Black bibliophiles and collectors : preservers of Black history /

Black bibliophiles and collectors : preservers of Black history /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania), Black Bibliophiles and Collectors Symposium
Other Authors: Battle, Thomas C, Battle, Thomas C. (Editor), Coates, W. Paul, 1946- (Editor), Sinnette, Elinor Des Verney (Editor)
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Howard University Press, 1990
Washington, D.C. : 1990
Washington, D.C. : 1990
Subjects:
African Americans > Bibliography > Methodology > Congresses
African Americans > Historiography > Congresses
African Americans > Library resources > Congresses
African Americans > Manuscripts > Collectors and collecting > Congresses
Book collecting > United States > Congresses
Libraries > Special collections > African Americans > Congresses
Libraries > Special collections > Afro-Americans > Congresses
CHR 1990
PRO Banks, Joanna (donor) (stamp) (Banks Collection copy)
African Americans
African Americans > Bibliography > Methodology
African Americans > Historiography
African Americans > Library resources
African Americans > Manuscripts
Book collecting
Collectors and collecting
Libraries > Special collections > African Americans
Bibliophiler
Kongress
Schwarze
USA
United States
Conference papers and proceedings
Table of 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
  • Black giants in bindings / Charles Blockson
  • The romance of incidental adventures in collecting books / Clarence Holte
  • The Robeson Collections : windows on Black history / Paul Robeson, Jr.
  • Documenting the Black experience : priorities for collectors and repositories : present programs and future needs / Bettye Collier-Thomas
  • The arrangement and care of manuscript materials / Karen L. Jefferson
  • The arrangement and care of small book collections / Valerie Sandoval Mwalilino
  • Summary / James Turner
  • Closing remarks / Michael R. Winston
  • Introduction / Thomas C. Battle
  • Black antiquarians and bibliophiles revisited, with a glance at today's lovers of books and memorabilia / Dorothy Porter Wesley
  • 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
  • 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

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