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Additional authors

1. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, publisher
2. Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.), printer
3. H.O. Houghton & Company, printer, electrotyper
4. Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, bookplate
5. Lincoln School for Nurses, bookplate, former owner

Description

1. [2], vi, 329, [1] pages; 20 cm

Summary

1. Novel of Southern life in a stirring tale of racial confrontation in a reconstructionist Southern town. With a memorable cast of characters, including the imperious newspaperman Major Carteret, and Dr. Miller, a young Black physician married to Mrs. Carteret's unacknowledged mixed-race half-sister.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2021-2024).

Subject

1. Wilmington Massacre, Wilmington, N.C., 1898 -- Fiction.
2. African Americans -- North Carolina -- Wilmington -- Fiction.
3. Racism -- North Carolina -- Wilmington -- History -- Fiction.
4. White supremacy movements -- North Carolina -- Wilmington -- Fiction.
5. Riots -- North Carolina -- Wilmington -- Fiction.
6. Multiracial people -- Fiction.
7. African Americans -- Fiction.
8. Wilmington (N.C.) -- Fiction.
9. Married people -- Fiction.
10. Race relations -- Fiction.
11. Riots -- Fiction.
12. American fiction -- 20th century.
13. Marital status.
14. Married people.
15. Racism.

Genre/Form

1. Historical fiction.
2. Fiction.
3. Ink stamps (Provenance)
4. Bookplates (Provenance)
5. History.

Contents

1. ch. 1. At break of day -- ch. 2. The christening party -- ch. 3. The editor at work -- ch. 4. Theodore Felix -- ch. 5. A journey southward -- ch. 6. Janet -- ch. 7. The operation -- ch. 8. The campaign drags -- ch. 9. A white man's "nigger" -- ch. 10. Delamere plays a trump -- ch. 11. The baby and the bird -- ch. 12. Another southern product -- ch. 13. The cakewalk -- ch. 14. The maunderings of old Mrs. Ochiltree -- ch. 15. Mrs. Carteret seeks an explanation -- ch. 16. Ellis takes a trick -- ch. 17. The social aspirations of Captain McBane -- ch. 18. Sandy sees his own ha'nt -- ch. 19. A midnight walk -- ch. 20. A shocking crime -- ch. 21. The necessity of an example -- ch. 22. How not to prevent a lynching -- ch. 23. Belleview -- ch. 24. Two southern gentlemen -- ch. 25. The honor of a family -- ch. 26. The discomfort of Ellis -- ch. 27. The vagaries of the higher law -- ch. 28. In season and out -- ch. 29. Mutterings of the storm -- ch. 30. The missing papers -- ch. 31. The shadow of a dream -- ch. 32. The storm breaks -- ch. 33. Into the lion's jaws -- ch. 34. The valley of the shadow -- ch. 35. "Mine enemy, o mine enemy!" -- ch. 36. Fiat justitia -- ch. 37. The sisters.

Call number

1. Sc Rare C 81-9

Language

1. English

Note

1. Copyright statement from verso of title page.
2. Publisher's advertisement for works by Charles W. Chesnutt on page preceding title page. Printer statement from colophon (page [1] at end).

Indexed in (note)

1. Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
2. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall.

Additional formats (note)

1. Also available on microfilm in Sc Micro R-892 [pt. 4] and in digital form.

Source (note)

1. Arthur A. Schomburg;

Local note

1. The Schomburg Center's Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Book Division has three copies of this book, and G.K. Hall's entry for this book includes a date of "March 21, 1944," which indicated that this book was among the items re-cataloged during Lawrence Reddick's tenure. Copy 2 in Sc Rare Fic-C (Chesnutt, C W. Marrow of tradition) (accession no. B571418) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. Copy 1 in Sc Rare Fic-C (Chesnutt, C W. Marrow of tradition) (accession no. A818338) is probably one of the books transferred to the collection when Catherine A. Latimer was the collection librarian. This copy bears an NYPL's bookplate of Reference Collection of Negro Literature, NYPL's perforated stamp, and early processing marking of the original collection, as well as various stamps like: "The New York Public Library: Harlem Branch; Central Reserve"; & "Department of Negro Literature and History" which indicate, this item was originally part of of the Harlem Branch. Copy 3, or copy in Sc Rare C 81-9 (no accession #), is probably a post-Lawrence Reddick addition to the collection with the original publisher's bound in mustard yellow cloth over boards and a gilt spine. This copy includes the publisher's advertisement for works by Charles W. Chesnutt on the page preceding the title page; & the printer statement from the colophon (page [1] at the end). It also includes a bookplate and stamps of the former owner: Lincoln School for Nurses. They are all imperfect: brittle, loose pages, some texts may be lacking.

Author

1. Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932, author.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Indexed in:

1. Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), Suppl. 395
2. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall., v. 2, page 1331, column 2, row 7

Source

1. Copy 1 in Sc Rare Fic-C (Chesnutt, C W. Marrow of tradition Purchase; [Pre-1926?]; A818338 NN
2. Copy 2 in Sc Rare Fic-C (Chesnutt, C W. Marrow of tradition Purchase; Arthur A. Schomburg; 1926; B571418 NN
3. Copy in Sc Rare C 81-9 Purchase; Arthur A. Schomburg; no accession # NN

Connect to:

1. Access screen for full text.
2. Internet Archive, UNC Chapel Hill copy
3. Internet Archive UNC copy
4. Internet Archive
5. Request Access to Special Collections Material

Chronological term

1. 1900-1999

Local subject

1. Black author.

Chronological term

1. 1898-1999

Place of publication

1. United States Massachusetts Boston.
2. United States New York (State) New York.

Added author

1. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, publisher.
2. Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.), printer.
3. H.O. Houghton & Company, printer, electrotyper.
4. Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, bookplate.
5. Lincoln School for Nurses, bookplate, former owner.
6. Latimer, Catherine, 1896-1948 collection librarian.
7. Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Other form:

1. Online version: Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932. Marrow of tradition. Boston : Houghton, Mifflin, 1901 (OCoLC)575018514
2. Online version: Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932. Marrow of tradition. Boston : Houghton, Mifflin, 1901 (OCoLC)609094095

LCCN

1. 01025424