Unless indicated otherwise, letters are from Paul Laurence Dunbar and addressed to Alice Moore, and following their marriage to Alice Moore Dunbar. Letters from Alice Moore Dunbar to Paul Laurence Dunbar are identified as "Alice to Paul." Note: original mailing envelopes are shelved separately at the end of the collection in Box 31. 380 items.
| Dayton. Autograph letter signed, 1895 April 17 | 2 p. | Box 1, F1 |
| Indianapolis. Autograph letter signed, 1895 May 23 | 4 p. | Box 1, F2 |
| Indianapolis. Autograph letter signed, 1895 May 25 | 2 p. | Box 1, F2 |
| Indianapolis. Autograph letter signed, 1895 June 6 | 2 p. | Box 1, F3 |
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Enclosure: 24-line poem titled: "A Song" |
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| Indianapolis. Autograph letter signed, 1895 June 13 | 2 p. | Box 1, F3 |
| Dayton. Autograph letter signed, 1895 June 25 | 3 p. | Box 1, F3 |
| Eagle Lake, Ind. Autograph letter signed, 1895 July 9 | 2 p. | Box 1, F4 |
| Lakeside, Ohio. Autograph letter signed, 1895 July 25 | 2 p. | Box 1, F4 |
| Dayton. Autograph letter signed, 1895 August | 2 p. | Box 1, F4 |
| Dayton. Autograph letter signed, 1895 August 14 | 3 p. | Box 1, F4 |
| Dayton. Autograph letter signed, 1895 September 21 | 1 p. | Box 1, F4 |
| Dayton. Autograph letter signed, 1895 October 12 | 2 p. | Box 1, F5 |
| Dayton. Autograph letter signed, 1895 October 28 | 2 p. | Box 1, F5 |
| Dayton. Autograph letter signed, 1895 December 29 | 4 p. | Box 1, F5 |
| Dayton. Autograph letter signed, 1896 January 27 | 2 p. | Box 1, F6 |
| Dayton. Autograph letter signed, 1896 February 16 | 8 p. | Box 1, F6 |
| Indianapolis. Autograph letter signed, 1896 March 6 | 4 p. | Box 1, F7 |
| Dayton. Autograph letter signed, 1896 March 23 | 3 p. | Box 1, F7 |
| Toledo. Autograph letter signed, 1896 April 10 | 1 p. | Box 1, F8 |
| Dayton. Autograph letter signed, 1896 April 19 | 3 p. | Box 1, F8 |
| [Dayton, Ohio]. Autograph letter signed, 1896 May 4 | 5 p. | Box 1, F8 |
| Dayton. Autograph letter signed, 1896 June 4 | 3 p. | Box 1, F9 |
| New York. Autograph letter signed, 1896 August 2 | 6 p. | Box 1, F9 |
| New York. Autograph letter signed, 1896 August 16 | 5 p. | Box 1, F9 |
| Dayton. Autograph letter signed, 1896 September 19 | 5 p. | Box 1, F10 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1896 October 15 | 3p. | Box 1, F10 |
| Steamship "UMBRIA."Autograph letter signed, 1897 February 10 | 3p. | Box 1, F11 |
| London. Autograph letter signed, 1897 February 20 | 4p. | Box 1, F11 |
| London. Autograph letter signed, 1897 March 7 | 8p. | Box 1, F12 |
| London. Autograph letter signed, [1897 March 16] | 4p. | Box 1, F12 |
| London. Autograph letter signed, 1897 March 26 | 4p. | Box 1, F13 |
| London. Autograph letter signed, [1897 March 26] | 4p. | Box 1, F13 |
| London. Autograph letter signed, 1897 April 23 | 7p. | Box 1, F14 |
| London. Autograph letter signed, 1897 May 4 | 2p. | Box 1, F14 |
| London. Autograph letter signed, 1897 May 11 | 5p. | Box 1, F14 |
| London. Autograph letter signed, 1897 May 14 | 7p. | Box 1, F14 |
| London. Autograph letter signed, 1897 May 23 | 4p. | Box 1, F14 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, 1897 June 8 | 4p. | Box 1, F15 |
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(Incomplete) |
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| London. Autograph letter signed, 1897 June 10 | 3p. | Box 1, F15 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, 1897 June 19 | 3p. | Box 1, F15 |
| London. Autograph letter signed, 1897 June 22 | 2p. | Box 1, F16 |
| London. Autograph letter signed, 1897 June 27 | 4p. | Box 1, F16 |
| [s.l.] Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, 1897 June 29 | 1p. | Box 19, F344 |
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Incomplete, p.6 only. Filed with short story "Red Heart Clover". |
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| London. Autograph letter signed, 1897 July 4 | 4p. | Box 1, F17 |
| London. Autograph letter signed, 1897 July 15 | 3p. | Box 1, F17 |
| Somerset, England. Autograph letter signed, 1897 July 20 | 4p. | Box 1, F17 |
| New York. Autograph letter signed, 1897 August 15 | 4p. | Box 1, F18 |
| New York. Autograph letter signed, 1897 August 21 | 4p. | Box 1, F18 |
| New York. Autograph letter signed, 1897 August 22 | 4p. | Box 1, F18 |
| New York. Autograph letter signed, 1897 August 29 | 4p. | Box 1, F18 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1897 September 26 | 4p. | Box 1, F18 |
| [Brooklyn]. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, 1897 October 6 | 5p. | Box 1, F19 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1897 October 7 | 4p. | Box 1, F19 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1897 October 8 | 4p. | Box 1, F19 |
| [Brooklyn]. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, 1897 October 10 | 6p. | Box 1, F20 |
| Dayton. Autograph letter signed, 1897 October 11 | 4p. | Box 1, F20 |
| Dayton. Autograph letter signed, 1897 October 15 | 5p. | Box 1, F21 |
| Brooklyn]. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, 1897 October 21 | 5p. | Box 1, F21 |
| Brooklyn]. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, 1897 October 24 | 3p. | Box 1, F22 |
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(incomplete-p. 1-3) |
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| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1897 October 24 | 5p. | Box 1, F22 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1897 October 29 | 3p. | Box 1, F23 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1897 October 29 | 3p. | Box 1, F23 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1897 October 29 | 3p. | Box 1, F23 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1897 November 2 | 3p. | Box 1, F24 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1897 November 7 | 1p. | Box 1, F24 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1897 November 9 | 2p. | Box 1, F24 |
| Brooklyn. Telegram, 1897 November 16 | 1p. | Box 1, F24 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1897 November 19 | 2p. | Box 1, F25 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1897 November 19 | 3p. | Box 1, F25 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1897 November 20 | 2p. | Box 1, F25 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1897 November 22 | 1p. | Box 1, F25 |
| [Washington, D.C.] Autograph letter signed, [1897] November 23 | 2p. | Box 1, F26 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1897 November 25 | 5p. | Box 1, F26 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1897 November 26 | 2p. | Box 1, F27 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1897 November 29 | 2p. | Box 1, F27 |
| [Washington, D.C.] Autograph letter signed, [1897 December 1] | 2p. | Box 1, F28 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1897 December 1 | 2p. | Box 1, F28 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1897 December 2 | 3p. | Box 1, F28 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1897 December 5 | 3p. | Box 1, F29 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1897 December 6 | 1p. | Box 1, F29 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1897 December 7 | 2p. | Box 1, F29 |
| [Washington, D.C.] Autograph letter signed, [1897 December 7] | 2p. | Box 1, F29 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1897 December 10 | 2p. | Box 1, F30 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1897 December 12 | 2p. | Box 1, F30 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, [1897 December 13] | 1p. | Box 1, F30 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, [1897 December 13] | 2p. | Box 1, F30 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1897 December 15 | 1p. | Box 1, F31 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1897 December 16 | 2p. | Box 1, F31 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, [1897 December 16] | 3p. | Box 1, F31 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1897 December 19 | 2p. | Box 1, F32 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, [1897 December 21] | 2p. | Box 1, F32 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, [1897 December 22] | 2p. | Box 1, F32 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, [1897 December 26] | 2p. | Box 1, F33 |
| W. Medford, Mass. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1897 December 27] | 4p. | Box 1, F33 |
| Boston. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, 1897 December 29 | 2p. | Box 1, F34 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1897 December 29 | 5p. | Box 1, F34 |
| W. Medford, Mass. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, 1897 December 31 | 9p. | Box 1, F35 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, [1897] | 1p. | Box 1, F35 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, [undated] | 3p. | Box 1, F35 |
| W. Medford, Mass. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, 1898 January 1 | 5p. | Box 2, F36 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 January 2 | 3p. | Box 2, F36 |
| [Washington, D.C.] Autograph letter signed, [1898 January 3] | 5p. | Box 2, F37 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 January 4 | 4p. | Box 2, F37 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898] January 4 | 4p. | Box 2, F37 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, 1898 January 5 | 4p. | Box 2, F38 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 January 5 | 5p. | Box 2, F38 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, 1898 January 7 | 5p. | Box 2, F39 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 January 8 | 3p. | Box 2, F39 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 January 10 | 2p. | Box 2, F40 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898] January 10 | 8p. | Box 2, F40 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 January 11 | 3p. | Box 2, F40 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 January 12 | 3p. | Box 2, F41 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 January 12] | 11p. | Box 2, F41 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 January 15] | 8p. | Box 2, F42 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 January 16 | 2p. | Box 2, F42 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 January 18 | 2p. | Box 2, F42 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 January 18 | 2p. | Box 2, F42 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 January 19 | 2p. | Box 2, F43 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 January 19] | 2p. | Box 2, F43 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 January 20 | 3p. | Box 2, F43 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 January 22 | 3p. | Box 2, F44 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898] January 22 | 4p. | Box 2, F44 |
| [s.l.] Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, 1898 January 23 | 2p. | Box 2, F44 |
| New York. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 January 23] | 7p. | Box 2, F44 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 January 24] | 4p. | Box 2, F45 |
| [Brooklyn]. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, 1898 January 26 | 4p. | Box 2, F45 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 January 26 | 4p. | Box 2, F45 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 January 28 | 3p. | Box 2, F45 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 January 29 | 3p. | Box 2, F46 |
| [Brooklyn]. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, 1898 January 29 | 6p. | Box 2, F46 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 January 31 | 5p. | Box 2, F47 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, [1898 circa January] | 4p. | Box 2, F47 |
