Letter from Shirley Graham to W. E. B. Du Bois
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Letter from Shirley Graham to W. E. B. Du Bois

Du Bois, Shirley Graham, 1896-1977 · August 27, 1937

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Digital Commonwealth — Special Collections and University Archives

Recounting her "wonderful experience at Vassar" and the "radically changed" outlook of the Princess Theatre thereafter; describing her recent doings and obligations there, and her adaptation of O'Neill's "Hairy Ape"; discussing progress and contacts made with respect to the prospective "Negro in art" conference; regretting not having seen him during his short stay in New York in August; and mentioning the possibility of receiving a fellowship the following year from the Rosenwald Fund.

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