Edward C.L. Adams papers, 1926-1931.

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Edward C.L. Adams papers, 1926-1931.

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Correspondence, literary manuscripts, book reviews, drafts of ethnic sketches, and other papers documenting literary representations of African-American residents of South Carolina as seen through folktales, dialect, portions of sermons, ballads, and fiction; includes correspondence and other material relating to the publication and reception of Adams's works Congaree Sketches (1927), Nigger to Nigger (1928), and Potee's Gal "A Drama of Negro Life Near the Big Congaree" (1929). Papers and reviews re publication of Congaree Sketches in 1927 by University of North Carolina Press which included an introduction by Chapel Hill professor and playwright Paul Green, in which he called for more humane treatment of African Americans, with letter, 30 May 1927, to George Coffin Taylor, in which Adams expressed his disapproval of Green's introduction; and three short undated sketches in dialect, "conversations with Tad," re USC football, politics, politicians, and other issues of the day. Correspondents include Maxwell E. Perkins, editor of Scribner's, ca. 1928-1930, re publication of Nigger to Nigger and publicity; many letters address the controversy re staging of the play, Potee's Gal by the Columbia Stage Society with a cast of 150 African-American actors which was cancelled shortly before opening due to protests, including letter, 7 Feb. 1928, from Harry R.E. Hampton, in which he urges Adams to resume rehersals for the good of the Stage Society, the city, the state, and the South; and Adams correspondence, ca. 1929-1930, with Theresa Helburn, docmenting his efforts to produce the play in New York; and letter, 24 Mar. 1930, from Elliott White Springs in which he praises the play and encourages Adams to expand the story. Also including letter, 6 June 1931, London, England from Eslanda "Essie" Cardozo Goode (Mrs. Paul Robeson), expressing appreciation for letters and books sent by Adams following their meeting in Columbia, S.C., reporting enjoyment of her first trip to South Carolina and noting family connections to the state [Robeson was granddaughter of Francis L. Cardozo, the secretary of state of South Carolina during Reconstruction]. Other correspondents include Christie Benet, J. Heyward Gibbes, Paul Green, Margaret Haynes, McDavid Horton, Bishop John Hurst, W. Bedford Moore, Charles Norman, Albert D. Oliphant, Josephine Pinckney, Stanhope Sams, Yates Snowden, and Edgar T. Thompson.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Green, Paul, 1894-1981

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