03171cpcaa2200565 a 4500 mm 76055798 DLC 20260227111617.0 cr ||||||||||| 760420|||||||||||| eng mm 76055798 ms 77001577 DLC DLC DLC dacs B lcmd Tolson, Melvin Beaunorus. Melvin Beaunorus Tolson papers, 1932-1975 (bulk 1940-1966). 4,000 items. 13 containers. 5 linear feet. Open to research. Personal and professional correspondence, drafts of writings, speeches, research notes, and printed material relating primarily to Tolson's literary career and reflecting the Harlem Renaissance and other aspects of African American art, literature, and culture. Includes drafts of Harlem Gallery (1965), Libretto for the Republic of Liberia (1953), and other writings. Includes correspondence and research files of Robert M.Farnsworth, Tolson's biographer and editor of two volumes of his writings. Tolson's correspondents include Horace Mann Bond, William K. Flowers, Herbert Hill, Langston Hughes, Albert Y. Lansdowne, Dudley Randall, Karl Jay Shapiro, Jacob Steinburg, Allen Tate, and Ida Frances Wilson. Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Author, educator, and poet; mayor of Langston, Okla., and poet laureate of Liberia. Born 1898, died 1966. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009151 Bond, Horace Mann, 1904-1972 Correspondence. Flowers, William K. (William Knox), 1916- Correspondence. Hill, Herbert, 1924-2004 Correspondence. Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 Correspondence. Lansdowne, Albert Y. Correspondence. Randall, Dudley, 1914- Correspondence. Shapiro, Karl Jay, 1913-2000 Correspondence. Steinburg, Jacob Correspondence. Tate, Allen, 1899-1979 Correspondence. Wilson, Ida Frances, 1920- Correspondence. African American art. American literature African American authors. Harlem Renaissance. Liberian poetry (English) Authors. itoamc Educators. itoamc Poets. itoamc Farnsworth, Robert M. Robert M. Farnsworth papers. Tolson, Melvin Beaunorus. Harlem gallery. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009151 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009151.3 39422 39422