"And They Lynched..." - Francis Biddle., 05/24/1940-06/12/1940

File — Box: 41, Folder: 3

Identifier: 73540

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Correspondence, manuscripts and other material relating to major works by Katherine Biddle. Arranged alphabetically by title of the work.

Dates

05/24/1940-06/12/1940

Collection-level Access Restrictions

Access to this collection is by permission from the Biddle family. Please contact Booth Family Center for Special Collections for further information.

Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.

Extent

From the Collection: 34 Linear Feet (65 Hollinger boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Typed carbons of correspondence by Francis Biddle inviting the following to the premiere performance of Katherine Biddle's poem set to music by William Grant Still, "And They Lynched Him from a Tree": Marc Blitzstein, Schuyler Chapin, Raymond Gram Swing, Leopold Stokowski, Robert P. Wagner.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

BIDDLE, KATHERINE - "AND THEY LYNCHED..." REF. BY BIDDLE, FRANCIS 1940: Typed Letter Signed

BIDDLE, FRANCIS - CORRES. RE "AND THEY LYNCHED..." BY K. BIDDLE 1940: Typed Letter Signed

CHAPIN, SCHUYLER - CORRES. FROM BIDDLE, FRANCIS 1940: Typed Letter Signed

STOKOWSKI, LEOPOLD - CORRES. FROM BIDDLE, FRANCIS 1940: Typed Letter Signed

WAGNER, ROBERT P. - CORRES. FROM BIDDLE, FRANCIS 1940: Typed Letter Signed