Hughes, Langston (Hughes, James Mercer Langston)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1902-1967
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Bookjacket. Scottsboro Limited by Langston Hughes, [1932]
File — Box: 9, Folder: 31
Identifier: 09_31_1932
Scope and Contents
Front of cover only; features Prentis Taylor illustration
Dates:
[1932]
Correspondence, 1931-1985
Sub-Series
Identifier: Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to Bruce Kellner regarding Carl Van Vechten.
Dates:
Created: 1931-1985
Esquire: The Magazine for Men, May 1936
File — Box: 6, Folder: 14
Identifier: 06_14_1936
Scope and Contents
includes "Slice 'em down" by Langston Hughes (fiction), pp. 44-45, 190-193
Dates:
May 1936
Esquire: The Magazine for Men, May 1940
File — Box: 6, Folder: 17
Identifier: 06_17_1940
Scope and Contents
includes "Seven Moments of Love" by Langston Hughes (poem), pp. 60-61
Dates:
May 1940
Langston Hughes, ca. 1922
File — Box: 4, Folder: 9
Identifier: 04_09_1922
Scope and Contents
1 8x10 photograph of Langston Hughes taken by James Latimer Allen ca. 1922. The original is held by the Beinecke Library, Yale University.
Dates:
ca. 1922
Langston Hughes, 1932
File — Box: 4, Folder: 33
Identifier: 04_33_1932
Scope and Contents
3 5x7 prints of photographs taken by Baxter Snark, i.e. Prentiss Taylor.
Dates:
1932
Langston Hughes, [29 February 1936]
File — Box: 4, Folder: 43
Identifier: 04_43_1936
Scope and Contents
3 5x7 photographs of the author
Dates:
[29 February 1936]
Playbills, 1925-1988
Sub-Series
Identifier: Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Photographs, sheet music, playbills, prints, publications, sound recordings, programs, souvenir books, correspondence, drawings, broadsides, articles, ephemera, manuscripts, and journal issues relating to the theater, music, dance, and literature. The photographic portion of the collection consists primarily of Carl Van Vechten's portraits of influential actors, writers, and artists of the New York stage. Amongst the photographic prints are rare portraits of notable African American authors,...
Dates:
1925-1988
Simply Heavenly. The Playhouse, New York, 1957
File — Box: 7, Folder: 21
Identifier: 07_21_1957
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Photographs, sheet music, playbills, prints, publications, sound recordings, programs, souvenir books, correspondence, drawings, broadsides, articles, ephemera, manuscripts, and journal issues relating to the theater, music, dance, and literature. The photographic portion of the collection consists primarily of Carl Van Vechten's portraits of influential actors, writers, and artists of the New York stage. Amongst the photographic prints are rare portraits of notable African American authors,...
Dates:
Event: 1957
Stage Door Canteen, 1943
File — Box: 4, Folder: 54
Identifier: 04_54_1943
Scope and Contents
1 5x7 print of Langston Hughes at the Stage Door Canteen and 2 8x10 prints of Fritzi Scheff and Richmond Barthe at the Stage Door Canteen. Originals at the Beinecke Library, Yale University.
Dates:
1943