Research Catalog

Title

Black authors and poets poster collection [graphic].

Publication

<1940?-1991.>

Details

Found In

(CstRLIN)NYPG087000308-F

Description

<183> posters : b&w and col.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subjects

• Black author
• Photomechanical prints > 1940-1999
• Book & magazine posters
• Posters > 1940-1999
• American poetry > African American authors
• Booksellers and bookselling > United States
• Authors, Black
• African American authors

Genre/Form

• Posters – 1940-1999.
• Book & magazine posters.
• Photomechanical prints – 1940-1999.

Note

• Title devised.
• Some posters are torn, creased, dirty. Some have been inscribed.

Access (note)

• Access to the collection is by appointment only and is restricted to qualified and experienced researchers.

Cite As (note)

• From the collection of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, Astor Lenox & Tilden Foundation, Arts & Artifacts Division.

Terms of Use (note)

• Works from the collection may be borrowed for exhibition purposes. Photography of art or artifacts in the collection is prohibited. In most instances, prints of collection items are available for sale to researchers. Permission for loans and to reproduce prints for publication must be obtained in writing.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Poster Collection.

Call Number

Sc Art Posters - Black authors and poets

Title

Black authors and poets poster collection [graphic].

Imprint

<1940?-1991.>

Access

Access to the collection is by appointment only and is restricted to qualified and experienced researchers.

Summary

Posters manufactured between 1940 and 1991 (primarily the 1970's and 80's), bearing information related to black authors and poets. About half of the collection announce new books published by a variety of presses including the Howard University Press, Dial Press, Leswing Press, Anchor Books, Alfred A. Knopf and Delacorte Press. Authors advertised include Nicolas Guillen, Nikki Giovanni, Margaret Walker, Alice Walker, Alex Haley, Vera B. Williams, Virginia Hamilton and many others. Books being advertised include fiction and nonfiction titles; many are ads for children's literature.

More than half of the remaining posters announce literary events: readings, seminars, Black Poetry Day events, black writing celebrations, memorials or tributes to authors (including Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, Sonia Sanchez, Countee Cullen, Gwendolyn Brooks and Dennis Brutus), book fairs, etc. The remaining posters are illustrated poems written by both nationally known poets and local New York City poets. Most of these posters were manufactured in the 1970's.

Cite As:

From the collection of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, Astor Lenox & Tilden Foundation, Arts & Artifacts Division.

Terms Of Use

Works from the collection may be borrowed for exhibition purposes. Photography of art or artifacts in the collection is prohibited. In most instances, prints of collection items are available for sale to researchers. Permission for loans and to reproduce prints for publication must be obtained in writing.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Poster Collection.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Local Subject

Black author.

Added Title

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Found In:

(CstRLIN)NYPG087000308-F

Research Call Number

Sc Art Posters - Black authors and poets