I am writing a report. Where can I find primary source documents about Madam Walker?
The Madam Walker papers are located at the Indiana Historical Society Library in Indianapolis . For more information go to http://www.indianahistory.org/library/ and http://www.indianahistory.org/library/manuscripts/collection_guides/walker1.html or call 317-232-1879. We suggest that you consult the suggested research sources which are listed on this website in the bibliography at http://www.madamcjwalker.com/bibliography.html . We also hope you will visit the main branch of your local public library to consult black newspapers from the early 1900s and that you ask the librarian if there are any archival materials about the black community in your town or city. Major manuscript collections of other famous African Americans who knew Madam Walker exist at the Library of Congress and at Howard University ‘s Moorland Spingarn Collection in Washington , D.C. and at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City . We recommend that you not rely solely on the Internet for
