Letters to Mrs. Ina Steele [manuscript], 1956-1960.

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Letters to Mrs. Ina Steele [manuscript], 1956-1960.

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In a letter, 1956 July 13, Hughes regrets that he knows no one who meets Mrs. Steele's teaching requirements and mentions his books "A Pictorial History of the Negro in America," and "I Wonder As I Wander." In a letter, 1960 January 8, Hughes describes his Christmas, his first jet plane ride, missing a Belafonte television show, Barnaby Conrad's bullfight bar and Josephine Baker and Odetta as leading ladies.

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