Léon-Gontran Damas papers, 1949-1978.

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Léon-Gontran Damas papers, 1949-1978.

Personal papers, professional and literary correspondence, office files, research notes and printed matter documenting the professional and literary activities of Léon-Gontran Damas, an author, lecturer and acting-chairman of the department of African Studies and Research Program at Howard University (1975-1976).

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