Live From the Reading Room: Philippa Schuyler to Josephine Schuyler

Live from the Reading Room: Correspondence is a podcast series that aims to share interesting and engaging letters written by or to key historical figures from the African Diaspora. Each episode highlights a letter from popular collections housed in the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Today’s episode features a letter from pianist, composer, and journalist Philippa Duke Schuyler to her mother, Josephine Schuyler.

 

Schuyler Family Photos, Box 4, Photographs and Prints Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library.

Today’s correspondence is recited by Miranda Mims, an Archivist in the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library.

*Special Note: All text is represented as originally written by the correspondent.