Wesley, Dorothy Porter, 1905-1995
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1905-05-25 - 1995-12-17
Biography
Dorothy Porter Wesley (1905-1995), African-American librarian, bibliographer, and curator.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Letters : from Arna Bontemps, 1948-1949
Part of Collection — Box 3: [Barcode: 39002137170032], Folder: GROUP 39, F-1
Call Number: JWJ MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
Seven TLS from Bontemps to Wesley (of the Moorland Foundation at the Howard University Library in Washington, D.C.) and four TLC of Wesley's responses. Correspondence pertains to proposed "Poets' Festival" at Howard University.
Dates:
1948-1949
Letters : from Langston Hughes, 1948-1949
Part of Collection — Box 3: [Barcode: 39002137170032], Folder: GROUP 39, F-2
Call Number: JWJ MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
Seven TLS from Hughes to Wesley and four TLC of Wesley's replies. Correspondence largely pertains to a proposed "Poets' Festival" at Howard University. Also includes typescript, signed and inscribed to Wesley, of Hughes's poem "The Backlash Blues" and a newspaper clipping about Hughes.
Dates:
1948-1949
Dorothy Porter Wesley papers
Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 93
Abstract:
The collection consists chiefly of the correspondence, writings, biographical materials, research files, photographs, and personal papers of librarian, curator and bibliophile Dorothy Porter Wesley. The bulk of the collection is comprised of research materials relating to various subjects pertaining to African American history, culture, and bibliography, including the following: African-American abolitionists Sarah Remond and William C. Nell, African American literature, African literature,...
Dates:
1847-2011