Clarence L. Holte audio collection.
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- Clarence L. Holte audio collection.
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- [2003]
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Status | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
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Status Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound | FormatMixed material | AccessUse in library | Call numberSc MIRS Holte 2003-07 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
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- Description
- 2 audiocassettes.
- Summary
- The collection consists of 2 audio recordings of interviews with Clarence Holte in which he talks about his career as a bibliophile.
- Subject
- Clarence L. Holte Prize
- African American authors > Awards
- United States > Bibliography
- West Indies > Bibliography
- Africa > Bibliography
- Literary prizes > United States
- Literary prizes > New York (State) > New York
- Advertising executives > New York (State) > New York
- Book collectors > New York (State) > New York
- Book collecting
- African Americans in advertising
- African Americans > Relations with Africans
- African Americans > History
- African Americans > Books and reading
- African American executives > New York (State) > New York
- Holte, Clarence L., 1909-1993
- Call number
- Sc MIRS Holte 2003-07
- Biography (note)
- 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)
- 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
- Holte, Clarence L., 1909-1993.
- Title
- Clarence L. Holte audio collection.
- Publisher
- [2003]
- Biography
- 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
- 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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- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.
- Research call number
- Sc MIRS Holte 2003-07