The Paul Laurence Dunbar Collection

A special collection of historical materials at the Dayton &Montgomery County Public Library

Elli Bambakidis

May l992 Revised edition March 2000

MS-002

PREFACE

This collection of the papers of Paul Laurence Dunbar and related material was gathered over the years by librarians of the Dayton and Montgomery

County Public Library. It covers the period l890 to the present and provides a record of America’s best Known black poet. It is a legacy not only to black

Americans but to all people who have loved his poetry. Paul Laurence

Dunbar’s work represents a triumph of the human spirit over racism, poverty, and adversity.

Elli Bambakidis

Archivist

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION...... 5

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH...... 6

SCOPE AND CONTENT ...... 9

SERIES I. PUBLICATIONS WRITTEN BY OR PERTAINING TO PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR10

A. RARE BOOKS: ...... 10 NOVELS ...... 10 POETRY ...... 10 SHORT STORIES ...... 11 BIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM ON DUNBAR...... 11 B) DAYTON COLLECTION...... 13 NOVELS ...... 13 POETRY ...... 13 SHORT STORIES ...... 14 BIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM ON DUNBAR...... 14 SERIES II, MANUSCRIPTS...... 16

SUBSERIES 1. CORRESPONDENCE ...... 16 Box 1, Folder 1, Paul Laurence Dunbar Correspondence ...... 16 SUBSERIES 2. FIRST EDITIONS ...... 17 Box 1, Folder 2, First publication ...... 17 SUBSERIES 2. PROGRAMS ...... 17 Box 1, Folder 3, Programs 1891-2000 ...... 17 SUBSERIES 4. BIOGRAPHY ...... 20 Box 1, Folder 4, Biographical information - Dunbar House Committee...... 20 SUBSERIES 5. ART ...... 21 Box 1, Folder 5, Blumenschein, Ernest L. - Editor-in-Chief...... 21 Box 1, Folder 6, Commemorative U.S. Postage Stamp ...... 21 SUBSERIES 6. MISCELLANEOUS ...... 22 Box 1, Folder 7, Resolution ...... 22 Box 1, Folder 8, Scripts ...... 22 Box 1, Folder 9, Contractual Agreement ...... 22 Box 1, Folder 10, Paul Laurence Dunbar ...... 22 SERIES III. PRINTED MATERIAL...... 23

SUBSERIES 7. NEWSPAPERS ...... 23 Box 2, Folders 1-3, Newspapers 1890 ...... 23 SUBSERIES 8. CLIPPINGS ...... 23 Box 2, Folder 4, Matilda Jane Dunbar - ...... 23 Box 2, Folder 5, Miscellaneous newspaper clippings...... 26 SUBSERIES 9. MAGAZINE ARTICLES ...... 30 Box 2, Folder 6, Matilda Jane Dunbar / Alice Dunbar Nelson ...... 30 SUBSERIES 10. PAMPHLETS ...... 32 Box 3, Folder 1, Paul Laurence Dunbar ...... 32 Box 3, Folder 2, Paul Laurence Dunbar ...... 32 Box 3, Folder 3, Paul Laurence Dunbar ...... 32 Box 3, Folder 4, Paul Laurence Dunbar ...... 32

3 SERIES IV. PHOTOS AND MUSIC...... 34

SUBSERIES 11. PHOTOS ...... 34 Box 4, Folder 1, Paul Laurence Dunbar - photos Oversized ...... 34 Box 4, Folder 2, Photos of Matilda Jane Dunbar ...... 34 SUBSERIES 12. MUSIC ...... 34 Box 4, Folder 3, Paul Laurence Dunbar - Sheet music...... 34 SUBSERIES 13. CALENDARS ...... 36 Box 4, Folder 4, Commemorative Calendars ...... 36 SERIES V. SOUND VIDEO AND AUDIO RECORDINGS ...... 37

SUBSERIES 14. VIDEO /A UDIOCASSETTES ...... 37 Box 5: Sound Recordings ...... 37 Box 5: Films and Videos ...... 37 SUBSERIES 15. MICROFILMS ...... 37 Box 5: Life and Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar ...... 37 INDEX...... 39

INTRODUCTION

Dayton Collection, Manuscripts Section Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library

Processed by Elli Bambakidis

Date completed: May 1992

The Paul Laurence Dunbar Collection, of local, national and international interest, covers the period 1890 to the present. The collection includes all of his publications (mostly first editions), music, programs, cartoon sketches by Ernest Blumenschein, correspondence, newspapers and newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographs and miscellaneous material. The material was gathered over the years by librarians of the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library.

Linear feet of shelf occupied: 2.4 More than 30 rare books. Approximate number of items: 1,400 (rare books not included) Dayton Collection, Manuscripts Section The Paul Laurence Dunbar Collection

5 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Paul Laurence Dunbar was a poet and an author who was acknowledged as the first important black poet in American literature. His poetic and literary knowledge is evident from the collection of his writings available in our library. His ability was recognized from early childhood and he enjoyed his greatest popularity in the early twentieth century; he wrote not only dialect poems but also novels, short stories, essays, and many poems in standard English.

Paul Laurence Dunbar, the son of Matilda and Joshua Dunbar, natives of Kentucky, was born on June 27, 1872, in Dayton, Ohio, and died there on February 9, 1906. Paul's parents separated in 1874 when Paul was two years old and essentially nothing is known of his father. Paul had a younger sister, Elizabeth, who died in infancy. His mother was left on her own, making a living as a "colored washerwoman." Among her customers was the Wright family. Matilda Dunbar was a remarkable woman, who was devoted to her son and had a great influence on him. Born in slavery, she learned poetry by listening to her slave-master read poetry to his family in the evenings, and she was determined that Paul receive an education and inspired him in the writing of poetry.

Dunbar attended Dayton's Central High School and graduated with honors in 1891. Paul, the only black in his class, became class president, became an editor of The High School Times , and wrote the class song, a poem of eight stanzas which was sung at the commencement ceremonies on June 16, 1891, at the Grand Opera House. On December 13, 1890, Dunbar and an associate, Preston Finley, published the first issue of Dayton Tattler , a black-oriented weekly newspaper printed by Wright & Wright, Printers, owned by Orville and Wilbur Wright. He was chosen president of the "Philomathean Society," a literary organization, and in our collection we have cartoon illustrations done by Ernest Blumenschein, another classmate of Paul's who later became a well-known painter and illustrator. Ernest's father was also a well-known and respected musician and composer associated with the Dayton Philharmonic Society. He set to music one of Dunbar's hymns. While growing up, Paul helped his mother by delivering her laundry bundles and working part-time in hotels. Upon graduation he aspired to a career in law but was financially unable to continue his studies. He was rejected for jobs by many Dayton businesses, including newspapers, because of his race. He took a job as an elevator boy in the Callahan Building on Main Street. While employed as an elevator boy, he produced articles, short stories and poems that later earned him fame.

