Drafts and proofs

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Title: Drafts and proofs
Creator: Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
Published / Created: 1962-1966
Abstract: "The Uses of the Blues," 1964, holograph draft fragment, annotated typescript, and proof, and "The Man Child," 1966, proof, both published in Playboy.
Description: James Baldwin (1924-1987) was an American author and activist in the American civil rights movement.
Purchased from the William Reese Company on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2010.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: text
Genre: Manuscripts
Typescripts
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Topic): African American authors--20th century--Archives
Authors, American--20th century--Archives
Playboy (Chicago, Ill.)

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Rights: Permission from the James Baldwin Estate is required to publish James Baldwin materials in any format. To learn more, contact the Curator, Yale Collection of American Literature.
Citation: James Baldwin Drafts for Playboy. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.