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"The New Negro Poet" by May Randall, 1920s, 286 pages
Photocopy of her M.A. thesis fo the University of Chicagio
Overview of the May Randall Theses Project:
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Biographical sketch of May Randall by Ingrid N. Kelley, 2 pages
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Photograph of May Randall
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Table of Contents, 1 pages
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Biographical Index of Poets, 13 pages
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List of Poets and Their Documents, 7 pages
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Surviving correspondence received by May Randall from poets or their representatives, 1 compact disks; 700 mb
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List of Folders 201-204, 2 pages
Permissions:
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Letter from Comhill Publishing Company. Letter denying permission to reprint any poems of its authors, 24 June 1930
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Letter from M. Randall to the Editor of Palms asking forpermission to reprint "Black Madonna" by Albert Rice. Permission statement was typed a the end of letter and it was returned to M. Randall
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Letter from Elmer A. Carter, Editor, Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life, dated July 16, 1930, giving permission to use poems published in Opportunity and providing addresses for other poets
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Letter from M. Randall to Prof. N. I. White, Trinity College, Durham, NC, with Prof. White's reply handwritten on her letter and returned. M. Randall had written seeking information about reprinting rights for two poets
Research Correspondence:
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Typewritten list of poets and poetry from Caroling Dusk by Countee Cullen
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List of poems from Ebony and Topaz: A Collectanea, (Published by the Journal of Negro Life/National Urban League, 1927 and edited by Charles Johnson)
Charles Spurgeon Johnson, Editor of Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life:
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Letter dated April 19, 1928 in response to M.
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"Spring in New Hampshire" Letter dated April 23, 1928, with further information about the McKay book
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Letter informing M. Randall that he is sending Ebony and Topaz
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Jean Blackwell, Curator, Schomburg Collection at the NYC Public Library, providing information about publications by negro authors available through the Schomburg Collection, 16 December 1952
Review of May Randall Manuscript:
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Letter (undated) from Betsy Greenbaum with extended review of M. Randall's manuscript and concepts. No information on Google about Betsy Greenbaum, but her address on W. 12th St. NYC suggests connections with the Jewish intellectuals who gathered there in the 1930s
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The Board of Education of the Methodist Episcopal Church, dated July 29, 1930, letter dated July 29, 1930 from Merrill J. Holmes enclosing a carbon of a letter of recommendation he sent to Harcourt, Brace and Company for publication of M. Randall's manuscript
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Letter from Robert Morss Lovett (her academic advisor) saying he had recommended her manuscript to W.D. Howe at Scribners'
Correspondence with publisgers regarding publication of the manuscript:
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Houghton Mifflin Co., September 1930
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Scott Foresman and Company, 17 September 1930
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Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc., 22 July 1930
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The Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, 11 August 1930
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The University of North Carolina Press acknowledging receipt of manuscript, and letter dated October 25, 1929 declining publication, 2 July 1920
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The Abington Press, letter from John Langdale declining publication, 29 July 1930
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The Christopher Publishing House, 14 August 1930
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Allyn and Bacon letter from Charles E. Bacon acknowledging receipt of manuscript; letter dated July 24, 1930 from Charles Bacon, declining publication Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, Publishers, dated June 13, 1929, declining publication, 20 June 1930
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Charles Scribner's Sons, letter dated August 13, 1930 acknowledging receipt of manuscript; letter dated August 23, 1930 declining publication
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Harper and Brothers (no date). Letter to M. Randall refers to a manuscript titled "Behind the Dark Curtain," which may be an alternate publication title for her thesis