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

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Series I: Letters, Manuscripts, Documents, and Art


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