Robert Bone papers, 1975-2009
Robert Bone papers, 1975-2009
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#1611
- Bib ID:
- 9361998 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Bone, Robert, 1924-2007
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 11.25 linear feet (9 record cartons)
- Language(s):
- English .
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Description
Summary
The collection is primarily made up of notes for lectures that he gave and classes that he taught, drafts of essays and books he was working on, some books and literary journals, and some correspondence.
Arrangement
Material is arranged into two series: Series I: Papers and Series II: Books.
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Robert Bone Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2011-2012-M099: Source of acquisition--Family of Robert Bone. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--03/27/2012.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Papers procesed lt 2013.
Series II: Books added 2/1/2022
Revision Description
2015-01-20 xml document instance created by Adrien Hilton
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Biographical / Historical
Bone was a scholar of African-American literature and a professor of English at Columbia University from 1965-1990. He received his master's degree in American Studies and his doctorate from Yale University. He coined the term "Black Chicago Renaissance" and was the author of The Negro Novel in America, and Down Home: A History of Afro-American Short Fiction from its Beginnings to the End of the Harlem Renaissance.
Subject Headings
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| Name |
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| Bone, Robert, 1924-2007 |
| Subject |
| African Americans in literature |
Series I. Robert Bone Papers
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Series II: Books
"Books from the library of Robert Bone, mostly annotated. 59 titles listed in a "cataloged" subseries were cataloged individually in CLIO, shelved in the main Library of Congress Rare Book sequence, and should be requested individually from the Columbia University Libraries online catalog. The listing here is just for your information. The remaining books, packed in 6 record cartons, are listed here and can be ordered via the finding aid.
The following books were originally listed as part of the library but never received by the repository: Dunbar, Paul Laurence. (W.D. Howell intro to Lyrics of Lowly Life) The Complete Poems Of Paul Laurence Dunbar. Dodd Mead, 1962; Hemenway, Robert. Excerpt from The Harlem Renaissance Remembered, ed. With a memoir by Arna Bontemps New York: Dodd Mead & Co., 1971. Chapter 10. Signed to Bone by Hemenway; McKay, Claude Home To Harlem. margin notes, poor cond. Lacking dust jacket; Sollors, Werner. Amiri Baraka/Leroi Jones: Columbia Univ. Press, 1979. 1st ed. With dust jacket . Signed to Bone; Wright, Richard. The Long Dream. Perennial Library, Paperback ed. With introduction by Prof. Robert Bone. (NYT Book Review as well); Periodicals: Contemporary Literature. Vol. 2 #1; Turner, Darwin T., Black American Literature Fiction. Merrill, 1969; Studies In Black Literature. Vol. 4 #1, Vol. 5, #2.
Hardcover fiction with extensive notes, annotated
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