Clarence Major
Clarence Major was an American novelist, painter, poet, writer, university teacher and scholar of english (born 1936). He was born at Atlanta.
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Career and activity
Clarence Major worked in American literature, poetry and painting.
He was employed by University of California, Davis and Binghamton University.
Identity
What the record establishes about Clarence Major.
Clarence Major is recorded with the occupation novelist. Some observations of a stranger at Zuni in the latter part of the century is dated 1989. Clarence Major is recorded as novelist, painter, poet, writer and university teacher. Clarence Major is recorded with the citizenship of United States. Open Library catalogues 59 works under this name. Conversations with Clarence Major is dated 2002.
Waiting for sweet Betty is dated 2002. The syncopated cakewalk is dated 1974. Other Side of the Wall is dated 1982. Réflexe et ossature is dated 1982. Dark and the Feeling is dated 1975. The dark and feeling is dated 1974.
Necessary Distance is dated 2001. Symptoms & madness is dated 1971. Surfaces and Masks is dated 1988. Myself painting is dated 2009. The cotton club is dated 1972. Inside diameter is dated 1985.
Configurations is dated 1998. Emergency exit is dated 1979. Parking lots is dated 1992. Black slang is dated 1971. Fun & Games is dated 1990.
Works and catalogued output
What Clarence Major produced.
Come Out at Easter is dated 1931 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1931.473). Major & Mrs. Mite and baby. is dated [between 1920 and 1929?] and held by Wellcome Collection. The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 2 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 5 works under this heading. Open Library catalogues 39 works under this heading.
Context
The circumstances in which Clarence Major stands.
Intelligently designed : how creationists built the campaign against evolution / Edward Caudill. is dated [2013] and held by Wellcome Collection. Henry Wellcome Letter Book 3 ['Letter Book 3'] is dated Mar 1890 - Nov 1896 and held by Wellcome Collection. Quilt Top is dated 1850 or later and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1986.1372). Correspondence is dated 1873-1984 and held by Wellcome Collection. [T] is dated 1913-1922 and held by Wellcome Collection.
Catalogued works
40 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1971 to 2013.
Four Days in Algeria. All-night visitors. Black Satin (Contemporary Erotic Fiction by Writers of African Origin). The lurking place. Dictionary of Afro-American slang. Paintings and Drawings of Clarence Major. Swallow the Lake. Sporadic Troubleshooting. Thunderclouds in the Forecast. NEW BLACK POETRY. Down and Up. From Now On. The Essential Clarence Major. Painted Turtle. Chicago heat and other stories. My studio. The new black poetry. Calling the wind. Juba to jive. No. Configurations, dated 1998. Conversations with Clarence Major, dated 2002. The cotton club, dated 1972. The dark and feeling, dated 1974. Dark and the Feeling, dated 1975. Emergency exit, dated 1979. Fun & Games, dated 1990. Inside diameter, dated 1985. Myself painting, dated 2009. Necessary Distance, dated 2001. Other Side of the Wall, dated 1982. Parking lots, dated 1992. Réflexe et ossature, dated 1982. Some observations of a stranger at Zuni in the latter part of the century, dated 1989. Surfaces and Masks, dated 1988. Symptoms & madness, dated 1971. The syncopated cakewalk, dated 1974. Waiting for sweet Betty, dated 2002. Black slang, dated 1971. Intelligently designed : how creationists built the campaign against evolution / Edward Caudill., dated [2013], held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.
Wellcome Collection: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Major, Clarence, African American Studies Center, 2005. Major, Clarence, African American Studies Center, 2013. The Essential Clarence Major, 2020. Major, Clarence, African American Studies Center, 2001.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 8 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
Chronology
- 1936Clarence Major born at Atlanta.
- 1936Clarence Major was born in 1936 at Atlanta.
- 1971Symptoms & madness is dated 1971.
- 1971Black slang is dated 1971.
- 1972The cotton club is dated 1972.
- 1974The syncopated cakewalk is dated 1974.
- 1974The dark and feeling is dated 1974.
- 1975Dark and the Feeling is dated 1975.
- 1979Emergency exit is dated 1979.
- 1982Other Side of the Wall is dated 1982.
- 1982Réflexe et ossature is dated 1982.
- 1985Inside diameter is dated 1985.
- 1988Surfaces and Masks is dated 1988.
- 1989Some observations of a stranger at Zuni in the latter part of the century is dated 1989.
- 1990Fun & Games is dated 1990.
- 1992Parking lots is dated 1992.
- 1998Configurations is dated 1998.
- 2001Necessary Distance is dated 2001.
- 2002Conversations with Clarence Major is dated 2002.
- 2002Waiting for sweet Betty is dated 2002.
- 2009Myself painting is dated 2009.
- 2013Intelligently designed : how creationists built the campaign against evolution / Edward Caudill. (Wellcome Collection).
- 2013Intelligently designed : how creationists built the campaign against evolution / Edward Caudill. is dated [2013] and held by Wellcome Collection.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
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Major, Clarence, African American Studies Center, 2001
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Major, Clarence, African American Studies Center, 2005
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Major, Clarence, African American Studies Center, 2013
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Open Library author record for Clarence Major (Internet Archive), 59 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
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Internet Archive, 2 digitised items catalogued under Clarence Major as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
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The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Clarence Major.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
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Wellcome Collection catalogue records 5 works naming Clarence Major.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q5126659: Clarence Major
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
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“Clarence Major”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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Plates
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American poet, painter, and novelist Clarence Major
Clarence Major (selfie) · The uploader on Wikimedia Commons received this from the author/copyright holder via photosubmissions . · CC BY-SA 4.0
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