Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973

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referencedIn Aaron Douglas papers, 1924-1939 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section
creatorOf Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. When the jack hollers; or, Careless love, a Negro folk-comedy in three acts, by Langston Hughes and Arna Bentemps. Wayne State University
creatorOf Kornweibel, Theodore. "No crystal stair: Black life and the Messenger, 1917-1928" interviews, 1970-1972. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn William Grant Still Papers, 1877-1992 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence, 1881-1981 (inclusive), 1940-1979 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Literary and scholarly manuscripts collection, [ca. 1930-1980] New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973. Arna Wendell Bontemps records, 1934-1965. John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives
creatorOf Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973. Arna Bontemps letters to William Grant Still and Verna Arvey, 1939-1947. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990. Jack Conroy papers, 1924-1991. Newberry Library
referencedIn Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Printed material, 1932-1967 and undated. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
creatorOf Douglas, Aaron. Aaron Douglas papers, 1924-1939. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Campbell, Brun. Scott Joplin collection, 1900-1951. John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives
referencedIn Judson Crews Papers TXRC94-A16., 1935-1981, (bulk 1940-1966) Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn C.L.R. James letters, 1939-1981, 1939-1946 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section
referencedIn Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965. Lorraine Hansberry papers, 1947-1988. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn The Moldenhauer Archives at Harvard University: Manuscript music compositions, 1880-1985. Houghton Library
referencedIn United Church Board for Homeland Ministries. Race Relations Dept (1943-1970). Archives. 1943-1970. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
referencedIn Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966. Papers, 1681-1966 (bulk 1900-1960) Houghton Library
creatorOf Bontemps, Arna Wendell, 1902-1973. Arna Bontemps letters to William Grant Still and Verna Arvey, 1939-1947. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Meltzer, Milton, 1915-2009. Milton Meltzer papers, 1955-1973. University of Oregon Libraries
referencedIn Ovington, Mary White, 1865-1951. Mary White Ovington papers, 1854-1948. Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs
creatorOf Crews, Judson. Papers, 1935-1981 (bulk 1940-1966). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Butcher, Philip, 1918-. Philip Butcher papers, ca.1890-1991. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Still, William Grant, 1895-1978. Papers, 1877-1992, n.d. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Langston Hughes collection, 1924-1969. Yale University Library
referencedIn Burton, Virginia Lee, 1909-1968. Virginia Lee Burton papers, ca. 1937-1962. University of Oregon Libraries
creatorOf Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973. Arna Bontemps letters, ca. 1936-1963. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Virginia Lee Burton papers, ca. 1937-1962 University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Fuller, Hoyt, 1923-1981. Hoyt Fuller papers, 1940-1981. Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library
referencedIn Langston Hughes collection, 1924-1969 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Claude McKay collection, 1853-1990, 1922-1948 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Karamu House. Karamu House records, 1914-1979. Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library
referencedIn Herbert Aptheker Papers, 1842-1999, (bulk 1934-1994) Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946. Autograph letter signed Countee Cullen to: Frances April 26, 1936. Wellesley College
referencedIn William Stanley Braithwaite Papers, 1916-1962 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Arna Bontemps Collection, 1934-1857 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Madgett, Naomi Cornelia Long. Naomi Long Madget papers, 1932-1993. John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives
creatorOf Bontemps, Arna Wendell, 1902-1973. Arna Bontemps Collection 1934-1857. Yale University Library
creatorOf Arna Bontemps Papers, 1927-1968 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Pool, Rosey E., 1905-1971. Papers, 1959-1967. Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University
referencedIn Du Bois, Shirley Graham, 1896-1977. Papers, 1865-1998 (inclusive), 1905-1975 (bulk). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973. St. Louis woman : script, 1945-1946. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Brownlee, Frederick Leslie, 1883-1962. Papers. 1883-1962. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
referencedIn Milton Meltzer papers, 1955-1973 University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973. [Pap Singleton] Kansas State Historical Society
referencedIn Dover, Cedric. Cedric Dover papers, circa 1920-1962. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
