From the collection of James Frey. Purchased from Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, Inc. on the Sinclair Lewis Fund, 2010. and Henry Miller (1891-1980), author and painter.
Subject (Name):
Miller, Henry, 1891-1980--Nexus and White, Emil.
Subject (Topic):
American literature--20th century and Authors, American--20th century
From the collection of James Frey. Purchased from Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, Inc. on the Sinclair Lewis Fund, 2010. and Henry Miller (1891-1980), author and painter.
Subject (Name):
Miller, Henry, 1891-1980--Nexus
Subject (Topic):
American literature--20th century and Authors, American--20th century
Collection consists of drafts and transcriptions of essays by African American authors on the history and culture of African Americans in the United States and on African American contributions to the arts. Essays documenting historical experiences of African Americans cover religion in the Colonial era, the anti-slavery movement, and the underground railroad. Essays documenting African American cultural forms cover dance, literature, and theater, and feature several pieces on music, including songs of protest, spirituals, and folk music. Many essays in the collection also document contributions of individual African Americans, including James Weldon Johnson, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Paul Robeson, and William Christopher Handy. Contributing authors include Wesley Curtwright, Ralph Ellison, Lawrence Gellert, Abram Hill, Claude McKay, Henry Lee Moon, Ted Poston, and others.
Description:
Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2008. and The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was established in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Subject (Name):
United States.--Works Progress Administration (N.Y.)
Subject (Topic):
African American artists, African American authors--20th century, African Americans--Social life and customs, Antislavery movements--United States, Authors, American--20th century, Harlem Renaissance, and Underground Railroad
Collection consists of drafts and transcriptions of essays by African American authors on the history and culture of African Americans in the United States and on African American contributions to the arts. Essays documenting historical experiences of African Americans cover religion in the Colonial era, the anti-slavery movement, and the underground railroad. Essays documenting African American cultural forms cover dance, literature, and theater, and feature several pieces on music, including songs of protest, spirituals, and folk music. Many essays in the collection also document contributions of individual African Americans, including James Weldon Johnson, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Paul Robeson, and William Christopher Handy. Contributing authors include Wesley Curtwright, Ralph Ellison, Lawrence Gellert, Abram Hill, Claude McKay, Henry Lee Moon, Ted Poston, and others.
Description:
Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2008. and The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was established in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Subject (Name):
United States.--Works Progress Administration (N.Y.)
Subject (Topic):
African American artists, African American authors--20th century, African Americans--Social life and customs, Antislavery movements--United States, Authors, American--20th century, Harlem Renaissance, and Underground Railroad
Collection consists of drafts and transcriptions of essays by African American authors on the history and culture of African Americans in the United States and on African American contributions to the arts. Essays documenting historical experiences of African Americans cover religion in the Colonial era, the anti-slavery movement, and the underground railroad. Essays documenting African American cultural forms cover dance, literature, and theater, and feature several pieces on music, including songs of protest, spirituals, and folk music. Many essays in the collection also document contributions of individual African Americans, including James Weldon Johnson, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Paul Robeson, and William Christopher Handy. Contributing authors include Wesley Curtwright, Ralph Ellison, Lawrence Gellert, Abram Hill, Claude McKay, Henry Lee Moon, Ted Poston, and others.
Description:
Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2008. and The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was established in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Subject (Name):
United States.--Works Progress Administration (N.Y.)
Subject (Topic):
African American artists, African American authors--20th century, African Americans--Social life and customs, Antislavery movements--United States, Authors, American--20th century, Harlem Renaissance, and Underground Railroad
"The Uses of the Blues," 1964, holograph draft fragment, annotated typescript, and proof, and "The Man Child," 1966, proof, both published in Playboy.
Description:
James Baldwin (1924-1987) was an American author and activist in the American civil rights movement. and Purchased from the William Reese Company on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2010.
Subject (Topic):
African American authors--20th century--Archives, Authors, American--20th century--Archives, and Playboy (Chicago, Ill.)
Typescript photocopy of part of an essay written by James William Pilton while completing his B. A. degree at the University of British Columbia. The first chapter concerns emigration of African-Americans from California to Victoria, British Columbia, in 1858. A partial second chapter describes the community established by the emigrants in Victoria. Also present is a table of contents for the complete essay, listing two additional chapters.
Description:
Gift of Robin Winks.
Subject (Geographic):
Victoria (B.C.)--History
Subject (Topic):
African Americans--California--History, Blacks--British Columbia--History, and Slavery--California
Eight copies of typed transcriptions, some carbon, of letters written from France, 1915-1916 and n.d.; copy of a TL from Eliot Norton to the editor of an unidentified publication, n.d.; and copy of a typed list of equipment necessary for ambulance volunteers, n.d. Correspondents include Richard Norton, his brother; and Norman, his son; and Philip O. Mills.