From the Library of Alice Dunbar-Nelson
Adams, Edward C. L. Nigger to Nigger. Author’s autograph presentation copy inscribed to Mrs. Alice Dunbar Nelson dated April 13, 1929.
The Negro trail blazers of California: a compilation of records from the California archives in the Bancroft Library at the University of California, in Berkeley, and from the diaries, old papers and conversations of old pioneers in the State of California: it is a true record of facts, as they pertain to the history of the pioneer and present day Negroes of California. Inscribed for Alice Dunbar-Nelson by Mrs. J.J. Nelson, President of the President’s Council of the Federated Club Women of Los Angeles, March 13, 1930. Author’s business card with penciled corrections, laid in.
Braithwaite, William Stanley. Lyrics of Life and Love. Author’s autograph presentation copy, inscribed to Alice Moore Dunbar dated May 14, 1905.
Brawley, Benjamin. A Short History of the American Negro. Signature of Alice M. Dunbar.
Bruce, John Edward. Short Biographical Sketches of Eminent Negro Men and Women in Europe and the United States: With Brief Extracts from Their Writings and Public Utterances. Compiler’s autograph presentation copy, inscribed to Mrs. A. R. Dunbar.
Burke, Edmund, and Joseph Villiers Denney. Edmund Burke’s Speech on Conciliation with America, 1775. Manuscript notations throughout.
Cotter, Joseph Seamon. The Band of Gideon: And Other Lyrics. Author’s autograph presentation copy inscribed to Mrs. Alice Dunbar Nelson.
Cox, Earnest Sevier. White America. Red and black pencil marks throughout text.
Cullen, Countee. The Black Christ & Other Poems. Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s signature.
Cullen, Countee. Color. Author’s autograph presentation copy, inscribed to Alice Dunbar Nelson. TLs from Countee Cullen to Alice Dunbar Nelson removed and cataloged in manuscript collection.
Cullen, Countee. Copper Sun. Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s signature.
Diggs, Clara Morris. The Curse at the Door. Ownership signature of Pauline A. Young.
Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Lyrics of the Hearthside. Author’s autograph presentation copy, inscribed for Alice Dunbar-Nelson.
Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Lyrics of Love and Laughter. Label mounted on p. [2] of cover: Mrs. Alice M. Dunbar, 1008 French St. Wilmington, Del.
Dunbar, Paul Laurence. The Strength of Gideon: And Other Stories. Inscribed “to Mamma from Alice” dated June 1900.
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, and Alice Dunbar-Nelson Collection. Majors and Minors: Poems. Author’s autograph presentation copy, inscribed to Alice Ruth Moore dated Jan. 3rd ’96.
Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Poems of Cabin and Field. Author’s autograph presentation copy.
Dunbar, Paul Laurence. The Fanatics. Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s inscription.
Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Lyrics of Lowly Life. Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s autograph.
Dunbar, Paul Laurence. The Uncalled: A Novel. Inscribed to Leila from Alice.
Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore. The Goodness of St. Rocque: And Other Stories. Author’s presentation copy, inscribed to My Husband [Paul Laurence Dunbar] dated Dec. 8, 1899.
Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore. Violets and Other Tales. Alice Dunbar-Nelson, with her stamp (A. R. Moore); and the stamp of P. L. Dunbar.
Easton, William Edgar, and Frederick Douglass. Dessalines, a Dramatic Tale: A Single Chapter from Haiti’s History. Ink stamp: “Library of P. L. Dunbar, no. 461.” Ownership signature of Alice Ruth Moore. Paper label mounted inside front cover: “A. R. Moore, no. XXIV.”
Fisher, Rudolph. The Walls of Jericho. Ownership signature of Alice Dunbar-Nelson.
Gaines, W. J. The Negro and the White Man. Inscribed: “Lena J. Richardson from Father.” Ink stamp: “Copyrighted, 1897 by Bishop W.J. Gaines, D.D.”
Hammond, Lily Hardy. In the Vanguard of a Race. Ownership signature of P. A. Young.
Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins. Iola Leroy, or, Shadows Uplifted. Ink stamp: “Library of P. L. Dunbar, no. 444.” Paper slip mounted inside front cover: “A. R. Moore no. CXXXIX.”
Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins. Poems. Author’s autograph copy, with an additional holograph poem on front fly-leaf. Stamp of Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Hearn, Lafcadio. Chita: A Memory of Last Island. Ink stamp: “Library of P. L. Dunbar, no. 251.” Ink stamps of the Imperial Circulating Library. Circulation notice of the Imperial Library mounted on inside front cover.
Hill, John Louis. When Black Meets White: By John Louis Hill. Ownership signature of Pauline A. Young.