| [Brooklyn]. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, 1898 February 1 | 3p. | Box 2, F48 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 February 2 | 5p. | Box 2, F48 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 February 3 | 3p. | Box 2, F49 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 February 3] | 4p. | Box 2, F49 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 February 4 | 4p. | Box 2, F50 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 February 4 | 4p. | Box 2, F50 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 February 5 | 2p. | Box 2, F51 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 February 8 | 3p. | Box 2, F51 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 February 8] | 4p. | Box 2, F51 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 February 9 | 3p. | Box 2, F51 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 February 9 | 3p. | Box 2, F51 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 February 15 | 2p. | Box 2, F52 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 February 15 | 3p. | Box 2, F52 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 February 16 | 3p. | Box 2, F52 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 February 16] | 8p. | Box 2, F52 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 February 17 | 2p. | Box 2, F53 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 February 18 | 3p. | Box 2, F53 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 February 19 | 2p. | Box 2, F53 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 February 19] | 3p. | Box 2, F53 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 February 20] | 3p. | Box 2, F53 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 February 21 | 3p. | Box 2, F54 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 February 21] | 4p. | Box 2, F54 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 February 22 | 4p. | Box 2, F54 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 February 23] | 4p. | Box 2, F55 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 February 24] | 2p. | Box 2, F55 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 February 25] | 2p. | Box 2, F55 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 February 25 | 2p. | Box 2, F55 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 February 27 | 1p. | Box 2, F56 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, [1898 February 27] | 5p. | Box 2, F56 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 February 27] | 6p. | Box 2, F56 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 February 28] | 3p. | Box 2, F56 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, [1898 February 28] | 3p. | Box 2, F56 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 circa February] | 3p. | Box 2, F56 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 March 1] | 4p. | Box 2, F57 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 March 1 | 2p. | Box 2, F57 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 March 2 | 1p. | Box 2, F57 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 March 9 | 4p. | Box 2, F57 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, March 11 | 2 p. | Box 2, F58 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, March 13 | 6 p. | Box 2, F58 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, 1898 March 13 | 5 p. | Box 2, F58 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 March 14] | 4 p. | Box 2, F58 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 March 14 | 3 p. | Box 2, F59 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, March 16 | 3 p. | Box 2, F59 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 March 16] | 7 p. | Box 2, F59 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 March 18 | 4 p. | Box 2, F59 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, March 18 | 2 p. | Box 2, F60 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, March 19 | 3 p. | Box 2, F60 |
| [s.l.] Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 March 19] | 4 p. | Box 2, F60 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 March 19] | 9 p. | Box 2, F60 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 March 21 | 3 p. | Box 2, F61 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 March 22] | 10 p. | Box 2, F61 |
| [s.l.] Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 March 23] | 6 p. | Box 2, F62 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 March 23 | 2 p. | Box 2, F62 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, March 24 | 5 p. | Box 2, F62 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, March 26 | 2 p. | Box 2, F63 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 March 26] | 3 p. | Box 2, F63 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter, [1898 March 27] | 3 p. | Box 2, F63 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter, [1898 March 28] | 8 p. | Box 2, F63 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 March 29] | 6 p. | Box 2, F63 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 March 30] | 1 p. | Box 2, F64 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 March 31] | 4 p. | Box 2, F64 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 April 2] | 2 p. | Box 3, F65 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 April 4] | 2 p. | Box 3, F65 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 April 6] | 4 p. | Box 3, F65 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 April 7] | 4 p. | Box 3, F66 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 April 10] | 4 p. | Box 3, F66 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 April 11] | 2 p. | Box 3, F66 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 April 12] | 2 p. | Box 3, F67 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 April 13] | 2 p. | Box 3, F67 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 April 13] | 3 p. | Box 3, F67 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 April 14] | 5 p. | Box 3, F67 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 April 14] | 1 p. | Box 3, F67 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, 1898 July 9 | 3 p. | Box 3, F68 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, August 4 | 1 p. | Box 3, F68 |
| [West Medford, Mass.] Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898] August 6 | 2 p. | Box 3, F68 |
| West Medford, Mass. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898] August 6 | 3 p. | Box 3, F68 |
| [West Medford, Mass.] Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, 1898 August 8 | 1 p. | Box 3, F68 |
| [West Medford, Mass.] Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898] August 9 | 1 p. | Box 3, F69 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 August 9 | 3 p. | Box 3, F69 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, August 10 | 2 p. | Box 3, F69 |
| [Washington, D.C.] Autograph letter signed, August 11 | 2 p. | Box 3, F70 |
| Newport, R.I. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898] August 11 | 3 p. | Box 3, F70 |
| [Washington, D.C.] Autograph letter signed, 1898 August 12 | 1 p. | Box 3, F70 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, August 12 | 2 p. | Box 3, F70 |
| Newport, R.I. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898] August 13 | 2 p. | Box 3, F70 |
| West Medford, Mass. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898] August 28 | 2 p. | Box 3, F71 |
| [West Medford, Mass.] Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898] August 30 | 3 p. | Box 3, F71 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 August 31 | 1 p. | Box 3, F71 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, September 1 | 3 p. | Box 3, F72 |
| West Medford, Mass. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898] September 1 | 3 p. | Box 3, F72 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 September 2 | 3 p. | Box 3, F72 |
| [Washington, D.C.] Autograph letter signed, [1898] September 2 | 3 p. | Box 3, F72 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 September 3 | 3 p. | Box 3, F73 |
| West Medford, Mass. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 September 3] | 3 p. | Box 3, F73 |
| Dayton. Autograph letter signed, 1898 September 5 | 2 p. | Box 3, F73 |
| [West Medford, Mass.] Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898] September 6 | 2 p. | Box 3, F74 |
| [West Medford, Mass.] Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898] September 6 | 6 p. | Box 3, F74 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 September 9 | 1 p. | Box 3, F75 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, September 10 | 3 p. | Box 3, F75 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, [1898 September 10] | 2 p. | Box 3, F75 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, 1898 September 12 | 3 p. | Box 3, F75 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, September 13 | 3 p. | Box 3, F76 |
| West Medford, Mass. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 September 13] | 4 p. | Box 3, F76 |
| West Medford, Mass. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 September 18] | 4 p. | Box 3, F77 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 September 20] | 4 p. | Box 3, F77 |
| New York. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, 1898 September 23 | 2 p. | Box 3, F77 |
| [Washington, D.C.] Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 December 5] | 3 p. | Box 3, F78 |
| New York. Autograph letter signed, [1898 December 5] | 3 p. | Box 3, F78 |
| Albany, N.Y. Autograph letter signed, 1898 [December 6] | 3 p. | Box 3, F78 |
| Toledo. Autograph letter signed, December 7 | 3 p. | Box 3, F79 |
| [s.l.] Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 December 7] | 3 p. | Box 3, F79 |
| Bowling Green, Ohio. Telegram, [1898] December 9 | Box 3, F79 | |
| Toledo. Autograph letter signed, [1898 December 9] | 3 p. | Box 3, F79 |
| Toledo. Autograph letter signed, 1898 December 10 | 1 p. | Box 3, F80 |
| Toledo. Autograph letter signed, December 10 | 2 p. | Box 3, F80 |
| Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 December 10] | 1 p. | Box 3, F80 |
| Autograph letter signed, 1898 December 11 | 4 p. | Box 3, F80 |
| Toledo. Autograph letter signed, December 12 | 2 p. | Box 3, F80 |
| Toledo. Autograph letter signed, December 14 | 2 p. | Box 3, F81 |
| Autograph letter signed, December 15 | 1 p. | Box 3, F81 |
| Granville, Ohio. Columbus, Ohio. Autograph letter signed, December 16 | 3 p. | Box 3, F81 |
| Brooklyn. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 December] | 4 p. | Box 3, F82 |
| [s.l.] Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 December] | 1 p. | Box 3, F82 |
| [s.l.] Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 December] | 3 p. | Box 3, F82 |
| [s.l.] Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898 December] | 6 p. | Box 3, F83 |
| [Washington, D.C.] Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1898] | 6 p. | Box 3, F84 |
| [s.l.] Alice to [unidentified]. Autograph letter signed, [1898] | 1 p. | Box 3, F84 |
| [s.l.] Alice to Paul. Poem, [1899 January 6] | 1 p. | Box 3, F85 |
| Moved to Box 23, F426 | ||
| West Medford, Mass. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1899 February 19] | 5 p. | Box 3, F85 |
| Tuskegee, Ala. Autograph letter signed, [1899] February 21 | 2 p. | Box 3, F85 |
| Tuskegee, Ala. Autograph letter signed, 1899 February 22 | 2 p. | Box 3, F86 |
| Nashville, Tenn. Autograph letter signed, February 24 | 1 p. | Box 3, F86 |
| West Medford, Mass. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1899 February 25] | 5 p. | Box 3, F86 |
| West Medford, Mass. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1899 February 27] | 3 p. | Box 3, F87 |
| Philadelphia. Autograph letter signed, 1899 March 3 | 2 p. | Box 3, F87 |
| Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed, [1899 March 7] | 4 p. | Box 3, F87 |
| West Medford, Mass. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, 1899 March 7 | 11 p. | Box 3, F87 |
| Lexington, Ky. Autograph letter signed, 1899 April 17 | 3 p. | Box 3, F88 |
| Chicago. Autograph letter signed, 1900 February 27 | 1 p. | Box 3, F88 |
| Harmon, Colorado. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1900 February 27] | 2 p. | Box 3, F88 |
| [Harmon, Colorado]. Alice to Paul. Autograph letter signed, [1900] February 27 | 2 p. | Box 3, F88 |
| Dayton. Autograph letter signed, 1900 October 27 | 1p. | Box 3, F88 |
| [s.l.] Alice to Paul. Autograph letter, [1901] February 26 | 4p | Box 4, F89 |
| New York. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901] March 18 | 1p. | Box 4, F90 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 1901 March 21 | 2p | Box 4, F90 |
| Washington, D.C. Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 March 21] | 4p. | Box 4, F90 |
| Washington, D.C.. Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 March 22] | 4p. | Box 4, F90 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 1901 March 22 | 1p. | Box 4, F90 |
| [Washington, D.C.] Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, March 23 | 4p. | Box 4, F91 |
| Washington, D.C. Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 March 24] | 4p. | Box 4, F91 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 March 24] | 1p. | Box 4, F91 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 1901 March 24 | 2p. | Box 4, F91 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, March 25 | 2p. | Box 4, F92 |
| [Washington, D.C.] Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901] March 25 | 2p. | Box 4, F92 |
| Washington, D.C. Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 March 26] | 3p. | Box 4, F92 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 March 26] | 3p. | Box 4, F92 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 March 27] | 1p. | Box 4, F93 |
| [Washington, D.C.] Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901] March 27 | 2p. | Box 4, F93 |
| [Washington, D.C.] Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901] March 28 | 4p. | Box 4, F93 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 March 28] | 2p. | Box 4, F93 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 1901 March 29 | 1p. | Box 4, F94 |
| [Washington, D.C.] Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901] March 29 | 4p. | Box 4, F94 |
| [Washington, D.C.] Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901] March 30 | 3p. | Box 4, F94 |
| Washington, D.C. Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 March 31] | 2p. | Box 4, F95 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 March 31] | 1p. | Box 4, F95 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 1901 March 31 | 3p. | Box 4, F95 |
| [s.l.] AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 circa March] | 1p. | Box 4, F95 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 1901 April 1 | 1p. | Box 4, F96 |
| Washington, D.C. Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 1901 April 1 | 4p. | Box 4, F96 |
| Washington, D.C. Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 April 2] | 3p. | Box 4, F96 |
| [Washington, D.C.] Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901] April 3 | 2p. | Box 4, F97 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 April 3] | 2p. | Box 4, F97 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. Autograph Card, [1901 April 3] | 1p. | Box 4, F97 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 1901 April 4 | 2p. | Box 4, F97 |
