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A man most himself : typescript, 1922-1997 (bulk 1970s).
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Title:

A man most himself : typescript, 1922-1997 (bulk 1970s)

Creator/Contributor:

Nance, Ethel Ray, 1899-1992, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Walrond, Eric, 1898-1966

Creator/Contributor:

Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973

Creator/Contributor:

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963

Creator/Contributor:

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

Creator/Contributor:

Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946

Creator/Contributor:

White, Walter, 1893-1955

Abstract:

Consists of typescript drafts of Ethel Ray Nance's autobiographical writings about her work with W.E.B. DuBois. Nance's original draft includes letters and telegrams from DuBois mounted on paper and annotated with Nance's comments. These inserts also include mounted photographs and clippings regarding DuBois and his circle. Nance's subsequent drafts contain duplicates of the inserts and include page numbers, which trace her efforts to organize the drafts.
Collection also contains a few letters from Arna Bontemps, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, Eric Walrond, and Walter White, as well as some ephemera Nance collected about Hughes. Finally, the collection contains some biographical material about Nance, including photocopies of clippings and "Ethel Ray Nance: A quiet heroine who fought incessantly for racial justice," by Heather Elizabeth Bend.

Date:

1922 (issued)

Subject:

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African Americans -- Biography
African Americans -- Civil rights
Civil rights movements -- United States -- Biography
Noirs américains -- Biographies
Noirs américains -- Droits
Mouvements des droits de l'homme -- États-Unis -- Biographies
African Americans
African Americans -- Civil rights
Civil rights movements
United States
Nance, Ethel Ray -- 1899-1992 -- Archives
Nance, Ethel Ray -- 1899-1992
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) -- 1868-1963
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) -- 1868-1963
Nance, Ethel Ray -- 1899-1992

Note:

Gift; Of Glenn Nance; August 1998.
In English.
Preferred citation: Nance, Ethel Ray, 1899-1992. A man most himself, BANC MSS 99/312 cz, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

biography
Archives.
Biographies.
Memoirs.

Physical Description:

print
2 boxes (.8 linear ft.)

Language:

English

Origin:

California