May Randall and the New Negro Poet collection, 1900-1940

Box 1 Folder 0001 Two-page letter (no date) providing addresses for other poets and information about getting permission to reprint his work

Box 1 Folder 0001 Letter (no date) gives permission for reprinting poems and comments on work

Box 1 Folder 002 Three-page letter containing permission to use poems, biographical information, and referring to five enclosed poems, two of which remain with the letter:, 28 April 1930

Box 1 Folder 003 Letter (plus envelope, 2 sides) granting permission to use poetry and offering reference for biographical data, 29 April 1930

Box 1 Folder 004 Letter (plus 1 side envelope), from Arlington Heights, MA, 7 July 1930

Box 1 Folder 004 Letter to M. Randall from John W. Luce & Company, Publishers (plus 1 side envelope) stating they had referred W.S. Braithwaite, 30 July 1930

Box 1 Folder 005 Letter from Washington DC, including two printed announcements of his publications, 28 April 1930

Box 1 Folder 006 Two-page letter (plus envelope 2 sides), permission letter, July 1930

Box 1 Folder 007 Letter from Joseph Cotter, Sr. regarding his late son's works, and mentioning that he published several volumes of poetry as well, 5 March 1928

Box 1 Folder 007 Letter from Joseph Cotter, Sr. regarding publications of his late son's that he sent to M Randall, 5 March 1928

Box 1 Folder 008 Letter (plus envelope, 1 side) in response to M Randall's request for information about poetry awards to black, 14 March 1928

Box 1 Folder 008 Poets Letter from Harper & Brothers regarding permission forms for C. Cullen's works, 22 April 1930

Box 1 Folder 008 Obituary of Countee Cullen—no date or publication, but could be from the NY Times

Box 1 Folder 009 Letter (plus envelope, 1 side) granting permission to use four of his poems and any quotations she selected, 2 May 1930

Box 1 Folder 009 Letter providing contact information for several poets, 21 June 1930

Box 1 Folder 010 Two-page undated letter from the poet following up his earlier posting of a copy of his poetry book

Box 1 Folder 010 Letter from his mother Ella Dandridge giving posthumous permission to reprint his poems (the poet died February 24, 1930), 27 April 1930

Box 1 Folder 011 Letter giving permission to reprint poetry, 29 April 1930

Box 1 Folder 012 Letter dated regarding enclosure (not included), 28 February 1928

Box 1 Folder 012 Letter dated July 8, 1930 giving permission to quote requested poems, 8 July 1930

Box 1 Folder 012 Letter listing addresses of three poets (plus envelope, one side) (all letters on The Crisis letterhead), 9 July 1930

Box 1 Folder 013 Two-page letter granting permission to use requested poems (plus envelope, 2 sides), 8 Jule 1930

Box 1 Folder 014 Note card (plus envelope, one side), granting permission to use poetry and referring to source for bio data, 2 May 1930

Box 1 Folder 015 Letter granting permission to use poetry (mentions enclosures which are missing), 24 March 1928

Box 1 Folder 015 Letter confirming accuracy of biographical sketch, 29 June 1928

Box 1 Folder 015 Letter granting permission to use poetry and including a revised version of the poem "The Steelmakers", 30 June 1930

Box 1 Folder 015 Typewritten poem, reversion of "The Steelmakers" by Leon K Harris (enclosed with letter of June 30, 1930 above)

Box 1 Folder 016 Two-page letter containing biographical information and considerable whimsy, 1 July 1928

Box 1 Folder 016 Letter from Brooklyn, NY (with envelope, one side) (typed on back of M. Randall's letter to him), 21 July 1930

Box 1 Folder 016 Letter from Brooklyn NY (with envelope, one side), 25 July 1930

Box 1 Folder 016 Short article about Walter Everett Hawkins by Prof. Robert T. Kerlin, no date, hand typed

Box 1 Folder 016 Short article about Walter Everett Hawkins by Thomas L.G. Oxley, printed in the Amsterdam News, February 15, 1928—hand typed copy

Box 1 Folder 016 Short typewritten bio—no date

Box 1 Folder 017 Letter (including envelope, one side), granting permission to use three poems and including brief biographical information with permission to use it, 9 July 1930

Box 1 Folder 018 Letter which had been enclosed with a copy of his book, Wings of Oppression, 19 March 1928

Box 1 Folder 018 Letter references enclosed bio (missing), 27 une 1928

Box 1 Folder 018 Letter to M. Randall from The Christopher Publishing House granting permission to reprint lines from "Toussaint L'Ouverture", 25 April 1930

Box 1 Folder 019 Letter giving permission to use poems (hand written note on M. Randall's request letter), 25 June 1930

Box 1 Folder 019 Edited copy of bio returned to May Randall, 17 July 1928

Box 1 Folder 020 Permission letter (with envelope, 1 side), 30 April 1930

Box 1 Folder 021 Two- page regarding poem "A Negro Speaks of Rivers", 2 April 1928

Box 1 Folder 021 Letter enclosing edited copy of his bio (probably sent to him for editing), 25 June 1928

Box 1 Folder 021 Edited bio, enclosed in letter of June 25, above

Box 1 Folder 021 Two-page permission letter (with envelope, 1 sided), 29 April 1930

