Letter from William M. Ashby to W. E. B. Du Bois

Item Information

Title:
Letter from William M. Ashby to W. E. B. Du Bois
Description:
Praises Du Bois's suggestion of creating an Institute of Negro Literature and Art. Urges Du Bois to begin planning now so that people vacationing during the summer could visit. Written on New Jersey Urban League stationery.
Creator:
Ashby, William M. (William Mobile), 1889-1991
Addressee:
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Date:
May 26, 1922
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 166 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
Series:
Series 1B. Crisis Correspondence
Subjects:
African American art
American literature--African American authors
Extent:
1 p.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b166-i237
Terms of Use:
All rights for this document are held by the David Graham Du Bois Trust. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
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Place of origin:
Newark (N.J.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums312-b166-i237