| Washington, D.C. Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 April 4] | 3p. | Box 4, F97 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 1901 April 4 | 1p. | Box 4, F97 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, April 5 | 2p. | Box 4, F98 |
| Washington, D.C. Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 April 5] | 5p. | Box 4, F98 |
| Washington, D.C. Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 April 6] | 3p. | Box 4, F99 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 April 6] | 1p. | Box 4, F99 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, April 7 | 2p. | Box 4, F99 |
| Washington, D.C. Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 April 7] | 2p. | Box 4, F99 |
| Washington, D.C. Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 April 8] | 3p. | Box 4, F100 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 April 8] | 3p. | Box 4, F100 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 April 8] | 2p. | Box 4, F100 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 April 9] | 2p. | Box 4, F101 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 April 10] | 1p. | Box 4, F101 |
| Washington, D.C. Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 1901 April 10 | 4p. | Box 4, F101 |
| Washington, D.C. Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 April 11] | 2p. | Box 4, F102 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 April 11] | 3p. | Box 4, F102 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 April 12] | 1p. | Box 4, F102 |
| Washington, D.C. Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 1901 April 12 | 4p. | Box 4, F102 |
| Washington, D.C. Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 1901 April 13 | 4p. | Box 4, F103 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 April 13] | 1p. | Box 4, F103 |
| [Washington, D.C.] Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, April 14 | 4p. | Box 4, F103 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, April 14 | 1p. | Box 4, F103 |
| [s.l.] Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 April 15] | 4p. | Box 4, F103 |
| [Washington, D.C.] Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901] April 16 | 4p. | Box 4, F104 |
| Jacksonville, Fla. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901] April 16 | 1p. | Box 4, F104 |
| Tuskegee, Ala. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 1901 April 17 | 1p. | Box 4, F104 |
| [Washington, D.C.] Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901] April 17 | 4p. | Box 4, F104 |
| [Washington, D.C.] Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 April 18] | 1p. | Box 4, F104 |
| [Washington, D.C.] Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901] April 19 | 8p. | Box 4, F105 |
| Tuskegee, Ala. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 1901 April 19 | 2p. | Box 4, F105 |
| Tuskegee, Ala. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, April 20 | 2p. | Box 4, F106 |
| Tuskegee, Ala. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, April 21 | 2p. | Box 4, F106 |
| Washington, D.C. Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 April 21] | 2p. | Box 4, F106 |
| Washington, D.C. Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 1901 April 22 | 5p. | Box 4, F107 |
| Tuskegee, Ala. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 April 22] | 3p. | Box 4, F107 |
| Tuskegee, Ala. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, April 22-23 | 2p. | Box 4, F107 |
| Washington, D.C. Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901] April 23 | 3p. | Box 4, F108 |
| [s.l.] Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 April 23] | 2p. | Box 4, F108 |
| Washington, D.C. Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 April 24] | 2p. | Box 4, F109 |
| Tuskegee, Ala. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 1901 April 24 | 1p. | Box 4, F109 |
| Tuskegee, Ala. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 April 25] | 2p. | Box 4, F109 |
| Tuskegee, Ala. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 1901 April 26 | 1p. | Box 4, F109 |
| [s.l.] AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 April] | 1p. | Box 4, F109 |
| Richmond, Va. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 1901 June 5 | 2p. | Box 4, F110 |
| West Medford. Alice to Paul. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 June 23] | 3p. | Box 4, F110 |
| New York. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 June 26] | 2p. | Box 4, F110 |
| New York. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1901 June 30] | 2p. | Box 4, F110 |
| Charleston, S.C. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 1902 January 13 | 1p. | Box 4, F111 |
| Charleston, S.C. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, January 15 | 1p. | Box 4, F111 |
| Charleston, S.C. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, January 16 | 1p. | Box 4, F111 |
| Charleston, S.C. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, January 17 | 2p. | Box 4, F111 |
| New York. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1902 January 30] | 1p. | Box 4, F111 |
| New York. Telegram, 1902 April 2 | Box 4, F112 | |
| Chicago. Dictated to Paul's private secretary to Alice. Typed Letter, July 21 | 1p. | Box 4, F112 |
| New York. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, November 19 | 2p. | Box 4, F112 |
| Chicago. Telegram, 1903 January 20 | Box 4, F113 | |
| Chicago. Telegram, January 21 | Box 4, F113 | |
| Boston. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1903] May 7 | 2p. | Box 4, F113 |
| Boston. Telegram, 1903 May 7 | Box 4, F113 | |
| Baltimore. Telegram, May 21 | Box 4, F113 | |
| Baltimore. Telegram, May 21 | Box 4, F113 | |
| Chicago. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, June 14 | 1p. | Box 4, F113 |
| Dayton. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [1904 February 27] | 1p. | Box 4, F114 |
| Dayton. Typed Letter, 1904 March 21 | 1p. | Box 4, F114 |
| Dayton. Typed Letter, 1904 April 2 | 1p. | Box 4, F114 |
| Paul's secretary to Alice. Typed Letter, August 25 | 1p. | Box 4, F114 |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar to Alice Dunbar-Nelson AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [undated] | 1p. | Box 4, F115 |
| Alice Dunbar-Nelson to Paul Laurence Dunbar AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [undated] | p. 2-16 | Box 4, F115 |
| Alice Dunbar-Nelson to Paul Laurence Dunbar AUTOGRAPH LETTER, [n.y.] December 23 | 2p. | Box 4, F116 |
| Alice Dunbar-Nelson to Paul Laurence Dunbar AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [undated] | p.4-9 | Box 4, F116 |
| Alice Dunbar-Nelson to Paul Laurence Dunbar Autograph Letter, [undated] | p.4-6 | Box 4, F116 |
| Alice Dunbar-Nelson to Paul Laurence Dunbar AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [undated] | p.6-7 | Box 4, F117 |
| Alice Dunbar-Nelson to Paul Laurence Dunbar "Wednesday night." AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [undated] | 4p | Box 4, F117 |
| Alice Dunbar-Nelson to Paul Laurence Dunbar "In school 12:50 Tuesday." AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [undated] | 4p. | Box 4, F117 |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar to Alice Dunbar-Nelson "Sweetheart girlie." AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, [undated] | 1p | Box 4, F117 |
Consists primarily of Alice Dunbar-Nelson's incoming literary, professional, business, and personal correspondence. Correspondence is arranged chronologically and generally directed to Alice Dunbar-Nelson. Occasional outgoing letters from Alice Dunbar-Nelson are present; also present are occasional incoming letters directed to Paul Laurence Dunbar and various family members.
Personal and professional correspondents include Roger Baldwin, A. S. Barnes & Co., A.D. Bayard, Sallie Brown, Vera Caspary, Will Marion Cook, Lane Cooper (Cornell University), Alice Davis, J.H. Finley, Major C.A. Fleetwood, R.A. Gairy, Jessie K. Lane, Victoria Earle Mathews, Walter Page (Doubleday Page & Co.), Bliss Perry (Atlantic Monthly), Paul R. Reynolds (literary agent for Alice Dunbar-Nelson), Samuel Roach, Emmett J. Scott, Arthur B. Spingarn, Cynthia M. St. John, Thomas Wallace Swan (Ebony), and Lida Keck Wiggins.
Also included is correspondence relating to Dunbar-Nelson's work with political and public service organizations and groups such as the Circle for Negro War Relief, Woman's Committee for the Council for National Defense, NAACP, American Interracial Peace Committee, American Friends Service Committee, the Republican Committee for Colored Voters of Pennsylvania, publishers and newspapers, and a variety of schools and educational organizations.
Family correspondents include Matilda Dunbar (mother of Paul Laurence Dunbar), Leila Young, and Ramona Lewis, (Alice Dunbar-Nelson's niece). 683 items.
Following is an index to selected correspondence in this series:
1902 May 17 TLS from Booker T. Washington, 1 p.
July 26 TLS from Booker T. Washington, 1 p.
Sept. 2 TLS from Booker T. Washington, 1 p.
1905 April 17 TLS from William Stanley Braithwaite, 1 p.
May 20 TLS from Booker T. Washington, 1 p.
1909 Nov. 7 ALS from Theodore Dreiser, 2 pp.
1921 Sept. 22 TLS from James Weldon Johnson, 1 p.
1927 May 19 TLS from Countee Cullen, 1 p.
1928 Oct. 9 TLS from Wallace Thurman, 1 p.
[ca. 1929] Aug 27 ANS from Scott Nearing, 1 p.
1930 Apr. 5 TLS from George S. Schuyler, 1 p.
May 22 TLS from George S. Schuyler, 1 p.
1931: Nov. 12 TNS from W. E. B. DuBois, 1 p.
| 1897-1900 | Box 5, F118 |
| 1901 March-August | Box 5, F119 |
| 1901 September-December | Box 5, F120 |
| 1902 January-March | Box 5, F121 |
| 1902 April-May | Box 5, F122 |
| 1902 July-August | Box 5, F123 |
| 1902 September- undated | Box 5, F124 |
| 1903 | Box 5, F125 |
| 1904 | Box 5, F126 |
| 1905 January-May | Box 5, F127 |
| 1906 February 10-13 | Box 5, F128 |
| 1906 February 14-21 | Box 5, F129 |
| 1906 February 22-28 | Box 5, F130 |
| 1906 March 1-12 | Box 5, F131 |
| 1906 March 13-29 | Box 5, F132 |
| 1906 April-June | Box 5, F133 |
| 1906 August | Box 5, F134 |
| 1906 September -[?] | Box 5, F135 |
| 1907 January-April | Box 5, F136 |
| 1907 May-December | Box 5, F137 |
| 1908 January-June | Box 5, F138 |
| 1908 July-November | Box 5, F139 |
| 1909 January-September | Box 5, F140 |
| 1909 October-December | Box 5, F141 |
| 1910 | Box 6, F142 |
| 1911 April-August | Box 6, F143 |
| 1911 September-December | Box 6, F144 |
| 1912 | Box 6, F145 |
| 1915 | Box 6, F146 |
| 1917 | Box 6, F147 |
| 1918 January 5-18 | Box 6, F148 |
| 1918 January 24- undated | Box 6, F149 |
| 1918 February | Box 6, F150 |
| 1918 March | Box 6, F151 |
| 1918 April-May | Box 6, F152 |
| 1918 June 1-10 | Box 6, F153 |
| 1918 June 11-24 | Box 6, F154 |
| 1918 July-August 21 | Box 6, F155 |
| 1918 August 24-? | Box 6, F156 |
| 1918 September 2 | Box 6, F157 |
| 1918 September 3-17 | Box 6, F158 |
| 1918 September 18-? | Box 6, F159 |
| 1918 October-undated | Box 6, F160 |
| 1919-1924 | Box 6, F161 |
| 1927-1928 | Box 6, F162 |
| 1929 February-July | Box 6, F163 |
| 1929 August-undated | Box 6, F164 |
| 1930 January-May | Box 6, F165 |
| 1930 October-December | Box 6, F166 |
| 1931 January- February | Box 7, F167 |
| 1931 March 2-10 | Box 7, F168 |
| 1931 March 17-31 | Box 7, F169 |
| 1931 April 1-21 | Box 7, F170 |
| 1931 April 22-30 | Box 7, F171 |
| 1931 May 1-11 | Box 7, F172 |
| 1931 May 13-30 | Box 7, F173 |
| 1931 June- August | Box 7, F174 |
| 1931 September- November | Box 7, F175 |
| 1931 December 8-c.a. | Box 7, F176 |
| 1931 December 1-6 | Box 7, F177 |
| 1932 | Box 7, F178 |
| 1933 March-June | Box 7, F179 |
| 1933 July-August | Box 7, F180 |
| 1933 September-November | Box 7, F181 |
| 1934 February-May | Box 7, F182 |
| 1934 June- September | Box 7, F183 |
| 1934 October 1-17 | Box 7, F184 |
| 1934 October 18-? | Box 7, F185 |
| 1934 November | Box 7, F186 |
| 1935-1942 | Box 7, F187 |
| undated | Box 7, F188 |
| undated | Box 7, F189 |
Consists of an extensive file of letters (1907-1911) from Edwina Kruse, founding principal of Howard High School in Wilmington, Delaware, and a close friend of Alice Dunbar-Nelson. Kruse wrote Dunbar-Nelson almost daily during the period 1907-1911 concerning her social and professional activities, family matters, and current events. Dunbar-Nelson's unpublished novel, This Lofty Oak(See Ser. II.1.c) is based on the life of Edwina Kruse.
| 1907 October 20-31 | Box 8, F190 | |
| 1907 October 9-19 | Box 8, F191 | |
| 1907 October 1-8 | Box 8, F192 | |
| 1907 November 1-6 | Box 8, F193 | |
| 1907 November 7-14 | Box 8, F194 | |
| 1907 November 15-30 | Box 8, F195 | |
| 1907 December 1-10 | Box 8, F196 | |
| 1907 December 11-18 | Box 8, F197 | |
| 1908 January 1-16 | Box 8, F198 | |
| 1908 January 17-31 | Box 8, F199 | |
| 1908 February 1-18 | Box 8, F200 | |
| 1908 February 19-29 | Box 8, F201 | |
| 1908 March 1-13 | Box 8, F202 | |
| 1908 March 14-31 | Box 8, F203 | |
| 1908 April 1-19 | Box 8, F204 | |
| 1908 April 20-30 | Box 8, F205 | |
| 1908 May 17-June 11 | Box 9, F206 | |
| 1908 May 2-May 16 | Box 9, F206b | |
| 1909 July 17-July 31 | Box 9, F207 | |
| 1908 July 1-July 15 | Box 9, F207b | |
| 1910 July | Box 9, F208 | |
| 1910 August-September | Box 9, F209 | |
| 1911 July | Box 9, F210 | |
| undated | Box 9, F211 | |
| 1897 November-1898 August | Box 9, F212 | |
Consists of a small group of miscellaneous letters to Paul Laurence Dunbar. Correspondents include his mother, Matilda Dunbar; his sister, Lillie Dunbar; P. Moore (Alice Dunbar-Nelson's mother); and Leila Moore. Of particular interest is a letter from Richard P. Hallowell (Buffalo, NY, 1900: January 9) which describes in detail the recruitment of blacks for the Union Army during the Civil War.