Box 1 Folder 022 Letter from William F. Neil of St. Joseph, MO (with envelope, 1 side) granting permission to use "Negro Soldiers" by the late R.C. Jamison, 12 July 1930

Box 1 Folder 022 Letter from William F. Neil offering further information and comment about his friend, R.C. Jamison (with envelope, 2 sides), 19 July 1930

Box 1 Folder 023 Letter confirming and appending biographical information (including envelope, 1 side), 6 July 1928

Box 1 Folder 023 Bio included with letter dated July 6, 1928, above

Box 1 Folder 023 Letter granting permission to use poem "Old Things", 10 July 1930

Box 1 Folder 024 Letter from M. Randall to Jesse Binga seeking contact information for Fenton Johnson—letter was returned to M. Randall with contact info handwritten on it, 24 June 1930

Box 1 Folder 024 Two-page letter of permission and offering other information, 27 June 1930

Box 1 Folder 025 Two-page letter providing response to M. Randall's inquiries about poet contact information. Letter mentions Fenton Johnson, Carrie Clifford, Roscoe Jamison, Lewis Alexander, Nina Grimke, and references James Weldon Johnson and Countee Cullen., 19 March 1928

Box 1 Folder 025 Letter with edited biographical sketch enclosed, 25 June 1928

Box 1 Folder 025 Bio enclosed with letter dated June 25, 1928 above

Box 1 Folder 025 Letter granting permission to use poems, 26 April 1930

Box 1 Folder 025 Postcard (both sides), permission addendum, 26 June 1930

Box 1 Folder 025 Letter from Albert & Charles Boni, Inc., publishers, granting permission to use "The Ordeal" by G.D. Johnson, 21 July 1930

Box 1 Folder 025 Letter from Harold Vinal Ltd, Publishers granting permission to reprint lines from "An Autumn Love Cycle", 20 August 1930

Box 1 Folder 026 Two-sided letter (with envelope, 2 sides), enclosing edited biographical sketch, 19 July 1928

Box 1 Folder 026 Edited biographical sketch, 2 pages plus 2-sided postcard (possibly in M. Randall's handwriting)

Box 1 Folder 026 Letter from The Viking Press dated regarding reprinting rights, 25 April 1930

Box 1 Folder 027 Letter from Boston, MA, 26 June 1928

Box 1 Folder 027 Short bio—typewritten, edited, enclosed with letter dated June 26, 1928 above

Box 1 Folder 028 Letter (with envelope, 1 side) stating that her work would not be eligible because she is "not a negro" (she is listed among artists of the Harlem Renaissance in several places, but there is no information available about her on the web), 29 April 1930

Box 1 Folder 029 Letter responding to request from M. Randall that he review her manuscript, 26 November 1928

Box 1 Folder 030 Letter (with envelope, 1 side), giving permission to reprint poems, and including a brief bio and a hand-typed copy of a poem, 10 July 1930

Box 1 Folder 030 Bio included with letter, 10 July 1930

Box 1 Folder 030 Poem included with letter titled "Winter in St. Antoine Street (Detroit, Mich.)", 10 July 1930

Box 1 Folder 031 Envelope fragment from letter from M. Randall that followed C. McKay around Europe

Box 1 Folder 031 Letter giving permission to use poems, 2 August 1930

Box 1 Folder 031 Letter from Workers Library Publishers, NYC granting "the privilege of reprinting Claude McKay's poem that appeared in The Liberator", 22 July 1930

Box 1 Folder 032 Letter granting permission to use poems and including two poems on separate sheets, and a biographical sketch on a separate sheet, 10 May 1930

Box 1 Folder 032 Bio included with letter, 10 May 1930

Box 1 Folder 032 Poem "Desire" included with letter, 10 May 1930

Box 1 Folder 032 Poem "Remembrance' included with lettter, 10 May 1930

Box 1 Folder 032 Letter regarding contact information for magazine Black Opals, 29 June 1930

Box 1 Folder 033 Letter from Oakland, CA, 21 March 1929

Box 1 Folder 034 Letter (with envelope, 1 side) granting permission to use the poem "Prayer", 21 July 1930

Box 1 Folder 035 Letter (including envelope, 1 side), giving permission to use poems, 9 July 1930

Box 1 Folder 036 Letter (with envelope, 1 side) granting permission to reprint poetry and enclosing a new poem, 27 June 1930

Box 1 Folder 036 Poem enclosed with letter titled "Matrem Cano" (hand written), 27 June 1930

Box 1 Folder 037 Letter from Horace Liveright, Publisher, NYC granting permission to quote several poems from the book Cane, 28 April 1930

Box 1 Folder 038 Two-page letter (including envelope, 2 sides) —general letter, 8 May 1929

Box 1 Folder 038 Four-page letter (including envelope, 2 sides) —answering May Randall's questions about availability of specific books, 23 March 1928

Box 1 Folder 038 Two-page letter saying he sent several books for her use and answering other questions, 7 April 1928

Box 1 Folder 039 Letter (with envelope, 2 sides), including permission to reprint "Northboun;" a brief bio sheet, and two additional poems, 10 May 1930

Box 1 Folder 039 Bio included with letter, 10 May 1930

Box 1 Folder 039 Poem enclosed with letter titled "J'ai Peur (The Coward Speaks)", 10 May 1930

Box 1 Folder 039 Two-page poem enclosed with letter titled "Aunt Sooky Speaks", 10 May 1930