Dunbar's first appearance before a critical audience was on his twentieth birthday on June 27, 1872, when he gave the welcoming address to the Western Association of Writers, then convening in Dayton. This was arranged by one of his former teachers, Mrs. Helen Tuesdale. At the meeting Paul was befriended by James Newton Matthews, who praised Dunbar's work in a letter to an Illinois newspaper Matthews' letter was eventually reprinted by newspapers throughout the country and brought recognition to

6 Dunbar outside of Dayton. One of the readers was the poet James Whitcomb Riley, who read Dunbar's work and wrote him a commendatory letter. Paul was encouraged by Riley and Matthews and decided to publish his poems. With the assistance of William L. Blocher and Orville and Wilbur Wright, Dunbar approached the United Brethren Publishing House of Dayton, which eventually printed his first book, entitled Oak and Ivy . In 1895 Dunbar went to Toledo and, with the help of attorney Charles A. Thatcher and psychiatrist Henry A. Tobey, obtained work there reading his poetry at libraries and literary gatherings. Later the same year, Tobey and Thatcher published Dunbar's second collection of verse, Majors and Minors . Dunbar gained popularity throughout the country because of his dialect poems and the positive reviews his work received from the eminent novelist William Dean Howells, writing in Harper's Weekly in 1896. This recognition by America's greatest critic was the beginning of Paul's national reputation.

In 1897 Dunbar was sponsored by the Savage Club in London, England, to give a series of readings and, after his return to America, he obtained employment at the Library of Congress in Washington, D. C. The following year, on March 8, 1898, he married Miss Alice Ruth Moore, a teacher and writer from New Orleans. They separated in 1902, and this caused Dunbar to suffer emotional depression. At the same time he developed tuberculosis. After a short stay in Colorado he returned to Washington, where his health continued to decline even as he persisted in producing poems. But his reliance on alcohol to temper his physical and psychological problems only exacerbated his illnesses. In 1903 he visited his half-brother in Chicago. The following year he returned to Dayton to stay with his mother. On February 9, 1906, he died in his mother's arms at the age of 33.

Although ill and depressed toward the end of his life, Dunbar somehow found the resolve to continue his writing. Altogether he produced twelve poetry books, four books of short stories, five novels and one drama. Forty of his poems were set to music by famous musicians of his time, including Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and the black composer J. Rosamond Johnson. Fifteen of his short stories appeared in such publications as Lippincott's , The Sunday Evening Post , Independent , Dayton Tattler , Harper's Weekly , Century , Denver Post , Smart Set , Outlook , Bookman , and Current Literature .

The collection includes some material concerning Paul's mother, Matilda Jane Dunbar, who was born into slavery in Fayette County, Kentucky, near Shelbyville. She died in Dayton on February 24, 1943. She came to Dayton following the Civil War after marrying Joshua Dunbar, also born a slave. By a previous marriage to Wilson W. Murphy of Louisville, Kentucky, she had two children, William and Robert, about whom very little is known.

The final person to be discussed in this collection is the wife of Paul Laurence Dunbar, Mrs. Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar. She was born July 19, 1875, in New Orleans and died September 18, 1935, in Philadelphia. They were married on March 8, 1898, and were together only four years before separating in 1902. No children were born of this marriage. She had two more marriages, one to Henry Arthur Callis which lasted only a

7 year and another to journalist Robert J. Nelson which lasted until her death. She had a Master of Arts degree from Cornell University and did postgraduate studies at Pennsylvania School of Industrial Art. She was a writer, taught at various schools and was active in organizations promoting racial equality and women's rights.

The city of Dayton and the entire nation have shown their appreciation of Paul Laurence Dunbar's contributions to American Literature. Schools, banks, and hospitals all over the country have been named in his honor. In the Dayton area, we have Dunbar Avenue, changed from Baxter Street in 1909. Dunbar High School was erected in 1933. In 1938 his family home was dedicated as a state museum by the Ohio Historical Society and is now a national landmark. In 1976 the U.S. Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp in his honor. His tomb at Dayton's Woodland Cemetery is marked by a statue erected in his memory. Most recently, the University Library of Wright State University has been renamed the Paul Laurence Dunbar Library.

Dunbar's work represents a legacy not only to black Americans but to all people who have loved his poetry. Many have been inspired by his work, which represents a triumph of the human spirit over racism, poverty and adversity.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The Paul Laurence Dunbar Collection documents primarily:

1) Dunbar's professional writings, the collection includes first editions of all his known published works including his music with the single exception of a musical entitled Uncle Eph's Christmas , produced in 1900;

2) the esteem in which Dunbar was held, especially in the city of his birth, as evidenced by newspaper clippingsnewspaper and programs describing ceremonies in which he participated or which were held in his honor, the designation of his home as the Dunbar House State Memorial and the listing of the house on the National Register of Historic Places;

3) the strong influence provided by his mother, Matilda Dunbar, described in many newspaper and magazine articles;

4) and, finally, Paul Laurence Dunbar's triumph over the adversities of discrimination, limited financial means and ill health to become a poet of national and international repute.

9 SERIES I. PUBLICATIONS WRITTEN BY OR PERTAINING TO PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR

A. RARE BOOKS:

NOVELS

The Fanatics . New York: Dodd, Mead, 1901. Fic

The Heart of Happy Hollow . New York: Dodd, Mead, 1904. Fic

The Love of Landry . New York: Dodd, Mead, 1900. (2 copies) Fic

The Sport of the Gods . New York: Dodd, Mead, 1902. Fic

The Uncalled . New York: Dodd, Mead, 1898. (2 copies) Fic

POETRY

Candle-Lightin' Time . New York: Dodd, Mead, 1901. (2 copies) 811 D899C The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar . New York: Dodd, 811 Mead, 1918, 1930 (reprints from 1913-1952). (2 copies) D899

Howdy, Honey, Howdy . Illustrated with photographs by Leigh 811 Richmond Miner, decorations by Will Jenkins. New York: Dodd, D899H Mead, 1905.

Joggin' erlong . Illustrated with photographs by Leigh Richmond Miner 811 and decorations by John Rae. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1906. D899J

Li'l Gal . Illustrated with photography by Leigh Richmond Miner, 811 decorations by Margaret Armstrong. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1904. D899LI

Little Brown Baby . Poems for young people; selections with 811 biographical sketch by Bertha Rodgers. New York: Dodd, Mead, D899LIT 1904.

Lyrics of the Hearthside . New York: Dodd, Mead, 1899. (2 copies) 811 D899LYH Lyrics of Lowly Life . With an introduction by W. D. Howells. New 811 York: Dodd, Mead, 1896. (2 copies) D899LYL

Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow . New York: Dodd, Mead, 1905. 811 D899LYS Majors and Minors . Toledo, OH: Hadley & Hadley, 1895. 811 D899M Oak and Ivy . Dayton, OH: United Brethren Publishing House, 811 1893. D899O

Poems of Cabin and Field . Illustrated with photographs by the 899 Hampton Institute Camera Club and decorations by Alice Morse, John D899P Wilson and Son, University Press, Cambridge, U.S.A. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1899.

Speakin' o' Christmas and Other Christmas and Special Poems . New York: Dodd, Mead, 1914. (In manuscript boxes)

When Malindy Sings . Illustrated with photographs by the Hampton 811 Institute Camera Club, decorations by Margaret Armstrong . New York: D899W Dodd, Mead, 1903.

SHORT STORIES The Best Stories of Paul Laurence Dunbar . Edited by Benjamin G. Brawley. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1938. Fic Folks From Dixie . With illustrat ions by E. W. Kemble. New York: Fic Dodd, Mead, 1898.

In Old Plantation Days. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1903. Fic

The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories . With illustrations by E. W. Fic Kemble. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1900.

BIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM ON DUNBAR

Cunningham, Virginia. Paul Laurence Dunbar and His Song . New B York: Dodd, Mead, 1947. D899CV

Dunbar, Alice, et al. Paul Laurence Dunbar: Poet Laureate of the 811 Negro Race . Philadelphia: A.M.E. Church Review, 1914. D899ZP

Wiggins, Lida Keck. The Life and Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar . 811

11 New York: Dodd, Mead, 1907. D899AAL

12 B) DAYTON COLLECTION

NOVELS

The Love of Landry . New York: Dodd, Mead, 1900. (2 copies) Fic

The Sport of the Gods . New York: Arno Press and The New York Fic Times, 1969.

The Uncalled . Maryland: McGrath Publishing Co., 1969. (2 copies); Fic New York: International Association of Newspapers and Authors, c1898, 1901. (2 copies)

POETRY

Candle-Lightin' Time . New York: Dodd, Mead, 1901. (2 copies) 811 D899c The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar . With an introduction 811 to "Lyrics of Lowly Life" by W. D. Howells. New York: Dodd, Mead, D899 1913 (reprints from 1913-1952). (2 copies)

I Greet the Dawn: Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar . New York: 811 Atheneum, 1978. D899I

Joggin' erlong . Illustrated with photographs by Leigh Richmond Miner 811 and decorations by John Rae. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1906. D899J

Li'l Gal . New York: Dodd, Mead, 1904. 811 D899LI

Lyrics of the Hearthside . New York: Dodd, Mead, 1899. (3 copies) 811 D899LYH Lyrics of Love and Laughter . New York: Dodd, Mead, 1903. 811 D899LY Lyrics of Lowly Life . New York: Dodd, Mead, 1908, 1969. (3 copies) 811 D899LYL Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow . New York: Dodd, Mead, 1905. 811 D899LYS Majors and Minors . Toledo, OH: Hadley & Hadley, 1895. 811 D899M Oak and Ivy . Dayton, OH: United Brethren Publishing House, 1893. 811 D8990

13 The Paul Laurence Dunbar Reader: A Selection of the Best of Paul 811 Laurence Dunbar's Poetry and Prose, Including Writings Never Before D899AAM Available in Book Form . New York: Dodd, Mead, 1975.

Poems of Cabin and Field . New York: Dodd, Mead, 1899. (4 copies) 811 D899P When Malindy Sings . Illustrated with photographs by the Hampton 811 Institute Camera Club, decorations by Margaret Armstrong . New York: D899W Dodd, Mead, 1903. (2 copies)

SHORT STORIES

Folks From Dixie . With illustrations by E. W. Kemble. New York: Fic Dodd, Mead, 1892.

In Old Plantation Days . New York: Negro University Press, 1969. Fic

The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories . New York: Arno Press and Fic The New York Times, 1969.

BIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM ON DUNBAR

812.54 M145O Austin, Charles Mosley. Paul Laurence Dunbar's Local Roots . Dayton, B OH: by the Author, 1988. D8993AV

Austin, Charles Mosley. Paul Laurence Dunbar's Roots and Much B More: A Scrapbook of His Life and Legacy . Dayton, OH: by the D8993AUP author, 1989.

Dayton (Ohio). Tribute to Paul Laurence Dunbar . Dayton, OH: B Wayman A.M.E. Church, 1970. D899D

811 Dunbar, Alice, et al. Paul Laurence Dunbar: Poet Laureate of the D899ZP Negro Race . Philadelphia: A.M.E. Church Review, 1914.

Gayle, Addison. Oak and Ivy: A Biography of Paul Laurence Dunbar . B New York: Doubleday, 1971. B8993GAY

Gentry, Tony. Paul Laurence Dunbar . New York: Chelsea House B Publishers, 1989. (2 copies) D8993GE

Gould, Jean. That Dunbar Boy: The Story of America's Famous Negro B Poet . New York: Dodd, Mead, 1958. D8993G

Hull, Gloria T. Give Us Each Day: The Diary of Alice Dunbar- B Nelson . New York: W. W. Norton, 1984. D8991

McGee-Anderson,Kathleen. Oak and Ivy (New Brunswick, N.J.: 811 Crossroads Theatre Company, l992). D899ZL Also: A copy is available in pamphlets, Box 2, Folder #1.

Martin, Jay. A Singer in the Dawn: Reinterpretations of Paul Laurence 811 Dunbar . New York: Dodd, Mead, 1975. D899ZM

Paul Laurence Dunbar's Poetic Gifts: Life, Love and Laughter . Dayton, OH: Rucker Press, 1974.

Revell, Peter. Paul Laurence Dunbar . Boston: Twayne, 1979. 811 D899ZR

15 SERIES II, MANUSCRIPTS

Subseries 1. Correspondence

Box 1, Folder 1, Paul Laurence Dunbar Correspondence

February 11, 1896 From Mr. H. A. Tobey, M.D., Toledo, OH to Mrs. R. O. Bingham in Sidney, OH. Dr. Tobey is writing to Mrs. R. O. Bingham after he heard she was planning to invite Paul Laurence Dunbar to entertain her and her friends; he is sending a copy of Dunbar's latest publication, Majors and Minors , and remarks favorably on both Dunbar's writing ability and his personality.

July 31, 1896 From Mr. Paul Laurence Dunbar to Mr. Peirce. Mr. Dunbar first apologizes to Mr. Peirce for not writing sooner, but he just came back from Chicago and New York. Apparently he had borrowed some music from him, and he is sending it back to him and says that he is sorry that he had to give up (probably?) the study of music which so much interests him.

August 22, 1901 From Mr. Paul Laurence Dunbar at Washington, D.C. to a friend (unknown). Mr. Dunbar is thanking him for the loan of some music.

January 11, 1904 From Mr. Paul Laurence Dunbar to Mr. J. O. Arnold, Secretary of Dayton Historical Society. Apparently Mr. Arnold had invited Mr. Dunbar to read a poem of his at the Dayton Historical Society, but because of his illness Mr. Dunbar replies late. First he apologizes and then he gives February 20 as a good day to do it. He wants to be reminded of the subject.

November 1964 Biographical sketch of Paul Laurence Dunbar and a handwritten copy of his poem, "We Wear the Mask."

February 1973 Harold, Hudson Gossie. "Emancipation, an Unpublished Poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar," Negro History Bulletin , February 1973, vol. 36, no. 2.

No date Handwritten poem "Plea," by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

No date Ode to John H. Patterson, "The Builder," by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

No date Parts from Paul L. Dunbar poems: "The Poet and His Song" and "Encouragement."

No date Handwritten poem "Life," by Paul Laurence Dunbar

No date "The Master Player," by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Subseries 2. First editions

Box 1, Folder 2, First publication

First publication and also first edition of Paul Laurence Dunbar's book Oak and Ivy . Dayton, OH: Press of the United Brethren Publishing House, 1893.

Subseries 2. Programs

Box 1, Folder 3, Programs 1891-2000

June 16, 1891 Commencement exercises of Central High School at Grand Opera House, Tuesday evening. Farewell song for the Central High School class of 1891 by Paul Laurence Dunbar. (2 copies)

March 2, 1900 Reading by Paul Laurence Dunbar under the auspices of the Junior Class of '01 of Steele High School at the Steele High School auditorium on Friday.

March 2, 1900 Invitation from the Philomathean Society of Steele High School for a banquet at the Hotel Atlanta in honor of Paul Laurence Dunbar on Friday evening.

September 8, 1933 Program of dedication of Paul Laurence Dunbar Junior High School.

June 27, 1938 Souvenir program of the dedication of the Paul Laurence Dunbar home as an historic house museum on Monday.

