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Guide to the Jean Blackwell Hutson Research & Reference Division: Home

Welcome! This guide will provide an overview of the Research & Reference Division at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Introduction

Welcome to the Research & Reference Division! The Jean Blackwell Hutson (JBH) Research and Reference Division is one of five divisions at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. JBH holds and provides access to books, serials, and microforms containing information by and about people of African descent throughout the world, concentrating on the humanities, social sciences, and the arts.

View of researchers using the Schomburg Collection, when it was the 135th Street Branch Library Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints, as it looked in 1938, with Catherine A. Latimer, reference librarian of the collection, in left background.

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard (135th St and Malcolm X Blvd)
Lower Level
New York, NY 10037

Research and Reference Division Hours (Temporarily Closed due to COVID19)

Holiday Closing Hours

Librarian

Jean Blackwell Hutson Research Division Reference Librarians

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Contact:

212-491-2218

Subjects: African American and African Diaspora Studies