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Langston Hughes Papers: Finding Aid
mssHM 64070-64101, mssHM 68429-68442, mssHM73900-73977  
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Box 1

Part I (HM 64070-64101)

 

De Witt, Josephine. 1 letter to Langston Hughes, 1902-1967, L.S. (typewritten: 1p.), [Approximately 1934], Nov. 27, Berkeley. HM  64070.

 

[Filatova, L.B. (Lidi´i`a Borisovna)]. 1 letter to Langston Hughes, 1902-1967, A.L.S (2p.), 1933, Sept. 10, Moscow. HM  64071.

 

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Mother and Child: [one-act play], [ca.1934], Carbon copy (MS., typewritten: 8 p.). Handwritten note by Langston Hughes below the cast list. HM  64072.

 

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. The Need for Heroes: [essay], [1941], Carbon copy (MS., typewritten: 7 p.). With the author’s autograph corrections. HM  64073.

 

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. [Untitled beginning:] “Once again…” [not after 1967], A.MS. (5 p.). HM  64074.

 

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Oyster’s Son: [short story], [1934], Carbon copy (MS., typewritten: 6 p.). HM  64075.

 

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Pocket Diary: kept while in China and Japan, [1933], A.MS. (105 p.). HM  64076.

Access Information

Use facsimile reproduction. Original available by special permission only.
 

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Professor: [short story], [not after 1967], Carbon copy (MS., typewritten: 7 p.). With the author’s autograph corrections. HM  64077.

 

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Reno Possess Only Negro Weather Man: [short story], [1934, not before Nov. 5 and not after Nov. 15], Carbon copy (MS., typewritten: 1 p.). Handwritten notes on verso. One note is signed “Juanita” addressed to “Loren.” The other note could be in Loren Miller’s handwriting. HM  64078.

 

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. The Sailor and the Steward: [short story], [not after 1967], Carbon copy (MS., typewritten: 6 p.). With the author’s autograph corrections. HM  64079.

 

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Wise Men: [poem], A.MS. (2 p.). HM  64080. 

 

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. 1 letter to Juanita Miller, L.S. (typewritten: 1 p.), 1958, Aug. 22, New York. HM  64081.

 

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. 5 letters (1930-1933) to Loren Miller. HM  64082-64086.

 

Jordan, Bill. 1 letter to Loren Miller, Telegram (1 p.), 1932, May 31, Chicago. With envelope. HM  64087.

 

Leyda, Si-lan Chen. 2 letters (1934) to Langston Hughes, 1902-1967. HM  64088-64089.

 

Lieber, Maxim, 1897-. 5 letters (1934) to Langston Hughes, 1902-1967. Enclosure: Weil, Elsie. To Maxim Lieber, 1897-, Nov. 9, 1934, cataloged separately as HM 64099. HM  64090-64094.

 

O , Helen. 1 letter to Loren Miller, A.L.S. (incomplete: 1 p.), [Approximately 1933-1934]. HM  64095

 

O’Donnell, Kenneth P., 1924-1977. 1 letter to Loren Miller, Telegram (1 p.), 1963, June 19, Washington, D.C. Marginal notes in the handwriting of Loren Miller, reply to the telegram. HM  64096.

 

Rem´enyi, Jozsef, 1891-1956. 1 letter to Langston Hughes, 1902-1967, (typewritten: 1 p.), 1934, Nov. 28, Cleveland. Signed Joseph Remenyi. With an envelope. HM  64097.

 

[Smedley, Agnes, 1892-1950]. 1 letter to Langston Hughes, 1902-1967, A.L.S. (2 p.), 1934, Oct. 31, Shanghai. HM  64098.

 

Weil, Elsie. 1 letter to Maxim Lieber, 1897-, L.S. (typewritten: 1 p.), 1934, Nov. 9, New York. Enclosed in: Lieber, Maxim, 1897-. To Langston Hughes, 1902-1967, Nov. 12, 1934, cataloged separately as HM 64092. HM  64099.