June 1938 The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, Museum Echoes , June 1938, vol. 11., no. 6. Program of the Dunbar State Memorial Dedication at Dayton, OH.

February 17, 1956 Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Paul Laurence Dunbar in song, mostly by negro composers; sponsored by Phi Gamma Delta Sorority, Dayton Branch, NAACP and the Pan Hellenic Council at Patterson Cooperative High School on Friday, February 17, 1956, at 8:15 p.m. Wallace Thompson, tenor, was featured.

1956 An invitation to the public for Paul Laurence Dunbar observance commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of the famous poet held at the Patterson Cooperative High School auditorium on Friday, February 17, 1956.

February 1956 Ohio Historical Society, Museum Echoes , February 1956, vol. 29, no. 2. The cover picture shows the Paul Laurence Dunbar Home in Dayton and inside there is an article by James H. Rodobaugh entitled "Paul Laurence Dunbar House."

1956 "Attention Ohio Poets." This is an announcement of a state-wide poetry contest to commemorate Paul Laurence Dunbar; contest will take place in Columbus, OH.

May 5, 1963 Dedication ceremonies program for Paul Laurence Dunbar High School.

February 15, 1970 "Tribute to Paul Laurence Dunbar." Wayman A.M.E. Church, Dayton, OH.

June 27, 1972 "Issued on the Observance of the One Hundredth Anniversary of His Birth." The Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library, Dayton, OH. Inscription from his poem "Compensation" is carved into the granite facade near the main entrance of the library.

November 1972 A program for "Readings... Seminars... Films, the Centenary Celebration of the Life and Work of Paul Laurence Dunbar," an Historic National Conference featuring the country's leading black scholars, Nov. 2 - 6, 1972, presented by the University of California Irvine.

February 9, 1974 "Paul Laurence Dunbar's Poetic Gifts: Life, Love and Laughter." Dayton Art Institute Museum, Dayton, OH. Also: B D8993 DAR

May 15, 1979

18 "Paul Laurence Dunbar: His Life." The Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library, Dayton, OH.

June 5, 1988 "Dunbar House." The Ohio Historical Society.

January - February 1991 The Human Race Theatre Company presents "Paul Laurence Dunbar's Lyrics of the Hearthside" by arrangement with Arthur Shafman Int'l. Ltd., January 21 - February 3, 1991.

February 1992 "Life of Poet Paul Laurence Dunbar Commemorated." Echoes , Ohio Historical Society, vol. 31, no. 2.

February 1992 "University Library Named in Honor of Paul Laurence Dunbar." Windows , Wright State University, vol. 2, no. 1.

Dec. 16, 1992 "Congratulations, Dayton Area! Home of the New Dayton Aviation Heritage National Park: Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Wright Brothers," The Dayton Aviation Heritage National Park.

Nov. 17-Dec.4, l994 The Human Race Theatre presents "Oak and Ivy by Kathleen McGee Anderson", Dayton, OH.

Nov. 4, 1994 "1833- 1993: We've Come This Far by Faith; Celebrating 160 Years of African Methodism," Wyman Chapel A.M.E. Church, Dayton, OH. Note: Paul Laurence Dunbar was a member of the Wayman Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Feb. 10, l995 "Dayton Opera Presents a Celebration of Paul Laurence Dunbar. Featuring the World Premiere of Paul Laurence Dunbar Commom Ground", Victoria Theatre, Dayton, OH.

June l995 "The Dunbar House and Carillon Historical Park Present: Dunbar Community Festival", June 24, 25, l995.

June 24, 1996

19 "Dunbar and African American Heros," Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, Dayton, OH.

Jan. 20-22, 2000 "Behind the Mask: An Evening With Paul Laurence Dunbar," Roy Bowen Theatre, Ohio State University.

Feb.-March, 2000 "Paul Laurence Dunbar: A Centennial Celebration," The Dayton Chapter ASALH.

No date "Writer: Commemorating A Voice For African Americans," Dunbar House, Ohio Historical Society.

No date "Dunbar House and State Memorial," Dunbar House, Ohio Historical Society.

Subseries 4. Biography

Box 1, Folder 4, Biographical information - Dunbar House Committee.

May 27, 1936 From J. A. Green to all. In this letter Mr. Green expresses the need to save the house of Paul Laurence Dunbar since there is a danger of losing it by foreclosure of its mortgage of $4,500. A meeting is called at the YMCA on May 29, 1936, at 4 p.m.

June 26 and 28, 1938 "Home of Paul Laurence Dunbar to be Dedicated on Birthday." These were excerpts from newspaper articles typed on paper dated 6/28/38, Dayton Journal , 6/26/38, Dayton Journal , and 6/26/38, Columbus Dispatch . Articles give characteristics of the poet and the decision to remodel his home.

1938 Mitchell, Edna L. "A Review of the Life and Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar - Poet," prepared for the Poetry Reading Circle by Mrs. Charles F. Mitchell, Dayton, OH.

July 1942 Johnson, Charles R. H. "A Tribute to Paul Laurence Dunbar" in Racial Digest .

November 1968 Keller, Kathryn M. "Paul Laurence Dunbar" in Ohio Cues for Ohio Youth , vol. 18, no. 2.

No date

20 "We Wear the Mask: the Tragedy of Paul Laurence Dunbar" by W. Manning Marable in Dayton USA , June (no year).

No date "Paul Laurence Dunbar" by Lelia Burke Harrington in The King's Builders (p. 229-231).

No date "Fact Sheet on the Dunbar Family."

Subseries 5. Art

Box 1, Folder 5, Blumenschein, Ernest L. - Editor-in-Chief.

February 25, 1929 From Ernest L. Blumenschein to the Dayton Public Library. Mr. Blumenschein is sending the Library two copies of "Tomfoolery" issued at Central High School, one of them depicting early works of Dunbar and the other a picture of Dunbar at the Philomathean meeting.

February 25, 1940 "Tribute Paid to Dayton Poet: New edition of Dunbar's Verses for Children is Illustrated With These Amusing Sketches" (illustrations by Erick Berry of each of these poems), Dayton Daily News .

April 27, 1940 From Mr. William J. Hamilton to Mr. Ernest L. Blumenschein in Taos, New Mexico. Mr. Hamilton informs Mr. Blumenschein that they still have the material that he had donated to the Library in reference to Paul Laurence Dunbar and asks him if he has any more material that he wants to donate. Below is a listing of cartoons drawn by Mr. Blumenschein (using graphite marker): 1) Tomfoolery, no.(?), vol.(?), date (?) 2) Tomfoolery, no. 5, vol. 3, May 25, 1891 3) The Philomatheans (Paul Laurence Dunbar shown in the front row at the left- hand side.)

Box 1, Folder 6, Commemorative U.S. Postage Stamp

May 1, 1975 "Paul Laurence Dunbar Commemorative U. S. Postage Stamp," United States Postal Service. Two letters are included in this book: May 9, 1975 From A. E. Duncanson, Postmaster, U. S. Post Office Dayton, OH, to Mr. William Chait at Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library.

21 Mr. Duncanson says that the U. S. Postal Service is presenting a stamp album of Paul Laurence Dunbar in recognition of the Library as a ranking depository of his works.

May 9, 1975 From William Chait, Director of Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library, to Mr. A. E. Duncanson. Apparently the stamp album was delivered to the Library by Mr. Harvey, and Mr. Chait thanks Mr. Duncanson for his thoughtfulness toward the Library.

