"Sojourner Truth" - Alain Locke., 01/01/1943-12/31/1947

File — Box: 51, Folder: 26

Identifier: 73851

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

01/01/1943-12/31/1947

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

Correspondence to Katherine Biddle from Alain Locke re Biddle's play, "Sojourner Truth": - Telegram, undated. - ALS undated (2 pages/1 sheet), with encouragement to Biddle to submit the script for her play, possibly to Walter Wanger, for movie adaptation. - ACS attached to newspaper clipping about Lillian Eugenia Smith (New York Herald Tribune, 8/27/1944).

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

BIDDLE, KATHERINE - "SOJOURNER TRUTH" REF. BY LOCKE, ALAIN: Autographed Letter

LOCKE, ALAIN - CORRES. TO BIDDLE, KATHERINE 1947 RE "SOJOURNER...": Autographed Letter

WANGER, WALTER - REFERENCE BY LOCKE, ALAIN: Autographed Letter

SMITH, LILLIAN EUGENIA - ARTICLE ABOUT (1944): Printed Item