Connecticut's Archives Online Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938 and Johnson, Grace Nail, 1885-1976
- Date:
- 1850-2005, bulk 1900-1976
- Abstract:
- The James Weldon Johnson and Grace Nail Johnson Papers provide evidence of the personal and professional lives of James Weldon Johnson, Grace Nail Johnson, and to a lesser degree, the Johnson and Nail families, spanning the years 1850 to 2005, with the bulk of material dating between 1900 and 1976. The papers chronicle Johnson's writing career and involvement in education, politics, and cultural affairs and consist of a variety of documents, including correspondence, writings, personal papers, scrapbooks, photographs, artwork, objects, and audiovisual materials. Johnson was involved in a number of significant movements and organizations during his lifetime, and, as a result, the Papers also provide insight into broader topics in American and African-American history during the twentieth century.
- Extent:
- 141.73 Linear Feet
- Language:
- Chiefly in English; some materials in Spanish and French.
Background
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Grace Nail Johnson, 1941-1976; Gift of Ollie Jewell Sims Okala, 1976-2001; Purchased from Sondra Kathryn Wilson on the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of Negro Arts Letters Fund, 2002-2006.
- Rules or conventions:
- translation missing: en.enumerations.resource_finding_aid_description_rules.beinecke manuscript unit archival processing manual
- Scope and Content:
The James Weldon Johnson and Grace Nail Johnson Papers provide evidence of the personal and professional lives of James Weldon Johnson, Grace Nail Johnson, and to a lesser degree, the Johnson and Nail families, spanning the years 1850 to 2005, with the bulk of material dating between 1900 and 1976. The Papers chronicle Johnson's writing career and involvement in education, politics, and cultural affairs and consist of a variety of documents, including correspondence, writings, personal papers, scrapbooks, photographs, artwork, objects, and audiovisual materials. Johnson was involved in a number of significant movements and organizations during his lifetime, and, as a result, the Papers also provide insight into broader topics in American and African-American history during the twentieth century.
Various facets of Johnson's professional life are represented in the papers, with particular emphasis on Johnson's career as an author. His writings include notes, background materials, drafts, published versions, and reviews, which combined, provide insight into various phases of the writing craft and the publishing process. Johnson often retained various drafts of his writings, many of which contain handwritten corrections and notes, providing rich evidence of his creative process. Johnson's correspondence with Grace Nail also reveals his ideas and ambitions as an author. His correspondence records more broadly his literary and social circles, with correspondents such as writers Benjamin Brawley, William Stanley Braithwaite, Sterling Brown, Claude McKay, and Anne Spencer as well as publishers such as Alfred Harcourt and Alfred and Blanche Knopf. Throughout his career, and particularly during the Harlem Renaissance and his professorships at Fisk University and New York University, Johnson mentored many aspiring authors, a role that is documented in his correspondence. The Johnsons were an influential couple during the Harlem Renaissance, mentoring and hosting artists, and the Papers provide a window into this significant period in African-American cultural history.
Johnson's work as an educator, lyricist, and member of the United States Consular Service, are also represented in the Papers. For example, his early career as a teacher and ongoing interest in education are illustrated in photographs of Johnson as Principal of Stanton School (Jacksonville, Florida), his correspondence with Atlanta University, and his writings about African-American education. Johnson's tenure at Fisk University and New York University during the later period of his life is recorded in pedagogical documents ranging from lecture notes and syllabi to student papers. Combined, this material provides insight into Johnson's role as an educator and his methods for teaching creative writing and literature.
Johnson's work for the United States Consular Service is represented in his correspondence, reports, photographs, and printed ephemera, such as clippings and invitations. Johnson's correspondence with Grace Nail during this period also provides insight into his experience with the Consular Service. In addition this material documents American interests in South America during this period, such as the American intervention in Nicaragua, and consular life.
Johnson's work as a lyricist and collaboration with his brother Rosamond Johnson and Bob Cole are chronicled in Johnson's writings, which include drafts for various short song lyrics and "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing." The Cole and Johnson Brothers song-writing team is also captured in photographs such as a portrait autographed by all three members. Johnson also maintained scrapbooks on musical comedy and theatre documenting various productions and performers during the early twentieth century. The Papers are thus a resource for understanding theatre and performance, particularly in New York, during the first half of the twentieth century. In addition to Johnson's own materials relating to his work as a lyricist are those of his brother as well as research material gathered by Johnson while writing Black Manhattan.
There is a small amount of material relating to Johnson's role in the N.A.A.C.P., however, the majority of this documentation is in the N.A.A.C.P. records at the Library of Congress. The Beinecke Library holds some of Johnson's N.A.A.C.P. writings, such as his series of essays "Self Determining Haiti" based on his investigation on behalf of the Association on the American occupation of Haiti. In addition, Johnson's personal relationships with prominent N.A.A.C.P. Board members, such as Arthur B. Spingarn, Joel E. Spingarn, and Mary White Ovington, are documented in his correspondence. A number of snapshots also record the Johnsons' visits with Ovington at her home "Riverbank," which influenced the Johnsons to likewise choose Great Barrington, Massachusetts, as the site for their summer home "Five Acres."
The Johnsons' personal lives are also richly documented in the Papers, which include correspondence from early in their marriage, snapshots of the couple with friends and family, legal and financial records, and a number of other personal effects, ranging from stationery and Johnson's last pen to monogrammed towels.
The Johnsons' family and close friends (chiefly their protégée Ollie Jewell Sims Okala) are also documented in the Papers. Correspondence between family members as well as formal and candid photographs provide insight into the Johnson and Nail families, members of which are prominent in their own right. For example, Johnson's correspondence with his brother, Rosamond, reveals information about the latter's career as a successful musician and performer. The correspondence also records the lives of John B. Nail and John E. Nail, who were influential African-American businessmen largely involved in real estate. Other documents, ranging from legal and financial papers to personal papers, similarly document the Johnson and Nail families. For example, Mrs. Johnson avidly collected newspaper clippings and created scrapbooks, and in addition to documenting the Johnsons, this material chronicles the lives of John B. Nail, John E. Nail, Rosamond Johnson, and Mildred Johnson.
- Biographical / Historical:
James Weldon Johnson was born on June 17, 1871, in Jacksonville, Florida. Both of his parents were freeborn, and his family was relatively well-to-do. Johnson's father, James Johnson, was the head waiter in local resort hotel and the minister of a small church. His mother, Helen Louise Johnson, was the daughter of a prominent black civil servant in Nassau. She was well educated and taught in the local black school. Johnson had one brother, John Rosamond Johnson, and an adopted sister, Agnes M. Edwards.