| 1898 September-1901 November | Box 9, F213 | |
Consists primarily of incoming letters from various newspaper editors with whom Nelson corresponded as editor of The Washington Eagle. The majority of the letters respond to Nelson's efforts to sell Alice Dunbar-Nelson's syndicated column to other papers. Also present are seven letters from Alice Dunbar-Nelson, and a typed obituary and card noting the death of Robert J. Nelson in February 1949.
| undated | Box 9, F214 | |
Alice Dunbar-Nelson maintained an extensive daily diary from for much of her adult life and surviving examples are contained in the Alice Dunbar-Nelson Papers. A single diary has survived for the period 1906: [circa February]-1907: [March 20]; however, eight separate diaries exist for the period July 30-December 31, 1921, and November 8, 1926-December 30, 1931. All of the diaries are in extremely fragile condition and have generally been disbound and enclosed in folders. In addition, the diary for the period 1931: January 3 - December 30 has been cased and is shelved separately at the end of the papers. Clippings, posters, flyers, announcements, and other ephemeral material formerly laid into individual diaries are foldered separately and filed after the appropriate individual diary. Diaries are arranged in chronological order and each has been assigned an arbitrary diary number. Following is a description of the individual diary folder contents.
| Diary No. 1. Bound diary, 1906: [circa February] - 1907: [March 20]. | 72 leaves | Box 10, F215 |
| Diary No. 2, [1921: July 30] - August 30 | 24 leaves | Box 10, F216 |
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11 enclosures, 11 separate clippings. |
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| Diary No. 2, 1921: September 1 - October 1 | 44 leaves | Box 10, F217 |
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10 enclosures, 10 separate clippings. |
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| Diary No. 2, 1921: [October 2] - October 30. | 49 leaves | Box 10, F218 |
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19 enclosures, 31 separate clippings. |
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| Diary No. 2, 1921: November 1 - December 4 | 48 leaves | Box 10, F219 |
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9 enclosures, 7 separate clippings. |
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| Diary No. 2, 1921: December 5 - December 31 | 36 leaves | Box 10, F220 |
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4 enclosures |
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| Diary No. 3, 1922: July 10 - August 16 | 26 leaves | Box 11, F221 |
| Diary No. 4, 1926: November 8 - December 31 | 29 leaves | Box 11, F222 |
| Diary No. 5, 1927: January 1 - August 20 | Box 11, F223a | |
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153 leaves, 14 enclosures, 13 separate clippings |
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| Diary No. 5, 1927: August 20 - December 25 | Box 11, F223b | |
| Diary No. 5, 1927: oversize material | Box 11, F223c | |
| Diary No. 6, 1928: January 1 - May 5 | Box 11, F224a | |
| Diary No. 6, 1928: May 5 - August 12 | Box 11, F224b | |
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218 leaves, 13 enclosures, 8 separate clippings |
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| Diary No. 6, 1928: August 13 - November 10 | Box 11, F224c | |
| Diary No. 6, 1928: November 26 - December 30 and oversize material | Box 11, F224d | |
| Diary No. 7, 1929: January 2 - May 25 | Box 11, F225a | |
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166 leaves, 2 enclosures. |
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| Diary No. 7, 1929: June 17 - October 25 | Box 11, F225b | |
| Diary No. 7, 1929: oversize material | Box 11, F225c | |
| Diary No. 8, 1930: January 1 - April 30 | Box 11, F226a | |
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205 leaves, 4 enclosures, 3 separate clippings. |
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| Diary No. 8, 1930: May 1 - September 1 | Box 11, F226b | |
| Diary No. 8, 1930: September 2 - December 31 and oversize material | Box 11, F226c | |
| Diary No. 9, 1931: January 3 - December 30. | 221 leaves, 18 enclosures. | Box 11, Unfoldered |
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Unfoldered. Housed in a phase box and shelved separately next to Box 11. |
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| Diary No. 9 Additional diary pages and ephemeral material which were laid in Dunbar-Nelson's 1931 diary | Box 11, F227 | |
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Removed to oversize section. |
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| Diary No. 9 Undated diary entries and ephemera, 1895-1942 | 19 leaves, 16 separate clippings. | Box 11, F228 |
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Consists of three small diaries compiled by Mary Leila Moore Young, Alice Dunbar-Nelson's sister. 3 items.
| Diaries of Mary Leila Moore Young, 1895: October 9 - 1896: March 26 | Box 11, F229 |
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Diary entries have been compiled into a small booklet with the printed title Harvard Hand-book. Vol VI. |
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| Diaries of Mary Leila Moore Young, 1895: October 19 - 1898: December 29. | Box 11, F229 |
| Diaries of Mary Leila Moore Young, 1901: January 1 - 1908: September. | Box 11, F229 |
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The bulk of the diary entries are for the full year 1901. Pages toward the end consist largely of financial accounts spanning 1902: January 4 - 1908: September. |
Consists of eight scrapbooks described individually below. 8 items
| Scrapbook No. 1, [circa 1890-1934], bulking 1896-1898 | Box 12, F230-F232 |
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Scrapbook of clippings from a variety of newspapers, family memorabilia, and miscellaneous material compiled by Alice Dunbar-Nelson's sister, Mary Leila Moore Young, whose signature appears on the front endpaper. Included in the scrapbook are several letters and telegrams from Alice Dunbar-Nelson to Leila Young and other family members. Note: Material in these folders consists of photocopies of the original scrapbook. Original is in extremely fragile condition and shelved separately. The original may be consulted only with the approval of a librarian. |
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| Scrapbook No. 2, [1895] | Box 12, F233 |
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Violets and Other Tales. Bound scrapbook containing newspaper clippings of reviews and articles relating to Alice Dunbar-Nelson's first book, Violets and Other Tales (Boston: Monthly Review, 1895). 16 leaves, including 2 extra leaves stapled in |
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| Scrapbook No. 3, 1915 | Box 12, F234 |
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Women's suffrage scrapbook. Bound scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, most of which relate to the women's suffrage campaign, primarily in Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic region, in which Alice Dunbar-Nelson was active. Inside front cover contains the autograph note: "July 12 - November 3, 1915. Some Records, not all of `An Interesting Campaign.'" Photograph of Alice Dunbar-Nelson and "Votes for Women" stamp pasted onto the front cover. |
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| Scrapbook No. 4, 1926 | Box 13, F235 |
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"From a Woman's Point of View/Une femme dit." Pittsburgh Courier, January 2, 1926 - September 18, 1926. Alice Dunbar-Nelson wrote a column for the Pittsburgh Courier which was initially titled "From a Woman`s Point of View" and, later, "Une femme dit." This scrapbook consists of mounted clippings for these columns from the above period. |
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| Scrapbook No. 5, 1927 | Box 13, F236 |
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Bound notebook containing newspaper clippings of Alice Dunbar-Nelson's column "As in a Looking Glass," and other writings from The Washington Eagle for the period 1927: July 15 - October 28. |
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| Scrapbook No. 6, 1927-1928 | Box 13, F237 |
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Bound notebook containing newspaper clippings of examples of Alice Dunbar-Nelson's columns, including "As in a Looking Glass," "Little Excursions," and other writing, for the period 1927: October 28 - 1928: January 13. |
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| Scrapbook No. 7, 1927-1929 | Box 13, F238-239 |
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"As in a Looking Glass." The Washington Eagle, February 3, 1928 - August 30, 1929. Alice Dunbar-Nelson wrote a column for The Washington Eagle titled "As in a Looking Glass." This scrapbook consists primarily of mounted clippings and mimeographed transcripts of these |
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| Scrapbook No. 8, 1929 | Box 13, F240 |
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Bound notebook containing newspaper clippings of Alice Dunbar-Nelson's columns "As in a Looking Glass," and other articles written during the period 1929: September 6 - December 7 |
Consists of a bound datebook and three bound volumes containing Alice Dunbar-Nelson's detailed records of books she has read. Record books are unfoldered and shelved separately next to Box 13. 4 items.
| No. 1. Bound commercial datebook with the printed title The Charles Dickens Birthday Book. , 1897 | PDF of record book |
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Bears the autograph signature "Alice Ruth Moore New York 1897" on the verso of the title page. Contains names and birthdates of various individuals. Also includes several loose pages with names and dates laid in. |
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| No. 2. Bound record book with the printed title Books I Have Read (NY: Dodd, Mead, 1905), 1906, June | PDF of record book |
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Containing Alice Dunbar-Nelson's autograph listing of and index to books she has read. The book bears her autograph signature and is dated "June, 1906." |
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| No. 3. Bound commercial blank-book containing Alice Dunbar-Nelson's record of books she read during the period 1916: July 29 - 1931: March 4, 1916: July 29 - 1931: March 4. | PDF of record book |
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Includes an author index. Also contains several pages detailing Alice Dunbar-Nelson's daily calendar over several periods. The signature "Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar-Nelson, 96 French Street, Wlimington, Delaware" appears on the front endpaper. |
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| No. 4. Bound commercial blank-book containing Alice Dunbar-Nelson's record of books she has read for the period 1932: March 12 - October 25, 1932: March 12 - October 25. | PDF of record book |
Consists of the manuscripts of Alice Dunbar-Nelson organized by genre and arranged alphabetically by title within each genre, with the exception of her novels which are arranged chronologically. Also included with this series is a small group of manuscripts by other authors.
Consists of autograph and typescript drafts of Alice Dunbar-Nelson's novels. 7 items.
| [Untitled]. Autograph manuscript and type script, [undated] | 78 p. | Box 14, F241 |
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paginated irregularly, 4-87. Appears to be the original draft of this short novel written in the form of a diary |
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| The Confessions of a Lazy Woman Type script, 1903 | circa 107 p. | Box 14, F242 |
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Accompanied by Alice Dunbar-Nelson's typed cover note dated 1903: November 14 |
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| [Untitled], [undated] | Box 14, F243 | |
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Autograph draft containing numerous corrections, accompanied by 2 pp. of autograph notes. |
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| A Modern Undine Type script [carbon] and type script, [undated] | 88 p | Box 14, F244 |
| This Lofty Oak Type script, [circa 1932] | 334 p. | Box 14, F245-247 |
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paging is irregular. Early draft of the novel with extensive autograph and typed corrections. Includes Alice Dunbar-Nelson's notes and structural outline of the novel. This draft also includes an additional title page bearing an alternate title, Frederika: The Story of a Life. The novel is based on the life and career of Edwina Kruse, the founding principal of Howard High School in Wilmington, Delaware, and a close friend of Alice Dunbar-Nelson, whose letters are housed in Series I.3. |
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| This Lofty Oak Type script, [undated]. | 571p. | Box 15, F248-255 |
| This Lofty Oak Type script [carbon],, [undated]. | 571p. | Box 16, F256-259 |
Consists of manuscripts of Alice Dunbar-Nelson's short stories. Arranged alphabetically by title. circa 100 items.
