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
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.
Part II (HM 68429-68442)
Note
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.
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.
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.