Kathleen Tankersley Young correspondence, 1928-1932.

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Young, Kathleen Tankersley. Kathleen Tankersley Young correspondence, 1928-1932.

Kathleen Tankersley Young correspondence, 1928-1932.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/259437970

Consists chiefly of correspondence between Kathleen Tankersley Young and the New York book designer and printer Lew Ney and his wife, Ruth Widen -- original letters (holograph and typewritten) by Young, carbon copies of answers to Young's letters by Ney and Widen. The letters provide an intimate portrait of Young's private life and her marriage to David Jerome Ellinger, and of some of the literary and artistic figures of the Harlem Renaissance. They also shed light on the social mores of the United States during that time period. Young frequently refers to her friends and business partners Charles Henri Ford and Harrison Parker Tyler, as well as to her circle of literary friends, which included Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein. There are some letters discussing business matters, including a book project which Young initially intended Ney to publish for her, and money she owed Ney and Widen.

.20 linear ft. (1 half-size archival box)

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