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Author/Creator:Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
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Title:Langston Hughes collection, 1924-1969.
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Physical Description:1.75 linear ft. (4 boxes)
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Links:View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid
View a selection of digital images in the Beinecke Library's Digital Images Online database
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Yale Holdings
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Notes:Acquired by gift and purchase from various sources. Electronic files and some audiovisual recordings produced by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library for the Langston Hughes centenary exhibition and conference in 2002.
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Organization:Organized into two series: I. Josephine DeWitt Rhodehamel Gift, 1930-1940. II. Material from Other Sources, 1924-1969.
- Access and use:Box 2: (videocassettes) Restricted fragile material. Reference copies may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.
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Biographical / Historical note:Langston Hughes (1902-1967), novelist and poet.
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Summary:The Langston Hughes Collection consists of correspondence, writings, photographs, sound recordings, video recordings, electronic files, and other material documenting the life, work, and remembrance of Langston Hughes.
Series I, Josephine DeWitt Rhodehamel Gift, is organized into three subseries: Letters from Langston Hughes, Writings of Langston Hughes and Writings of Others. There are letters to Rhodehamel and holograph and typescript versions of poems for Dear Lovely Death.
Series II, Material from Other Sources, is organized into four subseries: Correspondence, Photographs, Audiovisual Materials, and Electronic Files. There are groups of letters to Arna Bontemps, Harold Jackman, Arthur Spingarn, Nathaniel White and others. Audiovisual material consists of commercial recordings of Langston Hughes's work, as well as video recordings of two sessions from Yale University's "Langston Hughes and His World" conference in February 2002. Electronic files include preliminary and final versions of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library's online exhibition, "Langston Hughes at 100."
- Format:Archives or Manuscripts
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Indexes/Finding aids:Finding aid available.
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Cite as:Langston Hughes Collection. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Subjects:Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973.
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
Jackman, Harold, 1901-1961.
Rhodehamel, Josephine DeWitt.
Spingarn, Arthur B. (Arthur Barnett), 1878-1971.
White, Nathaniel.
Yale University. Dept. of African American Studies.
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Langston Hughes and His World (2002 : New Haven, CT)
Langston Hughes at 100 (Exhibition : New Haven, CT) (2002)
African American authors--20th century--Archives.
American literature--20th century.
Authors, American--20th century--Archives.
Harlem Renaissance--Archives.
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Genre/Form:Born digital.
Compact discs.
Photographic prints.
Videocassettes.
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Occupation:Authors.
Poets.
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/6432708