Claude McKay letters and manuscripts 1915-1952 [bulk 1937-1947]
Item
Title of collection or material
Claude McKay letters and manuscripts
1915-1952 [bulk 1937-1947]
1915-1952 [bulk 1937-1947]
Finding aid
Significant contributors
Creation dates
1915-1952 [bulk 1937-1947]
Source institution
General notes
The Claude McKay Papers, 1915-1952, consist of LETTERS, Sent 1915-1947 and LETTERS Received, 1937-1952 and WRITINGS. Included are letters from McKay to Carl Cowl, his literary agent; Max Eastman, a friend and patron; and Carl Van Vechten, the author of Nigger Heaven. Among the letters McKay received are letters from Louise Bryant, the wife of communist John Reed and one of McKay's patrons, Cedric Dover, and Arthur A. Schomburg. Included writings are typescripts of Banana Bottom and Banjo, the unpublished novels Harlem Glory and Romance in Marseilles, a musical score for McKay's most famous poem "If we must die, "a notebook containing a holograph draft of My Green Hills of Jamaica, an unpublished poem "Pushkin", and the essay "Why I became a Catholic".
Content notes
Papers organized into four series: I Correspondence Sent; II Correspondence Received; III Legal Documents; and IV Writings
Extent
2 linear feet.
Language
Call number
Sc Micro R-1233