Johnson attended Stanton School, in Jacksonville, where his mother and eventually his sister taught. The school provided only an elementary education, but Johnson was an apt student and received encouragement at home. At this time he became fluent in Spanish through association with a young Cuban who was his family's ward. In 1887 Johnson entered the junior preparatory department of Atlanta University. Despite a year's absence he advanced rapidly to the college department and was graduated in 1894. During his year's absence he continued his studies in Greek and Latin under a private tutor, and he also had access to the library of a local white physician. It was during his school years that Johnson began to write poetry and songs, and he also at that time set out to develop himself as a public speaker. Johnson's associations with Atlanta University continued to be productive throughout his life. Among the alumni of the school were a substantial number of college teachers, college administrators, and businessmen, with whom Johnson became acquainted later in his life. From 1924 until his death he was an active member of the school's Board of Trustees.
After graduating from Atlanta, Johnson returned to Jacksonville to take over the principalship of Stanton School. Each year he added a grade to the school until he developed Stanton into a high school. Becoming recognized as a leader in black education, Johnson was elected president of the Negro State Teacher's Association. He retained the principalship of Stanton School until 1902, but did not limit his interests to his duties there. With a group of friends he founded The Daily American, the first daily black newspaper in the country. Though the paper met with initial success the backers were forced to suspend publication after eight months. Johnson then turned his attention to reading for the law. In 1897 he passed the entrance examination for the Florida State Bar, becoming the first black man licensed in that state by an open examination. He found, however, that there was little chance of a black man making a living from the practice of law.
Johnson's most important activity outside of Stanton School was lyric writing. His brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, in partnership with Bob Cole, was beginning to be successful in musical comedy. Rosamond persuaded his brother to add words to some tunes he had written, and between 1899 and 1902 Johnson spent his winters at Stanton and his summers in New York writing lyrics. The song writing team of Cole and Johnson brothers became relatively successful, and Johnson helped in writing many songs that were popular successes. The most enduring piece written by the Johnson brothers was "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (1900), which became the official song of the N.A.A.C.P. and is known as the "Negro National Anthem."
Johnson's success as a lyricist induced him to leave Jacksonville and move to New York permanently in 1902. He continued to write lyrics but again started a new group of activities. Between 1902 and 1906 he attended Columbia University, taking courses in literature from Brander Matthews. Johnson was also active in New York politics, helping to found the Colored Republican Club of New York, and serving as its president.
Johnson entered the United States Consular Service in 1906. This came about largely as a result of his activities on behalf of the Republican Party and the efforts of Booker T. Washington and Charles W. Anderson, an influential black New York politician. He was assured of a good career in the service as long as the Republicans were in power, and served as a consul for six years. From 1906 to 1909 he was posted in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. This post was considered a sinecure even though Johnson performed the consular duties there for Cuba, Panama, and France as well as for the United States. In 1909 he was promoted and transferred to Corinto, Nicaragua, where Johnson's duties were more demanding than they had been at Puerto Cabello. During his stay in Corinto that city for several days was the scene of gunfire resulting from an attempt to overthrow the Nicaraguan government. Johnson negotiated with both sides and coordinated his actions with the United States Navy.
While Johnson was in the consular service he continued to write poetry and managed to have some of his pieces published. In 1910, he married Grace Nail, a member of a wealthy and distinguished black New York family. He also found time to write a novel, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, (1912). Johnson made a good record in the consular service but as consular posts were at that time used for political patronage, opportunities for advancement would disappear with the advent of a Democratic administration in 1913. Rather than face a long period of service in Corinto, Johnson resigned from the service in 1913 and returned to Jacksonville to put his father's estate in order. After remaining there for a year he began to divide his time between Jacksonville and New York, in order to reestablish himself as a lyricist. He collaborated with Will Marion Cook, Harry T. Burleigh, and James Reese Europe, the top talents of the period. Musical taste, however, had changed greatly in the preceding ten years, and Johnson had little success. He did translate the libretto of Fernando Periquet's Goyescas, which was performed at the Metropolitan Opera House.
Johnson met with more success outside the field of music. In 1914 he became a contributing editor to the New York Age, and in 1917 his first volume of poetry, Fifty Years and Other Poems, was published. The New York Age under the editorship of Fred Moore was an influential black paper with strong ties to Booker T. Washington. Johnson wrote a weekly column called "Views and Reviews" and contributed unsigned editorials. Through his association with the New York Age he was invited to the Amenia Conference of 1916. There he met and impressed Joel E. Spingarn. Despite Johnson's position on an anti-N.A.A.C.P. paper, Spingarn offered him the job of Field Secretary for the Association, which he accepted.
Johnson's association with the N.A.A.C.P. continued from 1916 until his death. As Field Secretary he helped establish a strong network of local branches. He expanded the organization in the South, a section that had not received emphasis in the National Office. In 1920 Johnson became the Executive Secretary of the Association, and in that year he investigated for the Association the nature of the United States occupation of Haiti. As a result of this investigation he wrote a series of articles called "Self Determining Haiti". Johnson's tenure in the secretaryship marked the strengthening of the National Office, reflecting the growing influence of the organization. He was particularly active in lobbying for an anti-lynching bill. In 1931 Johnson resigned the secretaryship, was elected to the Board of Directors, and became one of the vice-presidents of the organization in which he remained active for the rest of his life. After his resignation from the National Office of the N.A.A.C.P., Johnson was appointed to the Spence Chair of Creative Literature at Fisk University.
During the years he was Executive Secretary of the N.A.A.C.P., Johnson continued his interest in black music and poetry. As Secretary he had contact and close friendships with New York's leading liberals and publishers and used his influence to promote his own work and that of the young black writers of the Harlem Renaissance period. Johnson's second book of poetry, God's Trombones, was published in 1927. He also prepared three anthologies of black poetry and music: The Book of American Negro Poetry (1922, revised 1931); The Book of American Negro Spirituals, (1925); and The Second Book of American Negro Spirituals, (1926). In 1930 Johnson received a Rosenwald Fellowship, which he used to write a cultural history of blacks in New York, Black Manhattan (1930).