| As Told Over a Typewriter Autograph manuscript, signed, [undated] | 12p. | Box 17, F260 |
| At Mandeville Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 10p. | Box 17, F261 |
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Type script, 10 p. With autograph corrections. Signed "Monroe Wright," a probable pseudonym of Alice Dunbar-Nelson. Accompanied by Type script fragment, 2 p. Also accompanied by Autograph manuscript fragment, 7 p. |
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| The Ball Dress Type script [mimeo], 1900: January 9. | 5 p | Box 17, F262 |
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, With autograph corrections |
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| The Ball Dress Autograph manuscript, [circa 1900] | 10 p | Box 17, F263 |
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With autograph corrections |
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| The Basket of Roses Autograph manuscript, [n.y.]: July 31. | 5p. | Box 17, F264 |
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With autograph corrections. Signed "A.D. July 31". |
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| Beulah Lulu Type script, 1897: October 14. | 5p. | Box 17, F265 |
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With autograph corrections. Unsigned and unattributed |
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| The Bicycle Race Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 7 p | Box 17, F266 |
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Signed "Monroe Wright," a probable pseudonym of Alice Dunbar-Nelson. |
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| The Bottle Man. Type script, 1897: July 15. | 4 p. | Box 17, F267 |
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With autograph corrections. Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| By Paths in the Quaker City, [undated] | 2p. | Box 17, F268 |
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Typed signature of "Al Dane," a known pseudonym of Alice Dunbar-Nelson. |
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| By Paths in the Quaker City Type script [carbon], [undated] | 2p. | Box 17, F269 |
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Type script [carbon] With autograph corrections. Typed signature of "Al Dane," a known pseudonym of Alice Dunbar-Nelson. |
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| By Paths in the Quaker City Type script [carbon], [undated] | 2p. | Box 17, F270 |
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With autograph corrections. Typed signature of "Al Dane," a known pseudonym of Alice Dunbar-Nelson. |
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| The Carcarasco Seed. Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 2 p. | Box 17, F271 |
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With autograph corrections. Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| The Child is Father to the Man. Type script, [undated] | 15 p | Box 17, F272 |
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With autograph corrections. Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| Cupid and the Phonograph. Type script, [undated] | 13 p | Box 17, F273 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. |
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| The Decision. Type script, [undated] | 6 p | Box 17, F274 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. |
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| The Delegate from Adamsboro Type script, [undated] | 17 p | Box 17, F275 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. Accompanied by Autograph manuscript fragment. 4 p. |
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| Dewey. Autograph manuscript, 1900: January 11. | 5p. | Box 17, F276 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| Dewey. Autograph manuscript, circa 1900 | 10 p. | Box 17, F277 |
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Type script [mimeo], With autograph corrections. |
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| Dexter, 1934 | 14 p. | Box 17, F278 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. |
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| Dexter Makes His Debut Type script [carbon], [undated] | 7 p. | Box 17, F279 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| Dexter's Debut Type script, [undated] | 8 p. | Box 17, F280 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. Accompanied by Autograph manuscript fragment, 1 p. |
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| The Downfall of Abe Powers. Type script [mimeo], [undated] | 10 p. | Box 17, F281 |
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With autograph corrections. Accompanied by Autograph manuscript fragment, 7 p. |
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| The Drum in the Forest Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 4 p. | Box 17, F282 |
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Accompanied by a typescript (3 pp.) memorandum pertaining to plans for a collection of African Folk-lore, in which this story was to be included under the title "The Alo Man." |
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| Edouard. Autograph manuscript,, [undated] | 6 p. | Box 17, F283 |
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With autograph corrections. Accompanied by two Autograph manuscript fragments, 1 p. each, and one Type script fragment, 1 p. |
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| Elisabeth. Type script, [undated] | 12 p. | Box 17, F284 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| Ellen Fenton Type script [mimeo], [undated] | 19 p. | Box 17, F285 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. |
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| Ellen Fenton Type script, [undated] | 19 p. | Box 17, F286 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. Accompanied by Autograph manuscript fragment, 5 p. |
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| Esteve, the Soldier Boy. Autograph manuscript, [circa 1900]: March 5-6. | 5 p. | Box 17, F287 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| A False Premise. Type script [carbon], [undated] | 22 p. | Box 17, F288 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| The Fate of a Coquette. Autograph manuscript, 1899: January 14. | 5 p. | Box 17, F289 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| The Fate of a Coquette. Type script [mimeo], [circa 1899]. | 12 p. | Box 17, F290 |
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With autograph corrections |
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| Finish of Patsy Barnes. Type script, [undated] | 4 p. | Box 17, F291 |
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Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| A Foreordained Affair. Type script, [undated] | 12 p. | Box 17, F292 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. Accompanied by Autograph manuscript fragment, 4 p. |
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| Four No Trumps. Type script, [undated] | 4 p. | Box 17, F293 |
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With autograph corrections. Accompanied by Type script fragment, 2 p. |
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| Four No Trumps. (untitled) Type script, [undated] | 4 p. | Box 17, F294 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| Frances' Party Dress Type script, [undated] | 7 p. | Box 17, F295 |
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Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| A Frenchtown Interlude. Type script, [undated] | 18 p. | Box 17, F296 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections and affixed insertions. |
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| A Frenchtown Interlude. Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 11 p. | Box 17, F297 |
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With autograph corrections. Accompanied by Autograph manuscript fragment, 4 p. |
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| Ye Game and Playe of Chesse, Being One of a Number of Strange Happenings at Hamilton on-the-Bay. Type script, [undated] | 10 p. | Box 18, F298 |
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With autograph corrections. Signed "Monroe Wright," a probable pseudonym of Alice Dunbar-Nelson. |
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| George Brenton: Artist Type script, [undated] | 15 p. | Box 18, F299 |
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With autograph corrections |
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| The Gods Save Hadley. Type script, [undated] | 5 p. | Box 18, F300 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| The Heathen. Type script [carbon], [undated] | 9 p. | Box 18, F301 |
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Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| Helma. Autograph manuscript, 1899: October 27 | 13 p. | Box 18, F302 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| Her First Love Letter. Type script, [undated] | 4 p. | Box 18, F303 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. |
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| Her First Love Letter. Type script, [undated] | 4 p. | Box 18, F304 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. |
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| Hilma. Type script, circa 1899 | 25 p. | Box 18, F305 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. |
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| His Great Career. Type script, [undated] | 4 p. | Box 18, F306 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| His Great Career. Type script, [undated] | 4 p. | Box 18, F307 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| His Hearts Desire. Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 5 p. | Box 18, F308 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| His Hearts Desire. Type script [carbon], [undated] | 7 p. | Box 18, F309 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| His Hearts Desire. Type script, [undated] | 9 p. | Box 18, F310 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| Hope Deferred. Type script, [undated] | 10 p. | Box 18, F311 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. |
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| How the Gods Saved Hadley. Type script, [undated] | 7 p. | Box 18, F312 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. |
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| In the American Legation. Type script, [undated] | 9 p. | Box 18, F313 |
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With autograph corrections. Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| In the American Legation. Type script, [undated] | 10 p. | Box 18, F314 |
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With autograph corrections. Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| In the American Legation. Type script, [undated] | 10 p. | Box 18, F315 |
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With autograph corrections. Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| In the Foot-hills. Type script, [undated] | 8 p. | Box 18, F316 |
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With autograph corrections |
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| In the Hills Type script, [undated] | 6 p. | Box 18, F317 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. |
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| Leslie, the Choir Boy Type script [mimeo], [undated] | 10 p. | Box 18, F318 |
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With autograph corrections. Accompanied by autograph fragment, 4 p. |
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| A Literary Woman. Type script [mimeo], [undated] | 20 p. | Box 18, F319 |
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With autograph corrections. Accompanied by autograph fragment, 6 p. |
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| A Literary Woman. Type script [carbon], [undated] | 22 p. | Box 18, F320 |
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With autograph corrections. Accompanied by autograph fragment, 1 p. |
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| The Little Fir Tree Finds His Work. Type script, [undated] | 8 p. | Box 18, F321 |
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With autograph corrections |
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| A Little Mother. Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 3 p. | Box 18, F322 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| A Little Mother. Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 3 p. | Box 18, F323 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| The Long Beach. Type script, [undated] | 8 p. | Box 18, F324 |
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With autograph corrections. Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| The Mayoralty Election. Type script, [undated] | 17 p. | Box 18, F325 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. |
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| The Mayoralty Election. Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 17 p. | Box 18, F326 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| The Missing Copy Autograph manuscript, [n.y.]: July 12 | 6 p | Box 18, F327 |
| Miss Tillman's Protege (untitled). Autograph manuscript, 1899: January 12 | 5 p. | Box 18, F328 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| Miss Tillman's Protégé Type script [mimeo], circa 1899 | 9 p. | Box 18, F329 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| Mrs. Newlywed and Her Servants. Type script, circa 1900 | 6 p. | Box 18, F330 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. |
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| Natalie. Type script, [undated] | 17 p. | Box 19, F331 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| No Sacrifice Type script [carbon], circa 1928-31 | 27 p. | Box 19, F332 |
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With autograph corrections. Accompanied by Type script fragment, 1 p. |
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| No Sacrifice Type script, circa 1928-31 | 28 p. | Box 19, F333 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| On the Bayou Bridge Type script, [undated] | 8 p. | Box 19, F334 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| One Gallon of Cream. Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 7 p. | Box 19, F335 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| Our Appointment Type script, [undated] | 10 p. | Box 19, F336 |
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With autograph corrections. Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| Our Appointment Type script, [undated] | 10 p. | Box 19, F337 |
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Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| Our Appointment Type script [carbon], [undated] | 10 p. | Box 19, F338 |
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Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| The Passing of Mr. Wm. Montmorency Briggs Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 4 p. | Box 19, F339 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| The Passing of Mr. Wm. Montmorency Briggs Type script [mimeo], [undated] | 8 p. | Box 19, F340 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| The Pearl in The Oyster. Autograph manuscript, 1900 [?]: July 21 | 17 p. | Box 19, F341 |
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With autograph corrections. Accompanied by tear-sheets from The Southern Workman, in which the story appeared. |
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| The Pink Pitcher. Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 15 p. | Box 19, F342 |
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Signed. |
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| The Pink Pitcher. Type script, [undated] | 8 p. | Box 19, F343 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. |
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| Red Heart Clover, [1897: June 29] | 8 p. | Box 19, F344 |
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autograph fragment, Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| [The Revenge of James Brown] Autograph manuscript, [circa 1929]. | 5 p. | Box 19, F345 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| The Revenge of James Brown. Type script [carbon], [circa 1929]. | 10 p. | Box 19, F346 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. |
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| The Revenge of James Brown, 1895-1942 | 4 p. | Box 19, F347 |
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Tearsheets from unidentified newspaper mounted onto paper, Bears autograph corrections in the hand of Alice Dunbar-Nelson and appears to have been used as a setting copy or proof. |
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| St. John's Eve Autograph manuscript, 1900: February 26. | 6 p. | Box 19, F348 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| St. John's Eve Type script, circa 1900. | 12 p. | Box 19, F349 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. |
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| A Second Hand Desk. Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 15 p. | Box 19, F350 |
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With autograph corrections. Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| The Sight-seeing Class Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 5 p. | Box 19, F351 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| Spaulding's Scoop Type script, [undated] | 19 p | Box 19, F352 |
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With autograph corrections. Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| The Stones of the Village Type script, [circa 1900]. | 42 p. | Box 19, F353 |
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With autograph corrections. Accompanied by autograph fragment, 13 p., dated "June 2, 1900. Wash. D.C." |
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| The Story of Little Boy Blue, [undated] | 3 p. | Box 19, F354 |
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autograph fragment, With autograph corrections. Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| Summer Session. Type script, [undated] | 8 p. | Box 19, F355 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| [Untitled]. Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 3 p. | Box 19, F356 |
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With autograph corrections. Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| Witness for the Defense Type script [mimeo], [undated] | 14 p. | Box 19, F357 |
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With autograph corrections. Accompanied by a cover-sheet which appears to indicate that this story was to be included in a larger work. Also accompanied by autograph fragment, 4 p. |
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(Note: unless indicated otherwise, titles described are playscripts). Organized into two subseries: signed and identified work, and unattributed work presumed to be Alice Dunbar-Nelson's. 24 items.
