Rare Book & Manuscript Library
 

L. S. Alexander Gumby collection of Negroiana, 1800-1981

Series I: Letters, Manuscripts, Documents, and Art

All external visitors, including alumni, must meet the University's primary COVID-19 vaccination series mandate and are required to adhere to the University's COVID-19 policies . After clicking 'Submit Request', users will login with their UNI and password (Columbia affiliates) or their special collections account (external users). Appointments are required and will be arranged according to each individual repository's policy.



Subseries I.1: Letters, Manuscripts, and Documents



Box A Cataloged letters and manuscripts: Slavery documents -- Miscellaneous uncalaloged letters -- Holograph drafts and final typescripts of Gumby's own letters, 2 boxes,

[Available on microfilm # 96-2040 and 96-2041]



Box B Cataloged letters and manuscripts: Slavery documents -- Miscellaneous uncalaloged letters -- Holograph drafts and final typescripts of Gumby's own letters, 2 boxes,

[Available on microfilm # 96-2040 and 96-2041]


Subseries I.2: Art



Flatbox 189 Argudin, P. Portrait of Alexander Gumby, [New York], 1934, 22 x 19 inches Pastel, 1 folder,



Box 19 Artist's Pallette, signed by numerous friends, 1934-1938