Thurman, Wallace, 1902-1934

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Wallace Thurman was a novelist and playwright who found fame before his early death with the novel The Blacker the Berry and the play, "Harlem". A biographical sketch of Thurman written by Harold Jackman, can be found in folder 59 of this collection.

From the guide to the Wallace Thurman Collection, 1927-1942, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

Wallace Thurman was a novelist and playwright during the Harlem Renaissance.

From the description of Wallace Thurman Collection, 1927-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81982961

From the description of Wallace Thurman Collection, 1927-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702148315

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creatorOf Thurman, Wallace, 1902-1934. Wallace Thurman Collection, 1927-1942. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Wallace Thurman Collection, 1927-1942 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Johnson, Georgia Douglas, d. 1966. Papers, ca. 1930-ca. 1960. Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University
referencedIn Patterson, Louise Thompson. Louise Thompson Patterson papers, 1909-1996. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962. William Stanley Braithwaite collection, 1899-1939. Morgan State University
referencedIn Bunch, Carol A. "Blackness," womanhood and identity in Jessie Redmon Fauset's "Plum bun: a novel without a moral" & Wallace Thurman's "The Blacker the berry" / by Carol A. Bunch. University of Houston, Clear Lake, Alfred R. Neumann Library
creatorOf Thurman, Wallace, 1902-1934. Wallace Thurman Collection, 1927-1942. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn West, Dorothy, 1909-. Papers, 1914-1985 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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correspondedWith Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962. person
associatedWith Bunch, Carol A. person
associatedWith Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. person
associatedWith Johnson, Georgia Douglas, d. 1966. person
associatedWith Patterson, Louise Thompson. person
associatedWith Rapp, William Jourdan, 1895- person
associatedWith West, Dorothy, 1909- person
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African American authors
Authors, American
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Birth 1902-08-16

Death 1934-12-22

Americans

English

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