Johnson's move to Fisk began the last phase of his life. Most of his time was devoted to teaching at Fisk and at New York University. He continued his interest in young black writers as well as in his own writing. Johnson published three more books in this last phase of his life: Negro Americans, What Now? (1934); Along This Way, The Autobiography of James Weldon Johnson, (1934); and a volume of poetry, Saint Peter Relates An Incident, (1936). Johnson also undertook several lecture tours each year, speaking most frequently on some aspect of the race situation, or the "Negro's Contribution to American Culture." In addition to being on the Board of Directors of the N A.A.C.P. and the Board of Trustees of Atlanta University, he was a member of the Board of Trustees of Palmer Memorial Institute, and he lent his name and support to many other organizations, including the American Fund for Public Service, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Delta Phi Delta journalistic society.
James Weldon Johnson died in 1938 at the age of 67, when his car was struck by a train at a railway crossing in Maine.
Grace Nail Johnson was born on February 27th in New London, Connecticut to John Bennett Nail (1853-1942) and Mary Frances Robinson Nail (1858-1923) the second of the couple's two surviving children, the other being John Edward Nail (1884-1947). Grace Nail met James Weldon Johnson in 1904 while attending the theatre. The couple became engaged in 1909 and married on February 3, 1910 in New York City.
The Nail family was an important member of New York City's African-American social and business circles largely due to John B. Nail's role as a prominent businessman and political leader. John Nail and his brother, Edward, established a popular hotel and café, "Nail Brothers," in the neighbourhood that would become Greenwich Village, as well as the Shakespeare Hotel in Washington, D.C. John Nail also owned extensive real estate in Harlem, and, through the real estate work of his son, John Edward, the Nails were instrumental in opening up Harlem to African-Americans during the early and mid-twentieth century. The Nails actively encouraged aspiring musicians and actors and were engaged in various artistic and intellectual circles, which included, for example, Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington.
Grace Nail Johnson shared with her husband an interest in arts and culture as well as social welfare. Grace Nail provided support for Johnson throughout his career. She studied French and Spanish in preparation for diplomatic life and visited publishers in New York on Johnson's behalf while he remained in Nicaragua in 1912. Among the various organizations Grace Nail volunteered for were the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Anti-Lynching Crusaders, and the Circle for Negro Relief. She was also recognized as an influential hostess who mentored a number of young authors during various periods of the couple's life ranging from the Harlem Renaissance to Johnson's professorships at Fisk University and New York University.
Grace Nail Johnson played an important role in ensuring Johnson's legacy following his death in 1938. For example, she worked with publishers and researchers in order to encourage Johnson scholarship and collaborated with Carl Van Vechten to establish in 1941 the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of Negro Arts and Letters housed at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. In addition to donating Johnson's and her own papers to the Library, Grace Nail Johnson also convinced other authors and leading African-American figures to donate their archives to the collection.
Grace Nail Johnson died at the age of 91 on November 1, 1976 at her home in Harlem, New York. Her ashes were interred, with Johnson's, in the Nail plot at Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.
The following family trees outline Grace Nail Johnson's paternal (Nail) and maternal (Robinson) families. These individuals are represented in both Family Correspondence and Photographs.
Nail Family
-Edward Nail
-John Bennett Nail (1853-1942) m. Mary Frances Robinson (1858-1923)
--John Edward Nail (1883-1947) m. Grayce Fairfax (1884-1960s)
--Grace Nail (1885-1976) m. James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938)
--Frank Nail (1887-1889)
Robinson Family
James Robinson m. Ellen Robinson
-Josephine Robinson (1857-1948) m. Henry C. Miller (1841-)
--Edna Frances Miller (1880-)
--Helen Gertrude Miller (1882-)
--Ernest H. Miller (1884-)
--Frederick Miller (1891-)
-Lottie L. Robinson m. Henry Griffin
-Cornelia Robinson m. Mr. Jordan
--Gladys Jordan m. Mr. Marshall
---1 daughter and 3 sons
-Mary Frances Robinson (1858-1923)
Ollie Jewel Sims Okala was born in Arkansas on August 14, 1908 to Edward Sims and Elizabeth Marsh Sims (born 1885). Okala was the youngest of three children; the couple's other children were Eddie Sims (1905-1990) and Kennerbelle Sims (1907-1997). Okala graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Philander Smith College (Little Rock, Arkansas) in 1931 and went on to study nursing at Meharry Medical College, graduating in 1934. Okala continued her studies at Columbia University where she studied Public Health Nursing (M.A., 1937). In 1942 Okala was hired at Roosevelt Hospital where she continued to work until her retirement in 1970. Okala married Julius Byron Etuka Okala (b. 1912) in 1942. Nigerian born, Okala moved to the U.S. in 1939 in order to pursue studies at Lincoln University. He continued his studies at Northwestern University (B.A., Anthropology, 1943) and Columbia University (M.A., Anthropology, 1949; PhD, Education, 1954).
James Weldon Johnson was one of Ollie Jewel Sims Okala's first patients, and through this chance experience, Okala became a close friend of the Johnsons. When Okala moved to New York City the Johnsons helped her secure a nursing position, and, in turn, Okala provided support for the Johnsons. In later years Okala lived with Grace Nail Johnson. Following Grace Nail Johnson's death in 1976, Okala continued to reside in the apartment and was designated literary executor of the Johnson estate. Okala died on September 9, 2001 and her ashes were interred in the Nail plot at Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.
- Processing information:
The James Weldon Johnson and Grace Nail Johnson Papers were largely catalogued in 1973 and in 2008-2009. During the 1970s priority was given to correspondence and writings. As a result, other material, such as photographs, personal papers, objects, and artwork, were left unprocessed. Since the original processing in 1973, the library also acquired more material, consisting of correspondence, writings, personal papers, and photographs, which until 2008-2009 was unprocessed.
1970s
In 1973 the Correspondence (Series I), Writings (Series II), and Scrapbooks (Series V) were catalogued. The Correspondence was organized into several series and arranged alphabetically. A finding aid was created under the title: James Weldon Johnson Papers (Correspondence) using a typewriter. In 2007 the finding aid was then converted to an electronic file by means of scanning and Optical Character Recognition software and encoded in Encoded Archival Description. In 1973 the Writings were loosely organized into genres and then arranged alphabetically. Individual catalogue cards were created for each manuscript and each manuscript was assigned a specific call number. As a group, the manuscripts were under the title: James Weldon Johnson Manuscripts (JWJ MSS Johnson). Scrapbooks were individually catalogued and assigned call numbers. Individual catalogue cards were created, which were eventually transferred into Yale University's online catalogue, ORBIS.
