A Peek at the Blockson Collection
July 10, 2009 at 1:59 pm Chas Brua Leave a comment
As prep for a photo essay we’re planning, a couple of us took a field trip to the Charles L. Blockson Collection at Pattee Library the other day. Blockson ’56 H&HD has collected hundreds of thousands of
Sculptures in the collection. Photo by Carole Otypka.
items documenting African-American history and the African Diaspora, and he’s donated more than 10,000 of them to Penn State. (He’s also given about 500,000 items to Temple University’s libraries.)
The Blockson collection at Penn State includes books spanning the past 400 years … sculpture … “ephemera” such as postcards and matchbook covers … sheet music. One of the most recent, and most heartbreaking, donations was a set of slave shackles.
Look for our photo essay in the Jan./Feb. issue.
Chas Brua, contributing editor
Entry filed under: Famous Penn Staters, Pattee Library, The Penn Stater magazine, University Park campus. Tags: African diaspora, African-American history, Charles Blockson, collectors, Pattee Library, Temple University.
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