creatorOf Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962. William Stanley Braithwaite papers, 1898-1979. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Faulkner, William J. William J. Faulkner papers, 1914-1981. Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University
referencedIn Marguerite Yourcenar additional papers, 1842-1996. Houghton Library
referencedIn Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946. Papers. 1921-1979. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
referencedIn Black oral history collection, 1970-[ongoing]. John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives
referencedIn Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938. James Weldon Johnson collection, 1886-1980 (bulk 1916-1930). Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Papers of Pauli Murray, 1827-1985 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc. records, 1899-2003 (bulk 1945-1989). New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn West, Dorothy, 1909-. Papers, 1914-1985 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Smith, Edward Parmelee, 1827-1976. Papers 1818-1987. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
referencedIn Lorraine Hansberry papers, 1947-1988 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section
referencedIn Papers of Shirley Graham Du Bois, 1865-1998 (inclusive), 1905-1975 (bulk) Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973. Letter to Walter Goldwater 18 June 1963. University of Toledo, William S. Carlson Library
referencedIn Williams, Daniel Hale, 1856-1931. Daniel Hale Williams papers, 1880-1954. Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University
referencedIn Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Papers of Langston Hughes [manuscript], 1925-1982. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Lewis Fried Collection of Jack Conroy MS 414., 1931-1981 Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries
referencedIn Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc. records, 1899-2003, 1945-1989 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Richard Wright papers, 1927-1978 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Jean Wagner papers, 1945-1983 (inclusive), 1957-1963 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946. The Countee Cullen/Harold Jackman Memorial Collection. Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library
referencedIn James A. Emanuel Papers, 1922-1995, (bulk 1960-1995) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Yaddo records, 1870-1980 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Louis Decimus Rubin papers University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Langston Hughes papers, 1862-1980 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn McKay, Claude, 1890-1948. Claude McKay collection, 1853-1990 (bulk 1922-1948). Yale University Library
referencedIn Jean Burden Papers, 1931-1992 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf C.L.R. James letters, 1939-1981 (bulk 1939-1946) New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Frederick, John T. (John Towner), 1893-1975. Papers of John Towner Frederick, 1908-1975. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Nance, Ethel Ray, 1899-1992. A man most himself : typescript, 1922-1997. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Frank S. Horne papers, 1927-1974 Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
creatorOf Arna Bontemps Papers, 1951 University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections
referencedIn William Stanley Braithwaite papers, 1898-1979 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section
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associatedWith Aaron, Stephen. person
associatedWith Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 person
associatedWith Anderson, T. J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1928- person
associatedWith Aptheker, Herbert person
associatedWith Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986 person
associatedWith Arvey, Verna, 1910-1987. person
associatedWith Asch, Moses. person
associatedWith Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934- person
associatedWith Bayliss, John F. person
associatedWith Bond, Julian, 1940- person
associatedWith Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962. person
associatedWith Breman, Paul. person
associatedWith Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000 person
associatedWith Brownlee, Frederick Leslie, 1883-1962. person
associatedWith Brown, Sterling Allen, 1901-1989 person
associatedWith Burden, Jean. person
associatedWith Burroughs, Margaret Taylor, 1915-2010 person
associatedWith Burton, Virginia Lee, 1909-1968. person
associatedWith Butcher, Philip, 1918- person
correspondedWith Campbell, Brun. person
associatedWith Campbell, E. Simms (Elmer Simms), 1906-1971 person
associatedWith Cayton, Horace R. (Horace Roscoe), 1903-1970 person
associatedWith Chapman, Abraham. person
associatedWith Christian, Marcus Bruce, 1900-1976 person
associatedWith Clarke, John Henrik, 1915-1998 person
associatedWith Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990. person
associatedWith Crews, Judson person
associatedWith Crews, Judson. person
associatedWith Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946. person
associatedWith Cullen, Ida Mae Roberson. person
