Books
We have over 75,000 books, concentrating on blues, African American history and related history, religious belief and musicology of West Africa.
Newspapers
We also have complete runs of important Southern newspapers, well into the mid 19th century and a complete bound set of the influential Chicago Defender, where so much of blues advertising made its debut.
Other material:
Besides books, periodicals, scholarly journals, we have a number of record contracts and personal letters of blues figures.

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