 

-----. Photograph of 20 of the 22 who went to the Soviet Union onboard the ship Europa, [Approximately 1932}. Front row (l-r): 1. Mildred Jones; 2. Louise Thompson; 3. Constance White; 4. Katherine Jenkins; 5. Sylvia Garner; 6. Dorothy West, 1909-; 7. Mollie Lewis. Middle row (l-r): 1. Wayland Rudd; 2. Frank Montero; 3. Matt Crawford; 4. George Sample; 5. Laurence Alberga; 6. Langston Hughes, 1902-1967; 7. Juanita Lewis; 8. Alan McKenzie. Back row (l-r): 1. Ted Poston, 1906-1974; 2. Henry Lee Moon, 1901-; 3. Thurston Lewis; 4. Lloyd Patterson; 5. Loren Miller. HM  64100.

 

-----. Photograph of Mildred Jones onboard the ship Europa, [Approximately 1932], Nov. 1. HM  64101

 

Ephemera: 2 clippings. Includes a newspaper clipping about the acting troupe traveling to the Soviet Union on the Europa.

 

Ephemera: 2 Printed items.

 

Ephemera: 6 Miscellaneous handwritten notes.

 

Ephemera: 7 Miscellaneous envelopes.

 

Ephemera: Commemorative Stamps for Langston Hughes’ 100th birthday, 2002.

Box 2

Part II (HM 68429-68442)

Note

The photographs in Part II are copies. In November 2002, photographs of the Miller family were loaned to the Huntington Library by Halvor Miller, Jr., to be copied and returned.
 

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Pocket Diary, [1932-1933], A.MS. HM  68429.

 

-----. Photograph copy of a photograph of Loren and Cloyd Miller, [191-]. HM  68430.

 

-----. Photograph copy of a photograph of Loren Miller and his graduation class of Highland High School, Highland, Kansas, 1920. HM  68431.

 

-----. Photograph copy of a photograph of a page from the journal The Crisis picturing Loren Miller, [not before 1926]. HM  68432.

 

-----. Photograph copy of a photograph of Leon H. Washington, Jr. and his god child, Jane Marie Miller, [193-]. Leon H. Washington, Jr. was the founder and publisher of The Los Angeles Sentinel. He was a cousin of Loren Miller. They were as close as brothers. HM  68433.

 

-----. Photographic copy of a photograph of Loren Miller, [193-]. HM  68434.

 

-----. Photographic copy of a photograph of Juanita Miller, [193-]. HM  68435.

 

-----. Photograph copy of a photograph of Juanita and Loren Miller and an unidentified woman, [194-]. HM  68436.

 

-----. Photograph copy of a photograph of Loren Miller “In Action,” [1940s or 1950s]. HM  68437.

 

-----. Photograph copy of a photograph of Juanita (Ellsworth) Miller and Ralph Bunch—classmates at Thomas Jefferson High School in 1922, [195-]. HM  68438.

 

-----. Photograph copy of a photograph of (l-r): Halvor Miller; Helen Addison; Nora Herbaugh Miller; Roland Miller; and Loren Miller, [Approximately 1953]. HM  68439.

 

-----. Photograph copy of a photograph of Edward Miller, [Approximately 1955]. HM  68440.

 

-----. Photograph copy of a photograph of Loren Miller, [not after 1964]. HM 68441.

 

-----. Photograph copy of a photograph of Loren Miller, Jr. and Halvor Miller, Jr. at Judicial Swearing Ceremony, Los Angeles County Courthouse, 1976. HM  68442.

Box 3

Part III: Correspondence (HM 73900-73939)

 

Baker, Mrs. Farnham. Letter to Loren Miller. A.L.S. (4p.), 1914, June 24, Pender, Neb. Also: envelope. HM  73900.

 

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Letter to Juanita (Ellsworth) Miller. A.N.S. on a postcard, 1932, Sept. 21, Moscow. HM  73901.

