Charles Waddell Chesnutt papers, 1889-1932.

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Charles Waddell Chesnutt papers, 1889-1932.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17725484

Correspondence, copies of speeches and writings, newspaper clippings, invitations, programs, photographs and other papers relating to Chesnutt's activities as a court reporter and writer.

0.83 linear ft.

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932

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Charles Waddell Chesnutt was America's first important African-American author, and earned a reputation for both his socially conscious work and his literary innovation. Born in Cleveland to free black parents, he was raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and travelled throughout the south, as well as New York and Washington, D.C., before settling in Cleveland with his wife. He had worked as a teacher, and in Cleveland started a successful stenography business, learned law, and passed the bar ...