Middleton "Spike" Harris papers

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  1. Middleton "Spike" Harris papers, 1929-1977.
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Author
  1. Harris, M. A., 1908-

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Description
  1. 18.2 lin. ft.
Summary
  1. Papers primarily consist of research files created by Harris and the Negro History Associates (NHA) document the contributions of Blacks in the U.S., and business and organizational records of NHA. Harris family papers pertain to family history and contain copies of manumission papers, financial and legal documents. Personal papers of Harris consist of correspondence, financial records, and certificates documenting his career as a parole officer and his personal affairs. Research correspondence demonstrates the effects of the Civil Rights era on the publication of information regarding African Americana. Correspondence with Random House related to the publication of "The Black Book," 1974, which Harris was primarily responsible for compiling. Included are correspondence files of the NHA, 1963-1975, and extensive subject files comprised of research notes, clippings, and photocopies of original documents. Among topics covered are soldiers from the Revolutionary War era through the Vietnam Conflict; Black seamen; scientists and inventors; states; and individuals including Matthew Henson, Pierre Toussaint, Granville T. Woods, and George T. Downing; slavery; and benevolent societies. Material pertaining to Lewis H. Latimer consists of correspondence, military papers, patents, poems, and autobiographical notes, as well as minutes and correspondence of the Edison Pioneers. Also includes newspapers associated with the collection.
Subject
  1. Henson, Matthew Alexander, 1866-1955
  2. Slaves > Emancipation
  3. African Americans > History
  4. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Participation, African American
  5. African American families
  6. African American sailors
  7. Harris family
  8. African American press
  9. African American scientists
  10. African Americans > Charities
  11. Civil rights > United States
  12. Latimer, Lewis Howard, 1848-1928
  13. Negro History Associates
  14. Random House (Firm)
  15. Woods, Granville, 1856-1910
  16. African Americans > Civil rights
  17. African American soldiers
  18. African American historians
  19. United States > Armed Forces > African Americans
  20. African American inventors
  21. Toussaint, Pierre, 1766-1853?
  22. Edison Pioneers
  23. Parole officers > United States
  24. Fraternal organizations > United States
  25. United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Participation, African American
  26. African Americans > Societies, etc
  27. African American authors
  28. Explorers > United States
Call number
  1. Sc MG 34
Note
  1. Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
  2. Material transferred to Arts and Artifacts Division.
Reproduction (note)
  1. Photocopies in part.
Source (note)
  1. Mary Greene-Cohen
Biography (note)
  1. Author, historian, collector and dealer of African Americana. Middleton Alexander "Spike" Harris (1908-1977) was founder of the Negro History Associates in 1964, an organization which collected and disseminated information about African Americans.
Author
  1. Harris, M. A., 1908-
Title
  1. Middleton "Spike" Harris papers, 1929-1977.
Reproduction
  1. Photocopies in part.
Biography
  1. Author, historian, collector and dealer of African Americana. Middleton Alexander "Spike" Harris (1908-1977) was founder of the Negro History Associates in 1964, an organization which collected and disseminated information about African Americans.
Source
  1. Mary Greene-Cohen Purchase 1979 SCM 77-39.
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  1. NYPL Digital Collections
  2. Finding aid
Occupation
  1. African American authors.
Research call number
  1. Sc MG 34
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