| The Author's Evening at Home. Type script, [circa 1900] | 6 p. | Box 20, F358 |
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Signed. With autograph corrections. Previously titled "The Joys of Authorship." |
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| Gone White: A Play in Three Acts Type script, [undated] | 28 p. | Box 20, F359 |
| Gone White: A Play in Three Acts Type script [carbon], [undated] | 28 p. | Box 20, F360 |
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Note: This draft bears the earlier title, "White Man." |
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| Gone White. Type script [carbon], [undated] | 29 p. | Box 20, F361 |
| Gone White. Type script [carbon], [undated] | 30 p. | Box 20, F362 |
| Love's Disguise. Type script [carbon], [undated] | 3 p. | Box 20, F363 |
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Synopsis of a screenplay. |
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| Love's Disguise. Type script [carbon], [undated] | 3 p | Box 20, F364 |
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Synopsis of a screenplay. |
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| Mine Eyes Have Seen. Type script [carbon], [undated] | 7 p | Box 20, F365 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| Nine-Nineteen-Nine. Type script [carbon], Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 130 p | Box 20, F366 |
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With autograph corrections. Appears to be a film treatment. |
Nine-Nineteen-Nine. Type script [carbon], Autograph manuscript |
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| Nine-Nineteen-Nine: A Motion Picture Play in Eleven Episodes [Screenplay] Type script, type script [carbon], [undated] | 77 p | Box 20, F367 |
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Signed. With autograph corrections. |
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| [Nine-Nineteen-Nine] Type script [carbon], 3 p., with autograph corrections, [undated] | 3p. | Box 20, F368 |
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Synopsis and outline of the screenplay. This draft is titled "Two-Two-Twenty-Two" and appears to be an early version of the script. |
[Nine-Nineteen-Nine] Type script [carbon], 3 p., with autograph corrections |
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| A Pageant: The Negro in History. Type script, [undated] | 13p. | Box 20, F369 |
| Why Fifty Degrees is the Danger Point. Type script [carbon], [undated] | 3 p. | Box 20, F370 |
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With autograph corrections |
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| Why Fifty Degrees is the Danger Point. Type script [carbon], [undated] | 3 p. | Box 20, F371 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| The American Crime [film script]. Type script [mimeo], [undated] | 16 p | Box 20, F372 |
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Bound into light green wrappers |
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| The Choice of Youth. Type script, [undated] | 10p | Box 20, F373 |
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With autograph corrections and listing of cast members. |
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| The Choice of Youth. Type script [carbon], [undated] | 5p | Box 20, F374 |
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With autograph corrections and listing of cast members. |
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| Columbus: A Play in Three Acts, written and produced by the Fifth Grade of the Industrial School for Colored Girls. Type script [carbon], 1926 | 9 p. | Box 20, F375 |
| An Hawaiian Idyll autograph manuscript, circa 1917 | 28p | Box 20, F376 |
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With autograph corrections. Note: this draft is untitled. Previously listed as Down Honolulu Way after first song appearing in document. |
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| An Hawaiian Idyll type script, circa 1917 | 17p | Box 20, F377 |
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With autograph corrections and cast listing. Note: Previously listed as Down Honolulu Way after first song appearing in document. |
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| The Messenger Type script, 1917: April 5 | 6p | Box 20, F378 |
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With autograph corrections. Accompanied by Autograph manuscript synopsis and list of characters, 12 p. Note: autograph notation "B. David" appears at the top of p. 1. |
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| The Messenger Type script, 1917: April 5 | 6p | Box 20, F379 |
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With autograph corrections. Accompanied by Type script "order of music," 2 p., with autograph notation, "Miss Young," at the top of first page. |
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| The Quest: A Play For Schools. Type script, type script [carbon], [undated] | 14 p | Box 20, F380 |
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The Quest: A Play For Schools. Type script, type script [carbon] |
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| The Thanksgiving Fair at Punkinville Type script, [undated] | 13 p | Box 20, F381 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| Twas Ever Thus: A Familiar Scene Type script [carbon], 1895. | 6 p | Box 20, F382 |
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Coversheet bears the note "Phyllis Wheatley Club 1895," and the signature "Leila Moore." |
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Consists of manuscripts of essays and other nonfiction writing by Alice Dunbar-Nelson, primarily written for publication in newspapers and periodicals. Also includes occasional pieces which appear to be Dunbar-Nelson's student work, as well as work which appears to have been written for presentation as speeches or papers. 39 items.
| All Saint's Day Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 14 p | Box 21, F383 |
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Signed. |
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| Big Quarterly in Wilmington, Delaware. Type script, [circa 1932?] | 10 p | Box 21, F384 |
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Typed signature. With autograph corrections. Accompanied by tearsheets from the Wilmington Every Evening, August 27, 1932, in which the story appeared. |
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| Brass Ankles Speaks Type script, [undated] | 10 p | Box 21, F385 |
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With autograph corrections. Signed "Adele Morris." |
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| The Carnival in New Orleans. Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 16 p. | Box 21, F386 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. |
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| The Compensation of a Teacher of English. Type script, [undated] | 8 p. | Box 21, F387 |
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With autograph corrections. Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| The Cup of Sorrow Type script, [undated] | 11 p | Box 21, F388 |
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With autograph corrections. Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| Estavanico, 1922: January 28 | Box 21, F389 | |
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Printer's Plate for publication of this piece in "Wilmington Advocate." |
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| Education of the Negro. Type script [carbon], [undated] | 10 p | Box 21, F390 |
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Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| Exploitation of the Negro Woman in Industry. Type script,, 1931: April 25. | 7 p. | Box 21, F391 |
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Unsigned with autographed notes and corrections. |
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| The French Street Herald. Type script, [n.y.]: July 19. | 3 p | Box 21, F392 |
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With autograph corrections. Dateline reads "Aliceruth Dunbar-Nelson, Special Correspondent, Wilmington, Del. July 19." |
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| Giotto. Type script, Autograph manuscript, [1902: September 18] | 15 p. | Box 21, F393 |
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With autograph corrections. Unsigned and unattributed. |
Giotto. Type script, Autograph manuscript, [1902: September 18] |
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| Market People in Washington. Type script [mimeo], 1900: May 24. | 6 p | Box 21, F394 |
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Signed, with auto corrections. |
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| The Modern Bastille. Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 19 p. | Box 21, F395 |
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With autograph corrections. Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| My Brother Remember. Type script, [undated] | 3 p. | Box 21, F396 |
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Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| The Negro a Peon in the Southern States. Type script [carbon], [undated] | 8 p | Box 21, F397 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. |
The Negro a Peon in the Southern States. Type script [carbon] |
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| The Negro and International Peace. 2 copies. Type script [carbon], [undated] | 4 p. | Box 21, F398 |
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Unsigned and unattributed. |
The Negro and International Peace. 2 copies. Type script [carbon] |
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| The Negro in Americirca Type script [carbon], [undated] | 14 p | Box 21, F399 |
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Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| [Paul Laurence Dunbar]. Type script, 1906: March 10. | 5 p. | Box 21, F400 |
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Unsigned and unattributed. Untitled biographical essay written shortly after the death of Paul Laurence Dunbar. |
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| The Poet and His Song. Type script, [undated] | 18 p | Box 21, F401 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| The Poet and His Song. Type script, [undated] | 18 p | Box 21, F402 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections |
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| The Poet-Scientist Type script, [undated] | 8 p | Box 21, F403 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections |
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| Report of Cases Examined in Psychology 30, July 21 to August 8, 1919. Type script, [undated] | 40 p. | Box 21, F404 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. |
Report of Cases Examined in Psychology 30, July 21 to August 8, 1919. Type script |
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| Romances of the Negro in American History. Type script, [undated] | 13 p | Box 21, F405 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. |
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| Spenser and Milton in Wordsworth Type script, [undated] | 21 p | Box 22, F406 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. |
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| Spenser, Milton, and Wordsworth. Type script, [undated] | 21 p | Box 22, F407 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. Accompanied by autograph fragment, 6 p. and notes, 21 p. |
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| Spenser, Milton, and Wordsworth (untitled). Type script, [undated] | 9 p. | Box 22, F408 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| Steering Through a Crisis. Type script, [undated] | 12 p | Box 22, F409 |
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With autograph corrections. Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| The Tenth American. Type script, [undated] | 5 p | Box 22, F410 |
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Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| [Three Views of the Negro]. Type script, [circa 1929]. | 5 p | Box 22, F411 |
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With autograph corrections. Written on the verso of American Interracial Peace Committee stationary on which is printed a mimeographed letter dated "May 9, 1921." |
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| Three Views of the Negro. Type script [carbon], [circa 1929] | 6 p. | Box 22, F412 |
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Typed signature. |
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| The Training of a Teacher of English. Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 16 p. | Box 22, F413 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| The Training of a Teacher of English. Type script, [undated] | 8 p | Box 22, F414 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| The Training of a Teacher of English. Type script, [undated] | 9 p | Box 22, F415 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. |
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| [Untitled]. Type script, [undated] | 1 p | Box 22, F416 |
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With autograph corrections. Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| [Untitled]. Type script, [undated] | 6 p | Box 22, F417 |
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With autograph corrections. Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| Why I am a Democrat in 1924. Type script [carbon], 1924. | 13 p | Box 22, F418 |
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With autograph corrections. Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| Why I Like Jane Austin. Type script, 1903: December 12. | 5 p | Box 22, F419 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. |
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| William Blake. Type script, 1904: February 27. | 12 p | Box 22, F420 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. |
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| With the Soldiers in France. Type script, [undated] | 15 p | Box 22, F421 |
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With autograph corrections. Unsigned and unattributed. |
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| Wordsworth's Use of the Miltonic Word. Type script, 1909: July 10. | 14 p | Box 22, F422 |
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Signed, with autograph corrections. |
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Consists of manuscripts of Alice Dunbar-Nelson's poetry. Arranged alphabetically by title. Unidentified titles have been entered by first line and designated (fl). 67 items.
