Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938
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Name (Latin)
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938
Other forms of name
Schomburg, Arturo Alfonso, 1874-1938
Date of birth
1874-01-24
Date of death
1938-06-08
Field of activity
Bibliomania
Education
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Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Weatherford, Carole Boston. Schomburg, 2017:time line (Arturo Alfonso Schomburg b. Jan. 24, 1874 in Santurce, Puerto Rico; Apr. 17, 1891 arrives in NYC; Apr. 3, 1892 he is co-founder of Las Dos Antillas and becomes a Mason; starts teaching Spanish in NY in 1896; 1901 starts working for the New York law firm Pryor, Mellis and Harris as a messenger and clerk ; 1906 starts working in the mailroom of Bankers Trust Company and is later promoted to a supervisor; 1912 - coedits the Encyclopedia of the colored race; 1920 - becomes the president of the American Negro Academy; 1926 - Schomburg's book collection is bought by The Carnegie Corporation and donated to the New York Public Library's division of Negro History, Literature, and Prints; 1930 - he retires from the Bankers trust Company; 1931 - serves as the curator of the Negro Collection at Fisk University Library in Nashville, TN ; 1932-1938, Schomburg serves as the curator of the NYPL's division of Negro History, Literature, and Prints ; d. June 8, 1938 in Brooklyn, NY) bibliography (lists books referring to Schomburg as Arthur Alfonso Schomburg)
- nuc87-79947: His Racial integrity, 1979?(hdg. on NRU rept.: Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938; usage: Arthur A. Schomburg)
- nuc88-32961: Sinnette, E.D.V. Arthur Alfonso Schomburg, black bibliophile ... [MI] 1977(hdg. on CU rept.: Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938)
- LC data base, 6/16/88(hdg.: Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938; usage: Arthur A. Schomburg)