 

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973. Letter to Loren Miller and Juanita (Ellsworth) Miller. Telegram, 1p., 1945, Jan. 26, Washington, D.C. Also: envelope. HM  73902.

 

McComb, Marshall. Letter to Nora Miller. L.S. (typewritten: 1p.), 1935, May 7, Los Angeles, Calif. Also: envelope. HM  73903.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Calme? Ellsworth. A.N.S. on a postcard, 1932, June 19, On board Europa. Note: This is Juanita (Ellsworth) Miller’s address. HM  73904.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Mrs. Ed. Ellsworth. A.N.S. on a postcard, 1932, Nov. 18, Berlin. HM  73905.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Juanita (Ellsworth) Miller. L.S. (typewritten: 2p.), 1932, June 24, On board Ariadne. Also: envelope. HM  73906.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Juanita (Ellsworth) Miller. A.N.S. on a postcard, 1932, June 25, Helsingfors [Helsinki], Finland. HM  73907.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Juanita (Ellsworth) Miller. L.S. (typewritten: 1p., 1932, July 6, Moscow. Also: autograph postscript. Also: envelope. HM  73908. 

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Juanita (Ellsworth) Miller. L.S. (typewritten: 2p.), 1932, July 7, Moscow. Also: autograph postscript. HM  73909.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Juanita (Ellsworth) Miller. L.S. (typewritten: 4p.), 1932, July 17, Moscow. Also: autograph postscript. HM  73910.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Juanita (Ellsworth) Miller. L.S. (typewritten: 2p.), 1932, Aug. 6, Odessa, Ukraine. Also: envelope. HM  73911.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Juanita (Ellsworth) Miller. A.N.S. on a postcard, 1932, Aug. 7, Odessa, Ukraine. HM  73912.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Juanita (Ellsworth) Miller. A.N.S. on a postcard, 1932, Aug. 8, Sebastapol, Ukraine. HM  73913.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Juanita (Ellsworth) Miller. A.N.S. on a postcard, 1932, Aug. 11, Tuapse. HM  73914.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Juanita (Ellsworth) Miller. L.S. (typewritten: 4p), 1932, Aug. 16, Odessa, Ukraine. Also: autograph postscript. HM  73915.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Juanita (Ellsworth) Miller. Telegram, 1p., 1932, Sept. 4. Also: envelope. HM  73916.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Juanita (Ellsworth) Miller. L.S. (typewritten: 2p., 1932, Sept. 5, Moscow. HM  73917.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Juanita (Ellsworth) Miller. L.S. (typewritten: 3p.), 1932, Sept. 16, Moscow. Also: autograph postscript. Also: envelope. HM  73918.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Juanita (Ellsworth) Miller. L.S., typewritten: 2p.), 1932, post Sept. 18 and pre-Sept. 25, On a train in U.S.S.R. HM  73919.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Juanita (Ellsworth) Miller. L.S. (typewritten: 2p.), 1932, Sept. 26, On board a train in Asia. HM  73920.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Juanita (Ellsworth) Miller. L.S. (typewritten: 2p.), 1932, Sept. 30, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. HM  73921.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Juanita (Ellsworth) Miller. N. (typewritten) on a postcard, 1932, Oct. 5, Bokhara, Uzbekistan. HM  73922.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Juanita (Ellsworth) Miller. L. (typewritten: 2p.), 1932, Oct. 6, Bokhara, Uzbekistan. HM  73923.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Juanita (Ellsworth) Miller. Telegram, 1p., 1932, Oct. 6. HM  72924.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Juanita (Ellsworth) Miller. L.S. (typewritten: 4p.), 1932, Oct. 17. Also: envelope. HM  73925.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Nora Miller. A.L.S. (5p.), ca. 1928-1929. Topeka, Kan. HM  73926.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Nora Miller. L. (typewritten: 1p.), 1932, June 9, McAlester, Okla. Also: envelope. HM  73927.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Nora Miller. A.L.S. (3p.), 1932, June 24, Helsingfors [Helsinki], Finland. Also: envelope. HM  73928.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Nora Miller. L.S. (typewritten: 2p., 1932, Aug. 7, Odessa, Ukraine. HM  73929.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Nora Miller. L.S. (typewritten: 2p.), 1932, Sept. 16, Moscow. Also: envelope. HM  73930.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Nora Miller. L.S. (typewritten: 2p.), 1932, Nov. 15. Also: envelope. HM  73931.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Nora Miller. L.S. (typewritten: 1p.), 1933, July 27, Los Angeles, Calif. Also: envelope. Attached to envelope: two devotional illustrations. HM  73932.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Nora Miller. A.L.S. (1p.), 1948, Sept. 13, Chicago, Ill. Also: envelope. HM  73933.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Leon Washington, 1909-1973. A.N.S. on a postcard, 1932, Aug. 11, Kavkaz, U.S.S.R. HM  73934.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Leon Washington, 1909-1973. A.N.S. on a postcard, 1932, Nov. 22, Paris. HM  73935.

