MG 804

OCLC

1314124724

Author

409 Edgecombe Avenue Tenant Association, creator.

Title

409 Edgecombe collection.

Production

1878-1987, bulk 1920 - 1950.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Location of Other Archival Materials

Walter White papers, Sc MG 479, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library

Aaron Douglas papers, Sc MG 308, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library

Fisher family papers, Sc MG 312, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library

Lillian Ross letters, Sc MG 547, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library

Philip Watson papers, Sc MG 546, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library

Alphonso H. Johnson papers, Sc MG 550, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library

Alma Lillie Hubbard papers, Sc MG 549, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library

Marie Thomas collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, New York Public Library

Materials Separated from the Resource: Transferred to the Photographs and Prints division: photographs. Transferred to the Art and Artifacts division: sash, pins, and jewelry.

Source

Gift, 409 Edgecombe Tenants Association, 1988

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Finding aid

Added Author

Boyd, Carroll.

Research Call Number

Sc MG 804