1990s
A group of unprocessed correspondence was found in 1999. This material was integrated with existing Correspondence (Series I).
2000s
In 2008-2009 the finding aid was further updated and a number of format changes were necessary to present the structure of the finding aid in accordance with current practice.
At this time processed and unprocessed material were integrated into one finding aid with a new title and a new call number. The title of the Papers was changed in order to reflect the entire contents of the collection from James Weldon Johnson Papers (Correspondence) to James Weldon Johnson and Grace Nail Johnson Papers. Previously processed material was brought together, including the James Weldon Johnson Papers (Correspondence), the James Weldon Johnson Manuscripts (JWJ Mss Johnson), and scrapbooks. The new call number replaces the old, separate call number formally used for the Writings and Scrapbooks; an index to these old call numbers is provided in Appendix A.
Uncatalogued material consisted of accessions acquired between 2000 and 2008 (such as correspondence, writings, personal papers, and photographs) as well as material left uncatalogued from earlier accessions (such as photographs, objects, and artwork). The uncatalogued material was integrated, when appropriate, into the existing correspondence and writings.
In 2008-2009 the following series were added: Consular Service (Series III), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Series IV), Personal Papers (Series V), Printed Material (Series VI), Legal and Financial Records (Series VII), Family Papers (Series VIII), Photographs (Series IX), Art/Objects (Series X), and Audiovisual Material (Series XI).
Descriptions from Correspondence (Series I) and Writings (Series II) were largely repurposed although these series also underwent changes. Correspondence and writings acquired by the Beinecke Library between 2000 and 2009 were integrated into existing Correspondence (Series I) and Writings (Series II). The subseries "Third-Party Correspondence", which provided cross-references to letters physically contained elsewhere in the James Weldon Johnson Correspondence, Grace Nail Johnson Correspondence, and Family Correspondence sub-series, was deleted and replaced with notes where the material is physically situated in the Correspondence Series. The Writings (Series II) contain descriptive information transcribed from catalogue cards into the finding aid. For the most part the writings are organized as they were in 1973 with only small changes to the names of subseries (for example, "Lectures" was changed to "Teaching Materials"). The catalogued scrapbooks are now a subseries in Personal Papers (Series VIII).
- Arrangement:
Organized into eleven series: I. Correspondence, 1896-1972; II. Writings, 1890-1974; III. Consular Service, 1906-1912; IV. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1917-1965; V. Personal Papers, 1892-1988; VI. Printed Material, 1928-1973; VII. Legal and Financial Records, 1906-1998; VIII. Family Papers, 1872-2005; IX. Photographs, 1850-1985; X. Art and Objects, 1850-1980; and XI. Audiovisual Material, 1949-1995.
- Notes:
The index below provides a cross reference from the catalogue card numbers, noted as —#, to the current location of the same material in the present arrangement.
1: Box 67, folder 280
2: Box 76, folder 481
3: Box 76, folder 482
4: Box 76, folder 483
5: Box 76, folder 486
6: Box 77, folder 565
7: Box 77, folder 566
8: Box 77, folder 567
9: Box 76, folder 499
10: Box 76, folder 502
11: Box 76, folder 503
12: Box 76, folder 504
13: Box 77, folder 511
14: Box 77, folder 512
15: Box 77, folder 526
16: Box 77, folder 527
17: Box 77, folder 528
18: Box 77, folder 529
19: Box 77, folder 530
20: Box 77, folder 546
21: Box 77, folder 547
22: Box 77, folder 548
23: Box 77, folder 549
24: Box 76, folder 500
25: Box 76, folder 501
26: Box 77, folder 510
27: Box 77, folder 569
28: Box 77, folder 551
29: Box 77, folder 521
30: Box 77, folder 522
31: Box 77, folder 524
32: Box 77, folder 525
33: Box 77, folder 564
34: Box 76, folder 464
35: Box 76, folder 465
36: Box 76, folder 466
37: Box 76, folder 467
38: Box 76, folder 468
39: Box 76, folder 469
40: Box 76, folder 470
41: Box 76, folder 471
42: Box 76, folder 472
43: Box 76, folder 473
44: Box 76, folder 474
45: Box 76, folder 475
46: Box 76, folder 476
47: Box 76, folder 477
48: Box 76, folder 478
49: Box 76, folder 479
50: Box 76, folder 480
51: Box 76, folder 484
52: Box 76, folder 485
53: Box 76, folder 487
54: Box 76, folder 487
55: Box 76, folder 488
56: Box 76, folder 489
57: Box 76, folder 490
58: Box 76, folder 491
59: Box 76, folder 492
60: Box 76, folder 492
61: Box 76, folder 493
62: Box 76, folder 494
63: Box 76, folder 495
64: Box 76, folder 496
65: Box 76, folder 497
66: Box 76, folder 498
67: Box 76, folder 505
68: Box 76, folder 506
69: Box 76, folder 507
70: Box 76, folder 508
71: Box 77, folder 509
72: Box 77, folder 513
73: Box 77, folder 514
74: Box 77, folder 514
75: Box 77, folder 515
76: Box 77, folder 516
77: Box 77, folder 517
78: Box 77, folder 518
79: Box 77, folder 519
80: Box 77, folder 520
81: Box 77, folder 531
82: Box 77, folder 532
83: Box 77, folder 533
84: Box 77, folder 534
85: Box 77, folder 535
86: Box 77, folder 536
87: Box 77, folder 537
88: Box 77, folder 538
89: Box 77, folder 539
90: Box 77, folder 540
91: Box 77, folder 541
92: Box 77, folder 542
93: Box 77, folder 543
94: Box 77, folder 544
95: Box 77, folder 545
96: Box, 77, folder 550
97: Box 77, folder 552
98: Box 77, folder 553
99: Box 77, folder 555
100: Box 77, folder 556
101: Box 77, folder 557
102: Box 77, folder 558
103: Box 77, folder 559
104: Box 77, folder 560
105: Box 77, folder 561
106: Box 77, folder 561
107: Box 77, folder 562
108: Box 77, folder 563
