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100	1		_aTolson, Melvin Beaunorus.
245	0	0	_aMelvin Beaunorus Tolson papers, _f1932-1975 _g(bulk 1940-1966).
300			_a4,000 _fitems.
300			_a13 _fcontainers.
300			_a5 _flinear feet.
506	0		_aOpen to research.
520	8		_aPersonal 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.
544			_3Some photographs _etransferred to _aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545	0		_aAuthor, educator, and poet; mayor of Langston, Okla., and poet laureate of Liberia. Born 1898, died 1966.
546			_aCollection material in English.
555	8		_aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009151
600	1	0	_aBond, Horace Mann, _d1904-1972 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aFlowers, William K. _q(William Knox), _d1916- _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aHill, Herbert, _d1924-2004 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aHughes, Langston, _d1902-1967 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aLansdowne, Albert Y. _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aRandall, Dudley, _d1914- _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aShapiro, Karl Jay, _d1913-2000 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aSteinburg, Jacob _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aTate, Allen, _d1899-1979 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aWilson, Ida Frances, _d1920- _vCorrespondence.
650		0	_aAfrican American art.
650		0	_aAmerican literature _xAfrican American authors.
650		0	_aHarlem Renaissance.
650		0	_aLiberian poetry (English)
656		7	_aAuthors. _2itoamc
656		7	_aEducators. _2itoamc
656		7	_aPoets. _2itoamc
700	1		_aFarnsworth, Robert M. _tRobert M. Farnsworth papers.
700	1		_aTolson, Melvin Beaunorus. _tHarlem gallery.
856	4		_3Finding aid _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009151
856	4		_3Finding aid (PDF) _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009151.3
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