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A. Faulkner Watts papers

Title
A. Faulkner Watts papers, 1941-1986.
Author
Watts, A. Faulkner, 1913-

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Box 1Mixed materialUse in library Sc MG 508 Box 1Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
Box 2Mixed materialUse in library Sc MG 508 Box 2Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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Additional Authors
Fouchard, Jean, 1912-1990.
Description
2 lin. ft. (2 cartons).
Summary
The collection documents several aspects of Watts's professional life, including the combat role of the all-black 369th Regiment in the Hawaiian Islands during World War II. Also included are research correspondence and photocopies of documents about the life and military career of General Alexandre Dumas, and correspondence with Haitian historian Jean Fouchard. Additional material include transcripts of interviews conducted in Jamaica and Trinidad on the African stick fighting tradition, and the Blyden Press files which illustrate the difficulties of a small independent black publishing concern.
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Note
  • Photographs transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division.
  • Printed matter by and about Alexandre Dumas, including publications of the Société des Amis d'Alexandre Dumas, transferred to the General Research and Reference Division.
Source (note)
  • Foster, Gail
Biography (note)
  • Born in 1913, A. Faulkner Watts was the unit historian for the 369th Infantry Regiment during World War II, and the founding president of Blyden Press, Inc. His translation of Haitian historian Jean Fouchard's book, Les Marrons de la liberté, was published by Blyden Press under the title The Haitian Maroons. The author had a special interest in the life and military career of Alexandre Dumas, the mulatto general from St. Domingue (Haiti) and father of the French author by the same name. He also did research in Caribbean folklore, especially the stick fighting tradition in Jamaica. A. Faulkner Watts died in 1998.
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Call Number
Sc MG 508
OCLC
NYPW00-A13
Author
Watts, A. Faulkner, 1913-
Title
A. Faulkner Watts papers, 1941-1986.
Biography
Born in 1913, A. Faulkner Watts was the unit historian for the 369th Infantry Regiment during World War II, and the founding president of Blyden Press, Inc. His translation of Haitian historian Jean Fouchard's book, Les Marrons de la liberté, was published by Blyden Press under the title The Haitian Maroons. The author had a special interest in the life and military career of Alexandre Dumas, the mulatto general from St. Domingue (Haiti) and father of the French author by the same name. He also did research in Caribbean folklore, especially the stick fighting tradition in Jamaica. A. Faulkner Watts died in 1998.
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Fouchard, Jean, 1912-1990. Marrons de la liberté.
Research Call Number
Sc MG 508
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