The Institute of Jazz Studies recently acquired the collection of stride pianist and composer Charles Luckeyth Roberts, better known as Luckey Roberts (1887-1968). Roberts was an influential composer and considered the most technically gifted member of the post-ragtime stride school.

Besides Roberts’s papers, the collection also contains those of Lena Sanford, a professionally trained operatic singer who Roberts would eventually be married to for over 40 years.

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Archivist Fernanda H. Perrone has been awarded the 2021 Roger H. McDonough Award, sponsored by the New Jersey Studies Alliance (NJSAA), the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) NJ Caucus, the New Jersey Library Association (NJLA) History & Preservation Section, and the New Jersey Historical Commission. The award recognizes her leadership as an archivist, librarian, and curator for the benefit of Rutgers University and the State of New Jersey.

African American Newspapers, Series 1 is a collection of 280 digitized newspapers from over 35 U.S. states published by and for African Americans. Each newspaper issue in this collection has been fully digitized and is fully searchable, including all articles, obituaries, advertisements, editorials, and illustrations. Some of the major titles in the collection include The Colored Citizen (KS), Arkansas State Press, Rights of All (NY), Wisconsin Afro-American, New York Age, L’Union (LA), Northern Star and Freeman’s Advocate (NY), Richmond Planet, Cleveland Gazette, and The Appeal(MN).