109: Box 77, folder 568
110: Box 45, folder 87
111a: Box 45, folders 88-89
112: Boxes 45-46, folders 91-94
113: Box 45, folder 90
114: Box 46, folders 95-97
115: Box 47, folders 98-101
116: Box 47, folders 102-103
117: Box 48, folders 104-107
118: Box 49, folders 108-111
119: Box 117, folder 1060
120: Box 118, folder 1061
120a: Box 49, folder 113
121: Box 82, folder 619
122: Box 82, folder 620
123: Box 82, folder 621-623
124: Box 82, folder 621-623
125: Box 82, folder 624
126: Box 82, folder 625
127: Box 82, folder 626
128: Box 67, folders 281-282
129: Box 67, folders 281-282
130: Box 67, folder 283
131: Box 67, folder 284
132: Box 67, folder 285
133: Box 67, folder 286
134: Box 67, folder 287
135: Box 67, folders 289-290
136: Box 67, folders 289-290
137: Box 88, folder 704
138: Box 67, folder 291
139: Box 74, folder 436
140: Box 85, folder 661
141: Box 50, folders 115-116
142: Box 50, folder 117
143: Box 50, folder 118
144: Box 50, folder 119
145: Box 67, folder 292
146: Box 67, folder 293
147: Box 67, folder 293
148: Box 75, folder 452
149: Box 85, folder 662
150: Box 85, folder 662
151: Box 74, folder 437
152: Box 53, folders 141-142
153: Box 53, folder 143
154: Box 53, folder 144
155: Box 53, folders 145-146
156: Box 121, folder 1069
157: Box 54, folders 147-148
158: Box 54, folders 147-148
159: Box 67, folder 295
160: Box 55, folder 153
161: Box 55, folder 154
162: Box 55, folder 155
163: Box 55, folder 156
164: Box 55, folder 157
165: Box 55, folder 159
166: Box 55, folder 160
167: Box 55, folder 161
168: Box 55, folder 162
169: BSD, folder 1070
170: Box 56, folder 164
171: Box 56, folders 165-167
172: Box 81, folder 600
173: Box 81, folder 601
174: Box 81, folder 602
175: Box 81, folder 603
176: Box 81, folder 604
177: Box 81, folder 605
178: Box 81, folder 606
179: Box 81, folder 607
180: Box 81, folder 608
181: Box 67, folder 296
182: Box 67, folder 297
183: Box 67, folder 298
184: Box 67, folder 299
185: Box 85, folder 668
186: Box 67, folder 303
187: Box 68, folder 327
188-1: Box 74, folder 438
188-2: Box 74, folder 439
189: Box 67, folder 305
190: Box 89, folder 706
191: Box 67, folder 307
192: Box 67, folder 308
193: Box 74, folder 440
194: Box 74, folder 441
195: Box 74, folder 442
196: Box 74, folder 443
197: Box 67, folder 310
198: Box 75, folder 447
199: Box 75, folder 448
200: Box 68, folder 311
201: Box 68, folder 312
202: Box 68, folder 313
203: Box 91, folder 735
204: Box 75, folder 449
205: Box 75, folder 450
206: Box 59, folder 187
207: Box 59, folder 188
208: Box 59, folder 189
209: Box 59, folder 190
210: Box 59, folder 191
211: Box 59, folder 192
212: Box 59, folder 193
213: Box 59, folder 194
214: Box 59, folder 195
215: Box 59, folder 196
216: Box 59, folder 197
217: Box 59, folder 198
218: Box 59, folder 199
219: Box 59, folder 200
220: Box 78, folder 571
221: Box 78, folder 572
222: Box 78, folder 573
223: Box 78, folder 574
224: Box 78, folder 575
225: Boxes 78-79, folders 576-580
226: Box 80, folder 582
227: Box 80, folder 583
228: Box 80, folder 584
229: Box 80, folder 585
230: Box 80, folder 586
231: Box 80, folder 587
232: Box 80, folder 588 and 590
233: Box 81, folder 589
234: Box 81, folder 590
235: Box 81, folder 590
236: Box 81, folder 591
237: Box 91, folder 738
238: Box 75, folder 451
239: Box 59, folder 202
240: Box 59, folder 202
241: Box 59, folder 202
242: Box 59, folder 203
243: Box 59, folder 203
244: Box 59, folder 203
245: Box 59, folder 203
246: Box 59, folder 203
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300: Box 85, folders 646-649 and BSD, folder 1099
301: Box 85, folders 647-649 and BSD, folder 1099
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331: Box 85, folders 664-665
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377: Boxes 89-90, folders 710-714
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399: Box 96, folders 798-802
400: Box 91 , folder 739 and box 92, folder 749
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JWJ Zan J632 + 1.1: Box 63, folder 242
JWJ Zan J632 + 1.2: Box 79, folder 581
JWJ Zan J632 + 2 5.1: Box 122, folders 1075-1092
JWJ Zan J632 + 2 5.2: Box 123, folders 1093-1098
JWJ Zan J632 + 2 5.3: Box 72, folders 358-360
JWJ Zan J632 + N1: Box 138, folder 1151
JWJ Zan J632 + S1: Box 120, folder 1066
JWJ Zan J632 + S1 2:1-2: Box 50, folder 120 and BSD, folder 1067
JWJ Zan J632 + S1 2.1: Box 51, folder 122
JWJ Zan J632 + S1 2.2: Box 52, folders 123-137
JWJ Zan J632 + S1 3.0: Box 54, folders 149-152
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JWJ Zan J632 + S1 5.2: Box 62, folders 230-239
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JWJ Zan J632 + Zc1 1.1: Box 137, folder 1148
JWJ Zan J632 + Zc1 1.2: Box 136, folder 1146
JWJ Zan J632 + Zc1 2.1: Box 135, folder 1145
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JWJ Zan J632 + Zc2 1.1: Box 126, folder 1110
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JWJ Zan J632 + Zc2 1.3: Box 126, folder 1111
JWJ Zan J632 + Zc2 2.1: Box 126, folder 1112
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JWJ Zan J632 + Zc2 3.3: Box 131, folder 1127
JWJ Zan J632 + Zc2 3.5: Box 131, folders 1128-1129
JWJ Zan J632 + Zc2 4.1: Box 134, folder 1143
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JWJ Zan J632 + Zc2 5.1: Box 127, folder 1113
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JWJ Zan J632 + Zc2 6: Box 130, folder 1120
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JWJ Zan J632 + Zc2 6: Box 133, folders 1137-1138
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JWJ Zan J632 + Zc2 7: Box 124, folder 1100
JWJ Zan J632 + Zc2 7.2: Box 133, folders 1135-1136
The abbreviations "JWJ," "GNJ," and "FC" refer to the subseries James Weldon Johnson, Grace Nail Johnson, and Family Correspondence within the Correspondence Series.
