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Letter from Ernestine Rose to L. Hollingsworth Wood, asking to buy Arthur Alfonso Schomburg's collection

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division

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Schomburg Committee of the Trustees of New York Public Library collection

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Title
Letter from Ernestine Rose to L. Hollingsworth Wood, asking to buy Arthur Alfonso Schomburg's collection
Names
New York Public Library (Creator)
Rose, Ernestine, 1880-1961 (Correspondent)
Wood, L. Hollingsworth (Levi Hollingsworth), 1873-1956 (Addressee)
Collection

Schomburg Committee of the Trustees of New York Public Library collection

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1925-10-06
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc MG 192
Topics
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938
New York Public Library. 135th Street Branch
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Genres
Correspondence
Physical Description
Extent: 1 letter : 3 pages ; 8 7/16 x 5 7/16 inches each
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11524031
MSS Unit ID: 20597
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 20.01.SCH55a-c
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 20.01.SCH56a-c
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 50cc0540-14a8-013e-dd5f-0242ac110003
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Item timeline of events

  • 1925: Created
  • 2025: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter from Ernestine Rose to L. Hollingsworth Wood, asking to buy Arthur Alfonso Schomburg's collection" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1925. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4a5521f0-7baa-013e-90ab-0242ac110002

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter from Ernestine Rose to L. Hollingsworth Wood, asking to buy Arthur Alfonso Schomburg's collection" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 20, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4a5521f0-7baa-013e-90ab-0242ac110002

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1925). Letter from Ernestine Rose to L. Hollingsworth Wood, asking to buy Arthur Alfonso Schomburg's collection Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4a5521f0-7baa-013e-90ab-0242ac110002

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Letter from Ernestine Rose to L. Hollingsworth Wood, asking to buy Arthur Alfonso Schomburg's collection