associatedWith Cuney, William Waring, 1906-1976 person
associatedWith Danner, Margaret. person
associatedWith Davis, Frank Marshall, 1905-1987 person
associatedWith Davis, Robert A. person
associatedWith Dawson, William L. (William Levi), 1886-1970 person
associatedWith Demby, William. person
associatedWith Dodson, Owen, 1914-1983 person
associatedWith Douglas, Aaron person
associatedWith Douglas, Aaron. person
associatedWith Dover, Cedric. person
associatedWith Dover, Cedric. person
associatedWith Du Bois, Shirley Graham, 1896-1977. person
associatedWith Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 person
associatedWith Edmonds, Randolph, 1900-1983 person
associatedWith Ellison, Ralph. person
correspondedWith Emanuel, James A. person
associatedWith Evans, Mari, 1923- person
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associatedWith Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. corporateBody
correspondedWith Faulkner, William J. person
associatedWith Fauset, Jessie Redmon. person
associatedWith Federal Writers' Project. corporateBody
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associatedWith Fisk University corporateBody
associatedWith Frederick, John T. (John Towner), 1893-1975. person
associatedWith Fried, Lewis, collector person
associatedWith Fuller, Hoyt, 1923-1981. person
correspondedWith Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966 person
associatedWith Gleason, Ralph J. person
associatedWith Goldwater, Walter. person
associatedWith Handy, W. C. (William Christopher), 1873-1958 person
associatedWith Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965. person
associatedWith Hill, Herbert, 1924-2004 person
associatedWith Hines, Carl Wendell. person
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associatedWith Howland, Frances. person
associatedWith Hudson, David. person
associatedWith Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. person
associatedWith Huntley, Leston. person
associatedWith Jackman, Harold, 1901-1961 person
associatedWith Jacobsen, Josephine. person
associatedWith James, C. L. R. (Cyril Lionel Robert), 1901-1989. person
associatedWith Joans, Ted. person
associatedWith Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, 1893-1956 person
associatedWith Johnson, Georgia Douglas, d. 1966 person
associatedWith Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938. person
associatedWith Karamu House. corporateBody
associatedWith Kay, Ulysses, 1917-1995 person
associatedWith Kornweibel, Theodore. person
associatedWith Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000 person
associatedWith Locke, Alain, 1885-1954 person
correspondedWith Madgett, Naomi Cornelia Long. person
associatedWith Major, Clarence, person
associatedWith Major, Clarence. person
associatedWith McKay, Claude, 1890-1948. person
associatedWith Meadowcroft, Enid La Monte, 1898-1966 person
associatedWith Means, Florence Crannell, 1891- person
correspondedWith Meltzer, Milton, 1915-2009. person
associatedWith Mitchell, Loften. person
associatedWith Moldenhauer, Hans person
associatedWith Moon, Bucklin, 1911- person
associatedWith Nance, Ethel Ray, 1899-1992. person
associatedWith Newsome, Effie Lee, 1885-1979 person
associatedWith Oden, Gloria. person
associatedWith Ottley, Roi, 1906-1960 person
correspondedWith Ovington, Mary White, 1865-1951. person
associatedWith Palfi, Marion, 1907-1978 person
associatedWith Pauli Murray, 1910-1985 person
associatedWith Piquion, Rene. person
associatedWith Pool, Rosey E., 1905-1971. person
associatedWith Preece, Harold, 1906- person
associatedWith Preminger, Alex. person
associatedWith Randall, Dudley, 1914-2000 person
associatedWith Reynolds, Louis B. (Louis Bernard), 1917-1983 person
associatedWith Rosenwald, Lessing J. (Lessing Julius), 1891-1979 person
associatedWith Rubin, Louis Decimus, 1923- person
associatedWith Schuyler, George S. (George Samuel), 1895-1977 person
associatedWith SHIRLEY GRAHAM DU BOIS, 1896-1977 person
associatedWith Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 person
associatedWith Singleton, Benjamin, 1809-1900. person
associatedWith Smith, Edward Parmelee, 1827-1976. person
associatedWith Still, William Grant, 1895-1978. person
associatedWith Stock, Mildred. person
associatedWith Tarry, Ellen, 1906-2008 person
associatedWith Terrell, Mary Church, 1863-1954 person
associatedWith Thompson, Era Bell. person
associatedWith Tolsin, Melvin Beaunorus. person
associatedWith Toomer, Marjorie Content. person
associatedWith Tunis, John Roberts, 1889-1975 person
associatedWith Turner, Darwin T., 1931-1991 person
associatedWith Turner, John B. person
associatedWith United Church Board for Homeland Ministries. Race Relations Dept (1943-1970) corporateBody
associatedWith Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 person
correspondedWith Wagner, Jean, 1919- person
associatedWith West, Dorothy, 1909- person
associatedWith White, Clarence Cameron, 1880-1960 person
associatedWith White, Walter Francis, 1893-1955 person
associatedWith Williams, Daniel Hale, 1856-1931. person
associatedWith Work, John W. (John Wesley), 1901-1967 person
associatedWith Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. person
associatedWith Yaddo (Artist's colony) corporateBody
associatedWith Yourcenar, Marguerite. person
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Birth 1902-10-13

Death 1973-06-04

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