Africans, proposal for education in AmericaSee: Azikiwe, Nnamdi (JWJ)Aldridge, Ira, financial situation of his familySee: Robinson, Bill ("Bojangles") (JWJ)Aldridge, Ira, memorial to (1928-30)See: American Shakespeare Foundation (JWJ)Along This Way, by James Weldon Johnson See: Viking Press (JWJ) White, Walter (1933) (JWJ)Along This Way, by James Weldon Johnson, Jackson- ville reaction toSee: Phillips, William E.W. (JWJ)Along This Way, by James Weldon Johnson, Joel E. Spingarn's reaction to parts of bookSee: Spingarn, Joel E. (JWJ)Along This Way, by James Weldon Johnson, the title ofSee: Embree, Edwin R. (JWJ)Amenia Conference (1916)See: Spingarn, Joel E. (JWJ)Amenia Conference (1933)See: DuBois, William E.B. (JWJ) Spingarn, Joel E. (JWJ)American Bar Association, discrimination against blacksSee: Adams, Elbridge L. (JWJ)American Fund for Public Service, financial aid to N.A.A.C.P.See: American Fund for Public Service (JWJ) Gannett, Lewis (JWJ) N.A.A.C.P. - National Office (JWJ) White, Walter (1932-38) (JWJ)American League Against War and FascismSee: American Fund for Public Service (JWJ)American Missionary AssociationSee: Brownlee, Fred L. (JWJ)American Missionary Association, relationship to Palmer Memorial InstituteSee: Brown, Charlotte Hawkins (JWJ)American Writers Against LynchingSee: White, Walter (1933) (JWJ)Anderson, Marian, refusal by Daughters of the American Revolution to let sing at Constitution HallSee: Van Vechten, Carl (1939) (GNJ)Armed forces, World War I, training of black officersSee: Spingarn, Joel E. (JWJ)Art, philanthropy and black artistsSee: Julius Rosenwald Fund (JWJ)Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, fund raising drive (1936)See: Taylor, A.A. (JWJ)Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, work ofSee: Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (JWJ) Woodson, Carter G. (JWJ)Atlanta University, board of trusteesSee: Reed, Florence M. (JWJ)Atlanta University, James Weldon Johnson's candidacy for the presidency of (1936)See: Gordon, Asa H. (JWJ) Pickens, William (JWJ) Wesley, Charles H. (JWJ)Atlanta University, the presidency of (1936)See: Alexander, Will W. (JWJ) Banks, W. Rutherford (JWJ) Dillard, James H. (JWJ) Gordon, Asa H. (JWJ) Martin, Eugene M. (JWJ) Sage, Dean (JWJ) Wesley, Charles H. (JWJ) Wright, Richard R. Sr. (JWJ) Atlanta University, the presidency of and affiliation with Morehouse College and Spelman College (1929)See: Adams, Myron W. (JWJ) Alexander, Will W. (JWJ) Banks, W. Rutherford (JWJ) Clement, Rufus E. (JWJ) Coffin, Henry Sloane (JWJ) Hershaw, L.M. (JWJ) Hope, John (JWJ) Matthews, William B. (JWJ) Ruml, Beardsley (JWJ) Sage, Dean (JWJ) Webster, Edgar H. (JWJ) Wilson, Butler (JWJ)Atlanta University, white faculty and staff ofSee: Shipman, Frank R. (JWJ)The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, by James Weldon JohnsonSee: Knopf, Alfred A. (JWJ) Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (JWJ) Knopf, Blanche W. (JWJ) Matthews, Brander (JWJ) Sherman, French and Co. (JWJ) Towns, George A. (JWJ) New American Library (GNJ)Bahamas, blacks inSee: JWJ - Stephen A. Dillet to (FC)Barthe, Richmond, proposed memorial for James Weldon JohnsonSee: Van Vechten, Carl (1938-44) (GNJ) White, Walter (GNJ)Black Manhattan, by James Weldon Johnson See: Knopf, Alfred A. (JWJ) Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (JWJ) Knopf, Blanche W. (JWJ)Black NationalismSee: National Movement for the Establishment of a 49th State (JWJ)The Book of American Negro Poetry, by James Weldon JohnsonSee: Harcourt, Brace and Co. (JWJ) Randolph, Richetta G. (1930) (JWJ) Book of American Negro Spirituals, by James Weldon JohnsonSee: Viking Press folders (JWJ)Braithwaite, William Stanley, financial situation ofSee: Spingarn, Joel E. (JWJ) White, Walter (1932) (JWJ)Brookwood Labor SchoolSee: American Fund for Public Service (JWJ) Brookwood Labor School (JWJ)Broun, Heywood, candidacy for the United States Congress (1930)See: Broun, Heywood (JWJ) White, Walter (1930-31) (JWJ)Brown, John, proposed memorial tablet at Harper's Ferry (1932)See: White, Walter (1932)Brown, SterlingSee: Spencer, Anne (JWJ)Brown, Sterling, Southern Road, James Weldon Johnson's introduction toSee: Brown, Sterling (JWJ) Harcourt, Brace and Co. (JWJ)Bunche, Ralph, tribute to (1972)See: Robinson, Jackie (GNJ)Burrus, James Dallas, some notes on his life as told by Mary K. SpenceSee: Bowles, Luanna J. (JWJ)Cake-walk, the execution ofSee: Gannett, Lewis (JWJ)Cole, BobSee: Norman, Dora Cole (JWJ)Commission on Interracial CooperationSee: Eleazer, R.B. (JWJ)Communist PartySee: American Fund for Public Service (JWJ) McKay, Claude (JWJ) Pickens, William (JWJ) White, Walter (1932) (JWJ)Communist Party, blacks andSee: McKay, Claude (JWJ)Cook, Will Marion, proposal to found a black school of musicSee: Graves, William C. (JWJ)The CrisisSee: DuBois, William E.B. (JWJ) White, Walter (1934) (JWJ)The Crisis, advertisements for James Weldon Johnson's books inSee: Harcourt, Brace and Co. (JWJ)D___ (James Weldon Johnson's close friend)See: Brawley, Benjamin (JWJ) Randolph, Richetta G. (1930) (JWJ) Wetmore, J. Douglas (JWJ)Daughters of the American Revolution, refusal to let Marian Anderson sing in Constitution HallSee: Van Vechten, Carl (1939) (GNJ)Dett, R. Nathaniel, Rosenwald fellowship forSee: Dett, R. Nathaniel (JWJ) Julius Rosenwald Fund (JWJ)Dictionary of American Biography, blacks inSee: Woodson, Carter G. (JWJ)Dillet, Stephen (grandfather of James Weldon Johnson)See: JWJ - Stephen A. Dillet to (FC)Discrimination in schoolsSee: White, Walter (1930-31) (JWJ)District of Columbia, black