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• Author/Creator:Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
  
• Title:Langston Hughes papers, 1862-1980.
  
• Physical Description:305 linear feet (673 boxes) + 1 art , 11 broadside.
  
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  • Location:BEINECKE (Non-Circulating)
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  • Call Number: JWJ MSS 26
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    
  • Library Has: Boxes 1-668, Broadside folders
    

  • Location:LSF- BEINECKE
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  • Call Number: JWJ MSS 26
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    
  • Library Has: Box 669
    

   
• Notes:Gift of Langston Hughes and bequest of the estate of Langston Hughes, ca. 1940-67.
  
• Organization:Organized into 22 series: I. Personal Correspondence. II. Professional Correspondence. III. Family Correspondence. IV. Third Party Correspondence. V. General Writings. VI. Poems. VII. Song Lyrics. VIII. Newspaper Columns. IX. Translations by Langston Hughes. X. Printed Appearances of Hughes's Writings.
  XI. Writings of Others. XII. Photographs. XIII. Public Appearances. XIV. Personal Papers. XV. Family Papers. XVI. Financial and Legal Papers. XVII. Printed Ephemera. XVIII. Clippings. XIX. Periodicals and Pamphlets Collected by Hughes. XX. Materials Removed from Printed Items. XXI. World Festival of Negro Arts [Dakar]. XXII. Graphic Materials.
  
• Access and use:This material is open for research. Boxes 639-667 and items in cold storage: Restricted fragile material. Reference surrogates have been substituted in the main files. For further information consult the appropriate curator.
• Biographical / Historical note:Langston Hughes (1902-1967), poet, columnist, and novelist.
  
• Summary:The Langston Hughes Papers contain letters, manuscripts, personal items, photographs, clippings, artworks, and objects that document the life of the well-known African-American poet.
  The first four series contain correspondence from a wide range of friends, fans, publishers, and family members. The following seven series contain a variety of writings: general writings (stories, articles, plays, book-length collections of poems); poems (individual and small groups); song lyrics; newspaper columns; translations by Hughes; printed appearances of Hughes's works, and writings by others.
  The remaining series contain items documenting Hughes's personal life: photographs tracing his travels, friendships and lectures; materials documenting his public appearances; personal papers containing passports, scrapbooks, educational records, and engagement books, among other types; a small group of Hughes family papers; financial and legal records; printed ephemera and clippings documenting Hughes's works and lectures; a group of periodicals collected by Hughes; materials removed from printed items (cataloged separately); records relating to the World Festival of Negro Arts (held in Dakar, Senegal, in 1966); and graphic materials, such as artworks and postcards.
  
• Other formats:Portions available on microfilm from Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
  
• Format:Archives or Manuscripts
• Indexes/Finding aids:Finding aid available.
  
• Cite as:Langston Hughes Papers. James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
  
• Subjects:Bonds, Margaret.
  Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973.
  Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-2000.
  Dodson, Owen, 1914-1983.
  Fauset, Jessie Redmon.
  Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
  Hurston, Zora Neale.
  Meyerowitz, Jan, 1913-1998.
  Peterson, Dorothy.
  Spingarn, Amy Einstein, 1883-1980.
  Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964.
  Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
  Karamu House.
  World Festival of Negro Arts.
  African American authors--20th century--Archives.
  American literature--20th century.
  Dramatists--20th century--Archives.
  Harlem Renaissance--Archives.
  Lyricists--20th century--Archives.
  Poets, American--20th century--Archives.
  
• Genre/Form:Diaries.
  Photograph albums.
  Photographic prints.
  Postcards.
  Posters.
  Scrapbooks.
  Studio portraits.
  
• Occupation:Authors.