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Little Black Sambo (1921)
The sentimental child as an essential representation of American childhood came to dominate children’s literature in the late nineteenth century, a legacy indelibly tied to Little Black Sambo. Sentimentality allows for the reader to…
Little Black Sambo (1926)
In this 1926 version of Helen Bannerman’sLittle Black Sambo, Sambo and his mother, Mumbo, differ aesthetically from the more abundant racist tropes of pickaninny and mammy. Sambo and Mumbo each have distinct tribal dress, pointing to the…
Little Black Sambo (1938)
Rea, Betty-Bell. Little Black Sambo. Akron: Saalfield Pub, (1938). Print.
This version of Sambo by Betty Bell Rea (1938) is among the youngest portrayals of Sambo. Unlike a usualpicaninnycaricature, he is not depicted as being overgrown or older…
Little Black Sambo (1938)
Illustrated seventeen years apart from each other, the two images above represent a similar depiction of the character Black Mumbo inLittle Black Sambo.In these images, Black Mumbo is overweight and matronly; in one image she wears a stereotypical…
Manuskripte, Volume 79, 1983
Manuskripte, Volume 79, 1983
Me, Vashya by Tennessee Williams
Carbon typescript of Me, Vashya, a play submitted by Tennessee Williams for William G.B. Carson's 1936-1937 English XVI class on play writing. Each year three plays were selected by a jury to be produced the following year by Thyrsus, the Washington…
Me, Vashya by Tennessee Williams
Typescript draft of Me, Vashya by Tennessee Williams. Williams was a student in William G. B. Carson's 1936-1937 English XVI class on playwriting. Each year three plays were selected by a jury to be produced the following year by Thyrsus, the…
Middle C dust jacket
Dust jacket of Middle C by William H. Gass, New York: Knopf, 2013.
Middle C - Early Organizational Scheme
The first six pages of an early, chapter-by-chapter organizational scheme created by William H. Gass during the development of Middle C. This outline does not reflect the finished book.