irca 1890 where B ost on Mass . c , House mith C ourt , , , African Meeting , S nists ond and o ther la k a olitio F c u lass Charles Lenox Rem , b c b rederi k D o g , lect ured . New En la nd Ant i uities) (Society for the Prese r va tion of g q BLACK WRITERS IN NEW ENGLAND A Biblio ra h with Bio ra hical Notes g p y, g p , of B ooks By and About Afro-American Writers Associated with New England in the Collection of Afro-American Litera ture S uffolk Univers ity Mus eum of Afro-Ameri can His t ory B os ton African American Na t iona l His to ric Site Edward Clark Na t iona l Park S ervice B os ton Copyright 1985 by Edward Clark h r d No ar of this book ma be All rig ts rese ve . p t y reproduced in any form without permission in writing r from the autho . D r m n of the In eri or S . e a e U . p t t t Na tional Park Service Boston Af rican American Nati onal Historic Site 15 Sta te Street Bo on Ma a hu e 02109 st , ss c s tts Pri nted in the United Sta tes of America First Edition Library of Congress Cataloging in Publica tion Da ta Clark Ed ard 1923 , w , Black ri er in New En land w t s g . 1 Ameri an li era ure— Afro-Ameri an au hor . c t t c t s Bio- i lio ra h 2 American li era ure— New b b g p y . t t En land— Bio- i lio ra h Afro-Am ri an au hor 3 . e g b b g p y. c t s New En land— Bi o r h — Di ionari 4 Mu eum of g g ap y ct es . s fr - m ri l A o A e an Hi or B o on Mass I Ti e . c st y ( st , . ) . t 2 122 N3 57 1 P -1 056 9 . 9 5 C 985 [ 5153 . N5 ] 8 8 ISBN 0-934441 -01 -4 Co er o o ra r 1 in 1 4 v ph t g ph : Do othy West signing her novel The Living 5 Eas y 9 8 . (Court esy William Bowles) CONTENTS Preface Acknowledgment s Introduction 1 ooks B and out ro- meri n Wri t r o i t d ith . B y Ab Af A ca e s Ass c a e w New England in the Collection of Afro-American Litera ture II A ro- meri n Writers sso i t d with N w En l . f A ca A c a e e g and Not Represented with B ooks By or About Them in the Collection ofAfro-America n Litera ture PREFACE This bibliography is a culmination and a new beginning . I i th ulmination of ourt een ears of or b Edward lark reatin t s e c f y w k y C c g , h ll ion of r - m ri n i develo in and ubli izin t e o e t o e a terature . p g , p c g C c Af A c L E i d f r this vit l rvi lar wrote his dward Clark is eminently f tte o a se ce . C k ' m nim r o r n v l He oin d doct oral dissert ation on race in Ja es Fe o e C ope s o e s . j e the faculty of Suffolk University in 1961 and in 1969 t aught his first course in b i r I t was in re arat ion for this ourse that lar be an lack l teratu e . p p c C k g n li r t r f r h niv r i i r ordering b ooks in black America te a u e o t e U e s ty L b ary. M r Mi h ll a h M m f r In 1971 la rk a roa hed . a us t e t t e useu o o , C pp c J c c Af American Hist ory with an idea that developed int o the C ollecti on of Afro meri an iterature a oint ro e t of uf olk Universit and the Museum A c L , j p j c S f y of ro- m ri an Hist o rom the ver be i nnin Clar and belie ed r . Af A e c y F y g g , k I v tha t the olle tion thou h national in s o e should i e a s e ial em hasis C c , g c p , g v p c p to ro- m ri n writ er asso iat ed with New En land had no dou t th t Af A e ca s c g . I b a hi w ld m i i i m r of th Wh not A ri ans ha e t s ou ean a s gn f can t nu be au ors . y ? f c v be n settl d in N w n land rom a t l ast and ibl rom b or I n e e e E g f e 1638 poss y f ef e . h l r d - m i n w In the ante ellum 1 th t e s ave y perio Afro A er ca s ere writing . b 9 cent ury the maj or free black communities in the North were in Pennsylvania and New n land New n land olle es have att ra ted bla k student s sin e E g . E g c g c c c the irst ro- meri ans attended owdoin in Maine mherst in Massachu f Af A c B , A ’ set t s nd Middl r in V rm n — ll in h 0 Yet was not re ared a ebu e o t a t e 182 s . , y , I p p for the number of black writers Clark has identified as associat ed with this r i n lark rin r i eg o . C b gs a pe s stence and catholic approach t o this work that has produced a bibliography that will point out new directions f or scholars fo ars t o m r ye co e . In om osition a s in or ani ation and ontent this biblio ra h will not c p , g z c , g p y be ound wantin The ri i r hi h d f r h f g . b ef b og ap cal sketches should be t e see s o t e ermination of ountl s r i rarians and oll t or hav a he klist g c es pape s . L b c ec s e c c here that can be used in m n w The list of authors with no holdin s in a y ays . g ' the olle tion is a hallen e t o la rk s su s or The ubli ation it sel of C c c g C cce s . p c f this i lio r h b b g ap y will begin the process of compiling a supplement t o it . This work marks a new beginning for the C ollection of Afro-American iterature It is most a ri h m l his work as he L . pprop ate t at Clark co p etes t re ares t o t ake earl r ir m h S r orshi He lea es a p p y et e ent from is uffolk p ofess p . v work that will t ransform the role of the C ollection of Afro-American Lit era t ure in t o a maj or regi onal Afro-American collection of national impor t an He has - i n l i lio ra hies and ce . set a st andard for Afro American reg o a b b g p ! this work is a call that similar bibliographies be produced throughout the o nt r c u y. Thank ou dward Clark y , E . Byron Rushing ta te Hou e o ton S s , B s Ma 10 1985 y , xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS r d n mb r of eo le who hel ed make the book ossible My thanks a e ue a u e p p p p . ron Rushin resident of the Museum of ro- meri an Histor lent By g , p Af A c y, st rong support in this as in other proj ect s of the Collection of Afro-American i t r Hi enth siasm a nd unwa erin ommitment t o bla k ulture tera u e . s u L v g c c c , r f r orkin t o th r hav been an ins ira tion t o me over man ea s o ou e e e . y y w g g , p Th t of th Mildred F Saw er ibrar Su olk Uni ersit and the e s a e . ff y L y, ff v y, dir t or dmund G Hamann met m re uent re uest s with heer ul e i e .