Research Catalog

Title

A bibliographical checklist of American Negro poetry / compiled by Arthur A. Schomburg.

Author

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938

Publication

New York : Charles F. Heartman, 1916.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Heartman, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1883-1953
• Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, Bookplate.
• Reference Collection of Negro Literature, Bookplate.

Description

57 pages; 25 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Series Statement

Bibliographica americana, vol. 2

Subjects

• Bookplates (Provenance)
• Bibliographies
• American poetry > African American authors > Bibliography
• Inscriptions (Provenance)
• African American poets > Bibliography
• Black author
• Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784 > Bibliography

Genre/Form

• Bibliographies.
• Bookplates (Provenance)
• Inscriptions (Provenance)

Note

• All pages printed on the recto of the leaf only, except the series title page which is printed on the verso, pagination is continuous.
• "Bibliographia Americana. A series of monographs edited by Charles F. Heartman ..." -- series title page; facing title page.

Bibliography (note)

• "Bibliography of the poetical works of Phillis Wheatley (copyrighted by Charles F. Heartman) [reprinted from Heartman's 'Phillis Wheatley (Phillis Peters) ']": pages 47-57.

Indexed In (note)

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

Source (note)

• Arthur A. Schomburg;

Provenance (note)

• Sc Rare 016.811-S (Copy 1 & 2) with bookplate of "Reference Collection of Negro Literature"
• Sc Rare 016.811-S (Copy 3) (Not acc.) inscribed by the compiler A.A. Schomburg: in ink on recto of end leaf preceding series title leaf " 2 Dr. Richard Johnson with the compliment of the compiler A.A. Schomburg." and stamped "With compliments"
• Copy in Sc Rare 016.811-S (Copy 4) (accession no. B593799) has an A.A. Schomburg personalize bookplate: "Ex Libris Arthur A. Schomburg;" and signed in ink on recto of end leaf preceding series title "A.A. Schomburg."
• Copy in Sc Rare 016.811-S (Copy 5) (No. accession no. number, no bookplate) but inscribed in ink on recto of end leaf preceding series title: "To William E. Harrison, Esq., president of the Harrison Foundation with grateful acknowledgment by the compiler A.A. Schomburg."

Binding (note)

• Copy 1-3 in Sc Rare 016.811-S: bound in publisher's burgundy cloth over boards and gilt gold cover title; copy 4 (Sc Rare 016.811-S) bound in library binding hunter green cloth over boards; and gilt spine. Copy 5 (Sc Rare 016.811-S) bounds in library binding light navy blue cloth over boards, with leather label pasted on spine.

Call Number

Sc Rare 016.811-S (Schomburg, A. Bibliographical checklist)

LCCN

17007194

OCLC

2430488

Author

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, compiler, former owner, inscriber.

Title

A bibliographical checklist of American Negro poetry / compiled by Arthur A. Schomburg.

Publisher

New York : Charles F. Heartman, 1916.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Bibliographica americana, vol. 2

Bibliography

"Bibliography of the poetical works of Phillis Wheatley (copyrighted by Charles F. Heartman) [reprinted from Heartman's 'Phillis Wheatley (Phillis Peters) ']": pages 47-57.

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall., v. 8, page 6655, column 2, row 3

Provenance

Sc Rare 016.811-S (Copy 1 & 2) with bookplate of "Reference Collection of Negro Literature" NN

Sc Rare 016.811-S (Copy 3) (Not acc.) inscribed by the compiler A.A. Schomburg: in ink on recto of end leaf preceding series title leaf " 2 Dr. Richard Johnson with the compliment of the compiler A.A. Schomburg." and stamped "With compliments" NN

Copy in Sc Rare 016.811-S (Copy 4) (accession no. B593799) has an A.A. Schomburg personalize bookplate: "Ex Libris Arthur A. Schomburg;" and signed in ink on recto of end leaf preceding series title "A.A. Schomburg." NN

Copy in Sc Rare 016.811-S (Copy 5) (No. accession no. number, no bookplate) but inscribed in ink on recto of end leaf preceding series title: "To William E. Harrison, Esq., president of the Harrison Foundation with grateful acknowledgment by the compiler A.A. Schomburg." NN

Binding

Copy 1-3 in Sc Rare 016.811-S: bound in publisher's burgundy cloth over boards and gilt gold cover title; copy 4 (Sc Rare 016.811-S) bound in library binding hunter green cloth over boards; and gilt spine. Copy 5 (Sc Rare 016.811-S) bounds in library binding light navy blue cloth over boards, with leather label pasted on spine. NN

Local Note

The Schomburg Center's Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Book Division has five copies of the book; Sc Rare 016.811-S (Copy 1 & 2) are pre-1926 items that include 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. on several parts of the book; " Copy 3 is a gift; Copy 4 is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926; it lacks original cover, imperfect: bound incorrectly; p. 49 leaf bound after p. 57 leaf. Copy 5 (Sc Rare 016.811-S) inscribed by the compiler A.A. Schomburg; treated; rebound in light navy blue cloth over boards with leather label pasted on spine.

All copies stamp date "Jan. 23, '89" is probably an indication that these items were reclassified and transferred to the Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Book Division from the Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division in January 1989.

Copy in Sc Rare 016.811-S (Copy 4) bound incorrectly; p. 49 leaf bound after p. 57 leaf.

Source

Sc Rare 016.811-S (Copy 1); Purchase; Pre-1926; A831790. NN

Sc Rare 016.811-S (Copy 2); Purchase; Pre-1926; Not acc. NN

Sc Rare 016.811-S (Copy 3); Gift; G274424. NN

Sc Rare 016.811-S (Copy 4); Purchase; Arthur A. Schomburg; 1926; B593799. NN

Sc Rare 016.811-S (Copy 5); No. acc. NN

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Local Subject

Black author.

Place of Publication

United States New York (State) New York.

Added Author

Heartman, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1883-1953, editor.

Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, Bookplate.

Reference Collection of Negro Literature, Bookplate.

Reddick, Lawrence Dunbar, 1910-1995, Curator.

Latimer, Catherine, 1896-1948 curator.

Other Form:

Online version: Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938. Bibliographical checklist of American Negro poetry. New York, C.F. Heartman, 1916 (OCoLC)602662541

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 016.811-S (Schomburg, A. Bibliographical checklist)