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Lawrence Gellert papers,
BANC MSS 81/99 zlocal
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Title:
Lawrence Gellert papersCreator/Contributor:
Gellert, Lawrence, 1898-1979, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Lawson, John Howard, 1894-1977, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958, correspondent.Abstract:
Includes one letter from James Weldon Johnson, undated; one letter from John Howard Lawson, n.d. two letters from W.C. Handy,
1932-1933; three letters from Langston Hughes, 1932-1934, regarding Hughes' introduction to Gellert's first collection of
Negro protest songs, and Hughes's role in preparing the Russian edition. Also included: draft of Hughes's preface.
Date:
1932 (issued)Subject:
African AmericansAfrican Americans -- Songs and music
Protest songs
Black or African American
Noirs américains
Chansons contestataires
African American
African Americans
Protest songs
Gellert, Lawrence -- 1898-1979 -- Archives
Johnson, James Weldon -- 1871-1938 -- Correspondence
Hughes, Langston -- 1902-1967 -- Correspondence
Lawson, John Howard -- 1894-1977 -- Correspondence
Handy, W. C. (William Christopher) -- 1873-1958 -- Correspondence
Gellert, Lawrence -- 1898-1979
Handy, W. C. (William Christopher) -- 1873-1958
Hughes, Langston -- 1902-1967
Johnson, James Weldon -- 1871-1938
Lawson, John Howard -- 1894-1977
Note:
approximately 1932-1979.
Photocopy of Russian edition of the songs removed for separate cataloging.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1981.087--PIC).
Lawrence Gellert papers, BANC MSS 81/99 z, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
Personal correspondenceArchives
Songs and music
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Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 81/99 zlocal