Wright, Richard, 1908-1960
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1908-09-04 - 1960-11-28
Biography
Richard Wright (1908-1960), African-American author.
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Joe C. Brown papers
Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 376
Scope and Contents:
The papers contain drafts, artwork, correspondence, photographs, and other materials documenting the life of Joe C. Brown. Correspondents include: South African poet and activist Dennis Brutus, Horace R. Cayton, publisher Dudley Randall, musician Phil Cohran, James W. Ivy, editor of The Crisis magazine, Beatrice M. Murphy, Harry Mark Petrakis, Constance Webb, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Operation Breadbasket. There is also one autograph manuscript draft of an outgoing...
Dates:
1933-1993
Victor Jeremy Jerome papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 589
Abstract:
Correspondence, writings, research notes, biographical material, obituaries and eulogies, and other personal and family papers of Victor J. Jerome, American communist, writer, editor of Political Affairs, and political activist. The bulk of the papers relate primarily to Jerome's activities with the American Communist Party during the period from 1930 to 1965. Of special interest is correspondence relating to Jerome's trial and conviction for violation of the Smith Act (1952); correspondence...
Dates:
1923-1967
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Victor Jeremy Jerome papers
"Leader Man : A Short Story", [ca. 1959]
Part of Collection — Box 3: [Barcode: 39002137170032], Folder: GROUP 28, F-1
Call Number: JWJ MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
Draft, typescript, of unpublished short story. Inscription on cover: "Unpublished--sent to Constance Webb by Richard Wright."
Dates:
[ca. 1959]
Letter : to Henri Corbiere, 1946 September 26
Part of Collection — Box 3: [Barcode: 39002137170032], Folder: GROUP 28, F-3
Call Number: JWJ MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
Autograph letter, signed, to Henri Corbiere. The letter contains answers to questions about Wright's literary life posed by Corbiere. Corbiere's questions are written in his hand at the top of the page.
Dates:
1946 September 26
Photographs of prominent African Americans
Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 76
Abstract:
Photographs drawn from various collections in the James Weldon Johnson Collection. The collection includes predominantly images of prominent African American writers, cultural leaders, and entertainers, as well as photographs by important African American photographers. A small number of images document people and places outside the United States. The collection forms a visual record of artists, writers, actors, musicians, and politicians active chiefly in the United States from the 1920s...
Dates:
1875-1978
Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 76
Abstract:
The Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas Papers contain manuscripts of writings, letters, clippings, photographs, artworks, and personal papers relating to the life and work of Gertrude Stein and her companion, Alice B. Toklas, and to Gertrude's brother, Leo Stein, an artist and writer. As well as holding the bulk of Stein's literary output (often described as "experimental" or "cubist" writing), the materials document Stein and Toklas' involvement with the literary and art...
Dates:
1837-1961
Tiger's Eye records
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 362
Abstract:
The records document all aspects of the production and distribution of the little magazine The Tiger's Eye, from its inception in 1947 through the decision to cease publication in 1951. Correspondence, manuscripts, and business records document the creative and editorial process, the enthusiasm of its readership, its subscription base, and the work involved in producing and distributing the issues.
Dates:
1939-1955
Richard Wright papers
Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 3
Abstract:
The Richard Wright Papers contain manuscripts, correspondence with other writers such as Nelson Algren, Arna Bontemps, Ralph Ellison, Chester Himes, Langston Hughes, Gunnar Myrdal and Margaret Walker, photographs, financial and legal documents and printed materials relating to the life and work of Richard Wright. Included are drafts of such works as Black Boy and Native Son, photographs of trips to Spain and Ghana, various items of personal memorabilia such as Wright's Spingarn Medal, and a...
Dates:
1927-1978