Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Webb, Constance

Description

1. l lin. ft.

Summary

1. Corrected manuscripts of Wright's works NATIVE SON, THE LONG DREAM, SAVAGE HOLIDAY, and other writings. Also research material gathered by Constance Webb, author of RICHARD WRIGHT: A BIOGRAPHY (G.P. Putnam, 1968). Material consists of copies of correspondence between Wright and friends, family members, and business associates, 1939-1959; and typescripts of Wright's articles and speeches, transcripts of interviews conducted by Webb with Ralph Ellison and Ellen Wright, and reaction to Webb's drafts of the biography and a corrected typescript of the biography.

Subject

1. African American authors
2. Manuscripts
3. Wright family
4. Wright, Ellen
5. American literature > African American authors
6. Wright, Richard, 1908-1960
7. Ellison, Ralph
8. Speeches

Genre/Form

1. Manuscripts.
2. Speeches.

Call number

1. Sc MG 14

Note

1. Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
2. SC MG 14

Access (note)

1. Researchers are restricted to microfilm copy.

Additional formats (note)

1. Microfilmed;

Reproduction (note)

1. Copies in part.

Source (note)

1. University Place Book Shop

Biography (note)

1. Prominent author. Wright wrote several novels, short stories, and essays dealing with the oppression of black people in the United States and their struggle for freedom.

Processing action (note)

1. Surveyed
2. Processed
3. Cataloging updated

Author

1. Wright, Richard, 1908-1960.

Title

1. Richard Wright collection, 1935-1967.

Access

1. Researchers are restricted to microfilm copy.

Additional formats

1. Microfilmed; New York Public Library; Sc Micro R-1234 (MN *ZZ-10327)

Reproduction

1. Copies in part.

Biography

1. Prominent author. Wright wrote several novels, short stories, and essays dealing with the oppression of black people in the United States and their struggle for freedom.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding Aid

Added author

1. Wright, Richard, 1908-1960.
2. Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Native son.
3. Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Long dream.
4. Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Savage holiday.
5. Webb, Constance.
6. Webb, Constance. Richard Wright, a biography.

Research call number

1. Sc MG 14
2. Sc Micro R-1234