Ralph C. Hamm collection
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Description
- Title
- Ralph C. Hamm collection
- Creator
- Hamm, Ralph C.
- Contributor
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Hamm, Margaret E.
Hamm, Ralph C.
Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole - Published / Created
- 1968-1979
- Abstract
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The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and objects documenting the life and work of Ralph C. Hamm. The two letters from Hamm to his mother, Margaret E. Hamm, deal with Hamm's writing, publication of his work, and prison life, including race relations, at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole. There is also a memorandum from the Walpole facility. Writings include a typescript draft of a play and typescript drafts of poems from the collection Dear Stranger/The Wayfarer.
- Description
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Purchased from Waiting for Godot Books on the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of Negro Arts & Letters Fund, 2004.
Ralph C. Hamm, III, poet. - Extent
- 0.21 linear ft. (1 box)
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- JWJ MSS 30
- Container / Volume
- Box 1 | 1-16
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- mixed material
- Genre
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Ephemera
Manuscripts
Photographic prints
Typescripts - Resource Type
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Geographic)
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United States--Race relations
Walpole (Mass.) - Subject (Name)
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Hamm, Margaret E.
Hamm, Ralph C.
Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole - Subject (Topic)
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African American authors--20th century--Archives
American literature--20th century
Authors, American--20th century--Archives
Prisoners' writings, American
Prisons and race relations--United States
Prisons--United States
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- Access
- Yale Community Only
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Ralph C. Hamm Collection. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 6951864
- Object ID (OID)
- 16745605
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