Letters : between James Weldon Johnson and Harold Guinzburg

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Title: Letters : between James Weldon Johnson and Harold Guinzburg
Published / Created: 1925 1926
Description: Two ALS to Harold Guinzburg, one TLS and 1 TL from Harold Guinzburg. One TL to from Guinzburg, dated Aug. 13, 1925, concerning Johnson's contribution to "The Subway Sun," an ad campaign sponsored by the New York subway system, with two ALS, dated Aug. 21 and 26, 1925, with Johnson's reply. The second ALS includes Johnson's blurb for the campaign: "I ride on the subway because it enables me to spend 15 minutes longer over my breakfast table uptown and 15 minutes longer at my desk downtown, without being late going or coming." One TLS from Guinzburg, dated Aug. 26, 1926, includes an AL from Johnson at the bottom, concerning dedication of God's Trombones.
Provenance: Ongoing collection of documents acquired by gift and purchase from various sources. Source information is recorded on each folder. For further information, consult the appropriate curator., Purchased from Glenn Horowitz Bookseller on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2011.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Call Number

JWJ MSS MISC

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Container / Volume

Box 1, folder GROUP 3, F-4

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Citation: [Author], [Item Title]. James Weldon Johnson Collection Manuscript Miscellany. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.