A Bibliography of Bibliographies

& Other Books on Reading and Research

Compiled By Rudolph Lewis

Adams, Oscar Fay. Dictionary of American Authors. [call no. Z1224.A21D]

            Sample Entry: Frederick Douglass (MD 1817-1895).  A famous orator and the most distinguished member of the African race in America. He was born in slavery, but escaped to the North in 1838, educated himself, and soon became prominent as an anti-slavery speaker. As time went on, his style, always picturesque and eloquent, became polished and elegant. My Bondage and My Freedom; Narrative of My Experience in Slavery; Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1881).

Aldis, Harry Gidney (1863-1919). The Printed Book. Cambridge: The University Press, 1941. [Z4.A63]

Bloch, R. Howard. God’s Plagiarist: Being an Account of the Fabulous Industry and Irregular Commerce of the Abbe Migne. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994. [152 pp; call no. Z305.M46 B57 1994]

Burke, Redmond Ambrose. What Is the Index? Milwaukee: Bruce, 1952. [129 pp.; call no. Z1019.B95]

Callender, Jean A. African Survivals in Caribbean Religion: A Select Bibliography. Cave Hill, Barbados: Main Library, University of the West Indies, 1986. [91 eaves; Z1595.C35 1986

Delaney, Robert Finley. The Literature of Communism in America: A Selected Reference Guide. Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1962. [433 pp.; call no. Z7164.S67 D4]

            Sample Entry 1: Richard Crossman. The God That Failed. New York: Bantam Books, 1952. 277 pp. Six well-known writers tell why they changed their minds about Communism. Former Party members Arthur Koestler, Ignazio Silone, Richard Wright, and sympathizers Louis Fischer, Andre Gide, and Stephen Spender.

           Sample Entry 2: W.E.B. Du Bois. In Battle for Peace: The Story of My Eighty-Third Birthday. New York: Masses and Mainstream, 1952; 192 pp.            A blatant communist propaganda effort to exploit the results of the author’s trial on the charge of being a “foreign agent’ and failing to register his position as an official of the Soviet-backed “Peace Information Center.” As expected, the book defends the USSR and attacks the West. This is an interesting example of the effectiveness of Communist methods in deluding a fellow-traveler. There is a commentary by Shirley Graham. E.M. Rudwick has done a sympathetic scholarly treatment in his DuBois  (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1960).

Evlanoff, Michael, and Marjorie Fluor. Alfred Nobel: The Lonliest Millionaire. Los Angeles: W Ritchie Press, 1969. [TP268.5.N7]

Fenton, Thomas and Mary J. Heffron. Women in the Third World: A Directory of Resources. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1987. [141 pp.; call no. Z7964.D44 F46 1987]

Gilbert, Victor Francis and Darshan Singh Tatla. Immigrants, Minorities, and Race Relations: A Bibliography of Theses and Dissertations Presented at British and Irish Universities, 1900-1981. London: Mansell, 1984. [153 pp.; call no.Z7164.I3 G5 1984]

Haight, Anne Lyon. Banned Books: Informal Notes on Some Books for Various Reasons  at Various Times and in Various Places. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1955. [172 pp.; call no. Z1019.H15 1955]

Harvey, John H. and Elizabeth M. Dickinson. Librarians’ Affirmative Action Handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1983. [305 pp; call no. Z682.2.U5 L5 1983]

Honeywell, Roy John. Chaplains of the United States Army. Washington. D.C.: Office of Chaplains, Department of the Army, 1958. [UH23.H6]

Kaplan, Louis. A Bibliography of American Autobiographies. Madison: University of  Wisconsin Press, 1961. [372 pp.; call no Z12224. K3]

Koch, Theodore Wesley. A Book of Carnegie Libraries. White Plains, NY: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1917. [226 pp.; call no. Z679.K75 1917]

Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut. The Book in America. New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1939. [453 pp.; call no. Z473.L522]

Madison, Charles Allan. Book Publishing in America. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966. [628 pp; call no. Z473.M2]

McDermott, John Francis. Private Libraries in Creole Saint Louis. Baltimore: The Johns  Hopkins Press, 1938. [186 pp.; call no. Z987.M15]

McMurtrie, Douglas Crawford (1888-1944]. The Golden Book: The Story of Fine Books and Bookmaking, Past and Present. New York: Covivi-Friede, 1934. [Z4.M16 1934]

Miller, Rhonda and Chuck Siler. Framework for African (Black) Studies. 2002

Orcutt, William Dana. The Magic of the Book: More Reminiscences and Adventures of a Bookman.  Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1930. [Z4.O66]

Rogers. Herbert B. Cuba: A BookList. 2002

Saenger, Paul. Space Between Words: The Origin of Silent Reading. Stanford,  California: Stanford University Press, 2000. [502 pp.; call no. Z1003.S13 1997]

Stefferud, Alfred, ed. The Wonderful Work of Books. New York: New American  Library, 1952. [319 pp.; call no. Z1003.S83 1952]

Stover, Earl F. Up from Handymen. Washington, D.C.: Office of the Army, 1977. [UH23.S75]

Stover, Mark, ed. Theological Librarians and the Internet: Implications for Practice. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Information Press, 2001. [219 pp; call no. Z675.T4 T47 2001]

Williams, Ethel L. Afro-American Religious Studies. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1972: [454pp.; call no. Z1361.N39 W55]

Work, Monroe Nathan [1866-1945]. A Bibliography of the Negro in Africa and America . New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1928. [698 pp.; call no. Z1361.N39 W8]