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The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain
a wide variety of material associated with Paul Laurence Dunbar,
including manuscripts, photographs, and books.
This guide compiles links to digital materials related
to Dunbar that are available throughout the Library of Congress
Web site. In addition, it provides links to external Web sites
focusing on Dunbar and a bibliography containing selections
for both general and younger readers.
Library of Congress Web Site | External
Web Sites | Selected Bibliography
American Memory Historical Collections
African
American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray
Collection, 1818-1907
The collection presents a panoramic and eclectic review
of African-American history and culture, spanning almost
one hundred years from the early nineteenth through the
early twentieth centuries, with the bulk of the material
published between 1875 and 1900.
The
African-American Experience in Ohio: Selections from the Ohio
Historical Society
This selection of manuscript and printed text and images
illuminates the history of black Ohio from 1850 to 1920,
a story of slavery and freedom, segregation and integration,
religion and politics, migrations and restrictions, harmony
and discord, and struggles and successes. Search
the collection on Paul Laurence Dunbar to locate
items pertaining to Dunbar.
A selection of highlights from this collection includes:
African-American
Sheet Music, 1850-1920: Selected from the Collections of Brown
University
This collection consists of 1,307 pieces of African-American
sheet music dating from 1850-1920. It includes many songs
from the heyday of antebellum black face minstrelsy in the
1850s and from the abolitionist movement of the same period.
Browse the collection by name
to locate eleven items pertaining to Dunbar.
Built
in America: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American
Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey, 1933-Present
The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), the Historic
American Engineering Record (HAER), and the Historic American
Landscapes Survey (HALS) collections document achievements
in architecture, engineering, and design in the United States
through a comprehensive range of building types and engineering
technologies.
The
Nineteenth Century in Print: Periodicals
This collection comprises periodicals published in the
United States during the nineteenth century, primarily during
the second half of the century. The materials selected illuminate
the subject areas of education, psychology, American history,
sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection
contains fourteen items by Paul
Laurence Dunbar.
Jump Back in Time
Paul
Laurence Dunbar was Born, June 27, 1872
African-American
Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship
This exhibition showcases the incomparable African-American
collections of the Library of Congress. It displays more
than 240 items, including books, government documents,
manuscripts, maps, musical scores, plays, films, and recordings.
Included in the exhibition is a letter from Paul
Laurence Dunbar to Booker T. Washington, January 23, 1902.
American
Treasures of the Library of Congress
American Treasures of the Library of Congress is an unprecedented
exhibition of the rarest, most interesting, or significant
items relating to America's past, drawn from every corner
of the world's largest library.
Prints
and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC)
Search
in PPOC on Paul Laurence Dunbar or Paul Lawrence
Dunbar to locate images.
African-American
History Month Portal
In celebration of African-American History Month, the
Library developed this Web site highlighting the many
resources on African-American history and culture available
from its extensive online collections.
Lesson Plans
African American Identity in the Gilded Age: Two Unreconciled Strivings
Examine the tension experienced by African Americans
as they struggled to establish a vibrant and meaningful
identity based on the promises of liberty and equality
in the midst of a society that was ambivalent towards
them and sought to impose an inferior definition upon
them.
Found Poetry with Primary Sources: The Great Depression
Explore poetry using American
Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers'
Project, 1936-1940 collection of American Memory,
which covers personal stories collected by the Works Progress
Administration. In particular, students write "found
poetry" based on the stories found in this collection.
1900 America: Primary Sources and Epic Poetry
To better understand the turn-of-the-nineteenth century
United States, this interdisciplinary lesson integrates
use of primary resources with historical and literary
analysis. Students work in groups and express themselves
creatively through a multimedia epic poem.
June
27
Paul Laurence Dunbar was born on June 27, 1872, in Dayton,
Ohio. Although he died when he was only thirty-three,
Dunbar had achieved international acclaim as a poet, short
story writer, novelist, dramatist, and lyricist.
Web Guides produced by the Digital Reference Section
of the Library of Congress
African-American
Sites in the Digital Collections
This guide highlights contributions by African Americans
to the arts, education, industry, literature, politics,
and much more as represented in the vast online collections
of the Library. Paul Laurence Dunbar is included in the
Civil
War and Reconstruction section.
The
Modern American Poetry's Paul Laurence Dunbar Page, from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The page includes literary criticism and examples of Dunbar's
illustrated poems.
Paul
Laurence Dunbar Digital Collection, from Wright State University
Libraries
A digital collection of selected poems by the American
poet and novelist Paul Laurence Dunbar, presented by the
Wright State University Libraries. Includes a biographical
sketch of Dunbar and a photo gallery.
Paul
Laurence Dunbar House, from the Ohio Historical Society
This Italianate turn-of-the-century structure was the final
home of the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. It exhibits his literary
treasures, many of his personal items and his family's furnishings.
University of Dayton's
Paul Laurence Dunbar Web Site
This site includes a biography, a collection of selected
poems, photographs, and links to resources to learn more
about Dunbar.
Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Lyrics of Lowly Life. Secaucus,
NJ: Citadel, 1984.
LC Call Number: PS1556 .L6 1984 [Catalog
Record]
Gayle, Addison. Oak and Ivy; A Biography of Paul Laurence
Dunbar. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1971.
LC Call Number: PS1557 .G3 [Catalog
Record]
Hudson, Gossie H., and Jay Martin, eds. The Paul Laurence
Dunbar Reader: A Selection of the Best of Paul Laurence Dunbar's
Poetry and Prose, Including Writings Never Before Available
in Book Form. Baltimore: Gateway, 1999.
LC Call Number: PS1556 .A4 1999b [Catalog
Record]
Jarrett, Gene A., and Thomas L. Morgan, eds. The Complete
Stories of Paul Laurence Dunbar. Athens: Ohio University
Press, 2005.
LC Call Number: PS1556 .A4 2005 [Catalog
Record]
Martin, Herbert W., and Ronald Primeau, eds. In His Own
Voice: The Dramatic and Other Uncollected Works of Paul Laurence
Dunbar. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2002.
LC Call Number: PS1556 .A4 2002 [Catalog
Record]
Papers of Paul Laurence Dunbar, 1873-1936.
LC Call Number: Microfilm 15,441-9P [Catalog
Record]
Austin, Charles M. Paul Laurence Dunbar’s Roots
and Much More: A Scrapbook of His Life and Legacy. Miamisburg,
OH: Miamisburg News, c1989.
LC Call Number: PS1557 .A87 1989 [Catalog
Record]
Best, Felton O. Crossing the Color Line: A Biography
of Paul Laurence Dunbar, 1872-1906. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt,
1996.
LC Call Number: PS1557 .B47 1996 [Catalog
Record]
Hudson, Gossie Harold. A Biography of Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Baltimore, MD: Gateway, 1999.
LC Call Number: PS1557 .H84 1999 [Catalog
Record]
Metcalf, E. W. Paul Laurence Dunbar: A Bibliography.
Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1975.
LC Call Number: Z8247.4 .M48 [Catalog
Record]
Gentry, Tony. Paul Laurence Dunbar. New York: Chelsea
House, 1989.
LC Call Number: PS1557 .G46 1989 [Catalog
Record]
Reef, Catherine. Paul Laurence Dunbar: Portrait of a
Poet. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow, 2000.
LC Call Number: PS1557 .R34 2000 [Catalog
Record]
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