Remarks
Nurse on Baldwin's request to return papers to the public library
New York City Council · Aug 13, 2026 · starts 0:01:34 · 22 sec
Chair Nurse shares that at the end of his life, Baldwin asked that his papers and works be returned to the public library on 135th Street, now the Countee Cullen Library, where he spent much of his childhood reading.
Sandy Nurse
At the end of his life, he was asked that his papers, he asked that his papers and works be returned to the public library on 135th Street, now known as the County Cullen Library, where he spent so much of his childhood reading.
Sandy Nurse
I am actually going to kick this over to Councilmember Hudson because I suspect her remarks are going to lift up a lot of his work.