| LC control no. | n 50018176 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3505.O862 |
| Personal name heading | Cotter, Joseph S. (Joseph Seamon), 1861-1949 |
| Variant(s) | Cotter, Joseph Seamon, 1861-1949 Cotter, Joseph Seamon, Sr., 1861-1949 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1861-02-02 |
| Death date | 1949-03-14 |
| Place of birth | Bardstown (Ky.) |
| Place of death | Louisville (Ky.) |
| Affiliation | Cloverport Public Schools Louisville Colored Orphans Home Society Louisville Public Schools (Louisville, Ky.) Paul Laurence Dunbar School Samuel Coleridge-Taylor School |
| Profession or occupation | Teachers Civic leaders Dramatists Poets Poets Educators Composers |
| Found in | I'm wonderin', c1936: t.p. (Joseph S. Cotter, Sr.) In black and white, 3rd ed., 1980 (Cotter, Joseph Seamon, Sr.; 1861-1949; poet, educator, composer) NUCMC data from Kentucky State Univ. for Joseph S. Cotter, Sr., papers, [ca. 1918]-1939 (Cotter, Joseph S., 1861-1949; d. Mar. 14, 1949) Wikipedia, viewed June 17, 2015 (Joseph Seamon Cotter, Sr. (February 2, 1861-March 14, 1949), a poet, writer, playwright and community leader raised in Louisville, Kentucky, born in Nelson County, Kentucky; first teaching job was in Cloverport Public School system; first job in the Louisville Public School system was the Western Colored School, 1889-1893. In 1893 he founded the Paul Laurence Dunbar School, served as principal until 1911; principal, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor School 1911-1942) OCLC, 20 November 2015 (usage: Joseph S. Cotter) African American National Biography, accessed December 8, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Cotter, Joseph Seamon, Sr.; civic leader, educational institution official, poet; born 1861 in Bardstown, Kentucky, United States; enrolled in night school in 1883; taught at the Western Colored School in Louisville, Kentucky; founded and served as principal of the Paul Laurence Dunbar School in Louisville; principal of the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor School; served as director of the Louisville Colored Orphans Home Society; earned a place in Who's Who in America in 1919; died 1949 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States) |
| Associated language | eng |
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