schools inSee: Moore, Fred R. (JWJ)Dodson, Owen, early poetry reading contestsSee: Viking Press - Marshall Best (1930-33)DuBois, William E.B., as editor of The CrisisSee: White, Walter (1934) (JWJ)DuBois, William E.B., campaign for United States SenateSee: Harrington, Oliver (GNJ)DuBois, William E.B., indictment for failure to register as an agent of a foreign principleSee: DuBois, William E.B. (GNJ)DuBois, William E.B., memorial to, Great Barrington, MassachusettsSee: W.E.B. DuBois Memorial Committee (GNJ)DuBois, William E.B., at Niagra Movement ConferenceSee: Daniel, A. Mercer (JWJ)DuBois, William E.B., proposed gift of his manuscripts to the James Weldon Johnson Memorial CollectionSee: Van Vechten, Carl (1946) (GNJ)DuBois, William E.B., reaction to his views on segregationSee: Viking Press - Marshall Best (JWJ) White, Walter (1934) (JWJ) DuBois, William E.B., resignation from N.A.A.C.P. (1934)See: N.A.A.C.P. - National Office (JWJ)DuBois PrizeSee: DuBois, William E.B. (JWJ) Gannett, Lewis (JWJ) LaFarge, Oliver (JWJ)Johnson, James Weldon, accident causing death ofSee: Hays, Arthur Garfield (GNJ)Johnson, James Weldon, appointment as National Organizer of N.A.A.C.P.See: Spingarn, Joel E. (JWJ)Johnson, James Weldon, Atlanta University days, [Rev. John H.?] Hicks ("Dean Hicks")See: Scoville, William L. (JWJ)Johnson, James Weldon, awarded Haitian decoration "Honneur et Mérite"See: Blanchet, M. AlbertJohnson, James Weldon, classes at New York UniversitySee: New York University (JWJ) Payne, E. George (JWJ)Johnson, James Weldon, consular serviceSee: Bryan, William Jennings (JWJ) Carr, Wilbur J. (JWJ) Consular letters (JWJ) Knox, P.C. (JWJ) Leonard, H.H. (JWJ) Matthews, Brander (JWJ) GNJ - James Weldon Johnson to (FC) JWJ - Grace Nail Johnson to (FC)Johnson, James Weldon, at Fisk University [Note: material related to Fisk University is located throughout the correspondence. ]See: Johnson, Charles S. (JWJ) Jones, Thomas E. (JWJ) Jones, Mrs. Thomas E. (GNJ)Johnson, James Weldon, funds for participation in Oxford ConferenceSee: Embree, Edwin R. (JWJ) White, George (JWJ)Johnson, James Weldon, health ofSee: Wright, Louis T. (JWJ)Johnson, James Weldon, leave of absence from N.A.A.C.P. (1929)See: Spingarn, Joel E. (JWJ)James Weldon Johnson, lecture folderSee: Viking Press - Marshall Best (1930-33) (JWJ)Encyclopedia of the NegroSee: DuBois, William E.B. (JWJ) Logan, Rayford (JWJ) Stokes, Anson Phelps (JWJ) Woodson, Carter G. (JWJ)Ethiopia, invasion by Italy, Afro-American reaction toSee: Jones, William N. (JWJ)"Fifty Years", by James Weldon JohnsonSee: Stokes, Anson Phelps (JWJ) GNJ - James Weldon Johnson to (undated) (FC)Fisk University, James Weldon Johnson at [Note: material related to Fisk University is located throughout the correspondence. ]See: Johnson, Charles S. (JWJ) Jones, Thomas E. (JWJ) Jones, Mrs. Thomas E. (GNJ)Fisk University, use of James Weldon Johnson's Negro Americans, What Now? for fund raisingSee: Viking Press - Marshall Best (1934-68) (JWJ)Friends of Haiti SocietySee: White, Walter (1938) (JWJ)Garland FundSee: American Fund for Public ServiceGod's Trombones, by James Weldon Johnson See: Lambert, Constant (JWJ) Viking Press (JWJ)God's Trombones, by James Weldon Johnson, the title ofSee: Spencer, Anne (JWJ) Spingarn, Arthur B. (JWJ) Spingarn, Joel E. (JWJ)Goyescas, by Fernando Periquet, English Libretto by James Weldon JohnsonSee: Periquet, Fernando (JWJ)Gruening, Ernest, recommendation as United States ambassador to HaitiSee: White, Walter (1932) (JWJ)HaitiSee: Moton, Robert Russa (JWJ) White, Walter (1934) (JWJ) White, Walter (1938) (JWJ)Haiti, proposed United States ambassador to (1932)See: White, Walter (1932) (JWJ)Haiti, United States minister to (1915)See: DuBois, William E.B. (JWJ)Haiti, United States occupation of and James Weldon Johnson's articles about conditions ofSee: Carr, Wilbur J. (JWJ) Gruening, Ernest H. (JWJ) Haiti (JWJ) Holly, Alonzo P.B. (JWJ) McCormick, Mendill (JWJ)Metropolitan Magazine (JWJ) Ovington, Mary White (JWJ) Schoenrich, Otto (JWJ)Harlem HospitalSee: White, Walter (1933) (JWJ)Harlem Renaissance, James Weldon Johnson's comments on (1933)See: West, Dorothy (JWJ)Harlem riots, reaction to (1935)See: White, Walter (1935) (JWJ)Hayden, Robert, publication of poems bySee: Knopf, Alfred A. (JWJ) Viking Press - Marshall Best (JWJ)Hicks, [Rev. John H.], (dean, Atlanta University)See: Scoville, William L. (JWJ)Hoover, Herbert, nomination by Republican Party (1932)See: Ickes, Harold L. (JWJ)Hope, John, provisions for the widow ofSee: Bethune, Mary McLeod (JWJ) Lampkin, Daisy E. (JWJ)Hope, JohnSee: Atlanta University, the presidency of and Affiliation with Morehouse College and Spelman College (1929)]Houston, Charles H., employment by the N.A.A.C.P.See: White, Walter (1934) (JWJ)Howard UniversitySee: Napier, James C. (JWJ)Hughes, Charles Evans, campaign for the presidency (1916)See: Hughes, Charles Evans (sec.) (JWJ)Hughes, Langston, application for fellowship from Guggenheim FoundationSee: Guggenheim Foundation (JWJ)Hurston, Zora Neale, proposed experimental theatre at Fisk UniversitySee: Jones, Thomas E. (JWJ)Hurston, Zora Neale, proposed study at Yale School of DramaSee: Jones, Thomas E. (JWJ)ImperialiamSee: Haiti, United States occupation of and James Weldon Johnson's articles about the conditions ofImperialiam, Italy's invasion of Ethiopia, Afro-American reaction toSee: Jones, William N. (JWJ)Institute of Pacific Relations, Kyoto Conference (1929)See: Institute of Pacific Relations (JWJ) GNJ - James Weldon Johnson to (1929) (FC)Institute of Race RelationsSee: Bryan, Helen R. (JWJ) Johnson, Charles