TY - SER
AU - Elinor des Verney Sinnette
AU - W. Paul Coates
AU - Thomas C. Battle
CY - Washington, D.C.
LA - English
N1 - Contents:
Introduction / Thomas C. Battle

Part I. Historical Perspective
Black Antiquarians and Bibliophiles Revisited, with a Glance at Today's Lovers of Books and Memorabilia / Dorothy Porter Wesley 

Part II. The Development of Early Private Collections
Bibliophiles, Activists, and Race Men / Tony Martin
Arthur Alfonso Schomburg (1874-1938), Black Bibliophile and Collector / Elinor Des Verney Sinnette
On Collectors, Their Contributions to the Documentation of the Black Past / Robert Hill 

Part III. The Development of Black Public Special Collections. 
An Overview, Including the Special Collections at Fisk University / Jessie Carney Smith
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture / Jean Blackwell Hutson
Special Collections at the Atlanta University Center / Minnie Clayton
Moorland-Spingarn Research Center: A Legacy of Bibliophiles / Betty M. Culpepper

Part IV. Bibliophiles and Collectors Roundtable. 
Black Giants in Bindings / Charles Blockson
The Romance of Incidental Adventures in Collecting Books / Clarence Holte 

Part V. Black-Related Memorabilia as Collectibles and Material Culture. 
The Robeson Collections: Windows on Black History / Paul Robeson, Jr. 

Part VI. Documenting the Black Experience: Priorities for Collectors and Repositories. 
Present Programs and Future Needs / Bettye Collier-Thomas

Part VII. Practical Assistance for Private Collectors. 
The Arrangement and Care of Manuscript Materials / Karen L. Jefferson
The Arrangement and Care of Small Book Collectors / Valerie Sandoval Mwalilino 

Part VIII. Summary and Closing Remarks. 
Summary / James Turner
Closing Remarks / Michael R. Winston
PB - Howard University Press
PP - Washington, D.C.
PY - 1990
SN - 9780882580319
EP - 236 pp.
TI - Black Bibliophiles and Collectors: Preservers of Black History
ER -