Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. McKay, Claude, 1890-1948

Description

1. .2 linear ft. (1/2 archival box)

Summary

1. The Claude McKay research collection (1971-1992) consists of printed material and photocopies of letters, poems and articles from various manuscript collections. The printed material consist of copies of poems by McKay. The photocopies are of letters from McKay to his daughter, Hope, William Stanley Braithwaite, Carl Cowl (Harvard University), 1916-1943, and Ivy and Harold Jackman, Arna Bontemps, Max Eastman and Carl Van Vechten (Atlanta University), 1922-1944. There is also a folder of McLeod writings on McKay, and a folder of articles about McKay by other authors.

Subject

1. McKay, Claude, 1890-1948
2. Authors, Jamaican
3. Jamaica -- Poetry
4. Black people -- Poetry
5. Harlem Renaissance
6. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century

Genre/Form

1. Poems.

Call number

1. Sc MG 750

Language

1. English

Reproduction (note)

1. Printed material; photocopies.

Source (note)

1. Alan L. McLeod

Biography (note)

1. Alan L. McLeod, professor of literature at Rider University, New Jersey, as well as a literary critic and editor of several volumes. McLeod researched and wrote about the life and work of Jamaican born, Harlem Renaissance writer Claude McKay from 1971-1992. His work on McKay includes editing The Negroes in America (1979), a work by McKay.

Author

1. McLeod, Alan L. Collector

Title

1. Claude Mckay research collection, 1971-1992.

Reproduction

1. Printed material; photocopies.

Biography

1. Alan L. McLeod, professor of literature at Rider University, New Jersey, as well as a literary critic and editor of several volumes. McLeod researched and wrote about the life and work of Jamaican born, Harlem Renaissance writer Claude McKay from 1971-1992. His work on McKay includes editing The Negroes in America (1979), a work by McKay.

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1. Finding Aid

Added author

1. McKay, Claude, 1890-1948.

Research call number

1. Sc MG 750