African American Studies at Beinecke Library

Collections, events, and news from the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of African American Arts and Letters.

Poetry Reading: Natasha Trethewey
November 8, 2009
Natasha Trethewey is the 2009 James Weldon Johnson Fellow in African American Studies at the Beinecke Library.
Welcome JWJ Fellow Natasha Trethewey
September 10, 2009
The Beinecke Library is pleased to welcome 2009 James Weldon Johnson Fellow in African American Studies Natasha Trethewey.
Walter Francis White and Poppy Cannon Papers
June 2, 2009
The finding aid for the Walter Francis White and Poppy Cannon Papers has recently been revised and updated.
The Van Vechten Paradox
May 26, 2009
Please join us for a final parting lecture given by Emily Bernard, the James Weldon Johnson Senior Research Fellow at the Beinecke Library.
New Beinecke Library Shelving Facility
May 19, 2009
As part of its ongoing commitment to improve research capabilities by increasing and preserving its collections, the Beinecke Library has created a state-of-the-art off-site shelving facility to house our growing manuscript and book collections.
New Hours at Beinekce Library
May 6, 2009

New Reading Room Hours, Effective June 1, 2009 Mondays – Thursdays 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Fridays 9:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m. New Exhibition Gallery Hours, Effective...
New Exhibition: Living Portraits
April 17, 2009
Living Portraits: Carl Van Vechten's Color Photographs of African Americans, 1939-1964 features some 140 never-before-exhibited color photographs by Carl Van Vechten.
Cabinet of (Poetry) Curiosities
April 4, 2009

In honor of National Poetry Month , throughout April the Beinecke Library’s Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities will feature poetry-related collection...
R. A. Adams Papers
March 12, 2009
The Beinecke Library has acquired the papers of R. A. Adams, an evangelistic minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and writer, lecturer, and publisher of pamphlets on topics relating to race, religion, contraception, interpersonal relations, and socioeconomics.
New Langston Hughes Poems
February 12, 2009
The January issue of Poetry Magazine includes poems by Langston Hughes, recently discovered in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.