Gwendolyn Bennett papers 1916-1981

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Gwendolyn Bennett papers 1916-1981

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Personal Papers consisting of correspondence, 1926-1946; educational and financial papers; resumes detailing Bennett's teaching and literary career; photographs; and diaries, 1925, 1936, and 1958. Bennett's Professional and Literary Activities are documented by research material consisting of newspaper and magazine articles written by or about Bennett and the Welfare Council of New York, for whom Bennett worked as a journalist; class notes and printed material from the School for Democracy, predecessor of the Jefferson School of Social Science, a Marxist adult education center, and the George Washington Carver School, two controversial schools investigated by the House Un-American Activities Committee for Communist infiltration. Also, typescripts of Bennett's poems and book reviews, 1928-1941. Frank Horne Literary Estate papers consist of typescripts of Horne's published and unpublished poems and letters, 1926-1963. Scrapbooks consist of news clippings, letters, and memorabilia and chronicles of her youth and published work, 1914-1934.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section

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George Washington Carver High School for the Sciences (New York, N.Y.)

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Bennett, Gwendolyn, 1902-1981

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Harlem Renaissance poet, teacher, artist, and political activist during the late 1930s and 1940s. From the description of Gwendolyn Bennett papers, 1916-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122531497 "Born in Giddins, Texas on July 8, 1902, Gwendolyn Bennett is principally remembered as one of the poets of the 1920's Negro Renaissance in Harlem, an artist and a political activist during the late 1930's and 1940's. Her artistic career both as a poet and as a graphic artist, u...

School for Democracy (New York, N.Y.)

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Horne, Frank

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Welfare Council of New York City

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