Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973
Variant namesAfrican-American poet, critic, playwright, novelist, author of children’s books, librarian.
From the guide to the Arna Bontemps Papers, 1927-1968, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)
Teacher in New York, N.Y., and Huntsville, Ala.; head librarian, Fisk University; professor, University of Chicago; curator of James Weldon Johnson Collection and visiting professor of English, Yale University; writer in residence, Fisk University; and author.
From the description of Arna Wendell Bontemps records, 1934-1965. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70970115
Arna Bontemps was born in 1902 in Alexandria, LA. When he was still a boy, the family moved to California. He received a BA from Pacific Union College in 1923. As a young man he moved to New York City and participated in the Harlem Renaissance. He received his MA from the Unisversity of Chicago in 1943. He had a long career as a teacher, librarian and writer of books for both children and adults. He died in 1973. Biographical Source: Something About the Author, v. 44, pp. 45-53.
From the guide to the Arna Bontemps Papers, 1951, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])
Arna Bontemps was a teacher and writer whose novel, God Sends Sunday, appeared at the end of the Harlem Renaissance. He served as librarian at Fisk University for many years.
From the description of Arna Bontemps letters to William Grant Still and Verna Arvey, 1939-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702163252
From the description of Arna Bontemps Collection 1934-1857. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78060778
From the description of Arna Bontemps letters to William Grant Still and Verna Arvey, 1939-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78467453
From the description of Arna Bontemps Collection 1934-1857. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 233522730
From the description of Arna Bontemps Collection 1934-1857. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702148302
Arna Bontemps was a teacher and writer whose novel God Sends Sunday appeared at the end of the Harlem Renaissance in 1931. He continued writing and editing anthologies and served as librarian at Fisk University.
From the guide to the Arna Bontemps Collection, 1934-1857, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Arna Wendell Bontemps was an African-American author and scholar. He embraced his heritage early in his life, and produced volumes of poetry, history, and stories, as well as making important contributions as a librarian, editor, and critic. He was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance, and an advocate of freedom and dignity for all mankind.
From the description of Arna Bontemps letters, ca. 1936-1963. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 53917416
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| creatorOf | Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. When the jack hollers; or, Careless love, a Negro folk-comedy in three acts, by Langston Hughes and Arna Bentemps. | Wayne State University | |
| creatorOf | Kornweibel, Theodore. "No crystal stair: Black life and the Messenger, 1917-1928" interviews, 1970-1972. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
| referencedIn | William Grant Still Papers, 1877-1992 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library | |
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| creatorOf | Literary and scholarly manuscripts collection, [ca. 1930-1980] | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| creatorOf | Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973. Arna Wendell Bontemps records, 1934-1965. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| creatorOf | Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973. Arna Bontemps letters to William Grant Still and Verna Arvey, 1939-1947. | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| creatorOf | Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990. Jack Conroy papers, 1924-1991. | Newberry Library | |
| referencedIn | Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Printed material, 1932-1967 and undated. | Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library | |
| creatorOf | Douglas, Aaron. Aaron Douglas papers, 1924-1939. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
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| creatorOf | Bontemps, Arna Wendell, 1902-1973. Arna Bontemps letters to William Grant Still and Verna Arvey, 1939-1947. | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Meltzer, Milton, 1915-2009. Milton Meltzer papers, 1955-1973. | University of Oregon Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Ovington, Mary White, 1865-1951. Mary White Ovington papers, 1854-1948. | Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs | |
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| referencedIn | Butcher, Philip, 1918-. Philip Butcher papers, ca.1890-1991. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Still, William Grant, 1895-1978. Papers, 1877-1992, n.d. | Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library | |
| referencedIn | Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Langston Hughes collection, 1924-1969. | Yale University Library | |
| referencedIn | Burton, Virginia Lee, 1909-1968. Virginia Lee Burton papers, ca. 1937-1962. | University of Oregon Libraries | |