| And the lights gleamed gold o'er the river cold (fl). Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 1 p | Box 23, F423 |
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with autograph corrections. |
And the lights gleamed gold o'er the river cold (fl). Autograph manuscript |
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| Around his peoples raged a fiery mane [?] (fl). Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 1 p | Box 23, F423 |
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With autograph corrections. |
Around his peoples raged a fiery mane [?] (fl). Autograph manuscript |
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| Ayn, I cannot forget it, aeons it seems ago (fl). Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 1 p | Box 23, F423 |
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Ayn, I cannot forget it, aeons it seems ago (fl). Autograph manuscript |
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| Ballad. Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 2 p | Box 23, F423 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| Cano (I Sing). Type script, [undated] | 1 p | Box 23, F423 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| Cano (I Sing). Type script [carbon], [undated] | 1 p. | Box 23, F423 |
| The Chalice. Type script, [undated] | 1 p | Box 23, F423 |
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with autograph correction. Right-hand portion of the page is missing. |
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| A Common Plaint. Type script, [undated] | 2 p | Box 23, F423 |
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Signed on the bottom of p. 2. Autograph notation "Smart Set" appears on p. 1 |
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| A Dance. Type script, [undated] | 1 p | Box 23, F423 |
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Signed |
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| Forest Fire. Type script, [undated] | 1 p | Box 23, F423 |
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Typed signature at bottom |
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| The Gallery God (untitled). Type script, [undated] | 1 p. | Box 23, F423 |
| The Gallery God. Type script, [undated] | 1 p | Box 23, F423 |
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Signed |
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| The Gift. Type script, [undated] | 1 p | Box 23, F423 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| The Gift. Type script, [undated] | 1 p | Box 23, F423 |
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Signed. |
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| Harlem John Henry Views the Armada. Autograph manuscript, type script, [circa 1932]. | 24 p | Box 23, F424 |
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5 drafts accompanied by tearsheets (2 p.) from an issue of The Crisis (January 1932), in which the poem was printed. |
Harlem John Henry Views the Armada. Autograph manuscript, type script |
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| High-up near the opera roof I sit (fl). Type script, [undated] | 1 p | Box 23, F425 |
| Hymn of the Christian's Faith. Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 2 p | Box 23, F425 |
| I am an American! Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 1 p | Box 23, F425 |
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Signed. Heading reads "Completion of `I am an American' by Elias Lieberman in Lewis & Roland 8th Reader." Christmas sticker pasted onto upper-right corner. |
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| I am an American. Type script, [undated] | 1 p | Box 23, F425 |
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Typed signature |
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| I gaze into a dull unlovely street (fl). Autograph manuscript, [circa 1929]. | 1 p | Box 23, F425 |
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Written on verso of printed letter to Alice Dunbar-Nelson from Harry A. Mackey, dated March 28, 1929. |
I gaze into a dull unlovely street (fl). Autograph manuscript |
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| I know not now, nor shall I ever Know (fl). Type script, [undated] | 1 p. | Box 23, F425 |
| I sought a heart all fond and true (fl). Autograph manuscript, 1897: February 8 | 1 p | Box 23, F425 |
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Verso contains an autograph draft of a poem on the letterhead of the National Association of Colored Women. |
I sought a heart all fond and true (fl). Autograph manuscript |
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| I will not send you a gloomy card (fl). Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 1 p | Box 23, F425 |
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I will not send you a gloomy card (fl). Autograph manuscript |
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| In the good old days of old when knights rode forth (fl). Type script, type script [carbon], 1929: April 23. | 2 p. | Box 23, F425 |
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2 drafts. Type script draft bears autograph corrections and is dated "April 23, 1929." The carbon draft is undated and bears a typed signature at the bottom. |
In the good old days of old when knights rode forth (fl). Type script, type script [carbon] |
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| Judgement Day. Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 2 p | Box 23, F425 |
| The light hangs over the mountains-top (fl). Autograph manuscript, 1900: February 26. | 2 p | Box 23, F425 |
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With autograph corrections. |
The light hangs over the mountains-top (fl). Autograph manuscript |
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| The Lights of Carney's Point. Type script, [undated]. | 2 p | Box 23, F425 |
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2 drafts. Both drafts bear the author's typed signature; one draft is also signed at the top right. |
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| Like fire your kisses burn my lips (fl). Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 1 p | Box 23, F425 |
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Like fire your kisses burn my lips (fl). Autograph manuscript |
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| A Little Bird Sings. Type script, [circa 1902?] | 1 p | Box 23, F425 |
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Signed |
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| Little Roads. Type script, circa 1931. | 1 p | Box 23, F425 |
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Typed signature |
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| Little Roads. Type script [carbon], circa 1931. | 1 p | Box 23, F425 |
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Typed signature. Accompanied by tear sheet from The Dunbar News (11 March 1931), in which the poem appeared. |
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| Little White Daisy. Autograph manuscript, [n.y.]: July 8. | 2 p | Box 23, F425 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| Lord keep my soul from bitterness and sting (fl). Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 1 p | Box 23, F425 |
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With autograph corrections. |
Lord keep my soul from bitterness and sting (fl). Autograph manuscript |
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| [The Lovers]. Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 1 p | Box 23, F425 |
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With autograph corrections. Bears earlier title of "The Winds." |
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| The Lovers. Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 1 p | Box 23, F425 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| The Lovers. Type script, [undated] | 1 p | Box 23, F425 |
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Signed. |
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| Oh, Drink then deep of the purple wine (fl). Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 1 p | Box 23, F426 |
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With autograph corrections. Autograph draft of "Like fire your kisses burn my lips" on verso. |
Oh, Drink then deep of the purple wine (fl). Autograph manuscript |
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| One thing was missing in the violet gloom (fl). Type script, [undated] | 1 p | Box 23, F426 |
| [The Picture]. Autograph manuscript, [circa 1929]. | 1 p | Box 23, F426 |
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With autograph corrections. Written on the verso of a printed letter from the Mayor of Philadelphia, Harry A. Mackey, to Alice Dunbar-Nelson, dated 1929: March 28. |
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| The Picture. Type script, 1929 June 12 | 1 p. | Box 23, F426 |
| Possession. Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 1 p | Box 23, F426 |
| A Prayer. Type script [carbon], [undated] | 1 p | Box 23, F426 |
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Typed signature at the bottom |
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| The Proletariat Speaks. Type script, [undated] | 2 p | Box 23, F426 |
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With autograph corrections. Written on the letterhead of the National Negro Press Association. |
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| The Proletariat Speaks. Type script [carbon], [undated] | 2 p | Box 23, F426 |
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Typed signature. |
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| A Rainy Day. Autograph manuscript, [n.y.]: July 8. | 1 p | Box 23, F426 |
| The Republic Book V. Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 1 p | Box 23, F426 |
| Sing High. Autograph manuscript, 1900: February 26. | 1 p | Box 23, F426 |
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With autograph corrections. |
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| Sonnet. Type script [carbon], [circa 1935]. | 2 p | Box 23, F426 |
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2 drafts. These drafts were typed following Alice Dunbar-Nelson's death in 1935 and include a biographical note at the bottom. |
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| Sonnet on a Sonnet. Autograph manuscript, 1918: May 28. | 1 p | Box 23, F426 |
| Sorrow's Crown. Type script, [undated] | 1 p | Box 23, F426 |
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Signed |
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| Still from the Depths. Type script, [undated] | 1 p | Box 23, F426 |
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Signed |
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| Thou. Autograph manuscript, 1899: January 6. | 1 p | Box 23, F426 |
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Signed "Alice to Paul. Jan 6, 1899. Ten Months Married." |
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| To be alone (fl). Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 1 p | Box 23, F426 |
| To My Husband. Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 1 p | Box 23, F426 |
| To the west lie the great barren mountains (fl). Autograph manuscript, [circa 1899]. | 4 p (single sheet folded). | Box 23, F426 |
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With autograph corrections. Written on the verso of a fragment of a letter from Paul Laurence Dunbar, dated "Harmon, Colorado. Sept 29th 1899," to "My Dear Billy." |
To the west lie the great barren mountains (fl). Autograph manuscript. |
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| You! Inez! Autograph manuscript, 1921: February 16. | 1 p | Box 23, F426 |
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Signed. With autograph corrections. |
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| Unidentified and fragments | 6 items | Box 23, F427 |
| Address. Type script, 1895: October 28. | 7 p | Box 23, F428 |
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Typed signature. With autograph corrections. Heading reads "Mt. Zion Church, Oct.October 28, 1895...N.O., La." |
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| [The Grievances of the Books]. Autograph manuscript, 1897: April 7. | 38 leaves | Box 23, F429 |
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(numbered 1-26, with half-pages). Signed, with autograph corrections. Notation at the bottom of p. 26 reads "St. Mark's Lyceum, Easter, 1897. Colored Home. N.Y. April 7, 1897." |
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| Paul Laurence Dunbar. Type script, 1932: October 6. | 5 p | Box 23, F430 |
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With autograph corrections. Apparently used in a radio broadcast for station WDEL. |
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| [Point of View of Women]. Type script, 1934: October 18. | 2 p | Box 23, F431 |
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Text of speech delivered at meeting of the South Philadelphia State Head Quarters [sic] Republican Party. |
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| Station KADN. Being a weekly Broadcast of Events, Big, Little and Otherwise, but all Vitally Interesting. Type script [mimeo], [undated] | 2 p | Box 23, F432 |
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Heading identifies Alice Dunbar-Nelson as the "station announcer." |
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| Station KADN. Being a weekly broadcast of events, Big, Little and Otherwise, but all interesting. Type script [mimeo], [n.y.]: May 7. | 2 p | Box 23, F433 |
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Heading identifies Alice Dunbar-Nelson as the "station announcer." |
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| [Untitled lecture]. Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 5 p | Box 23, F434 |
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Original draft of a lecture outline on the topic of aesthetic education. |
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| [Untitled lecture]. Type script, [undated] | 4 p., 2 leaves | Box 23, F435 |
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Lecture outline on the topic of aesthetic education. |
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Consists of three bound notebooks containing drafts of Alice Dunbar-Nelson's writing. 3 items.
| Bound notebook, with Alice Dunbar's signature and "BOSTON" printed on the front cover, [1899-1900] | Box 23, F436 |
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Includes autograph drafts of the following: "Juanita" (2 drafts), "A Tale of the Mardi Gras in New Orleans," records of Dunbar-Nelson's periodical submissions, drafts in shorthand of letters to various individuals, and miscellaneous notations. 29 leaves. |
Bound notebook, with Alice Dunbar's signature and "BOSTON" printed on the front cove |
| Bound notebook, [1898] | Box 23, F437 |
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Includes autograph drafts of the following: "La Juanita" (1898: July 6), "The Goodness of St. Rocque" [1898]: July 16, [Untitled story] (1898: July 16), "Mr. Baptiste" (1898: July 19), "The Fisherman at Pass Christian" (1898: July 22), "Sylves!" (1898: July 26), "A Distinguished Whist Game," (1898: October 8), shorthand drafts of letters to various individuals, and miscellaneous notations. 46 numbered leaves. |
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| Bound notebook with printed title "Composition Book" on front cover, [1896: October 8-1897: May 2] | Box 23, F438 |
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Includes autograph drafts of the following: "The Leaden Soldiers," "The Photograph," "Le Bourgeois Gentlehomme" (Act 5), "The Red Heart Clover," "The Praline Woman," "River Wells," "Venice," "On the Brink," "Carnations," "The Fog," several unidentified fragments, and miscellaneous notations. 39 leaves. |
Bound notebook with printed title "Composition Book" on front cover |
Consists of autograph and typescript fragments of miscellaneous prose works, including essays, fiction, and occasional letters, by Alice Dunbar-Nelson. 38 items.
