<I>Howard Thurman, Portrait of a Practical Dreamer</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1964
name: label: Written by
content: Elizabeth Yates, American, 1905 - 2001
label: Published by
content: The John Day Company, American, 1926 - 1974
label: Photograph by
content: Clara Sipprell, Canadian American, 1885 - 1975
label: Designed by
content: The Etheredges
label: Subject of
content: Howard Thurman, American, 1899 - 1981
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
notes: label: Description
content: A hardcover edition of Howard Thurman, Portrait of a Practical Dreamer by Elizabeth Yates. It is a cloth bound hardcover book with a sewn binding and deckle page edges. The book’s dust jacket features a black-and-white photograph of Howard Thurman. Thurman is depicted in bust pose from the chest up. He is wearing a dark tone clergy robe with black front trim over a white dress shirt and a light tone tie. His hand are raised and are resting lightly on his chest. He is positioned in three-quarters pose, facing the viewer, but looking downwards. Below Thurman’s chin is the book’s title and author's name printed in red, yellow, and orange text of varying sizes and fonts that reads [HOWARD THURMAN / Portrait of a Practical Dreamer / ELIZABETH / YATES]. The jacket spine is continuation of the image on the front. The title of the book and the author’s name printed in red, yellow, and orange text. Printed at the bottom of the spine is the publisher’s name [JOHN / DAY] printed in red text. The back of the dust cover is white. At the center in a double line black frame with a one paragraph biography of Thurman printed inside. Centered below the frame is black text that reads [THE JOHN DAY COMPANY / New York]. The front and back covers and the spine of the book are covered in red book cloth. The front and back covers are plain. Gilded text on the spine includes the book title and author’s name in varying sizes and fonts that reads [Howard / Thurman / Portrait / of a / Practical / Dreamer] and [ELIZAEBETH / YATES]. Between the title and authors name is a small, gilded graphic of two leaves. The interior pages are white with black text. Contents include an introduction, three parts, a [Chronological Bibliography of Works / by Howard Thurman], [Howard Thurman’s Bibliography / of Oft-used Books], and an index. The parts are titled: [HE WONDERS], [HE PREPARES HIMSELF], and [HE SERVES]. Opposite the title page is a full sized version of the black-and-white image printed on the front of the dust jacket. The book has 249 pages.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.52.19
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Elizabeth Yates McGreal
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product) with book cloth (textile material) on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 8 3/8 × 6 × 1 1/8 in. (21.3 × 15.3 × 2.8 cm)