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George Schuyler (1895-1977), born in
Providence , Rhode island, enlisted with the United States Army
in 1912 and worked his way to the rank of lieutenant.
After the First World war Schuyler moved to New York City
where he worked as a laborer and later as a journalist on The
Messenger in 1923. For awhile a member of the socialist
Party, Schuyler contributed to a wide variety of radical
journals including Opportunity, Crisis, and Nation.
George Schuyler Critique of Black Letters
Table
of Contents |
Letter 1 -- Langston
Hughes Comments on Christian's Blues Poems
Letter 2 -- Christian
Responds to Criticism of Elmer A. Carter, Editor
Letter 3 -- Elmer
A. Carter on Christian's "McDonough Day in New Orleans"
Letter
4 -- Elmer A. Carter on Christian's "Men on
Horseback"
Letter
5 -- Christian to Lyle Saxon on "Clothes Doctor" Manuscript
Letter
6 -- Lyle Saxon Comments on Christian's "Men on Horseback" &
Other Poems
Letter
7 -- Lyle Saxon Sends Christian a Letter of Employment for Dillard Project
Letter
8 -- Lyle Saxon to Houghton Mifflin Requests Fellowship or Publication
Letter
9 -- Paul Brooks of Houghton Mifflin Gives Christian the
Brush Off
Letter
10- Christian Complains about George Schuyler Critique of
Black Letters
Letter
11 -- George Schuyler Responds to Christian's Critique of
Editorial
Letter
12 -- George Schuyler and Christian after Critiques,
Exchange Gifts
Letter
13 -- George Schuyler Agrees To Review Saxon's Children of
Strangers
Letter
14 -- Christian Receives a
Thank-You from Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt
Letter
15 -- Elmer
Anderson Sends "Men on Horseback" to W.C. Handy
Letter 16 -- Sterling
Brown Requests Historical Material on New Orleans
Letter
17 -- Dr.
Carter G. Woodson's Office Responds to Christian
Letter 18-- Sterling
Brown Gives Christian an Assignment
Letter
19 -- Sterling
Brown Thanks Christian for History Material
Letter
20 -- Irene
Douglass Crosses the Color Line
Letter
21 -- Christian
Proposes to Albert Dent a Dillard University Press
Letter 22 -- Arna
Bontemps Advises Christian on a Rosenwald Fellowship
Letter 23 -- Lyle Saxon Leaves Dillard WPA
Negro History Material
Letter
24 -- Albert
Dent Outlines Christian Duties for Dillard WPA Project
Letter 25 -- Arna Bontemps Acknowledges
Documents from Christian
Letter
26 -- Dent
Complains to Quarles of Christian's Progress on WPA Project
Letter 27 -- Christian Reports to
Quarles on War Information Center
Letter 28 -- Rosenwald Fund
Notifies Christian of Fellowship
Letter 29 -- Christian
Accepts Rosenwald Fellowship
Letter 30 -- Ruth
[MBC's wife] Enjoys Negro life in Chicago
Letter 31 -- Christian's
Cool Answer to Ruth's Chicago Letter
Letter 32 -- Ruth
Lonely for Christian--Chicago Wears Thin
Letter 33 -- Christian
Considers Reconciliation with Wife Ruth
Letter 34 -- Ruth
Warm Again on Life in Chicago--Her View of Their Separation
Letter 35 -- Ruth
Unhappy with Christian's Lack of Response
Letter 36 -- Christian
Plans Resignation from Dillard--WWII Ends
Letter 37 -- Ruth
Anxious about War's End & Job Lay-Off -- Plans Return to
Louisiana
The Good
Ship BlunderBuss
Affectionately
dedicated to the Dillard University
History
Group of the Federal Writer's Project
By
Marcus Bruce Christian
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Books by Lyle
Saxon
Fabulous New Orleans /
Gumbo Ya-Ya /
Lafitte the Pirate /
Children of Strangers /
Father Mississippi /
Old Louisiana
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update 29 June 2008 |
