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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

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

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