Subseries 6. Miscellaneous

Box 1, Folder 7, Resolution

June 27, 1967 107th General Assembly, regular session 1967-1968, resolution by Mr. McLin on 95th anniversary of the birth of Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Box 1, Folder 8, Scripts

March 3, 1940 Russell, Frank Alder."Pilgrimage of Poetry" (radio program), 1940.

April 5, 1952 "Builders of Destiny." Featuring Paul Laurence Dunbar, Saturday, April 5, 1952, 7:30 - 8:00 p.m. by WLW Radio Station, Cincinnati, OH.

Box 1, Folder 9, Contractual Agreement

No date A Sense of Roots Publication by Charles Mosley Austin, Historian, Dayton, Ohio, 1991. This is a summary of the early friendship between Dunbar and the Wright Brothers, especially Orville Wright, written for the 2003 Fund Committee. Paul Laurence Dunbar Historical District.

Box 1, Folder 10, Paul Laurence Dunbar

Bibliography - Books by Paul Laurence Dunbar in the Dayton Public Library, Dayton Collection.

22 SERIES III. PRINTED MATERIAL

Subseries 7. Newspapers

Box 2, Folders 1-3, Newspapers 1890

December 13, 1890 (newspaper) Dayton Tattler , vol. 1, no. 1, Dayton, OH (copies, not original)

December 20, 1890 Dayton Tattler , vol. 1, no. 2 (copies)

December 27, 1890 Dayton Tattler , vol. 1, no. 3 (original)

Subseries 8. Clippings

Box 2, Folder 4, Matilda Jane Dunbar -

February 10, 1906 "Death of Paul Laurence Dunbar, the Famous Negro Poet and Author," Dayton Daily News .

February 10, 1906 "Paul Laurence Dunbar," Dayton Journal .

February 10, 1906 "Paul Laurence Dunbar, Poet of Negro Race," Dayton Journal .

February 11, 1906 "Paul L. Dunbar, Victim of White Plague," Detroit Journal .

February 12, 1906 "Afterlife's Fitful Fever: the Poet Sleeps," Dayton Daily News .

February 12, 1906 "Final Tribute to Memory of Paul Laurence Dunbar," Dayton Journal .

February 13, 1906 "In Keeping With Life of the Dead Poet Laureate," Dayton Journal .

February 13, 1906 "Paul Laurence Dunbar: an Appreciation by Brand Whitlock, Mayor of Toledo, Magazine Writer and Close Friend of the Dead Poet, Which Was Read by Dr. Tobey at the Funeral Service," Dayton Journal .

February 13, 1906 "Philomathean Literary Society Will Honor Paul Dunbar's Memory," Dayton Journal .

February 13, 1906 No title; Dayton Journal .

February 14, 1906 "Paul Laurence Dunbar: a Reminiscent Sketch," by C. W. Dustin, Columbus, OH, Dayton Journal .

Nov. 6, 1932 "Mrs. Matilda Jane Dunbar," Dayton Journal .

February 25, 1934 "Mrs. Dunbar's Rites Tuesday," Dayton Daily News . on the same page: February 24, 1934 "Paul Laurence Dunbar's Mother is Dead at 89," Dayton Daily News . February 26, 1934 "Public Rites for Mrs. Dunbar," Dayton Daily News . February 26, 1934 "Mrs. Dunbar Will Asks That Home Remain Intact," Dayton Daily News . February 28, 1934 "Civic Leaders Take Part in Dunbar Rites," Dayton Daily News .

February 27, 1934 "Mrs. Dunbar is Laid to Rest Beside Poet Son," Dayton Journal .

On the back of the same page: February 26, 1934 "Final Tributes Will be Paid to Mrs. Dunbar in Public Service," Dayton Journal .

February 28, 1934 "A Final Tribute Was Paid Mrs. Dunbar," Dayton Daily News . On the back of this page: 1932 "Urges Colored People to Elect Republicans," Dayton Journal .

March 18, 1934 Summary of Mrs. Dunbar's life as compiled by Rev. Higgins, executor of son's estate, Dayton Journal .

March 26, 1940

24 "Marker Will Honor Mother of Dunbar," Dayton Journal .

June 16, 1963 "Secrets of Motivation Found in Early Days of Paul Dunbar," Dayton Daily News .

February 24, 1934 "Paul Laurence Dunbar's Mother is Dead at 89," Dayton Daily News .

March 23, 1956 "Poet Dunbar, Dead 50 Years Lives in Friends Memories," Dayton Daily News .

September 2, 1968 "The Spirit of the Man Still Fills House After 63 Years," Dayton Daily News .

August 2, 1971 "Down the Great Miami," one of a series of articles by Roz Young with sketches by Craig MacIntosh, Journal Herald .

October 19, 1973 "Women Lovingly Preserve Dunbar Home," Dayton Daily News .

April 27, 1975 "Paul Laurence Dunbar Honored, Dayton Poet One of First Blacks to Live by His Writings" by Jim Nichols, Dayton Daily News .

June 25, 1977 "Let's Sing a Little Dunbar," Journal Herald .

November 19, 1977 "Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Poet All Races Came to Respect," Journal Herald .

June 22, 1997 Moss, Khalid. "Happy Birthday Mr. Dunbar: Dayton to Salute Pioneering Writer on 125th Anniversary of His Birth," Dayton Daily News.

January 23, 1992 "Passion Play: Dunbar-Moore Love Affair Set for Stage Debut" by Terry Morris, Dayton Daily News .

Aug. 18, l993 Morris, Terry. "UD Professor Finds Dunbar Original", Dayton Daily News 116, no 334 (l993):1A-5A.

Feb. 5, l995 Stryker, Mark. "Where Music and Poetry Meet", Dayton Daily News .

Dec. l994 "Oak and Ivy", Dayton Monthly .

No date "The Negro Poet Tells About His Early Efforts", source unknown.

No date "Dunbar," The Dayton Daily News.

Box 2, Folder 5, Miscellaneous newspaper clippings.

June 29, 1924 Burba, Howard. "Resting Down Beneaf De Willer," News Magazine Sec. , p.3.

On the same page: October 17, 1932 "Paul Laurence Dunbar Fund," Dayton Daily News . October 22, 1932 "Dunbar Fund for Wilberforce," Dayton Daily News . February 10, 1937 "Dunbar Memorial Passed in Senate," Dayton Journal . December 3, 1937 "Dunbar Home Fund," Dayton Journal .

On the back of this page: February 25, 1934 "Proposal Made that Citizens Buy Property," Dayton Journal . July 17, 1936 "Poet Dunbar's Home Saved by State Action," Dayton Daily News . July 17, 1936 "Old Dunbar Home Purchase Assured," Dayton Journal . December 2, 1937 "Ask Maintenance for Poet's Home," Dayton Journal .

On the same page: September 11, 1932 "Music Festival at Runnymede," Dayton Journal . September 16, 1932 "Colored Group Join Thursday Evening in Presenting Third Annual Dunbar Music Festival," Dayton Journal . September 16, 1932 "Annual Dunbar Festival of Music Offered at Runnymede Playhouse," Dayton Journal .

26 On the back of the same page: September 16, 1931 "Dunbar Festival of Music Displays Fine Voices for Spirituals at Runny- mede," Dayton Journal .