| Autograph and typescript notes, 1895-1942 | 4 items, 5 leaves | Box 23, F439 |
| Typescript fragment of an autobiographical sketch, 1895-1942 | 1 item, 4 leaves. | Box 23, F440 |
| Autograph and typescript notes and fragments, 1895-1942 | 7 items, 10 leaves. | Box 23, F441 |
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Includes a 2-page profile of Violet A. Johnson, founder of the Industrial Home for Working Girls, Summit, New Jersey |
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| Autograph and typescript notes and fragments, 1895-1942 | 14 items, 16 leaves | Box 23, F442 |
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Includes short biographical profiles of Judge Edward W. Henry and Alice Dunbar-Nelson, and an obituary of Patricia Moore |
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| Autograph and typescript notes and fragments, 1895-1942 | 6 items, 6 leaves | Box 23, F443 |
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Includes biographical profiles of Phyllis Wheatley and Alice Dunbar-Nelson, and a short essay titled "Delaware's Inconsistencies." |
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| Autograph fragments, 1895-1942 | 5 items, 5 leaves | Box 23, F444 |
| Autograph horoscope of Alice Dunbar-Nelson, apparently done by a Margaret M. Bailey, whose signature appears at the bottom of the final page, circa 1898-1906 | 1 item, 4 leaves | Box 23, F445 |
Processing InformationAutograph horoscope originally attributed to Alice Bailey. Finding aid updated: April 2023. |
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Consists of a small group of manuscripts by other others which were in the possession of Alice Dunbar-Nelson
| [Dunbar, Paul Laurence]. An' de Walls Came Tumblin' Down: An Evening with Dunbar, [playscript] arranged by Lillian W. Voorhees and Olivia M. Hunter. Type script, [1926] | 50 p | Box 23, F446 |
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Originally stapled into tan wrappers. |
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| [Dunbar, Paul Laurence]. An' de Walls Came Tumblin' Down: An Evening with Dunbar, [playscript] arranged by Lillian W. Voorhees and Olivia M. Hunter. Type script [carbon], [1926] | 41 p | Box 23, F447 |
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with 2 additional blank sheets, originally bound into tan wrappers. Note: Accompanying the draft is a program describing the production as a dramatization from the work of Paul Laurence Dunbar presented by the Robeson Dramatic Club of Tougaloo College, December 17, 1926. |
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| [Dunbar, Paul Laurence]. [Untitled]. Autograph manuscript, [undated] | 3 p | Box 23, F448 |
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Untitled prose fragment in Dunbar's hand on the subject of black soldiers serving during the American Civil War |
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| Dunbar, Paul Laurence. A Mess of Pottage [story], [undated]. | 1 p | Box 23, F449 |
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Tearsheet from The Saturday Evening Post, mounted on paper. Appears to have been used as a proof or setting copy and bears blue pencil markings. |
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| Dunbar, Paul Laurence. The Rivals [poem], (1938: August?) | 1 p | Box 23, F449 |
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Tearsheet proof. One-page fragment of the first portion of Dunbar's poem, "The Rivals," apparently used as a proof. Includes autograph textual corrections in an unidentified hand which vary from the published version in Majors and Minors. Unidentified signature appears on verso as well. |
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| Harris, Joel Chandler. The Tar Baby [story], [undated] | 3 p | Box 23, F449 |
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Type script, Appears to be a fair copy produced by an unidentified individual, possibly Alice Dunbar-Nelson. |
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| Jason, W.C. The Three Graces [poem]. Type script,, [circa 1915] | 1 p | Box 23, F449 |
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Autograph note at bottom of page explaining authorship and subject of the poem. |
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| Kruse, Edwina. Parted [poem]. Autograph manuscript, 1897 May | 2 p | Box 23, F449 |
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Signed "E.H.K./Hampstead./May. 1897." |
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| Young, Leila. Fifty Years of Freedom [essay], [undated] | 6 p | Box 23, F449 |
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Appears to be a school essay; bears corrections in an unidentified hand, possibly her teacher's. |
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| Washington, Booker T. Address of Booker T. Washington Before the Union Club, Brooklyn, February 12, 1896, on Abraham Lincoln [speech]. Type script, 1896 February 12 | 5 p. | Box 23, F449 |
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Note: Filed with general correspondence in Series I.2., F. 140. Accompanies the letter of 1909: January 23, from Emmett J. Scott (Tuskegee Institute) to Alice Dunbar-Nelson). |
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Consists of examples of Alice Dunbar-Nelson's published writing in periodicals and a substantial collection of clippings containing her published journalism
Consists of a collection of periodicals listed below which contain Alice Dunbar-Nelson's writing or deal with subjects in which she was interested. Periodicals are housed individually in envelopes or folders within Box 24 and arranged alphabetically by title; they have not been assigned folder numbers. Oversize periodicals are shelved in the mapcase. Included with the periodicals is a small group of offprints and tearsheets containing additional examples of Alice Dunbar-Nelson's published writing. 22 items.
| The A.M.E. Church Review. 30, 1913 July | Box 24, F449 |
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Includes "What has the Church to offer the Men of Today," by Alice Dunbar-Nelson. Two copies. |
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| The A.M.E. Church Review. 30, 1913 October | Box 24, F449 |
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Includes "The Big Stick," by Alice Dunbar-Nelson |
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| The A.M.E. Church Review. 30, 1914 January | Box 24, F449 |
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Includes "The Single Standard," by Alice Dunbar-Nelson. |
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| The A.M.E. Church Review. 35, 1918 July | Box 24, F449 |
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Includes "Let Me Live," by Alice Dunbar-Nelson |
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| The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science 90, 1928 November | Box 24, F449 |
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Special issue titled "The American Negro." Front cover bears the autograph signature of Alice Dunbar-Nelson. |
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| Black Opals. 1, 1928 Christmas | Box 24, F449 |
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No. 169 of 200 copies |
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| The Bumble Bee (Philadelphia). 1, 1919 August | Box 24, F449 |
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2 copies |
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| Collier's. 64, 1919 November 22 | Box 24, F449 |
| The Carolina Magazine. 57, 1927 May | Box 24, F449 |
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Negro number |
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| Collier's. 64, 1919 November 22 | Box 24, F449 |
| The Crisis. Vol 8 No 5 / Whole No. 47, 1914 September | Box 24, F449 |
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Includes "Hope Deferred: A Story." |
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| The Crisis. Vol 18 No 4 / Whole No. 106, 1919 August | Box 24, F449 |
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Includes "Sonnet" |
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| The Crisis. Vol 41 No 1 / Whole no. 255, 1932 January | Box 24, F449 |
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Includes "Harlem John Henry Views the Airmada." |
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| The Hampton Bulletin. 17, 1921 February | Box 24, F449 |
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Entire issue consists of an essay by Robert T. Kerlin, "Contemporary Poetry of the Negro." |
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| Journal of the Lodge. 7, 1894 August 18 | Box 24, F449 |
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Includes, "Womans Column," "Know Each Other," by Alice Dunbar-Nelson. |
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| The Island Review. 7, 1889 November | Box 24, F449 |
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Includes "Some of the Work of the National Association of Colored Women," by Alice Dunbar-Nelson. |
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| Negro Education. Bulletin 38, 1916 | Box 24, F449 |
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Offprint of a report titled "History of Negro Education in the United States. |
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| Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life. 7, 1930 January | Box 24, F449 |
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Includes a book review by Alice Dunbar-Nelson |
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| The Saturday Evening Quill. First number, 1928 June | Box 24, F449 |
| The Saturday Evening Quill. Third number, 1930 June | Box 24, F449 |
| The Southern Workman. 51, 1922 February | Box 24, F449 |
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Includes "Negro Literature for Negro Pupils," by Alice Dunbar-Nelson. |
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| Survey Graphic. 6, 1925 March | Box 24, F449 |
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Lacking cover |
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| The Tuskegee Student 18, 1906 March 31 | Box 24, F449 |
| The Tuskegee Student. 32, 1922 Christmas | Box 24, F449 |
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Includes "The Heathen, by Alice Dunbar-Nelson." 2 copies. |
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| The Union (Cincinnati). 24, 1931 April 30 | Box 24, F449 |
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Includes a brief announcement for a speech by Alice Dunbar-Nelson. |
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| The Watchword (Dayton, Ohio). 13, 1906 March 6 | Box 24, F449 |
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Includes cover illustration and several articles on Paul Laurence Dunbar. 2 copies. |
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| The Watchword (Dayton, Ohio). 13, 1906 April 3 | Box 24, F449 |
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Includes a brief note (p. 218) regarding the 1906: March 6 article on Paul Laurence Dunbar. |
Consists of clippings of Alice Dunbar-Nelson's published journalism. In some cases original clippings in poor condition have been replaced with photocopies. (Note: This material supplements examples of Dunbar-Nelson's journalism in Series II. 3. Scrapbooks.) circa 200 items.
| Little Excursions Week by Week. Typescript mimeographed sheets, [circa 1927]. | 61 leaves. | Box 25, F450 |
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containing Alice Dunbar-Nelson's column, "Little Excursions Week by Week." Appears to have been duplicated in this format for distribution to the members of The Associated Negro Press Syndication. |
Little Excursions Week by Week. Typescript mimeographed sheets |
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| Little Excursions Week by Week, 1895-1942 | 61 leaves. | Box 25, F451 |
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Photocopy of the originals in Folder 450 |
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| As in a Looking Glass, 1926 October 8 - 1929 May 3. | 60 leaves. | Box 25, F452 |
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Set of clippings of Alice Dunbar-Nelson's column, "As in a Looking Glass," published in The Washington Eagle. Note: this folder contains photocopies of originals. Originals are in extremely fragile condition and are stored in mapcase. Originals may be consulted only with the permission of a librarian. |
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| So It Seems, 1930 January 11 - 1930 May | 24 leaves. | Box 25, F453 |
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Set of photocopied clippings of Alice Dunbar-Nelson's column, "So It Seems," from The Pittsburgh Courier. |
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Consists of material relating to Alice Dunbar-Nelson's work with the American Interracial Peace Committee. Founded in Philadelphia in 1927 as an adjunct committee of the American Friends Service Committee, the American Interracial Peace Committee was concerned with bringing blacks and whites together in the cause of peace. Alice Dunbar-Nelson served as Executive Secretary of the Committee from 1928-1931.
| One folder of memoranda, notes, accounts, minutes and other material relating to Alice Dunbar-Nelson's work with the American Interracial Peace Committee, 1895-1942 | 36 items. | Box 26, F454 |
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Also includes issues of The Bulletin, the newsletter which Alice Dunbar-Nelson edited for the committtee |
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| Scrapbook, 1895-1942 | 110 p | Box 26, F455-F457 |
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Three folders of material (circa 110 p., with additional items laid in) formerly bound into a scrapbook. Includes issues of The Bulletin, newspaper clippings, press releases, and announcements pertaining to activities of the American Interracial Peace Committee. The scrapbook appears to have been compiled by Alice Dunbar-Nelson as a record of the Committee's activities. |
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| Scrapbook bound into a green folder, consisting of mounted magazine clippings, typed poems, and commentary, 1895-1942 | 15 p, 13 leaves | Box 26, F458 |
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Appears to have been compiled as a humorous tribute to Alice Dunbar-Nelson by her colleagues on the American Interracial Peace Committee. |
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Consists of a small group of photographs of Alice-Dunbar Nelson various family members, and unidentified individuals. 21 items.
Consists of material documenting Alice Dunbar-Nelson's speaking, organizational, and other professional and public service activities. Includes announcements, flyers, prograutograph press releases, ticket stubs, invitations, brochures, and other material. The bulk of the material concerns Alice Dunbar-Nelson's speaking engagements and public appearances. 98 items
One folder of typed membership lists for the Counsel of National Defense, and the Colored Women of Influence. Alice Dunbar-Nelson was active in both organizations. 2 items (14 pp.).
Miscellaneous ephemera relating to social and political organizations and events with which Alice Dunbar-Nelson was not directly involved. Includes announcements, invitations, flyers, brochures, and other material. 38 items.
Includes playbills, posters, brochures, ticket stubs, and other printed ephemera relating to various theatrical performances, recitals, lectures, and readings at which Alice Dunbar-Nelson presumably was in attendance. (Note: two oversize items are shelved in the mapcase). 45 items.
Four folders of miscellaneous material relating to Paul Laurence Dunbar. Consists of announcements, flyers, invitations, tearsheets, and other ephemeral materials relating to Paul Laurence Dunbar's public appearances. Also includes posthumous tributes and other material pertaining to Dunbar and his work. Included are a substantial number of clippings from newspapers following Dubar's death in 1906. Most of these are photocopies; however, some originals are present. 153 items.
Clippings relating to the life and work of Alice Dunbar-Nelson. Consists primariliy of reviews of her books, newspaper accounts of her speeches and appearances, and occasional copies of her columns. Included is a folder of clippings containing her obituaries, and other articles written following her death. Clippings are generally photocopies; however, some originals are present.
| Scrapbook, [circa 1934] | Box 29, F477 | |
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Consists of newspaper clippings, mounted on paper, focusing on current events relating to Blacks in Americirca The material is divided into three topical sections (Social, Political, Economic) and was apparently used by Alice Dunbar-Nelson as a teaching or lecture aid. The material contains Alice Dunbar-Nelson's extensive autograph notes and annotations; additional material is laid in. |
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| Two folders of miscellaneous material relating to Alice Dunbar-Nelson's education, her career as a teacher, her appearances at various educational functions, and general educational material, 1895-1942 | 33 items. | Box 29, F478-479 |
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Miscellaneous material relating to Alice Dunbar-Nelson's education |
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Includes documents such as receipts, bills, legal and medical documents; personal memorabilia, including greeting, birthday, and dance cards, ticket stubs, menus, calling cards, and other material. Also included is a folder (F. 481) of memorabila relating to Alice Dunbar-Nelson's 1931 lecture trip to Bermuda. 195 items.