Research Catalog

Title

Black bibliophiles and collectors : preservers of Black history / edited by Elinor Des Verney Sinnette, W. Paul Coates, Thomas C. Battle.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Howard University Press, 1990.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Sinnette, Elinor Des Verney.
• Coates, W. Paul, 1946-
• Battle, Thomas C.
• Black Bibliophiles and Collectors Symposium (1983 : Howard University)

Description

xix, 236 pages : illustrations, portraits; 25 cm

Subject

• Libraries > Special collections > African Americans > Congresses
• African Americans > Library resources > Congresses
• African Americans > Bibliography > Methodology > Congresses
• African Americans > Manuscripts > Collectors and collecting > Congresses
• African Americans > Historiography > Congresses
• Book collecting > United States > Congresses
• African Americans > Bibliography > Methodology
• African Americans > Historiography
• African Americans > Library resources
• Book collecting
• Libraries > Special collections > African Americans
• Bibliophiler
• Kongress
• United States
• USA
• Schwärze

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings

Note

• Papers presented at the Black Bibliophiles and Collectors Symposium, which was held Nov. 29-30, 1983, Howard University.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction / Thomas C. Battle -- Part I. Historical Perspective. Black Antiquarians and Bibliophiles Revisited, with a Glance at Today's Lovers of Books and Memorabilia / Dorothy Porter Wesley -- Part II. The Development of Early Private Collections. Bibliophiles, Activists, and Race Men / Tony Martin; Arthur Alfonso Schomburg (1874-1938), Black Bibliophile and Collector / Elinor Des Verney Sinnette; On Collectors, Their Contributions to the Documentation of the Black Past / Robert Hill -- Part III. The Development of Black Public Special Collections. An Overview, Including the Special Collections at Fisk University / Jessie Carney Smith; The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture / Jean Blackwell Hutson; Special Collections at the Atlanta University Center / Minnie Clayton; Moorland-Spingarn Research Center: A Legacy of Bibliophiles / Betty M. Culpepper -- Part IV. Bibliophiles and Collectors Roundtable. Black Giants in Bindings / Charles Blockson; The Romance of Incidental Adventures in Collecting Books / Clarence Holte -- Part V. Black-Related Memorabilia as Collectibles and Material Culture. The Robeson Collections: Windows on Black History / Paul Robeson, Jr. -- Part VI. Documenting the Black Experience: Priorities for Collectors and Repositories. Present Programs and Future Needs / Bettye Collier-Thomas -- Part VII. Practical Assistance for Private Collectors. The Arrangement and Care of Manuscript Materials / Karen L. Jefferson; The Arrangement and Care of Small Book Collectors / Valerie Sandoval Mwalilino -- Part VIII. Summary and Closing Remarks. Summary / James Turner; Closing Remarks / Michael R. Winston.

ISBN

• 0882580310
• 9780882580319

LCCN

90004458

OCLC

• ocm21376714
• 21376714
• SCSB-1899690

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library