S. (JWJ)International Labor DefenseSee: Pickens, William (JWJ) See also: Scottsboro caseJames Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection, Yale UniversitySee: James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection (GNJ) Van Vechten, Carl (1945-64) (GNJ)James Weldon Johnson Memorial CommitteeSee: Randolph, Richetta G. (GNJ) Van Vechten, Carl (1939) (GNJ) White, Walter (GNJ)Johnson, James (father of James Weldon Johnson) the estate ofSee: L'Engle, E.J. (JWJ) GNJ - James Weldon Johnson to (FC) JWJ - Agnes M. Edwards to (FC) JWJ - Grace Nail Johnson to (FC) JWJ - Helen Louise Johnson to (FC) JWJ - J. Rosamond Johnson to (FC) JWJ - John E. Nail to (FC)Johnson, James Weldon, lyrics bySee: American Guild of Authors and Composers (JWJ) Edward B. Marks Music Co. (JWJ) G. Ricordi and Co., Inc. (JWJ) GNJ - James Weldon Johnson to (1914-18) (FC) GNJ - J. Rosamond Johnson to (FC) JWJ - Grace Nail Johnson to (1914-18) (FC) JWJ - J. Rosamond Johnson to (FC) JRJ - royalty statements (FC)Johnson, James Weldon, proposed as Republican candidate for United States House of RepresentativesSee: Koening, Samuel S. (JWJ) Travis, Hamilton J. (JWJ)Johnson, James Weldon, resignation of secretaryship of N.A.A.C.P.See: N.A.A.C.P. - National Office (JWJ)Johnson, James Weldon, speaking engagementsSee: Adult Education Council of Chicago (JWJ)Johnson, James Weldon, "To What Extent Do You Think American Negroes Should Interest Themselves in Abyssinia?" draft and copy of JWJ's comments on questionSee: Jones, William N. (JWJ)Johnson, James Weldon, withdrawl of appointment to Labor Policy Board of Work Projects AdministrationSee: Baker, Jacob (JWJ) White, Walter (1935) (JWJ)Krehbiel, H.E., controversy with James Weldon JohnsonSee: Letters to the Editor (JWJ) Peacock, Roscoe (JWJ) Randolph, Richetta G. (JWJ)Kyoto Conference (1929)See: Institute of Pacific Relations (JWJ) GNJ - James Weldon Johnson to (1929) (JWJ)Labor movements, Brookwood Labor SchoolSee: American Fund for Public Service (JWJ) Brookwood Labor School (JWJ)Labor movements, International Labor DefenseSee: Pickens, William (JWJ) See also: Scottsboro caseLabor unions, blacks andSee: American Fund for Public Service (JWJ) Randolph, Asa Philip (JWJ) League of Negro WritersSee: McKay, Claude (JWJ)Liberia, reaction to Firestone's relationship withSee: Graves, Anna Melissa (JWJ)"Lift Every Voice and Sing", by James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond JohnsonSee: Edward B. Marks Music Co. (JWJ) Scott, Emmett J. (JWJ)Lynching and anti-lynching legislationSee: Alexander, Will W. (JWJ) DuBois, William E.B. (JWJ) Hamilton, John D. (JWJ) Randolph, Richetta G. (1921-29) (JWJ) Roosevelt, Franklin D. (JWJ)
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- African American authors -- 20th Century -- Archives
African American civil rights workers
African American educators
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th Century
African Americans -- Social life and customs
American literature -- 20th Century
American poetry -- 20th Century
Authors, American -- 20th Century -- Archives
Civil Rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th Century
Civil rights workers -- United States
Diplomatic and consular service, American
Dramatists, American -- 20th Century -- Archives
Harlem Renaissance -- Archives
Lyricists -- 20th Century -- Archives
Poets -- 20th Century -- Archives
Authors
Ambrotypes (photographs)
Audiotapes
Audiovisual materials
Daguerreotypes (photographs)
Diaries
Phonograph records
Photographic prints
Scrapbooks
Tintypes (prints)
Studio portraits - Names:
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Authors' League of America
Fisk University
Harcourt Brace & Company
Institute of Pacific Relations
Julius Rosenwald Fund
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Conference of Christians and Jews
New York University
Viking Press
Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962
Brawley, Benjamin, 1882-1939
Brown, Charlotte Hawkins, 1883-1961
Brown, Sterling A., 1901-1989
Brownlee, Frederick Leslie, 1883-1962
Bryan, Henry Lewis, 1853-1934
Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964
Hope, John, 1868-1936
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
Hurston, Zora Neale, 1891-1960
Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, 1893-1956
Johnson, Grace Nail, 1885-1976
Johnson, J. Rosamond (John Rosamond), 1873-1954
Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
Jones, Thomas Elsa, 1888-1973
Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984
Knopf, Blanche W., 1894-1966
Larsen, Nella, 1891-1964
Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929
McKay, Claude, 1890-1948
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956
Moton, Robert Russa, 1867-1940
Okala, Ollie Jewell Sims, 1908-2001
Ovington, Mary White, 1865-1951
Payne, E. George (Enoch George), 1877-1953
Pickens, William, 1881-1954
Rockefeller, John D., III (John Davison), 1906-1978
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938
Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay), 1873-1957
Spencer, Anne, 1882-1975
Spingarn, Arthur B. (Arthur Barnett), 1878-1971
Spingarn, Joel Elias, 1875-1939
Tarry, Ellen, 1906-2008
Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977
Van Doren, Irita Taylor, 1891-1966
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
Wesley, Charles H. (Charles Harris), 1891-1987
White, Walter, 1893-1955
Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981 - Places:
- United States -- Race relations
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