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Letters : from Arna Bontemps, 1948-1949

 Part of Collection — Box: 3, 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

Creator

Physical Description

11 items

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

The materials are open for research. Restricted Fragile Papers may only be consulted with permission of the appropriate curator. Preservation photocopies for reference use have been substituted in the main files.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

General note

Accession: 42586

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