| creatorOf | Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973. Arna Bontemps letters, ca. 1936-1963. | Pennsylvania State University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Virginia Lee Burton papers, ca. 1937-1962 | University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Fuller, Hoyt, 1923-1981. Hoyt Fuller papers, 1940-1981. | Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library | |
| referencedIn | Langston Hughes collection, 1924-1969 | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Claude McKay collection, 1853-1990, 1922-1948 | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| creatorOf | Karamu House. Karamu House records, 1914-1979. | Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library | |
| referencedIn | Herbert Aptheker Papers, 1842-1999, (bulk 1934-1994) | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946. Autograph letter signed Countee Cullen to: Frances April 26, 1936. | Wellesley College | |
| referencedIn | William Stanley Braithwaite Papers, 1916-1962 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
| creatorOf | Arna Bontemps Collection, 1934-1857 | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Madgett, Naomi Cornelia Long. Naomi Long Madget papers, 1932-1993. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| creatorOf | Bontemps, Arna Wendell, 1902-1973. Arna Bontemps Collection 1934-1857. | Yale University Library | |
| creatorOf | Arna Bontemps Papers, 1927-1968 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
| creatorOf | Pool, Rosey E., 1905-1971. Papers, 1959-1967. | Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University | |
| referencedIn | Du Bois, Shirley Graham, 1896-1977. Papers, 1865-1998 (inclusive), 1905-1975 (bulk). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973. St. Louis woman : script, 1945-1946. | UC Berkeley Libraries | |
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| referencedIn | Milton Meltzer papers, 1955-1973 | University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives | |
| creatorOf | Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973. [Pap Singleton] | Kansas State Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Dover, Cedric. Cedric Dover papers, circa 1920-1962. | Emory University. Special Collections and Archives | |
| creatorOf | Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962. William Stanley Braithwaite papers, 1898-1979. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
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| referencedIn | Black oral history collection, 1970-[ongoing]. | John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library. Special Collections & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938. James Weldon Johnson collection, 1886-1980 (bulk 1916-1930). | Emory University. Special Collections and Archives | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Pauli Murray, 1827-1985 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc. records, 1899-2003 (bulk 1945-1989). | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
| referencedIn | West, Dorothy, 1909-. Papers, 1914-1985 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
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| referencedIn | Lorraine Hansberry papers, 1947-1988 | Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Shirley Graham Du Bois, 1865-1998 (inclusive), 1905-1975 (bulk) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Bontemps, Arna, 1902-1973. Letter to Walter Goldwater 18 June 1963. | University of Toledo, William S. Carlson Library | |
| referencedIn | Williams, Daniel Hale, 1856-1931. Daniel Hale Williams papers, 1880-1954. | Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University | |
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| referencedIn | Lewis Fried Collection of Jack Conroy MS 414., 1931-1981 | Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries | |
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| referencedIn | James A. Emanuel Papers, 1922-1995, (bulk 1960-1995) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Yaddo records, 1870-1980 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | Louis Decimus Rubin papers | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| referencedIn | Langston Hughes papers, 1862-1980 | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | McKay, Claude, 1890-1948. Claude McKay collection, 1853-1990 (bulk 1922-1948). | Yale University Library | |
| referencedIn | Jean Burden Papers, 1931-1992 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
| creatorOf | C.L.R. James letters, 1939-1981 (bulk 1939-1946) | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| creatorOf | Frederick, John T. (John Towner), 1893-1975. Papers of John Towner Frederick, 1908-1975. | University of Iowa Libraries | |
| creatorOf | Nance, Ethel Ray, 1899-1992. A man most himself : typescript, 1922-1997. | UC Berkeley Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Frank S. Horne papers, 1927-1974 | Tulane University, Amistad Research Center | |
| creatorOf | Arna Bontemps Papers, 1951 | University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections | |
| referencedIn | William Stanley Braithwaite papers, 1898-1979 | Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section |
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Death 1973-06-04
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