Thurman, Wallace

Description

Title: Thurman, Wallace
Alternative Title: [Letter : Wallace Thurman to Carl van Vechten]
Creator: Thurman, Wallace, 1902-1934
Published / Created: [ca. 1927 March 30]
Publication Place: New York City
Abstract: Includes cancelled checks from CVV to Hughes (1938, 1942); typescript of "America's Young Black Joe," words and music by Langston Hughes and Elliott Carpenter, with typed note from Hughes, 1940 December 6; typescript of "Hip to the Jive" words by Hughes and music by Johnny Bragg, enclosed with letter, 1942 August 19; typescript poems enclosed with Hughes letter, 1942 October 4; typescript poems, "South Side: Chicago" enclosed with Hughes's letter, 1945 July 27
Extent: 1 folder (1 l.) ; 28 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title: Carl Van Vechten papers relating to African American arts and letters
Collection/Other Creator: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Collection Date: 1800-1971
Collection Note: Series I. Correspondence. A-Z Correspondence
Container / Volume: Box 46 | Folder 852

Access: Public
Rights: Photographs by Carl Van Vechten are used with permission of the Van Vechten Trust; permission of the Trust is required to publish Van Vechten photographs in any format. To contact the Van Vechten Trust, email vanvechtentrust@gmail.com.
Citation: Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters. James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.