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Paper cover; perfect bound. -- Includes: Preface; Biographies (Dorothy Porter Wesley; James A. Porter; Charles H. Wesley); "Of Men and Records in the History of the Negro" (Speech presented at Morgan State College by Dorothy Porter Wesley...Feb. 13, 1957, in celebration of Negro History Week); Checklist of the Exhibition; Selected Bibliography & Websites; Checklist Indices (Name Index; Title, Sub-Title and Series Title Index; Publisher/Institution Index); Colophon] The Catalog checklist features 67 books, pamphlets, post cards, photographs, drawings, ephemera, awards and memorabilia from the vast personal collection of Dorothy Porter Wesley. Also included are a selection of books and art works by James A. Porter (1905-1970), her first husband, and a selection of books by Charles Harris Wesley (1891-1987), her second husband.