Minute-Histories, Digital Projects + More

Minute-long videos and digital exhibitions highlight the visual histories of a variety of digitized artworks and photographs held at the Schomburg Center. View the center’s legacy digital exhibitions here.

NUEVAYORKINOS x DIGITAL SCHOMBURG PRESENTS

Where Roses Grow:

A LOOK AT RÓMULO LACHATAÑERÉ'S HARLEM

Dual-Published Digital Flipbook + Limited Edition Archival Zine

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Lesbian Herstory Archives and the 25th anniversary of the Schomburg Center’s In The Life Archive, Digital Schomburg is thrilled to share our dual-publication, digital flipbook and limited edition printed zine, In Them We All Exist: Reflections and Resources on Black Lesbian Herstory in the Archives.

The Schomburg Center is home to many collections that preserve the blueprint for superfine tailoring and Black style throughout the ages.

Celebrating this year’s MET Gala theme and the Costume Institute exhibition featuring some of our archives, here’s a snapshot of that style blueprint.

Collage of digitized archival photographs of vaudeville performer Aida Overton Walker by Digital Schomburg.
Title image for digital exhibition, "Nellie Mae Rowe: Something From Nothing." Recently digitized, this selection of mixed media works on paper is a glimpse into the imaginative world of Nellie Mae Rowe.

"When other people have something they don’t know what to do with, they throw it away, but not me. I’m going to make something out of it. Ever since I was a child, I’ve been that way. I would take nothing and make something." 

-Nellie Mae Rowe 

HALL OF FEMME: A few lesser-known historically significant women, whose stories are preserved in the Schomburg Center’s collections.

1930–1950, double exposure photograph of an American Negro League Baseball player throwing a baseball - FLY BALL - COPYRIGHT MORGAN and MARVIN SMITH

FLY BALL: Vintage Snapshots of Black Athletes by Twin Brother Photographers, Morgan & Marvin Smith

Interactive Teacher Set Honoring Augusta Savage

Photograph by Jonathan Blanc, featuring books and 3D-printed sculptures by renowned sculptor Augusta Savage in a newly developed interactive teacher set available through MyLibraryNYC.

Photo credit: Jonathan Blanc

Collaged photographs taken during the Farm Security Administration of 1935 - 1942, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

A Fond Farewell to Summer…

Featuring digitized photographs from the Farm Security Administration, 1935 - 1942

Collaged photographs taken during the Farm Security Administration of 1935 - 1942, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Title image for digital exhibition "Watercolors Amongst Friends," featuring a watercolor portrait of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg by artist and illustrator Albert Alexander Smith.

View acquisition letters and watercolor portraits, among the last items Arturo Schomburg personally commissioned and acquired for the Library’s collection.