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Correspondence

Here we present our growing digital edition of the correspondence of Charles W. Chesnutt. Chesnutt’s letters illuminate the expansive social and literary network of this prominent African American writer, lawyer, and voting rights activist, and shed light on his times. The letters, dating from 1883 to 1932, range widely, relating to personal, political, business, civic, and literary matters. Our edition includes transcriptions of incoming as well as outgoing letters, and Chesnutt’s drafts, along with images of the original documents whenever possible. Our editorial policies can be found here.

The edition includes a catalog of all of Chesnutt’s known correspondence, incoming and outgoing.


Full Correspondence Catalog


Correspondence

634 items

Charles W. Chesnutt to Wendell Phillips Dabney, 13 October 1931

  • Date: October 13, 1931
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Charles W. Chesnutt to Ida and Fannie Henderson, 13 October 1931

  • Date: October 13, 1931
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Charles W. Chesnutt to Frank X. Cull, 13 October 1931

  • Date: October 13, 1931
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Charles W. Chesnutt to John Patterson Green, 16 October 1931

  • Date: October 16, 1931
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Charles W. Chesnutt to Walter White, 16 October 1931

  • Date: October 16, 1931
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Collection 1889-1932, Western Reserve Historical Society

Charles W. Chesnutt to David Gibson, 16 October 1931

  • Date: October 16, 1931
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Charles W. Chesnutt to Wendell Phillips Dabney, 16 October 1931

  • Date: October 16, 1931
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Charles W. Chesnutt to Mildred Chadsey, 16 October 1931

  • Date: October 16, 1931
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Charles W. Chesnutt to Mayo Fesler, 16 October 1931

  • Date: October 16, 1931
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Walter F. White to Charles W. Chesnutt, 19 October 1931

  • Date: October 19, 1931
  • Creator(s): White, Walter F.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers 1889-1932, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370

John Patterson Green to Charles W. Chesnutt, 21 October 1931

  • Date: October 21, 1931
  • Creator(s): Green, John Patterson
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Charles W. Chesnutt to Thomas M. Robbins & Son, 29 October 1931

  • Date: October 29, 1931
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Ralph L. Williams to Charles W. Chesnutt, 3 November 1931

  • Date: November 3, 1931
  • Creator(s): Williams, Ralph L.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Vincent Longo to Charles W. Chesnutt, 4 November 1931

  • Date: November 4, 1931
  • Creator(s): Longo, Vincent
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Lackzoom Laboratory to Charles W. Chesnutt, 16 November 1931

  • Date: November 16, 1931
  • Creator(s): Lackzoom Laboratories
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Charles W. Chesnutt to Jessie B. Parks, 17 November 1931

  • Date: November 17, 1931
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Ray Trucks to Charles W. Chesnutt, 27 November 1931

  • Date: November 27, 1931
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Edna M. Irvine to Charles W. Chesnutt, 2 December 1931

  • Date: December 2, 1931
  • Creator(s): Irvine, Edna M.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Minnie E. Jones to Charles W. Chesnutt, 21 December 1931

  • Date: December 21, 1931
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers 1889-1932, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Charles W. Chesnutt to Langston Hughes, 12 January 1932

  • Date: January 12, 1932
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Ralph L. Williams to Charles W. Chesnutt, 13 January 1932

  • Date: January 13, 1932
  • Creator(s): Williams, Ralph L.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Ralph L. Williams to Charles W. Chesnutt, January 22, 1932

  • Date: January 22, 1932
  • Creator(s): Williams, Ralph L.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Edmund Vance "Buck" Cooke Jr. to Charles W. Chesnutt, 27 January 1932

  • Date: January 27, 1932
  • Creator(s): Cooke, Edmund Vance "Buck" Jr.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Ray Trucks to Charles W. Chesnutt, [January?] 1932

  • Date: [January?] 1932
  • Creator(s): Trucks, Ray
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Walter White to Charles Chesnutt, 2 February 1932

  • Date: February 2, 1932
  • Creator(s): White, Walter F.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers 1889-1932, Western Reserve Historical Society

Charles W. Chesnutt to Samuel S. Rosenthal, 3 February 1932

  • Date: February 3, 1932
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Mary Dickerson Donahey to Charles W. Chesnutt, 4 February 1932

  • Date: February 4, 1932
  • Creator(s): Donahey, Mary D.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Charles W. Chesnutt to Walter White, 10 February 1932

  • Date: February 10, 1932
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Collection 1889-1932, Western Reserve Historical Society

William Monroe Trotter to Charles W. Chesnutt, 22 February 1932

  • Date: February 22, 1932
  • Creator(s): Trotter, William M.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers 1889-1932, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Walter White to Charles Chesnutt, 3 March 1932

  • Date: March 3, 1932
  • Creator(s): White, Walter F.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers 1889-1932, Western Reserve Historical Society

Charles W. Chesnutt to William Monroe Trotter, 3 March 1932

  • Date: March 3, 1932
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Charles W. Chesnutt to Ethel Chesnutt Williams, March 29, 1932

  • Date: March 29, 1932
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Mayo Fesler to Charles W. Chesnutt, 1 April 1932

  • Date: April 1, 1932
  • Creator(s): Fesler, Mayo
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Lessie Ophelia Toler to Charles W. Chesnutt, 14 April 1932

  • Date: April 14, 1932
  • Creator(s): Toler, Lessie O.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers 1889-1932, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

George W. Brown to Charles W. Chesnutt, 19 April 1932

  • Date: April 19, 1932
  • Creator(s): Brown, George W.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Cassie Mae Reed to Charles W. Chesnutt, 19 April 1932

  • Date: April 19, 1932
  • Creator(s): Reed, Cassie Mae
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Ruth McConnell to Charles W. Chesnutt, 19 April 1932

  • Date: April 19, 1932
  • Creator(s): McConnell, Ruth
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Ethel Chesnutt Williams to Charles W. Chesnutt, 25 April 1932

  • Date: April 25, 1932
  • Creator(s): Williams, Ethel Chesnutt
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Charles W. Chesnutt to Cassie Mae Reed, 25 April 1932

  • Date: April 25, 1932
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858–1932
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers 1889-1932, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Charles W. Chesnutt to Ruth McConnell, 25 April 1932

  • Date: April 25, 1932
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Charles W. Chesnutt to Lessie Ophelia Toler, 25 April 1932

  • Date: April 25, 1932
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Charles W. Chesnutt to Harvey M. Williamson, 25 April 1932

  • Date: April 25, 1932
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Ruth McConnell to Charles W. Chesnutt, 5 May 1932

  • Date: May 5, 1932
  • Creator(s): McConnell, Ruth
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Leonard J. Stern to Charles W. Chesnutt, 6 May 1932

  • Date: May 6, 1932
  • Creator(s): Stern, Leonard J.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Mary Haven Thirkield to Charles W. Chesnutt, 10 May 1932

  • Date: May 10, 1932
  • Creator(s): Thirkield, Mary H.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Charles W. Chesnutt to Wendell P. Dabney, 11 May 1932

  • Date: May 11, 1932
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Wendell P. Dabney to Charles W. Chesnutt, 12 May 1932

  • Date: May 12, 1932
  • Creator(s): Dabney, Wendell P.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Charles W. Chesnutt to Minnie E. Jones, 16 May 1932

  • Date: May 16, 1932
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Charles W. Chesnutt to Mary Haven Thirkield, 16 May 1932

  • Date: May 16, 1932
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Charles W. Chesnutt to The Warren Book Company [Archibald Poole], 16 May 1932

  • Date: May 16, 1932
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6
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