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Max Bissainthe research collection.
- Title
- Max Bissainthe research collection.
- Author
- Bissainthe, Max,
- Publication
- 1800s-1950s.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding aid
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Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 858 box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- Description
- 1.0 linear feet (1 box)
- Summary
- Max Bissainthe, born December 11, 1911, was an historian and archivist of Haitian literature. Bissainthe served as Haiti’s Director of Libraries during the 1940s and early 1950s. In 1951, he published the "Dictionnaire de bibliographie Haitienne", the first bibliography of Haitian literature. Four years later, Bissainthe was forced out of his position, and subsequently out of Haiti, by Francois Papa Doc Duvalier. He immigrated to the United States in 1955. He died in Jamaica, Queens, New York, in April 1978.
- The Max Bissainthe research collection consists of indices of the names of Haitian and Dominican Republic journalists and authors, articles, and book titles used to create the "Dictionnaire de bibliographie Haitienne". The collection also includes an alphabetical index of titles, subjects, and materials, and a partial bibliographic subject list ranging from the 1800s to the 1950s.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Dictionaries.
- Indexes.
- Source (note)
- Gift of Michelle Sylvain, May 2012.
- Language (note)
- Most of the material is in French.
- Processing Action (note)
- Processing Information: Accessioned by Natiba Guy-Clement, July 2014.
- Call Number
- Sc MG 858
- Author
- Bissainthe, Max, creator.
- Title
- Max Bissainthe research collection.
- Production
- 1800s-1950s.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Language
- Most of the material is in French.
- Processing Action
- Processing Information: Accessioned by Natiba Guy-Clement, July 2014.
- Source
- Gift of Michelle Sylvain, May 2012.
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- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 858