Moorland–Spingarn Research Center

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The Moorland–Spingarn Research Center is a major research library and archive renowned for its extensive collections documenting the history and culture of the African diaspora.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf African diaspora studies institution
archival repository
research library
special collections library
affiliation Howard University Libraries
collectionFocus African American culture
African American history
African culture
African diaspora
African diaspora culture
Africana
Black studies
Caribbean history
country United States
fieldOfStudy African American studies
African diaspora studies
cultural studies
history
hasCollectionType archives
ephemera
manuscripts
oral histories
organizational records
pamphlets
periodicals
personal papers
photographs
rare books
languageOfMaterials English
locatedIn United States
Washington, D.C.
namedAfter Arthur B. Spingarn
Jesse E. Moorland NERFINISHED
notableFor documentation of African American history and culture
extensive collections documenting the African diaspora
resources for Black studies scholarship
operatedBy Howard University
partOf Howard University
primaryUsers faculty
historians
independent scholars
researchers
students
sector higher education
servesAs repository for African American archival materials
research center for scholars of the African diaspora

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Founders Library
associatedWith
Harlem ("Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture")
hasLandmark
Howard University
hasLibrary
New York Public Library ("Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture")
hasPart
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library ("James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of African American Arts and Letters")
holds
Founders Library
notableCollection

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