Sale 2503 - Printed & Manuscript African Americana, March 28, 2019

195 c   (BUSINESS.) Collection of ephemera relating to African American newspapers. 10 items, various sizes and conditions, sleeved in one binder. Vp, circa 1903-64 [500/750] Printed circular letter on Philadelphia Tribune letterhead from editor E. Washington Rhodes headed “What would happen if all Negro newspapers would cease publication?” Philadelphia, circa 1930s * Illustrated business card of editor Cyrus Cardoza Clarkson of the Southern Enterprise, 6 x 4 inches. Greenville, SC, circa 1920s * “The Negro Market, Published in the Interest of the Negro Press.” Printed pamphlet in wrappers, [36 pages] Chicago: W.B. Ziff Co., 1932 * “The Afro-American Newspapers . . . Advertising Rate Card,” 4 pages (6 x 3 1 / 2 inches) on one folding card, with rates for 4 newspapers in Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia, and Richmond—“the richest Negro market in the country,” 1938 * Business card of D. Edward Bell, general manager of the Afro-American Advocate in Wilmington, NC, circa 1903 * “Negroes in Philadelphia Spend $430,000,000 a year, $106,000,000 for food . . . Reach this Market through the Philadelphia-Pittsburgh Courier.” Printed circular, 11 x 8 1 / 2 inches. Philadelphia, 1956 * Lewis O. Swingler, letter on the letterhead of the Memphis World (“The South’s Oldest and Leading Colored Newspaper”) to the Southern Literary Messenger, 1 June 1939 * “Courier Home Service Fair” packet showing outreach at events in Philadelphia, Washington, Cincinnati, New Orleans, Detroit and Pittsburgh. 12 pages, stapled. [Pittsburgh, PA], [1954?] * Invoice issued to a subscriber by the Philadelphia Tribune, 15 March 1928 * “Careers for Negroes on Newspapers,” 28-page pamphlet. Washington: American Newspaper Guild, 1964. 196 c   (BUSINESS.) Mason, Charles W. Letter exploring business opportunities in Oklahoma. Carbon-copy letter, 10 1 / 2 x 8 inches, on Mason’s printed letterhead, with a typed response on verso; folds, minor wear. Smithland, KY, 20 October 1906 [300/400] Charles W. Mason was an African-American educator and attorney who was apparently dissatisfied with life in Kentucky. Here he writes to someone in Oklahoma City, “an enquiring letter as to that country, its people white and colored, their morals, also the chances for making an honest living. I . . . have been teaching for twelve years. I am seeking a business location. I am a lawyer of good standing, a member of the Masonic fraternity. . . . I will make you a good citizen, school master, lawyer or business man.” He presumably sent other such letters across the country—this one is a carbon copy. On verso is the retained copy of the typed response, describing the merits of Oklahoma City. 195 196