Hill, Leslie Pinckney, and Alpine Press. The Wings of Oppression. Ownership signature of Alice Dunbar-Nelson.
Howells, William Dean. An Imperative Duty: A Novel. Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s signature.
Johnson, E. A. Adam Vs. Ape-Man and Ethiopia. Author’s autograph presentation copy.
Johnson, Georgia Douglas. An Autumn Love Cycle. Review slip, laid in. Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s signature.
Johnson, James Weldon. God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse. Author’s autograph presentation copy, inscribed to Alice Dunbar Nelson. Inscribed Anna F. Brodnax to Mr. & Mrs. Geo A. Johnson, 1927.
Johnson, James Weldon, and Alice Dunbar-Nelson Collection. Negro Americans, What Now? Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s signature.
Kerlin, Robert Thomas. Mainly for Myself and One or Two Others: Being the Lyrical Diversions of a Village Parson. Author’s autograph presentation copy, inscribed for Alice Dunbar-Nelson.
Kerlin, Robert Thomas. The Voice of the Negro 1919. Author’s autograph presentation copy, inscribed to Alice Dunbar-Nelson.
King, Grace Elizabeth, and Norwood Press. New Orleans; the Place and the People. Ownership stamp of P. L. Dunbar on front pastedown.
Kletzing, H. F., and W. H Crogman. Progress of a Race, or the Remarkable Advancement of the American Negro: From the Bondage of Slavery, Ignorance and Poverty to the Freedom of Citizenship, Intelligence, Affluence, Honor and Trust. Alice Dunbar Nelson’s autograph.
Lanusse, Armand, and Edward Maceo Coleman, editors. Creole Voices: Poems in French by Free Men of Color, First Published in 1845. Signature of Pauline A. Young.
Larsen, Nella. Passing. Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s signature.
Locke, Alain, and Thomas Montgomery Gregory, editors. Plays of Negro Life: A Source-Book of Native America Drama. Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s ownership signature.
Maran René, and Adele Szold Seltzer. Batouala. Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s ownership signature.
Maynadier, Howard. The Arthur of the English Poets. Includes Alice Dunbar’s manuscript annotations.
McKinley, Carlyle. An Appeal to Pharaoh: The Negro Problem, and Its Radical Solution. Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s signature and the stamp of Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Mossell, N. F. The Work of the Afro-American Woman. Ownership label of A. R. Moore. Ownership stamp of P. L. Dunbar.
Nicholls, Josephine Hamilton. Bayou Triste: A Story of Louisiana. Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s signature.
Paynter, John H. Fugitives of the Pearl. Author’s autograph presentation copy, inscribed for Alice Dunbar Nelson.
Peterkin, Julia Mood. Black April: A Novel. Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s signature.
Reuter, Edward Byron. The American Race Problem: A Study of the Negro. Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s signature.
Sale, John B. The Tree Named John. Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s signature.
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, and Charles F. Heartman. A Bibliographical Checklist of American Negro Poetry. Author’s autograph presentation copy inscribed to Mrs. Alice M. Dunbar Nelson dated NY May 22/18.
Shands, Hubert Anthony. White and Black. Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s signature.
Washington, Booker T., and Victoria Earle Matthews. Black-Belt Diamonds: Gems from the Speeches, Addresses, and Talks to Students of Booker T. Washington. Ownership stamp of P. L. Dunbar. Inscribed to Alice Dunbar by Dolores.
Washington, Booker T., and Country Life Press. My Larger Education: Being Chapters from My Experience. From the Library of Alice Dunbar-Nelson. Ink stamp of Alice Dunbar, throughout.
Wheatley, Phillis, et al. Poems and Letters: First Collected Edition. Arthur Schomburg’s autograph presentation copy, inscribed for Alice Dunbar-Nelson.
Wheatley, Phillis, et al. Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley: A Native African and a Slave. Ms. notations on front endpaper and fly-leaf with the stamp of Paul Laurence Dunbar.
White, Walter. The Fire in the Flint. Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s signature.
Wilson, Harriette. Harriette Wilson’s Memoirs of Herself and Others. Ink stamps of: “Library of P. L. Dunbar.”
Woodson, Carter Godwin. The History of the Negro Church. Ownership signature of Alice Dunbar-Nelson.
Woodson, Carter Godwin. The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861: A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War. Ownership signature of Alice Dunbar-Nelson.
Woodson, Carter Godwin. Negro Makers of History. Bookplate of Pauline A. Young with ownership signature of Alice Dunbar-Nelson.
Woodson, Carter Godwin. The History of the Negro Church. Ownership signature of Alice Dunbar-Nelson.
