Letter : to [Harry] Block
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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > James Weldon Johnson Collection manuscript miscellany (JWJ MSS MISC) > H > HUGHES, LANGSTON, 1902-1967 > Letter : to [Harry] Block
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Description
- Title
- Letter : to [Harry] Block
- Creator
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
- Published / Created
- [1926 February?]
- Description
- Autograph letter, signed, possibly to Harry Block, an editor at Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. The letter discusses public events, including readings, and critical response to an unidentified book, most likely The Weary Blues (New York: Knopf, 1926). The letter also mentions [Mary White] Ovington, [W.C.] Handy, and [Witter] Bynner, among others.
- Provenance
- Ongoing collection of documents acquired by gift and purchase from various sources. Source information is recorded on each folder. For further information, consult the appropriate curator., Purchased from Schulson Autographs on the Sinclair Lewis Fund, 2016
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Item Location
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- JWJ MSS MISC
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- H
- HUGHES, LANGSTON, 1902-1967
- THIS ITEM Letter : to [Harry] Block
- Container / Volume
- Box 2, folder GROUP 21, F-5
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Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- Permission from the Langston Hughes Estate is required to publish materials by Langston Hughes in any format. Contact information for the Estate can be found in the WATCH File.
- Citation
- [Author], [Item Title]. James Weldon Johnson Collection Manuscript Miscellany. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 4400452
- Object ID (OID)
- 16593870