Research Catalog

Title

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.

Author

Penn, I. Garland (Irvine Garland), 1867-1930

Publication

• Springfield, Mass. : Willey & Co., Publishers, 1891.
• (Springfield, Mass. : Clark W. Bryan & Co. Printers)
• ([Springfield, Massachusetts?] : Charles van Vlack, electrotyper)
• ©1891

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Additional Authors

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

Description

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

Donor/Sponsor

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

Subjects

• Inscriptions (Provenance)
• Biographies
• United States
• African American press
• African Americans > Biography
• Press > United States

Genre/Form

• Biographies.
• Inscriptions (Provenance)

Note

• Introduction signed: Daniel B. Williams ... November 7, 1889.
• "Sold only by subscription"--Title page verso.
• Advertisements on 7 unnumbered pages following text.
• Includes index.
• "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)

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

Provenance (note)

• 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."
• 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."

Call Number

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

LCCN

10007631

OCLC

• 1629948
• 1629948

Author

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

Title

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

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

Manufacturer

(Springfield, Mass. : Clark W. Bryan & Co. Printers)

([Springfield, Massachusetts?] : Charles van Vlack, electrotyper)

Copyright Date

©1891

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

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

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

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

Local Note

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.

Also availlable in: Sc Micro F-12828 no. 210; electronic resource, and Sc C 81-61.

Schomburg Center researchers are restricted copy in: Sc Micro F-12828 no. 210 or Sc C 81-61 or the electronic resource.

Source

Copy 1 in Sc Rare 070 P: C211633. NN

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

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Place of Publication

United States Massachusetts Springfield.

Added Author

Williams, Daniel B. (Daniel Barclay), 1861- contributor.

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895, contributor.

Lynch, John Roy, 1847-1939, contributor.

Settle, Josiah Thomas, 1850-1915, contributor.

Straker, D. Augustus (David Augustus), -1908, contributor.

Brown, J. A. (Jere A.), contributor.

Fortune, Timothy Thomas, 1856-1928, contributor.

Langston, John Mercer, 1829-1897, contributor.

Pinchback, Pinckney Benton Stewart, 1837-1921, contributor.

Scarborough, W. S. (William Sanders), 1852-1926, contributor.

Lawson, J. H., Professor, active 1889, contributor.

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915, contributor.

Stephens, George E., contributor.

Trigg, Frank, contributor.

Arnett, Benjamin William, 1838-1906, contributor.

Price, Joseph Charles, 1854-1893, contributor.

Steward, T. G. (Theophilus Gould), 1843-1924, contributor.

Burleigh, A. A., contributor.

Coppin, Levi Jenkins, 1848-1924, contributor.

Still, James, T., contributor.

Johnson, William H., contributor.

Mossell, N. F., Mrs., 1855-1948, contributor.

Van Vlack, Charles, active 1889, electrotyper.

Willey & Co. (Firm), (active 1889), publisher.

Clark W. Bryan & Co., printer.

Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History, Bookplate.

Bruce, John Edward former owner

Added Title

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

Other Form:

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

Research Call Number

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