 

Miller, Loren. Letter to Mary [ ]. A,N.S. on a postcard, 1932, post Aug. 14 and pre Sept. 4, Odessa, Ukraine. HM  73936.

 

Miller, Nora. Letter to Loren Miller. A.L.S. (2p.), 1965, June 10, Los Angeles, Calif. HM  73937.

 

[-----], Mary. To Cloyd Miller. A.N.S. on a postcard (2p.), 1910, Nov. 26, Elwood, Kan. HM  73938.

 

[-----], Mary. Letter to Nora Miller. A.N.S. on postcard, 1916, Aug. 5, St. Joseph, Mo. HM  73939. 

Box 4

Part III: Ephemera and Photographs (HM 73940-73977)

 

Ephemera: printed material (Bank ticket from Norway). 1 item. HM 73940.

 

Ephemera: printed material (Calif. State Bar card for Loren Miller). 1958. Los Angeles, Calif. 1 item. HM  73941.

 

Ephemera: printed material (Loren Miller’s business card). Topeka, Kan. 1 item. HM  73942.

 

Ephemera: printed material (Russian library card). 1932. 1 item. Note: library reader’s card issued to “Miller, K.” on Nov. 3, 1932, card No. 3942, valid until 1933, by Gosudarstvennaia tsentral’naia biblioteka inostrannoui literatury (R.S.F.S.R.) [The State Central Library of Foreign Literature] in Moscow. HM  73943.

 

Ephemera: printed material (St. Martha’s A.M.E. Church 85th Anniversary Program). 1967, Oct. 29. East Highland, Kan. 1 item. HM  73944.

 

Ephemera: printed material (Washburn College Commencement Program). 1928, June 5. Topeka, Kan. 3 items. HM  73945.

 

Ephemera: postcards (Valentine card with young African American boy). Pender, Neb. 1 item. HM  73946.

 

Ephemera: postcards (black and white scenes of Moscow). Moscow. 18 items. HM  73947.

 

Ephemera: postcards (various U.S.S.R. scenes). 10 items. With brief notes on the verso of 1 card. HM  73948.

 

Ephemera: postcards (colored scenes of Venice). 1932, Venice, Italy. 12 items. With brief notes on the paper wrapper. HM  73949.

 

Ephemera: postcards (ocean scene in France). Villers Sur-Mer, France. 1 item. With brief note on the verso of card. HM  73950.

 

Ephemera: postcards (picture of Borgund stave church in Norway). Sogn, Norway. 1 item. HM  73951.

 

Ephemera: postcards (museum artworks). 12 items. Note: cards form the Gosudarstvennaia Tret’iakovskaia galereia [Tretyakov Gallery], The Museum of the Revolution and an unidentified publisher. HM  73952.

 

Ephemera: envelopes. 9 items. HM  73953.

 

-----. Photograph of 3 Turkmen peasants. [pre-1933]. On verso: autograph note by Loren Miller. HM  73954.

 

-----. Photograph of 2 Turkmen cotton growers. [pre-1933]. On verso: autograph note by Loren Miller. HM  73955.

