Joseph Boromé papers, 1939-1981

Creator:: Boromé, Joseph Alfred, 1919-2002
Extent:: 7.14 linear feet (17 boxes)
Language:: English .
Scope and content:: Correspondence; Notes; Teaching Materials; research Material, etc.
Biographical / historical:: Joseph Alfred Boromé was a historian who compiled and edited the correspondence of diverse figures, from librarian and scholar Justin Winsor and Reconstruction Senator Hiram Revels to English abolitionist John Candler and Haitian historical figure Toussaint Louverture. A native New Yorker of Caribbean descent, Boromé's parents were from the island of Dominica. He began his career as a librarian, and was head of the Burgess Library at Columbia University (1949-1950) followed by a long career as professor of history at City College in New York (1950-1984). He authored two books"Charles Coffin Jewett" (1951) and "Toussaint Louverture, a Life with Letters" (1984), numerous articles, and wrote extensively on Dominica. Boromé died in 2002.

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accn number: Source of acquisition--[source of acquisition]. Method of acquisition--Gift, Purchase, etc; Date of acquisition--date.

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2020-12-10 Papers processed cml.

Collection-level record describing unprocessed material made public in summer 2018 as part of the Hidden Collections initiative.

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Preferred citation:: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Joseph A. Borome Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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