Beryl Cobham Collection on New York University
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Beryl Cobham was born in Panama and came to the United States around the year 1920. Cobham paid for her college tuition herself, and graduated from the New York University School of Education in 1940. After graduation Cobham entered the social work field and later worked for the Board of Education. The Beryl Cobham Collection on New York University consists of materials created and collected by Cobham documenting her experiences as an undergraduate student at NYU in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Materials include a 1940 School of Education yearbook from Cobham's senior year, a book inscribed to her from a classmate (given after graduation), an NYU sweater, a transcript and notes on Cobham's graduate school coursework at City College, a photograph of a friend, and pages of a scrapbook with black-and-white photographs of Cobham and her college friends (many of whom are Black students) in various locations, including Bear Mountain and Washington Square Park.
Biographical Note
Beryl Cobham was born in Panama and came to the United States around the year 1920. Cobham paid for her college tuition herself, and graduated from New York University School of Education in 1940. After graduation Cobham entered the social work field and later worked for the Board of Education.
Arrangement
This collection has not been arranged by an archivist. The materials are arranged in the order in which they were received from the donor.
Scope and Contents
The Beryl Cobham Collection on New York University consists of materials created and collected by Cobham documenting her experiences as an undergraduate student at New York University in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Materials include a 1940 School of Education yearbook from Cobham's senior year, a book inscribed to her from a classmate (given after graduation), an NYU sweater, a transcript and notes on Cobham's graduate school coursework at City College, a photograph of a friend, and pages of a scrapbook with black-and-white photographs of Cobham and her college friends (many of whom are Black students) in various locations, including Bear Mountain and Washington Square Park.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use materials in the collection in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Beryl Cobham Collection on New York University; MC 360; box number; folder number or item identifier; New York University Archives, New York University.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Pam Bryant-Hollins, Beryl Cobham's daughter, in July 2023; the accession number associated with this gift is 2023.050.
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Processing Information
At the time of accessioning, materials were rehoused in archival boxes and folders. Loose scrapbook pages and a sweater were rehoused by conservators. Materials were described on the collection-level with a folder-level inventory.