Owen Dodson collection, 1943-1984.

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Owen Dodson collection, 1943-1984.

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The Owen Dodson Collection consists principally of printed matter describing Dodson's career as a poet, playwright and novelist. There are also programs, obituaries and a memorial, a few of his poems and an extensive bibliography. Additionally, the collection contains a handwritten poem (1940's), postcards he wrote to his friend Sol Gordon, court documents and correspondence regarding Dodson's estate and his will.

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Dodson, Owen, 1914-1983

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Owen Dodson was a playwright and author. From the description of Owen Dodson Collection 1936-1951. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80551547 From the description of Owen Dodson Collection 1936-1951. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702148305 African American author, poet, playwright, and professor of drama at Howard University; died 1983. From the description of Owen Dodson papers, 1930-1968. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 741522194...

Gordon, Sol, 1923-

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Owen Dodson, poet, novelist, playwright and educator who influenced the course of African-American drama. Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1914, he received a Bachelor's degree from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale University with the writing of the play "Divine Comedy" (1938). Dodson wrote the novels "Come Home Early, Child," (1977) and "Boy at the Window" (1951) and books of poetry including "The Harlem Book o...