On the same page: June 3, 1931 "Speaker Named for Dedication of Dunbar Home," Dayton Journal . July 19, 1936 "Ohio May Make Shrine of Poet's Home," Dayton Daily News . June 3, 1938 "Ceremony set for June," Dayton Journal .

On the back of the same page: June 19, 1938 "Paul L. Dunbar Home Dedication Planned, State, Local Officials to Attend Ceremonies at New Museum Here," Dayton Journal .

On the same page: June 26, 1938 "Negro Poet Laureate to be Remembered Here," Dayton Journal . June 28, 1938 "Hundreds See His Home Dedicated as Shrine," Dayton Journal .

June 26, 1938 "Home of Paul Laurence Dunbar to be Dedicated on Birthday," Dayton Journal .

On the same page: June 25, 1938 "Dayton Poet's Brother Here for Programs," Dayton Daily News . June 26, 1938 "To Be Dedicated Monday in Memory of Paul L. Dunbar," Columbus Dispatch .

On the same page: June 3, 1938 "State Official Plans for Opening of Dunbar Home," Dayton Daily News . June 26, 1938 Memory of Noted Negro Writer to be Honored at Shrine Dedication Tonight," Dayton Journal . No date "Dunbar Historic House - Pilgrimage in Poetry Broadcast.," Echoes .

June 28, 1938 "Dunbar's Genius Extolled as Old Home is Dedicated," Dayton Journal .

27 March 3, 1940 "Ted Malone, No Glamor Boy, Pays Tribute to Dunbar," Dayton Sunday Journal .

March 3, 1940 "Listening in: Ted Malone to Broadcast his Sunday Program From Dayton With Chuck Gay," Dayton Daily News .

On the same page: June 13, 1941 "Program Planned to Honor Dunbar, Late Dayton Poet," Dayton Journal . June 27, 1941 "Tree Planting at Woodland to Honor Poet," Dayton Journal .

On the same page: June 28, 1941 "Program Planned to Honor Dunbar, Late Dayton Poet," Dayton Journal . June 28, 1941 "Tribute is Paid to Memory of Dunbar," Dayton Daily News .

June 21, 1942 "To Honor Poet," Columbus Dispatch .

June 28, 1942 "70th Anniversary of Birth of Dunbar, Noted Poet, Commemorated in Ceremony," Dayton Daily News .

On the same page: June 28, 1943 From: "Dayton's Yesterday, Dayton 15 Years Ago," Dayton Journal . March 23, 1950 "All Men Created In His Image' Is Poet's Belief," Journal Herald .

February 17, 1952 "Dunbar Memorial Services to Feature Talks by Friends," Dayton Daily News .

June 27, 1955 "Dunbar Lauds Steele High in Unpublished Poem of 1894," Journal Herald .

On the same page: February 2, 1956 "Paul L. Dunbar Observances are Slated," Journal Herald . February 4, 1956 "Plan concert in Memory of Noted Poet," Journal Herald .

March 23, 1956

28 "Poet Dunbar, Dead 50 Years, Lives In Friends' Memories," Dayton Daily News .

September 19, 1960 "Dunbar May Be Honored on Stamp," Dayton Journal Herald .

On the same page: November 14, 1960 " Closed' Sign Spurns Visitors," Journal Herald . August 30, 1961 "Dayton's Great Poet," Dayton Journal Herald .

December 4, 1960 "Dayton Treated Dunbar Well But Poet's Works Now Scarce," Dayton Daily News .

On the same page: February 6, 1961 "Slaves' Son Held His Head High Before Queen," Dayton Daily News . February 6, 1961 "Poet's Star Rises; Home to be Shrine," Dayton Daily News . February 6, 1961 "Poet Paid Tribute to John H. Patterson," Dayton Daily News .

March 23, 1963 "Dunbar Greatest Gift to Literature," Dayton Daily News .

June 12, 1963 "Poet's Home on North Summit Will Get Bronze Plate" and "Poet's Portrait Dominates Home," Dayton Daily News .

April 3, 1973 "Scholars Compare 2 Black Poets," New York Times .

January 28, 1974 "Dunbar Festival Set February 9," Dayton Daily News.

January 12, 1975 "Commemorative Subjects to Include Paul Dunbar," Dayton Daily News .

On the same page: February 11, 1975 "New Stamp Honors Dayton Poet Dunbar," Dayton Daily News . February 12, 1975 "U.S. Stamp to Honor City Poet Paul Dunbar," Journal Herald . May 1, 1975 "Dunbar Stamps Unveiled at School," Dayton Daily News .

February 28, 1975 "Rites Set for Stamp for Poet Dunbar," Dayton Daily News .

October 21, 1975 "An Idea for 1976," Journal Herald .

July (?) 1976 "Poet Dunbar Charmed America and England," Dayton Daily News .

January 26, 1976 "Vochestra' to Honor Dunbar Here," Dayton Daily News .

February 9, 1976 "Dunbar Saluted: Civic Choir, Vochestra' Provide Stirring Tribute," Dayton Daily News .

June 19, 1978 "Cost of History: Dunbar Home Asks Preservation Funds.," Dayton Daily News .

June 25, 1978 "Turnout Low: Dunbar Day Fails to Draw Hoped-for Large Crowd," Dayton Daily News .

June 27, 1978 "Dunbar, Twice Slighted," Dayton Daily News .

No date "Best Poems of Dunbar" by Ralph May, Our Morning Mail , Piqua.

No date "$5500 Assigned For Repair of Dunbar Home," (no further information about this article).

No date This is a listing of articles in periodicals pertaining to Paul Laurence Dunbar.

No date Dunbar House, brochures.

Subseries 9. Magazine Articles

Box 2, Folder 6, Matilda Jane Dunbar / Alice Dunbar Nelson

Brown, Hallie Q. Homespun Heroines and Other Women of Distinction (Xenia: Aldine Publishing Co, 1926).

30 Varney, Grace Acker. "Mother of a Great Negro Poet Born in Slavery, Destined to Honor," The Watchword , September 1, 1935 (part one) and September 8, 1935 (part two).

No date This article gives a description of the character and personality of Matilda Dunbar, written by Helen M. Ranson, Head of Main and Branch Reference Departments.

Brawley, Benjamin, The Negro Genius (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1937), 216-219.

Brown, Hallie Q., Homespun Heroines and Other Women of Distinction (Xenia: Aldine Publishing Co, 1926), 212.

Gloster, Hugh M., Negro Voices in American Fiction (Chapel Hill: Univ.of North Carolina Press, 1948), 25.

Johnson,James Weldon, The Book of American Negro Poetry (New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1958), 164.

Notable American Women,1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary rev. ed. (1971), s.v. James, Edward T.

Profiles of Negro Womanhood , vol. 1, 1619-1900, Alice Dunbar Nelson: Author-Editor from Louisiana (Yonders: Educational Heritage, Inc., 1964), 299.

Journal of Negro History . (no title or date for this article).

Subseries 10. Pamphlets

Box 3, Folder 1, Paul Laurence Dunbar

Austin, Charles M. Paul Laurence Dunbar's Local Roots . Dayton, OH: by the author, 1988(?).

Austin, Charles M. Paul Laurence Dunbar's Roots and Much More: a Scrapbook of His Life and Legacy . Dayton, OH: by the author, 1989.

Clark, Davis Wasgatt. Paul Laurence Dunbar, Laurel-Decked . Boston: Commissioner of the Paul Laurence Dunbar Scholarship Fund, 1909.

