Diddie, Dumps, and Tot, or, Plantation child-life / by Louise-Clarke Pyrnelle.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Pyrnelle, Louise Clarke, author.

Contributor:

• Harper, Margaret, illustrator.
• Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)
• Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, former owner.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
• Enslaved persons--Juvenile fiction.
• Plantation life--Juvenile fiction.
• African Americans.
• Plantation life.
• Enslaved persons.

Genre:

• Fiction.
• Juvenile works.

Penn Provenance:

• Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 6384) (Schimmel Fiction 6385))
• Cage, Joanne Auch, 1930-2004 (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 6384))
• Claitor's Bookshop (Baton Rouge, La.) (label) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 6385))

Physical Description:

viii, [2], 240 pages, [1] leaf of plates : 1 illustration ; 21 cm

Other Title:

• Diddie, Dumps, and Tot
• Plantation child-life

Place of Publication:

New York : Grosset & Dunlap, [1910]

Summary:

Details the daily life, stories and legends of plantations during slavery.

Local Notes:

• Schimmel Collection copies (Schimmel Fiction 6384 & 6385) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
• Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 6384) has dated 20th-century autograph ("Christmas 1940 Joanne Auch 426 Marlborough") of Joanne Elaine Auch (later Cage; 1930-2004) on front pastedown.
• Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 6385) has dated 20th-century manuscript gift inscription ("To - Our Precious Little Beverly from Aunt Lu and Glanye[?] Oct. 5, 1938") on verso of frontispiece plate; card with manuscript note dated 5 October 1938 to Beverly from Aunt Lu and Glanye[?] laid in.
• Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 6385) has bookseller's label ("Claitor's BOOKSHOP BATON ROUGE LA.") on front pastedown.
• Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 6385): dust jacket retained.

OCLC:

2970375