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Clarence L. Holte audio collection.

Title
  1. Clarence L. Holte audio collection.
Published by
  1. [2003]
Author
  1. Holte, Clarence L., 1909-1993

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FormatSpoken word recordingAccessUse in libraryCall numberSc MIRS Holte 2003-07Item locationSchomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound

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Additional authors
  1. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division
Description
  1. 2 audiocassettes.
Summary
  1. The collection consists of 2 audio recordings of interviews with Clarence Holte in which he talks about his career as a bibliophile.
Subject
  1. Holte, Clarence L., 1909-1993
  2. African American executives -- New York (State) -- New York
  3. African Americans -- Books and reading
  4. African Americans -- History
  5. African Americans -- Relations with Africans
  6. African Americans in advertising
  7. Book collecting
  8. Book collectors -- New York (State) -- New York
  9. Advertising executives -- New York (State) -- New York
  10. Literary prizes -- New York (State) -- New York
  11. Literary prizes -- United States
  12. African American authors -- Awards
  13. Clarence L. Holte Prize
  14. Africa -- Bibliography
  15. West Indies -- Bibliography
  16. United States -- Bibliography
Call number
  1. Sc MIRS Holte 2003-07
Biography (note)
  1. Clarence Leroy Holte (1909-1993) was an African American bibliophile, collecting books related to Africa and the African diaspora. Holte assembled a collection of approximately 8,000 volumes covering the history and culture of Africans and people of African descent in the Americas and Europe. He collected both rare books and contemporary publications, the earliest published in 1690 as well as titles published through the 1970s, including many first editions. This collection was sold to Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria in 1977 following its exhibition at the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) in Nigeria.
Linking entry (note)
  1. See the Manuscripts, Archvies and Rare Books Division for the Clarence L. Holte papers, 1947-2003. Sc MG 718. Photographs can be found in the Photographs and Prints Division. Sc Photo Clarence L. Holte Collection.
Author
  1. Holte, Clarence L., 1909-1993.
Title
  1. Clarence L. Holte audio collection.
Publisher
  1. [2003]
Biography
  1. Clarence Leroy Holte (1909-1993) was an African American bibliophile, collecting books related to Africa and the African diaspora. Holte assembled a collection of approximately 8,000 volumes covering the history and culture of Africans and people of African descent in the Americas and Europe. He collected both rare books and contemporary publications, the earliest published in 1690 as well as titles published through the 1970s, including many first editions. This collection was sold to Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria in 1977 following its exhibition at the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) in Nigeria.
Linking entry
  1. See the Manuscripts, Archvies and Rare Books Division for the Clarence L. Holte papers, 1947-2003. Sc MG 718. Photographs can be found in the Photographs and Prints Division. Sc Photo Clarence L. Holte Collection.
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Added author
  1. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.
Research call number
  1. Sc MIRS Holte 2003-07
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