The Schomburg Center and the New York Public Library offers a wide variety of resources that document the Harlem Renaissance across the research libraries including research guides, databases, books, zines, and more. To find additional resources, check the NYPL catalog, or the NYPL Archives Portal.
Please direct questions to SchomburgReference@nypl.org.
Explore NYPL's wide array of digital resources including:
Browse the following resources for materials discussing Black history:
African America, Communists, and the National Negro Congress, 1933-1947
African American Historical Serials Collection
African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 (Readex)
African American Periodicals, 1825-1995 (Readex)
In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience
The Crisis A record of the darker races
Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life
Claude McKay Letters and Manuscripts 1915-1952
Fredi Washington Papers 1922-1981
Gwendolyn Bennett papers, 1916-1981
Langston Hughes collection, 1926-1967
Lawrence Brown papers, 1916-1972
Paul Robeson collection 1925-1956
William Pickens papers, 1906-1954
Harlem 1919-1962 Sc Micro R-707 r. 6
Harlem Housing 1927-1964 Sc Micro R-707 r. 6
Hughes, Langston 1925-1961 Sc Micro R-707 r. 7
Johnson, James Weldon 1913-1934 Sc Micro R-707 r. 8
Music and Musicians 1918-1947 Sc Micro R-707 r. 12