Constance Webb papers, 1918-2005, bulk 1939-2002

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Series III: Correspondence, 1940s-2005

Correspondents in this series include scholars of C. L. R. James and those concerned with his care; scholars of Richard Wright; and editors, friends and family. Much of the correspondence from the late 1990s through 2005 consists of printed copies of often quite lengthy emails. Anna Grimshaw, Lesley Himes and Hazel Rowley are among those with whom Webb corresponded most frequently. Copies of Webb's letters to many of her correspondents can also be found here. The bulk of the correspondence dates from the 1980s through the early 2003.



Box 7 Folder 1 "Agents,", 1987-2002


Box 7 Folder 2 Bates, Daisy--Regarding, 2004


Box 7 Folder 3 Boggs, Grace Lee and James, 1954, 1959, 1998, Undated, 1954, 1959, 1998, Undated


Box 7 Folder 4 Buhle, Paul, 1983-2000


Box 7 Folder 5 Dibb, Mike and Cheli Duran, 1998-2004, Undated, 1998-2004, Undated


Box 7 Folder 6 Dumain, Ralph, 2001-2003


Box 7 Folder 7 Feeney, Joan, 1979-1981, Undated, 1979-1981, Undated


Box 7 Folder 8 Geary, Ida, 1993-2001


Box 7 Folder 9 Glaberman, Martin, 1970-2001


Box 7 Folder 10 to 13 Grimshaw, Anna, 1985-2004, Undated (4 Folders), 1985-2004, Undated


Box 7 Folder 14 Hill, Robert, 1982-1989


Box 7 Folder 15 Himes, Chester, 1953-1968


Box 7 Folder 16 Himes, Chester--Regarding, 1963-2003, Undated, 1963-2003, Undated



Box 8 Folder 1 to 2 Himes, Lesley, 1993-2004, Undated (2 Folders), 1993-2004, Undated


Box 8 Folder 3 James, C. L. R., Jr., 1950s-1991


Box 8 Folder 4 James-Webb Family, 1940s-1950s


Box 8 Folder 5 Jefferson, Kris--Documentary Proposal, 2002-2003


Box 8 Folder 6 Landrigan, John--University Press of New England, 2002-2004


Box 8 Folder 7 Margolies, Claire and Edward, 1987, 2001-2005 Undated, 1987, 2001-2005, Undated


Box 8 Folder 8 to 9 Murray, Jim, 2001-2003 (2 Folders), 2001-2003


Box 8 Folder 10 Paine, Lyman and Frances, "Freddy", 1978-1986 Undated, 1978-1986, Undated



Box 9 Folder 1 Pearlstien, Edward, 1970-1986 Undated, 1970-1986, Undated


Box 9 Folder 2 Pease, Donald, 2002


Box 9 Folder 3 Phillips, Caryl, 1996-2004


Box 9 Folder 4 Ross, Lynn, 1974-1981


Box 9 Folder 5 to 6 Rowley, Hazel, 1997-2005, (2 Folders)


Box 9 Folder 7 Sallis, James, 1998-2002


Box 9 Folder 8 Schomberg Collection, 1986-1992


Box 9 Folder 9 Black Boy Special Delivery--Regarding, 1986


Box 9 Folder 10 University of Nebraska Press--Black Boy, The Nobbie Stories , 2004


Box 9 Folder 11 Warkentin, Alfred--Writing Proposals, 2001


Box 9 Folder 12 to 14 Chronological, 1940s-1970s (3 Folders), 1940s-1970s



Box 10 Folder 1 to 4 Chronological, 1980s-2000s, Undated (4 Folders), 1980s-2000s, Undated