Tolson, Melvin Beaunorus

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Author, educator, and poet; mayor of Langston, Okla., and poet laureate of Liberia. Born 1898, died 1966.

From the description of Melvin Beaunorus Tolson papers, 1932-1975 (bulk 1940-1966). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979894

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creatorOf Melvin Beaunorus Tolson Papers, 1932-1975, (bulk 1940-1966) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Tolson, Melvin Beaunorus. Odyssey of a manuscript : Marshall, Tex., photocopied typescript, [after 1932]. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Tolson, Melvin Beaunorus. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1941. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Papers of Langston Hughes [manuscript], 1925-1982. University of Virginia. Library
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correspondedWith Bond, Horace Mann, 1904-1972 person
associatedWith Farnsworth, Robert M. person
correspondedWith Flowers, William K. (William Knox), 1916- person
correspondedWith Hill, Herbert, 1924- person
associatedWith Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. person
correspondedWith Lansdowne, Albert Y. person
correspondedWith Randall, Dudley, 1914- person
correspondedWith Shapiro, Karl Jay, 1913-2000 person
correspondedWith Steinburg, Jacob person
correspondedWith Tate, Allen, 1899-1979 person
correspondedWith Wilson, Ida Frances, 1920- person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
New York (State)--New York--Harlem
Subject
American literature
African American arts
African American poetry
African American poets
Harlem Renaissance
Liberian poetry (English)
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Authors
Educators
Poets
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Active 1932

Active 1975

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