Salute to Oscar Micheaux

Salute to Oscar Micheaux, who homesteaded near Gregory (SD) before becoming a film maker and author. The Archives and Special Collections at USD has many books by and about him.

Books by Micheaux in the Herman P. Chilson Collection of Americana:

Micheaux, Oscar. The Conquest: The Story of a Negro Pioneer. Lincoln, Nebr.: Woodruff Press, 1913. E185.97.M62 M6. First edition?

Micheaux, Oscar, and C. W. Heller. The Forged Note: A Romance of the Darker Races. Lincoln, Neb.: Western Book Supply, 1915. PS3525.I1875 F67x. First edition?

Micheaux, Oscar. The Wind from Nowhere. 1st Ed.]. ed. The Black Heritage Library Collection. New York: Book Supply, 1941. PS3525.I1875 W55x.

Micheaux, Oscar. The Case of Mrs. Wingate. 3d ed. New York: Book Supply Co.: Book Supply, 1945. PS3525.I1875 C37x.

Micheaux, Oscar. The Story of Dorothy Stanfield, Based on a Great Insurance Swindle, and a Woman! New York: Book Supply Company, 1946. PS3525.I1825 S76x. First edition?

Micheaux, Oscar. The Masquerade: An Historical Novel. New York: Book Supply Company, Publishers, 1947. PS3525.I1875 M37x. First edition?

Micheaux, Oscar. The Homesteader: A Novel. College Park, Md.: McGrath Pub., 1969. PS3525.I1875 H6x. Not the first edition, which is 1917.

Books about Micheaux in the Herman P. Chilson Collection of Americana:

Bowser, Pearl, and Louise. Spence. Writing Himself into History: Oscar Micheaux, His Silent Films, and His Audiences. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2000. PN1998.3.M494 B69 2000.

Green, J. Ronald. Straight Lick: The Cinema of Oscar Micheaux. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2000. PN1998.3.M494 G74 2000.

Green, J. Ronald. With a Crooked Stick: The Films of Oscar Micheaux. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004. PN1998.3.M494 G76 2004.

VanEpps-Taylor, Betti Carol. Oscar Micheaux: A Biography: –Dakota Homesteader, Author, Pioneer Film Maker. Rapid City, S.D.: Dakota West Books, 1999. PN1998.3.M53 V36 1999.