Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Biographical/Historical note
- Scope and Contents note
- Conditions Governing Access note
- Processing Information note
- Indexed Terms
Collection Access
740 East 56th Place, Chicago, IL 60637
Langston Hughes Society records
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Langston Hughes Society records
- Identifier
- BMRC.DUSABLE.HUGHES_SOC
- Repository
- DuSable Museum of African American History
- Language
- English
- Size
- 2.5 Linear feet
- Dates
- 1926-1970
- Creator
- Burroughs, Margaret Taylor, 1917-2010
Biographical/Historical note
Langston Hughes was an American poet.
Scope and Contents note
The society records include some carbon copies and photocopies of manuscripts of poems that Langston Hughes gave to Margaret Burroughs from the 1930s-1960s, Margaret Burroughs’s correspondence with and concerning Hughes, sheet music, some of Hughes’s awards and honors, and ephemera relating to tributes to Hughes.
Conditions Governing Access note
Access to this collection is restricted; please contact the holding institution for details.
Processing Information note
This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2010 August 3 by Lisa Calahan and Bergis Jules.