[Letter] : 1931 September 17, Great Barrington, Mass. [to Louis] Untermeyer.

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[Letter] : 1931 September 17, Great Barrington, Mass. [to Louis] Untermeyer.

Feels Untermeyer has done an excellent job compiling an anthology of American poets, including a representative sampling of Negroes' work; he has been appointed Professor of creative literature at Fisk University.

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Haverford College Library

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