Black History Month suggestions
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3mnbooklover
Collin Powell
4MarthaJeanne
Whether or not any of the others would be good candidates for a Legacy Library account, Colin Powell is happily not eligible, as he is still alive.
7LascaSartoris
Richard Benjamin Moore, book collector, radical and author
His collection is at UWI. There might be a catalogue
https://www.jstor.org/stable/25612681
Updated: there is a printed catalogue
http://www.worldcat.org/title/richard-b-moore-library-printed-catalogue/oclc/227...
His collection is at UWI. There might be a catalogue
https://www.jstor.org/stable/25612681
Updated: there is a printed catalogue
http://www.worldcat.org/title/richard-b-moore-library-printed-catalogue/oclc/227...
8Muscogulus
> 7
Let's do Richard B. Moore! I'm guessing he would also be the first Barbadian to have a LL.
The printed catalog that LascaSartoris found appears to be for this collection of Moore's books, housed in Cave Hill, Barbados: https://www.cavehill.uwi.edu/mainlibrary/collections-libraries/special-collectio...
Let's do Richard B. Moore! I'm guessing he would also be the first Barbadian to have a LL.
The printed catalog that LascaSartoris found appears to be for this collection of Moore's books, housed in Cave Hill, Barbados: https://www.cavehill.uwi.edu/mainlibrary/collections-libraries/special-collectio...
9LascaSartoris
Muscogulus
I would LOVE to see Moore's collection made more accessible! He's a fascinating man who's influence spanned the Black Atlantic. I've got a contact at UWI Mona in Jamaica so i'll ask about what's available at Cave Hill.
I would LOVE to see Moore's collection made more accessible! He's a fascinating man who's influence spanned the Black Atlantic. I've got a contact at UWI Mona in Jamaica so i'll ask about what's available at Cave Hill.
10lorannen
It's February, so I'm reviving an old thread. Any new suggestions we could wrap up Black History Month with?
I'd love to see us finally get Richard B. Moore. I'm guessing >9 LascaSartoris: didn't have much luck.
I've done a bit of looking for Octavia Butler, but haven't gotten very far. Her papers are at Huntington (sorry for the weird link, it looks like their main page for the collection is dead), though that's a private library.
I'd love to see us finally get Richard B. Moore. I'm guessing >9 LascaSartoris: didn't have much luck.
I've done a bit of looking for Octavia Butler, but haven't gotten very far. Her papers are at Huntington (sorry for the weird link, it looks like their main page for the collection is dead), though that's a private library.
11karenb
James Baldwin
Large collection of papers at the NYPL Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Additional material at Yale's Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
The James Baldwin Estate manages permissions and is based in New York City.
Large collection of papers at the NYPL Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Additional material at Yale's Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
The James Baldwin Estate manages permissions and is based in New York City.
12benjclark
Looking through earlier requests and looked at Ida B. Wells's archive. Finding aid at Univ. of Chicago states the collection contains two published books owned by Wells, but seems to have only one listed: Norman B. Wood, The White Side of a Black Subject -- doesn't look to be a 2vol. work, so maybe a book is missing from the Finding Aid? http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78934336
Finding Aid: https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/ead/rlg/ICU.SPCL.IBWELLS.pdf
Major holdings of Zora Neale Hurston don't look like they contain her library. The University of Florida seems to have the bulk of what there was to be had at the time of her passing. NYPL has very little, also no books.
I wish it were standard on Wikipedia for a good article to include links to substantial holdings of the subject's papers, books, etc. (Yes, I know, *I* could be the one to do all that work, but, but, but....)
Finding Aid: https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/ead/rlg/ICU.SPCL.IBWELLS.pdf
Major holdings of Zora Neale Hurston don't look like they contain her library. The University of Florida seems to have the bulk of what there was to be had at the time of her passing. NYPL has very little, also no books.
I wish it were standard on Wikipedia for a good article to include links to substantial holdings of the subject's papers, books, etc. (Yes, I know, *I* could be the one to do all that work, but, but, but....)
13nrmay
this current historical novel was captivating -
The Paragon Hotel by Lyndsay Faye.
African-Americans in Portland, Oregon, 1920s.
The Paragon Hotel by Lyndsay Faye.
African-Americans in Portland, Oregon, 1920s.
14benjclark
nrmay -- Agreed, great book, but maybe better discussed here: https://www.librarything.com/topic/304030
15LascaSartoris
lorannen re: Moore, I haven't had much luck locating the printed catalog https://www.worldcat.org/title/richard-b-moore-library-printed-catalogue/oclc/22....
But Jstor does have a 23 page bibliography https://www.jstor.org/stable/25612682
But Jstor does have a 23 page bibliography https://www.jstor.org/stable/25612682
16Dilara86
As per wikipedia, Gustav Badin "collected an extensive library consisting of some 900 volumes, mostly in French. It was sold in Stockholm in the year of his death 1822 with a printed catalogue. This makes him one of the first recorded book collectors of African origin." I don't know whether his catalogue is available online, but if it is, he would be a great candidate for a legacy library.
17JBD1
Oooh, interesting, >16 Dilara86: - I haven't heard of him, but that's definitely a neat lead. Looks like he had a pretty cool way of marking his books, too:
https://wikivisually.com/wiki/File:BookBadin.jpg
I don't immediately find a record of the printed catalog, but I'll try and track it down!
https://wikivisually.com/wiki/File:BookBadin.jpg
I don't immediately find a record of the printed catalog, but I'll try and track it down!
18JBD1
>16 Dilara86: - there's a bit more at:
https://archive.org/details/svenskabibliotek01carl_0/page/472 starting midway down p. 415 and proceeding onto the next page. A great big library indeed, and at least a more specific date for the auction. Clearly there is a catalog out there somewhere!
https://archive.org/details/svenskabibliotek01carl_0/page/472 starting midway down p. 415 and proceeding onto the next page. A great big library indeed, and at least a more specific date for the auction. Clearly there is a catalog out there somewhere!
21PeteGreen
>1 MagicLibrarian: VERDICT: The Exclusive Picture Story of the Trial of the Chicago 8; Verna Sadock and Joseph Okpaku, 3rd Press Book, 1970.