Fisher family papers, 1873-1926.

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Fisher family papers, 1873-1926.

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The Fisher Family Papers consists of material relating to four of its members: Rudolph, Pearl, John and Joseph. The Rudolph Fisher papers consist of a short story, "City of Rage" and a graduation program from his alma mater, Brown University. The bulk of the material relates to Pearl and includes class notes and writings, test papers, a yearbook for the Colored Teachers Training School, and a program for the "Scribblers," a poets' club to which she belonged. There are many letters from Joseph to his mother, Glendora, concerning his financial and personal problems. Rev. John Wesley Fisher is represented only by financial records.

.6 lin. ft.

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 6723929

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Fisher, John W. (John Wesley), 1915-

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Fisher Family.

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The Fisher Family Papers represent four members of the Fisher family, most notably, physician and Harlem Renaissance author, Rudolph Fisher (1897-1934). Fisher is best known for his novels: "The Walls of Jericho," 1928, and "The Conjure-Man Dies: A Mystery Tale of Dark Harlem," 1932. The other family members are his sister, Pearl, a teacher educated at the College Preparatory School in Falls River, Massachusetts, who taught in Manhattan and Baltimore; their father John, a minister in Providence,...

Fisher, Pearl.

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Fisher, Rudolph, 1897-1934

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African American physician and author. From the description of Fisher notebook, 1923-1924. (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Association Library). WorldCat record id: 70938918 Rudolph Fisher (1897-1934), a physician, novelist, dramatist, musician, and orator, was born in Washington, D.C., on May 9, 1897. The last of six children (three of whom died prior to 1905) born to John Wesley Fisher, a clergyman, and Glendora Williamson Fisher, Fisher was raised in Providence, Rhod...