Research Catalog

Title

The epic of Columbus' Bell, and other poems / by George Hannibal Temple.

Author

Temple, George Hannibal.

Publication

Reading, Pa. : Press of the Reading Eagle, 1900.

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Details

Additional Authors

Reading Eagle (Reading, Pa.), printer.

Description

80 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., port.; 18 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

• Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 > Poetry
• African American churches > New Jersey > Haleyville > Poetry
• Temple, George Hannibal > Portraits
• Attucks, Crispus, -1770 > Poetry
• Black author
• Slaves > Emancipation > United States > Poetry
• African Americans > Poetry
• African Methodist Episcopal Church (Haleyville, N.J.) Poetry
• Church bells > New Jersey > Haleyville > Poetry

Note

• The title poem commemorates the bell belonging to the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Haleyville, N.J.
• "Copyright, 1900, by George Hannibal Temple."--verso of title page.

Indexed In (note)

• Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

Dedication -- The Columbus bell -- The epic of Columbus' bell -- King Kobbena Eljen -- Ode to summer clouds -- Apostrophe to freedom -- In memory of Harriet Beecher Stowe -- The Cuban Amazon -- Spring -- Easter offering -- Samoa's storm -- Outing song -- To the memory of Florence M. Seidle -- The shower -- Autumn -- The snow storm -- To the memory of Rev. A.F. Jackson, D.D. -- An iceberg -- The tornado -- The dawn is breaking -- Evening -- Crispus attucks -- Notes.

Call Number

Sc Rare 811-T (Temple, G. H. Epic of Columbus' bell)

LCCN

12009593

OCLC

• 16125496
• NYPGR16125496-B

Author

Temple, George Hannibal.

Title

The epic of Columbus' Bell, and other poems / by George Hannibal Temple.

Imprint

Reading, Pa. : Press of the Reading Eagle, 1900.

Indexed In:

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), Suppl. 2264

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 811-T (accession no. B527127) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Reading Eagle (Reading, Pa.), printer.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 811-T (Temple, G. H. Epic of Columbus' bell)

NBI (Temple, G. H. Epic of Columbus' bell)