The Inventory of the Langston Hughes Collection #1327
The Inventory
of the
Langston Hughes
Collection
#1327
Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center I
HUGHES, LANGSTON Purchase, 1970.
1902-1967 l Correspondence
Hughes, Langston TLS to Herbert Roch re: ONE WAY TICKET, with ANS on
verso, dated "End of 1948"
TNS to Arthur Spingarn re: PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE NEGRO
IN AMERICA, n.d.
Birthday card, signed, to Arthur Spingarn with holograph
envelope, postmarked, March 28, 1967.
Bo¥ Voyage card, signed, to Arthur Spingarn, April 1967,
with typed envelope.
The Family of Langston Hughes. Telegram to Arthur Spingarn, May 23, 1967.
Invitation to Memorial Service for Langston Hughes.
Program of Memorial Service for James Mercer Langston Hughes,
FEb. 1, 1902-May 22, 1967
Manuscripts "Prothalamion 112" and ¥/Thirty Pastorals" Typescript, signed, 1 p.
With holo. note: "Rec'd from Langston Hughes/ For Poetry-in
the-Round/ Thomas Edward Francis" n.d.
"The Backlash Blues" Mimeograph, 1 p. 3 copies. 1 copy inscribed to Arthur
Spingarn and signed, dated 12-12-66.
Printed "/\FIGHT FOR FREEDOM by Langston Hughes. The STory of the NAACP"
Advertisement for the book. HUGHES, LANGSTON PlJRCHASE Addenda, November, 1970 Manuscript
JOURNEY INTO SPACE A Musical Adventure for Baritone, Trumpet, and Drums.
Text by Langston Hughes. a) First draft. Holograph, 3 P• b) 2d draft, Dec. 17, 1952. Carbon typescript, 2 p. Typescript with holo. corr of P• 2 marked A-2. Carbon typescript of p. 2, marked A-3 which is version with corrections made on typescript. c) 3rd draft. Dec. 17, 1952. Typescript with marks. 2 P•
d) Carbon typescript inscribed by Langston Hughes to Paul Smith, Dec. 18, 19.52. 3 f' Hughes, Langston
PURCHASE
Addenda, August, 1971
Poems
1. "Dream Variations" Typescript, 1 p. Signed "Langston Hughes
(just back in New York from 3 months in Africa and
Europe) Aug. 1, 1966"
2. "Homesick Blues" Typescript, 1 p. Signed inscription to
Lydia Lachenschmidt, New YOrk, Oct. 24, 1966.
Printed brochure
"Langston Hughes: Poet of the People" by Milton Meltzer. New York
Portal Press, 1967. Langston Hughes' signed inscription
to Mrs. Mark Smith. On cover is picture of LH, identified
by him as taken at Lincoln University in 1928. HUGHES, LANGSTON
Purchase: March, 1972
Letters
Hughes, Langston to LeRoi Jones, Postcard, "ILS, August, 26, 1961.
LeRoi Jones, ALS, November 21, 1961.
to Clarence Major TLS, January 24, 1967. ' Clarence Major , TLS, March 7, 1967. TL.S to Richard Bruce Nugent, Postcard, undated (postmarked
December 27, 1951). "ThS Richard Bruce Nugent, Postcard, January 21, 1952. AJ-S Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Nugent, Postcard, undated (postmarked
November 12, 1963).
Purchase March 1973
Hughes, Langston TLS to Jules Schwerin, March 4, 1958 TLS to Constance Maxon, March 31, 1962 ALS (postcard) to Constance Maxon, Feb. 8, 1963 ALS (postcard) to Constance Maxon, n.d. ca. 1963.
.oroohure {Removed from book inscribed to Arthur Spingarn)
"'l'he 1~AACP and Adam Clayton Powell" .NAACP, April, l96J. 12 p. HUGHES, LANGSTON
Addenda, December, 1974 Purchase from Quaritch
Letters to Arthur Spingarn 4 1:rLS, 1 ANS 1931-1964.
Hughes, Langston TLS February 3, 1931, 5 p. re collaboration with Zora Neale Hurston on a play. TLS November 10, 1948, with envelope. TLS June 20, 1951. TLS :March 8, 1952.
ANS on CTL to lfir. William R. Ming of McCoy, Ming & Leighton, re fees and expenses for Black Nativity. Spt. 19, 1964.
Agreement
Rumsey, John W., Pres. American Play Company, CT]rl to Martin Jones, September lh 1935. Agreement signed by Langston Hughes re additions and changes in his play "Mulatto". 6
HUGHES, LANGSTON Addenda, July, 1975 PURCHASE from Mary Benjamin
Manuscripts of poems doorknobs Typescript signed, l p. Strange .Angel. Typescript signed, l p. April 12, 1962. With typescript inscription: "This new unpublished poem copied especially
for Richard W. Arnold".
Letter Hughes, Langston TLS Lincoln University, Pa. to Mr. T. M. Campbell, Dep't of Agriculture, Tuskegee Institute, Ala. January 3, 1928. Asks T.M.C. about "our song". (Thomas Monroe Campbell, first black agricultural demons:bration specialist, hired by Tuskegee in 1906,)
Addendum Ap(t';i:11981 PURCHASE from Maurice Neville
Lette:1:
Hughes, Langston TLS Atlanta University, to Mr, Cole. April 13, 1947:
Asks about their interview in New York, ads for FIELDS OF WONDER,
mentions rev:tews and h±s Mexico book, "Just back from reading
poetry in Pine Eluff and Little Rock, Arkansas." Postscript.
Addendum, March 1988
Document
Hughes, Langston DS, New York City, Jan. 18, 1967, to P.E.N., American Center. List of drafts of his poem "Emperor
Haile Selassie On Liberation Day, May 5, 1966" which he
is donating to auction for International Writers'Fund. \
Hughes, Langston #1327 7/19/07 Addenda
Added to Box 1
I. Printed Materials. A. "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," score: text by LH, music by Howard Swanson. [F. 4]