A notebook of copies of photographs from the various GRPL archival collections, prepared by departmental staff member Ruth Van Stee, provides quick and handy access to images of African Americans in the GRPL archival collections. Some of these images are listed below. Several others can be found in the two most heavily used image collections, Coll. 054, GRPL Photographs Collection, and Coll. 125, Robinson Studio Photographs.

Coll. 290. GRPL African American Newspaper Clippings Collection : Bajema. See the Index on the GRPL website.

Some GRPL archival collections focusing on African Americans are:

Coll. 006 Paul Phillips Coll. 049 William Glenn Coll. 071 Massey Family Photos Coll. 113 Black History Exhibit Collection Coll. 183 James Craig Coll. 251 African American Baseball Coll. 269 Paul Collins Coll. 281 GRPL Michigan History. Underground Railroad Coll. 294 Lyman Parks Coll. 308 Helen Jackson Claytor Civil Rights Collection