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

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Sinnette, Elinor Des Verney, editor.

Coates, W. Paul, 1946- editor.

Battle, Thomas C., editor, writer of introduction.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Conference Name:

Black Bibliophiles and Collectors Symposium (1983 : Howard University)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Libraries--Special collections--African Americans--Congresses.

Libraries.

Libraries--Special collections--African Americans.

African Americans--Library resources--Congresses.

African Americans.

African Americans--Library resources.

African Americans--Bibliography--Methodology--Congresses.

African Americans--Bibliography--Methodology.

African Americans--Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--Congresses.

African Americans--Manuscripts.

Collectors and collecting.

African Americans--Historiography--Congresses.

African Americans--Historiography.

Book collecting--United States--Congresses.

Book collecting.

United States.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (stamp) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xix pages, 1 unnumbered page, 236 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

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

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.

Notes:

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

"Jacket Design: Alan Carter."

"Cover Photo: Jesse F. Moorland, well-known bibliophile and donor to the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center ..."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

Banks Collection copy has embossed stamp "JB The Library of Joanna Banks".

ISBN:

0882580310

OCLC:

21376714