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Mary Helen Washington papers
- Title
- Mary Helen Washington papers, 1873-2002 (bulk 1995-2002)
- Author
- Washington, Mary Helen.
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Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 776 Box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- Description
- .4 linear feet (1 archival boxe)
- Summary
- The collection contains correspondence, writings, and printed materials.
- Subjects
- Black nationalism > United States
- Clippings
- Publications
- African Americans > Civil rights
- Correspondence
- Communist parties > United States
- African American communists
- Washington, Mary Helen
- Black author
- Brown, Lloyd L (Lloyd Louis), 1913-2003
- Civil rights > United States
- African American radicals
- Radicalism > United States
- African American labor leaders
- Genre/Form
- Clippings.
- Correspondence.
- Publications.
- Source (note)
- Mary Helen Washington
- Biography (note)
- Mary Helen Washington is a scholar, researcher, writer, and professor of English at the University of Maryland. Washington's work explores topics such as black women writers, black literature, and radicalism. Her publications include "The Other Blacklist: The African American Literary and Cultural Left of the 1950s", "Black-Eyed Susans: Classic Stories by Black Women Writers", and "Midnight Birds: Stories of Contemporary Black Women Writers".
- The Mary Helen Washington papers, dating from 1873 to 2002, document the working relationship of Washington and journalist Lloyd L. Brown. Lloyd Louis Brown (1913-2003) was a journalist, novelist, activist, and labor organizer. Brown was one of Robeson's biographers, and his writings include: Iron City, and The Young Paul Robeson: On My Journey Now.
- Provenance (note)
- The collection was held and maintained by Mary Helen Washington until its donation to the Schomburg.
- Call Number
- Sc MG 776
- OCLC
- 966316411
- Author
- Washington, Mary Helen.
- Title
- Mary Helen Washington papers, 1873-2002 (bulk 1995-2002)
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheetvolume
- Biography
- Mary Helen Washington is a scholar, researcher, writer, and professor of English at the University of Maryland. Washington's work explores topics such as black women writers, black literature, and radicalism. Her publications include "The Other Blacklist: The African American Literary and Cultural Left of the 1950s", "Black-Eyed Susans: Classic Stories by Black Women Writers", and "Midnight Birds: Stories of Contemporary Black Women Writers".The Mary Helen Washington papers, dating from 1873 to 2002, document the working relationship of Washington and journalist Lloyd L. Brown. Lloyd Louis Brown (1913-2003) was a journalist, novelist, activist, and labor organizer. Brown was one of Robeson's biographers, and his writings include: Iron City, and The Young Paul Robeson: On My Journey Now.
- Provenance
- The collection was held and maintained by Mary Helen Washington until its donation to the Schomburg.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 776