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- Name
- Gumby, L. S. Alexander, 1885-1961 (Creator)
- Title
- Libraries
- Other Titles
- Scrapbook 52
- Abstract
- Scrapbook compiled by Alexander Gumby, containing photographs, correspondence, news clippings, and ephemera
- Collection Name
- L.S. Alexander Gumby collection of Negroiana
- Archival Context
- Series III: Scrapbooks
- Subjects
- African Americans--History; Libraries--New York (State); Gumby, L. S. Alexander, 1885-1961
- Format
- albums; ephemera
- Genre
- Scrapbooks; Albums (Books); Sources
- Origin Information
- New York City
- Date
- between 1901 and 1961
- Physical Description
- 1 volume
- Note (Biographical)
- L. S. Alexander Gumby (1885-1961) was an African-American archivist, historian, collector, and owner of the Gumby Book Studio in Harlem, N.Y. He began collecting materials in 1901 and gave his extensive collection of scrapbooks to Columbia University Libraries in 1950, naming it the L.S. Alexander Gumby Collection of Negroiana. He continued to organize and add to the collection until his death in 1961.
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 16903322
- Digital Project
- gumby_microfilm
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/mgzh-3211