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Additional authors

1. Williams, Daniel B. (Daniel Barclay), 1861-
2. Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
3. Lynch, John Roy, 1847-1939
4. Settle, Josiah Thomas, 1850-1915
5. Straker, D. Augustus (David Augustus), -1908
6. Brown, J. A. (Jere A.)
7. Fortune, Timothy Thomas, 1856-1928
8. Langston, John Mercer, 1829-1897
9. Pinchback, Pinckney Benton Stewart, 1837-1921
10. Scarborough, W. S. (William Sanders), 1852-1926
11. Lawson, J. H., Professor, active 1889
12. Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
13. Stephens, George E.
14. Trigg, Frank
15. Arnett, Benjamin William, 1838-1906
16. Price, Joseph Charles, 1854-1893
17. Steward, T. G. (Theophilus Gould), 1843-1924
18. Burleigh, A. A.
19. Coppin, Levi Jenkins, 1848-1924
20. Still, James, T.
21. Johnson, William H.
22. Mossell, N. F., Mrs., 1855-1948
23. Van Vlack, Charles, active 1889
24. Willey & Co. (Firm), (active 1889), publisher
25. Clark W. Bryan & Co., printer
26. Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History, Bookplate

Description

1. 565, [4] pages : portraits, plates, facsimile; 21 cm

Donor/Sponsor

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

Subject

1. African American press
2. Press -- United States
3. African Americans -- Biography
4. African American press
5. African Americans
6. Press
7. United States

Genre/Form

1. Biographies.
2. Inscriptions (Provenance)

Call number

1. NARF (Penn, I. G. Afro-American press)

Language

1. English

Note

1. Introduction signed: Daniel B. Williams ... November 7, 1889.
2. "Sold only by subscription"--Title page verso.
3. Advertisements on 7 unnumbered pages following text.
4. Includes index.
5. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C., in the Years 1890 and 1891, by I. Garland Penn. All rights reserved; sold only by subscription" -- title page verso.

Indexed in (note)

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall.

Provenance (note)

1. Copy 1 in Sc Rare 070 P: with the NYPL's bookplate "The Schomburg Collection of Negro literature and History" pastedown on page [2] of cover ; and inscribed in ink on top of the first page of the table of contents to "J.E. Bruce from I.G. Penn, April 1891."
2. Copy 2 in Sc Rare 070 P: includes inscriptions in ink on recto of the first endleaf: "Afro-American press brought by Philip A. Smith;" "Philip A. Smith [Harse de Grace, [?] Brought in Summer '93."

Local note

1. The Schomburg Center Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Book Division has two copies of the book; copy 1 in Sc Rare 070 P ((accession no. C211633) includes stamps of: "Division of Negro Literature and History;" Property of the City of New York;" and "The New York Public Library: Circulation Department, 135 Street Branch, 103 West 135th St." is parts of the Circulation Department, and probably pre - 1926 purchase. Imperfect: lacks original cover; treated; rebound in light black cloth over boards and gilt spine. Copy 2 in Sc Rare 070 P: bound in publishers original mustard yellow cloth over boards with red and black colored illustrated front cover.
2. Also availlable in: Sc Micro F-12828 no. 210; electronic resource, and Sc C 81-61.
3. Schomburg Center researchers are restricted copy in: Sc Micro F-12828 no. 210 or Sc C 81-61 or the electronic resource.

Author

1. Penn, I. Garland (Irvine Garland), 1867-1930, author, inscriber.

Title

1. The Afro-American press and its editors / by I. Garland Penn, principal in Lynchburg, Va., schools, : and ex-editor Lynchburg, Va., Laborer ; with contributions by Hon. Frederick Douglass, Hon. John R. Lynch ; Hon. J.T. Settle, Hon. D.A. Straker ; Hon. Jere A. Brown ; Hon. T. Thomas Fortune ; Hon John Mercer Langston ; Hon P.B.S. Pinchback. ; Prof. W.S. Scarborough ; Prof. J.H. Lawson ; Prof. Booker T. Washington ; Prof. George E. Stephen. ; Prof. Frank Trigg ; Bishop B.W. Arnett ; D.D., Rev J C Price ; D.D., Rev. T.G. Steward ; D.D., Rev. A.A. Burleigh. ; Rev. L.J. Coppin. ; D.D., James T. Still. M.D., ; William H. Johnson. M D. ; and Mrs. N.F. Mossell.

Publisher

1. Springfield, Mass. : Willey & Co., Publishers, 1891.

Manufacturer

1. (Springfield, Mass. : Clark W. Bryan & Co. Printers)
2. ([Springfield, Massachusetts?] : Charles van Vlack, electrotyper)

Copyright date

1. ©1891

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Indexed in:

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall., v. 7, page 5845, column 3, row 2

Provenance

1. Copy 1 in Sc Rare 070 P: with the NYPL's bookplate "The Schomburg Collection of Negro literature and History" pastedown on page [2] of cover ; and inscribed in ink on top of the first page of the table of contents to "J.E. Bruce from I.G. Penn, April 1891." NN
2. Copy 2 in Sc Rare 070 P: includes inscriptions in ink on recto of the first endleaf: "Afro-American press brought by Philip A. Smith;" "Philip A. Smith [Harse de Grace, [?] Brought in Summer '93." NN

Source

1. Copy 1 in Sc Rare 070 P: C211633. NN
2. Copy 2 in Sc Rare 070 P: No Acc. NN

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Request Access to Special Collections Material

Place of publication

1. United States Massachusetts Springfield.

Added author

1. Williams, Daniel B. (Daniel Barclay), 1861- contributor.
2. Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895, contributor.
3. Lynch, John Roy, 1847-1939, contributor.
4. Settle, Josiah Thomas, 1850-1915, contributor.
5. Straker, D. Augustus (David Augustus), -1908, contributor.
6. Brown, J. A. (Jere A.), contributor.
7. Fortune, Timothy Thomas, 1856-1928, contributor.
8. Langston, John Mercer, 1829-1897, contributor.
9. Pinchback, Pinckney Benton Stewart, 1837-1921, contributor.
10. Scarborough, W. S. (William Sanders), 1852-1926, contributor.
11. Lawson, J. H., Professor, active 1889, contributor.
12. Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915, contributor.
13. Stephens, George E., contributor.
14. Trigg, Frank, contributor.
15. Arnett, Benjamin William, 1838-1906, contributor.
16. Price, Joseph Charles, 1854-1893, contributor.
17. Steward, T. G. (Theophilus Gould), 1843-1924, contributor.
18. Burleigh, A. A., contributor.
19. Coppin, Levi Jenkins, 1848-1924, contributor.
20. Still, James, T., contributor.
21. Johnson, William H., contributor.
22. Mossell, N. F., Mrs., 1855-1948, contributor.
23. Van Vlack, Charles, active 1889, electrotyper.
24. Willey & Co. (Firm), (active 1889), publisher.
25. Clark W. Bryan & Co., printer.
26. Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History, Bookplate.
27. Bruce, John Edward former owner

Other form:

1. Online version: Penn, I. Garland (Irving Garland), 1867-1930. Afro-American press and its editors. Springfield, Mass. Willey & co., 1891 (OCoLC)654624268

LCCN

1. 10007631

Research call number

1. Sc Rare 070-P (Penn, I. Afro-American press)