McGhee-Anderson, Kathleen. Oak and Ivy . New Brunswick, N.J.: Crossroads Theatre Company, 1992.

Box 3, Folder 2, Paul Laurence Dunbar

"The Dunbar Memorial Association: Officers, Organization, Objectives", Dayton, OH, 1914-15.

Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906. Christmas is a Comin' and Other Poems . New York: Dodd, Mead, 1905.

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. The Life and Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar, Bibliography and Index . (St. Paul, MN: 3M IM Press, 1969),9 reels microform.

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Papers , Ohio Historical Society (Columbus, OH: Archives and Manuscripts Division, 1972), 9 reels microform.

Box 3, Folder 3, Paul Laurence Dunbar

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. A Plantation Portrait . New York: Dodd, Mead, 1905.

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Selected Poems of Paul Lawrence (sic) Dunbar (s.n.) Dayton, OH: (193?).

Box 3, Folder 4, Paul Laurence Dunbar

Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Paul Laurence Dunbar Collection: an Inventory to the Microfilm Edition . Ed. Sarah S. Fuller, Ohio Historical Society (Columbus, OH: Archives and Manuscripts Division, 1972).

32 Martin, Herbert Woodward. Paul Laurence Dunbar, a Singer of Songs , Columbus, OH: State Library of Ohio, 1979.

The Paul Laurence Dunbar Centennial, 1872-1972 , Curriculum Development Dept., Dayton Public Schools, Dayton, OH, 1972.

Souders, Bruce C. The U.B.'s Were Always Good to Paul and One of God's Gifted Singers. n.p., 1965(?).

Stronks, James B. "Paul Laurence Dunbar and William Dean Howells", The Ohio Historical Quarterly 67, no 2 (1958):95-108.

Wilcox, Owen N. ed., "Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Laurence Of Arcican American", The Brief 1, no 11(l929):34.

33 SERIES IV. PHOTOS AND MUSIC

Subseries 11. Photos

Box 4, Folder 1, Paul Laurence Dunbar - photos Oversized

In this folder are five original photographs of Paul Laurence Dunbar and one copy. Photos are arranged numerically by age. #1 - Early age (no date or artist, two copies). #2 - 1892 - by Edward Sines at Wright Print Shop Together with Wright Brothers (a copy, two copies). #3 - Ivory Type Co., Dayton, OH, (two copies). #4 - Dunbar State Memorial, post card, no date. #5 - In commemoration of the re-opening of Dunbar House by the Ohio Historical Society, June 5, 1988. #6 - Dunbar Historic House Museum, Dayton, OH.

Box 4, Folder 2, Photos of Matilda Jane Dunbar

Six photos of Matilda Dunbar photographed by Jane Reece about 1924 in Dayton, Ohio.

Subseries 12. Music

Box 4, Folder 3, Paul Laurence Dunbar - Sheet music

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. The Birth of Morn , music by Franco Leoni. New York: Chappell & Co., Ltd., n.d.

Dunbar, Paul Laurence and Will Marion Cook. Good Evenin', a Real Native Southern Negro Melody . New York: Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co., n.d.

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Lazy Song , music by Corinne Moore Lawson. Cincinnati: The Willis Co., n.d.

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. The Memory of Martha , music by Hal Barrett, 1940.

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Religion , music by Hal Barrett, 1984.

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Songs of Cabin and Field , music by Evelyn McCue Wright. Cleveland: Evelyn McCue Wright, 1903.

34 Dunbar, Paul Laurence. A Warrior's Prayer , composed by W. L. Blumenschein. Naperville: J. L. Nichols and Co., n.d. (Sung at the unveiling of the Dunbar Monument, June 26, 1909, Dayton, OH.)

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Who Knows? , music by Ernest R. Ball. New York, Chicago, San Francisco, London, Paris and Melbourne: M. Witmark & Sons, n.d. (Sung by Chauncey Olcott in his new play The Heart of Paddywhack .)

35 Subseries 13. Calendars

Box 4, Folder 4, Commemorative Calendars

1996 "Commemorative Historical Calendar," Greene and Montgomery Counties.

36 SERIES V. SOUND VIDEO AND AUDIO RECORDINGS

Subseries 14. Video/Audiocassettes

Box 5: Sound Recordings

Charles M. Austin. Life and Legacy of Paul Laurence Dunbar . Read by the author. Cassette. 1991.

Charles M. Austin. Paul Laurence Dunbar - a Role Model . Read by the author on radio program "Morning Discussion," WDBH in Detroit, MI. Cassette. 1991.

Charles M. Austin. Paul Laurence Dunbar and Race Relations . Read by the author at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Cassette. 1991.

Box 5: Films and Videos

Martin, Herbert Woodward. Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Eyes of the Poet . Produced by Ohio Humanities Council.[?] 20 min. Ohio Humanities Council, Videocassette Also: A Brief Study Guide to Paul L. Dunbar:The Eyes of the Poet. Paul Laurence Dunbar and His World . (Community Media Productions and Twentig, Inc., Dayton, OH. Chapter), slides

The Life and Time of Paul Laurence Dunbar . (Produced by Dynaphonics, Inc., Dayton, OH, undated), sound recording.

Paul Laurence Dunbar: American Poet (Santa Monica, Calif.: BFA Educational Media, 1978), film. (2 copies)

Paul Laurence Dunbar: America's First Black Poet (Santa Monica, Calif.: Pyramid Films, 1977), film. (2 copies)

Subseries 15. Microfilms

Box 5: Life and Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar

Dunbar, Paul Laurence, Papers (Columbus, Ohio: Ohio Historical Society, Archives and Manuscripts Division, 1972?), 9 reels, microfilm.

The Life and Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar, 1872-1906 (New York: 3M IM Press, 1969), 9 reels, microform.

37 Reel # Title 1 Books of Poems 2 Short Stories and Novels 3 Sheet Music, Manuscripts, Scrapbook and Commentary 4 New York Times Reviews 5,6 Periodical articles from leading Literary Magazines 7,8 Periodical articles from leading Negro periodicals 9 The works of Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar

INDEX

Centenary...... 18 A Centennial ...... 33 American literature...... 6 Central High School ...... 6, 17, 21 American Women ...... 31 Chait Anderson William...... 22 Kathleen McGee...... 15 Christmas is ...... 32 Armstrong...... 10, 11, 14 civic leaders...... 24 Arnold Clark J. O...... 16 Davis Wasgatt...... 32 articles ...... 6, 9, 20, 25, 30, 38 class song...... 6 Atlanta ...... 17 Coleridge-Taylor Austin Samuel ...... 7 Charles M...... 37 Colorado...... 7 Charles Mosley...... 14, 22 commemorative stamp...... 8, 22, 29, 30 Commencement ...... 17 B Compensation...... 18 Ball Complete Poems ...... 10, 13 Ernest R...... 35 Contractual Agreement...... 22 Baxter Street...... 8 Cook Belief...... 28 Will Marion ...... 34 Berry Cornell University ...... 8 Erick ...... 21 correspondence...... 5, 16 Best Poems ...... 30 Cunningham bibliography ...... 23, 32 Virginia...... 11 Bingham Current Literature ...... 7 R. O...... 16 Curriculum...... 33 biographical sketch...... 6 D biography...... 11, 14 Birth of Morn ...... 34 Dayton Tattler ...... 6, 7, 23 Blocher Denver Post ...... 7 William L...... 7 Diary ...... 15 Blumenschein Dunbar Ernest...... 5, 6, 21, 35 Alice ...... 14, 15, 31 W. L...... 35 Alice Ruth Moore ...... 7, 38 Brawley Joshua ...... 6, 7, 29 Benjamin G...... 11 Matilda...... 6, 23, 24, 25, 31, 34 Brown Matilda...... 34 Hallie Q...... 31 Matilda Jane ...... 7 Builder...... 17 Paul L. Burba ability...... 6, 16 Howard...... 26 adversity ...... 8, 9 alcohol ...... 7 C black poet ...... 6 Callahan...... 6 childhood...... 6 Callis depression...... 7 Henry Arthur ...... 8 dialect ...... 6, 7 Candle-Lightin ...... 10, 13 early age...... 34 cartoon sketches ...... 5 education ...... 6

