Archival and manuscript collections in the Herskovits Library include personal papers, photographs, records, and microforms.
Please note that language books, vertical file, rare books, photographs, posters, archival, and manuscript materials are available for consultation Monday-Friday, 8:30am – 4:45pm only. Advance appointments are strongly recommended.
Our Lorenzo Dow Turner Papers collection contains an extensive selection of his field notes.
| Collections Held by the Herskovits Library | Span Dates | # of Boxes |
| Abdullah Abdurahman Family Papers | 1906-1962 |
7
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| African Studies Association Papers | 1957-1980 |
50
|
| American Committee to Keep Biafra Alive Records | 1966-1980 |
2
|
| Vernon Anderson Papers | 1921-1980 |
2
|
| Claude Barnett Research Collection | 1950-1970 |
41
|
| Black Sash Papers | 1928-1963 |
4
|
| Dennis Brutus Defense Committee Records | 1963-1983 | 41 |
| Clignet-Sween African Data Printouts | 1965-1975 |
35
|
| Alexander Hepple Papers | 1937-1964 |
15
|
| International Journal of African Historical Studies editorial records, ca. 1968 - ca. 1978 | 1968-1978 |
27
|
| Leo Kuper Papers | 1952-1966 |
21
|
| Records of the Economic Survey of Liberia | 1956-1962 | 8 |
| William B. Lloyd Jr. Papers | 1942-1983 |
7
|
| Vernon McKay Papers - Note: NU users only can see the images associated with this collection in our Repository. | 1935-1977 |
121
|
| Simon Ottenberg Papers | 1950-2000 |
35+1 folio
|
| Edward Roux Clipping Scrapbook Collection | 1941-1964 |
4
|
| Lavinia Scott Papers | 1930-1959 |
4
|
| Toward Freedom Newsletter Records | 1937-1975 |
7
|
| Toward Freedom Newsletter Records - William Bross Lloyd Jr. |
1
|
|
| Lorenzo Dow Turner Papers | 1913-1973 |
55 (9 RCS, 1 DF)
|
| Jan Vansina Papers | 1718-2010 |
136
|
| Collections Held by the Charles Deering McCormick Library (not in the Herskovits Library) | Span Dates | # of Boxes |
| African Curriculum Project Records | 1965-1968 |
17
|
| Dennis Brutus Papers | 1946-1977 |
134
|
| Gwendolen M. Carter Papers (82 Scrapbooks) | 1915-1977 |
180
|
| Melville J. Herskovits Biographical Materials | 1920-1996 |
1
|
| Melville J. Herskovits Papers | 1906-1963 |
172
|
| David Jolly Papers | 1945-1966 |
2
|
| Program of African Studies Records | 1955-1983 |
60
|
| Program of African Studies - Interdepartmental Seminar on Africa, Seminar Reports | 1949-1958 |
1
|