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The black cat club : Negro humor & folk-lore

Title
The black cat club : Negro humor & folk-lore / by James D. Corrothers ; illustrated by J. K. Bryans.
Author
Corrothers, James David, 1869-1917
Publication
  • New York ; London : Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1902.
  • ©1902.

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Additional Authors
  • Bryans, J. K.
  • Funk & Wagnalls Company, publisher.
Description
264 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations; 19 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Subject
  • African American wit and humor
  • African Americans > Fiction
  • African Americans > Humor
Genre/Form
Presentation inscriptions (Provenance)
Note
  • "Copyright, 1902, by Funk & Wagnalls Company. Registered at Stationers' Hall, London. Printed in the United States of America. Published March, 1902."--verso of title page.
Provenance (note)
  • inscribed: in ink on recto of first free endleaf "To the Queen of the Ee Kats from a little Ee. Mch. 27/'02." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
Contents
The club introduced -- About black cats -- Some letters and a home -- De eddicated cullud man -- Bei der nort seit oudt -- "Ghosts, witches, and hoodoos" -- Love and humor mixed -- Applying the Chicago golden rule -- Tales of slavery days -- Sandy visits Terre Haute -- "Near to nature's heart" -- The great debate -- Reconciliations, reflections, remembrances -- "Good eatin's" -- At the church.
Call Number
Sc Fic (Corrothers, J. Black cat club)
OCLC
  • 2408277
  • NYPGR2408277-B
Author
Corrothers, James David, 1869-1917, author.
Title
The black cat club : Negro humor & folk-lore / by James D. Corrothers ; illustrated by J. K. Bryans.
Publisher
New York ; London : Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1902.
Copyright Date
©1902.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Provenance
Copy in Sc Fic (Corrothers, J. Black cat club) (accession no. B526699) inscribed: in ink on recto of first free endleaf "To the Queen of the Ee Kats from a little Ee. Mch. 27/'02." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
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Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Bryans, J. K., illustrator.
Funk & Wagnalls Company, publisher.
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
Research Call Number
Sc Fic (Corrothers, J. Black cat club)
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