39 first appearance...... 6 Howells house...... 9, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 28, 34 William Dean...... 7, 10, 13, 33 legacy ...... 8 Hull marriage...... 8 Gloria T...... 15 parents ...... 6 Human Race Theatre ...... 19 personality ...... 16, 31 hymns ...... 6 recognition...... 7, 22 I tuberculosis...... 7 welcoming address ...... 6 I Greet the Dawn ...... 13 Duncanson In Old Plantation Days ...... 14 A. E...... 22 influence ...... 6, 9 Dustin Inventory ...... 32 C. W...... 24 J E Joggin' erlong ...... 10, 13 Echoes ...... 18, 19, 28 Johnson Emancipation...... 16 Charles R. H...... 20 Encouragement...... 17 J. Rosamund ...... 7 essays...... 6 James Weldon...... 31 F K Fanatics ...... 10 Keller Fayette County...... 7 Kathryn M...... 21 festival ...... 19, 27, 29 Kentucky...... 6, 7 Films...... 18, 37 L first editions...... 9 Folks From Dixie ...... 11, 14 Laughter ...... 13, 15, 18 Laureate ...... 11, 14, 24, 27 G Lawson Gay Corinne Moore...... 34 Chuck ...... 28 Lazy Song ...... 34 Gayle letters ...... 22 Addison ...... 15 Library of Congress...... 7 Gentry Life and Legacy ...... 14, 32, 37 Tony ...... 15 Life, Love and Laughter ...... 15, 18 Gloster Li'l Gal ...... 10, 13 Hugh M...... 31 Little Brown Baby ...... 10 Gould Local Roots ...... 14, 32 Jean...... 15 Louisville...... 7 Grand Opera House...... 6, 17 Love Affair ...... 25 Great Poet...... 29 Love of Landry ...... 10, 13 Green Lyrics of Love and Laughter ...... 13 J.A...... 20 Lyrics of Lowly Life ...... 10, 13 Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow ...... 11, 13 H Lyrics of the Hearthside ...... 10, 13, 19 Hamilton M William J...... 21 Harold MacIntosh Hudson Gossie...... 16 Craig ...... 25 Harper's Weekly ...... 7 Majors and Minors ...... 7, 11, 13, 16 Heart of Happy Hollow ...... 10 Malone High School Times ...... 6 Ted...... 28 Homespun Heroines ...... 31 manuscripts...... 5, 32, 37, 38 honor ...... 6, 8, 9, 17, 19, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31 Martin Howdy ...... 10 Herbert Woodward ...... 33, 37

40 Jay ...... 15 Plea...... 16 Matthews Poems of Cabin and Field ...... 11, 14 James Newton...... 6, 7 Poetic Gifts ...... 15, 18 McGee poetry...... 10, 13 Anderson Kathleen ...... 15 popularity...... 6, 7 Memorial ...... 9, 18, 26, 28, 32, 34 Portrait...... 29, 32 Miner poverty...... 8 Leigh Richmond ...... 10, 13 Preston Mitchell Finley...... 6 Edna L...... 20 Profile ...... 31 Moore programs...... 5, 9, 27 Alice Ruth...... 7, 38 R Morris Terry...... 25, 26 race ...... 6, 11, 14 Murphy Race Relations ...... 37 Wilson W...... 7 racism ...... 8 Museum Echoes ...... 18 radio program ...... 22, 37 music ...... 5, 6, 7, 9, 16, 26, 27, 34, 38 Rae John ...... 10, 13 N Ranson National Register...... 9 Helen M...... 31 Negro ....11, 14, 15, 16, 23, 26, 27, 28, 31, 34, 38 rare books ...... 5, 10 Nelson Reece Robert J...... 8 Jane...... 34 New Orleans...... 7 Reinterpretation ...... 15 newspaper...... 6, 9, 20, 23 Reminiscent Sketch ...... 24 newspaper clippings ...... 5, 9, 26 reputation...... 7 Nichols resolution...... 22 J. L...... 35 Revell Jim...... 25 Peter...... 15 novels ...... 6, 7, 10, 13, 38 Riley James Whitcomb...... 7 O Rodgers Oak and Ivy ...... 7, 11, 14, 15, 17, 19, 26 Bertha ...... 10 Ode...... 17 Rodobaugh Ohio Cues ...... 21 James H...... 18 Ohio Historical Society ...... 8, 18, 19, 32, 34, 37 Runnymede...... 27 Old Plantation Day ...... 11 Russell Outlook ...... 7 Frank Alder...... 22 P S pamphlet...... 5, 15, 32 Savage Club...... 7 Passion...... 25 Scrapbook ...... 14, 32, 38 Patterson script...... 22 John H...... 17, 29 Shafman Patterson Cooperative High School...... 18 Arthur ...... 19 Pennsylvania School...... 8 Shelbyville...... 7 Phi Gamma Delta ...... 18 short stories...... 6, 7, 11, 14, 38 Philadelphia...... 7, 11, 14 Shrine...... 27, 28, 29 Philomathean...... 21 Sines Philomathean Society ...... 6, 17, 24 Edward...... 34 photographs ...... 5, 10, 11, 13, 14, 34 Singer ...... 15, 33 photos ...... 34 Singer in the Dawn ...... 15 Pilgrimage of Poetry...... 22 Souders Plantation Portrait ...... 32 Bruce C...... 33

41 sound recording...... 37 Vochestra'...... 30 Speakin' o' Christmas ...... 11 W Sport of the Gods ...... 10, 13 Steele High ...... 17, 28 Warrior's Prayer ...... 35 Strength of Gideon ...... 11, 14 Washington...... 7 Stronks Washington, D.C...... 7, 16 James B...... 33 Watchword ...... 31 Stryker We Wear the Mask ...... 16, 21 Mark ...... 26 When Malindy Sings ...... 11, 14 Sunday Evening Post ...... 7 Whitlock Brand ...... 24 T Wiggins tenor...... 18 Lida Keck ...... 12 Thatcher Wilcox Charles A...... 7 Owen N...... 33 Thompson Womanhood ...... 31 Wallace...... 18 Woodland Cemetery...... 8 Tobey Wright Henry A...... 7, 16, 24 Evelyn McCue ...... 34 Tomfoolery...... 21 Orville...... 6, 7, 22 Tuesdale Wilbur...... 6, 7 Helen ...... 6 Wright & Wright ...... 6 Wright Brothers...... 22, 34 U Wright Patterson AFB ...... 37 Uncalled ...... 10, 13 Wright Print Shop...... 34 Uncle Eph's Christmas ...... 9 Wright State University ...... 8, 19 United Brethren...... 7, 11, 14, 17 Y V Young Varney Roz ...... 25 Grace Acker...... 31