<I>When Malindy Sings</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1903
name: label: Written by
content: Paul Laurence Dunbar, American, 1872 - 1906
label: Published by
content: Dodd, Mead and Company, American, 1839 - 1990
label: Photograph by
content: Hampton Institute Camera Club, American, founded 1893
label: Designed by
content: Margaret Neilson Armstrong, American, 1867 - 1944
notes: label: Caption
content: “When Malindy Sings” is a poem written in tribute to Paul Laurence Dunbar’s mother, Matilda. This book pairs Dunbar’s dialect poetry with photographs of African Americans captured by the Hampton Institute Camera Club, a group consisting mostly of white faculty members.
label: Description
content: A second edition, hardcover, octavo book of When Malindy Sings by Paul Laurence Dunbar with black and white photographs by the Hampton Institute Camera Club. The book is covered in brown cloth binding with gilt title on front and spine. The front cover has a decorative design of gold trellis with green vines and red flowers in an art nouveau style design. Light green decorative floral borders by Margaret Armstrong surround the photographs and text on each interior page of the book. There are 144 pages.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place printed
content: Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Language
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Poetry
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.37.54.1
objectType: label: Type
content: books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with cloth
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 8 11/16 × 6 1/16 × 7/8 in. (22 × 15.4 × 2.2 cm)