Details

Subject(s)

• Cullen, Countee 1903-1946—Archives [Browse]
• Poets, American—20th century—Archives [Browse]
• Harlem (New York, N.Y.)—Intellectual life—20th century [Browse]
• African American poets—Archives [Browse]
• Harlem Renaissance [Browse]

Related name

• Borders, Florence E. [Browse]
• Amistad Research Center [Browse]

Contains

Borders, Florence E. Guide to the microfilm edition of the Countee Cullen papers, 1921-1969. [Browse]

Summary note

Correspondence, accounts, records, documents, legal papers and certificates; fragmentary diary (1928); teaching plan books, and other teaching records; writings--an autobiography, articles, a book review, letters-to-the-editor, juvenile novels, plays, poems, a radio serial, a short story, and theses; sheet music; notes and lists; scrapbooks and clippings; biographical sketches and obituaries; photographs; programs, invitations, and announcements; pamphlets, leaflets, and a few periodicals. The greatest part of the collection consists of the correspondence of Countee Cullen (1921-1945) and his writings.

Notes

• Accompanied by printed guide prepared by Florence E. Borders, entitled: Guide to the microfilm edition of the Countee Cullen papers, 1921-1969.
• Biographical notes, contents of reels, and index to correspondents included in guide.

Title on container

Papers of Countee Cullen

LCCN

97136148

OCLC

2104247

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