Carter Godwin Woodson papers, 1736-1974

Collection Summary

Title	Carter Godwin Woodson papers, 1736-1974
Inclusive Dates	1736-1974
Bulk Dates	1915-1950
ID No.	MSS46342
Creator	Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950
Extent	18,000 items
Extent	54 containers plus 19 oversize
Extent	21.2 linear feet
Extent	46 microfilm reels
Language	Collection material in English
Location	Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000014
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm76046342
Summary	Historian, author, and collector. Papers of prominent African Americans, research files, business records, writings, correspondence, and other material relating to Woodson's leadership of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History and to scholarship and publishing in the field of African and African-American history.
Online Content	An item from the Carter Godwin Woodson Papers, "Diary of Benjamin Tucker Tanner, A.M.E. bishop, 1860-1861," is available on the Library of Congress website at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000014.001.