Josephine Baker Collection

Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.

This collection received a basic level of processing in 2014, including rehousing and minimal organization.

The collection was arranged into several notebooks prior to its acquisition by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. This arrangement has been left as is. Researchers should note that material within each notebook overlaps with/or relates to material found in other notebooks. For instance, correspondence can be found in all notebooks. In order to locate all relevant material within this collection, researchers will need to consult each notebook described in the Collection Contents section. Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are often based on those provided by the creator or previous custodian. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during initial processing.

This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.

This collection includes materials previously identified by the following call number: Uncat JWJ MS 56.