 

-----. Photograph of a group of Kolhoz farmers on horse. [pre-1933]. On verso: autograph note by Loren Miller. HM  73956.

 

-----. Photograph of men shipping grain using camels. [pre-1933]. On verso: autograph note by Loren Miller. HM  73957.

 

-----. Photograph of ocean shoreline in Odessa, Ukraine. [pre-1933]. Odessa, Ukraine. On verso: autograph note by Loren Miller. HM  73958.

 

-----. Photograph of a mosque in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. [pre-1933]. Tashkent, Uzbekistan. On verso: autograph note by Loren Miller. HM  73959.

 

-----. Photograph of people baling cotton. [pre-1933]. On verso: autograph note by Loren Miller. HM  73960.

 

-----. Photograph of Winter Kino Theatre in Kuwa. [pre-1933]. On verso: autograph note by Loren Miller. HM  73961.

 

-----. Photograph of 2 Turkmen Women. [1933]. On verso: autograph note by Loren Miller. HM  73962.

 

-----. Photograph of Park of Culture and Rest-Reading room. [pre-1933]. On verso: autograph note by Loren Miller. HM  73963.

 

-----. Photograph of a man wearing a turban. 1930. HM  73964.

 

-----. Photograph of men in a small mountain village. [pre-1933]. HM  73965.

 

-----. Photograph of a building in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. [pre-1933]. Tashkent, Uzbekistan. On verso: autograph note by Loren Miller. HM  73966.

 

-----. Photograph of Lenin Monument in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. [pre-1933]. Tashkent, Uzbekistan. On verso: autograph note by Loren Miller. HM  73967.

 

-----. Photograph of a ruined monument in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. [pre-1933]. Samarkand, Uzbekistan. On verso: autograph note by Loren Miller. HM  73968.

 

-----. Photograph of a man selling charms. [pre-1933]. On verso: autograph note by Loren Miller. HM  73969.

 

-----. Photograph of a man making pottery. [pre-1933]. On verso: autograph note by Loren Miller. HM  73970.

 

-----. Photograph of woman picking fruit. [pre-1933]. On verso: autograph note “The Kolhoz (collective farm) Rassvet [Dawn] in Poselok Lunacharskogo [Lunacharskii community] ‘Apple picking.’ “ HM  73971.

 

-----. Photograph of two Illiiskii fishermen. [pre-1933]. HM  73972.

 

-----. Photograph of men and women selling goods in a marketplace. 1930. Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Note: “On the marketplace. Vendor selling boiled peas. After a Kildisov photograph. Published by Tsentrl’nyi Muzeui Uz.S.S.R. [Central Museum of Uzbek S.S.R.]. HM  73973.

 

-----. Photograph of women of the film group with various other women including: Front row (L-R) 3. Louise Thompson. Last Row (L-R): 4. Constance White; 5. Mildred Jones; 6. Mollie Lewis. [1932]. [U.S.S.R.] HM  73974.

 

-----. Photograph of members of the film group with various others, including: Front row (L-R): 4. Mollie Lewis; 6. Matt Crawford; 7. Louise Thompson; 9. Constance White. Last row(L-R): 2. Langston Hughes, 1902-1967; 3. George Sample; 4. Alan McKenzie; 6. Mildred Jones; 7. Loren Miller. [1932]. [U.S.S.R.] Also: duplicate fragment of same photo. HM  73975.

 

-----. Photograph of members of the film group with various others, including: Front row (L-R): 3. Constance White; 4. Louise Thompson; 5. Mollie Lewis. Middle row (L-R): 2. Mildred Jones; 3. Loren Miller; 4. Matt Crawford; 5. Langston Hughes, 1902-1967. Last row (L-R): 2. George Sample. [1932]. [U.S.S.R.]. HM  73976.

 

-----. Photograph of a co-operative Uzbek store. [pre-1933]. Uzbekistan. On verso: autograph note by Loren Miller. HM  73977.