Conference in Solidarity with the Liberation Struggles of the Peoples of Southern Africa (New York
Published / Created:
1981 Oct 10
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 36
Collection Title:
Printed ephemera of African American political activism and arts
Container / Volume:
Bsd | Folder 167
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Topic):
African American political activists--Ephemera, African American politicians--Ephemera, African Americans--Civil rights--Ephemera, African Americans--Ephemera , Black power--Ephemera, Civil rights movements--United States--Ephemera, Political activists--United States--Ephemera, and Pressure groups--United States--Ephemera
Printed ephemera of African American political activism and arts
Container / Volume:
Bsd | Folder 166
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name):
Communist Party of the United States of America--Ephemera
Subject (Topic):
African American political activists--Ephemera, African American politicians--Ephemera, African Americans--Civil rights--Ephemera, African Americans--Ephemera , Black power--Ephemera, Civil rights movements--United States--Ephemera, Political activists--United States--Ephemera, and Pressure groups--United States--Ephemera
The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and objects documenting the life and work of Ralph C. Hamm. The two letters from Hamm to his mother, Margaret E. Hamm, deal with Hamm's writing, publication of his work, and prison life, including race relations, at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole. There is also a memorandum from the Walpole facility. Writings include a typescript draft of a play and typescript drafts of poems from the collection Dear Stranger/The Wayfarer.
Description:
Purchased from Waiting for Godot Books on the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of Negro Arts & Letters Fund, 2004. and Ralph C. Hamm, III, poet.
Subject (Geographic):
United States--Race relations and Walpole (Mass.)
Subject (Name):
Hamm, Margaret E., Hamm, Ralph C., and Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole
Subject (Topic):
African American authors--20th century--Archives, American literature--20th century, Authors, American--20th century--Archives, Prisoners' writings, American, Prisons and race relations--United States, and Prisons--United States