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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

Robert Levy to Charles W. Chesnutt, 6 April 1921

  • Date: April 6, 1921
  • Creator(s): Levy, Robert
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

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

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

Selden Bacon to Charles W. Chesnutt, 4 December 1906

  • Date: December 4, 1906
  • Creator(s): Bacon, Selden
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Sharpless Dobson Green to Charles W. Chesnutt, 11 September 1922

  • Date: September 11, 1922
  • Creator(s): Green, Sharpless D.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 2

Small, Maynard & Company to Charles W. Chesnutt, 15 March 1922

  • Date: March 15, 1922
  • Creator(s): Small, Maynard & Company
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 2

Sterling N. Brown to Charles W. Chesnutt, 22 November 1921

  • Date: November 22, 1921
  • Creator(s): Brown, Sterling N.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Swan E. Micheaux to Charles W. Chesnutt, 14 March 1921

  • Date: March 14, 1921
  • Creator(s): Micheaux, Swan E.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Swan E. Micheaux to Charles W. Chesnutt, 17 June 1921

  • Date: June 17, 1921
  • Creator(s): Micheaux, Swan E.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Swan E. Micheaux to Charles W. Chesnutt, 18 February 1921

  • Date: February 18, 1921
  • Creator(s): Micheaux, Swan E.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Swan E. Micheaux to Charles W. Chesnutt, 19 September 1921

  • Date: September 19, 1921
  • Creator(s): Micheaux, Swan E.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Swan E. Micheaux to Charles W. Chesnutt, 24 September 1921

  • Date: September 24, 1921
  • Creator(s): Micheaux, Swan E.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Theodore E. Burton to Charles W. Chesnutt, 16 January 1914

  • Date: January 16, 1914
  • Creator(s): Burton, Theodore E.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Theodore E. Burton to Charles W. Chesnutt, 19 March [1913?]

  • Date: March 19, [1913?]
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Theodore E. Burton to Charles W. Chesnutt, 3 November 1921

  • Date: November 3, 1921
  • Creator(s): Burton, Theodore E.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Tom L. Johnson to Charles W. Chesnutt, 11 June 1892

  • Date: June 11, 1892
  • Creator(s): Johnson, Tom L.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 2, folder 1

Victor K. Chesnut to Charles W. Chesnutt, 23 July 1924

  • Date: July 23, 1924
  • Creator(s): Chesnut, V.K. (Victor King), 1867–1938
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 4

Victor W. Simmons to Charles W. Chesnutt, 5 December 1921

  • Date: December 5, 1921
  • Creator(s): Simmons, Victor W.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

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

Vlasta Vavra to Charles W. Chesnutt, 15 October 1932

  • Date: October 15, 1932
  • Creator(s): Vavra, Vlasta
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

W. E. B. Du Bois to Charles W. Chesnutt, 10 April 1931

  • Date: April 10, 1931
  • Creator(s): Du Bois, W. E. B.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers 1889-1932, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

W. E. B. Du Bois to Charles W. Chesnutt, 13 February 1929

  • Date: February 13, 1929
  • Creator(s): Du Bois, W. E. B.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: W.E.B. Du Bois Papers, 1803–1999 (bulk 1877–1963), Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries

W. E. B. Du Bois to Charles W. Chesnutt, 13 October 1926

  • Date: October 13, 1926
  • Creator(s): Du Bois, W. E. B.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: W. E. B. Du Bois Papers, 1803–1999 (bulk 1877–1963), Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries

W. E. B. Du Bois to Charles W. Chesnutt, 15 April 1926

  • Date: April 15, 1926.
  • Creator(s): Du Bois, W. E. B.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers 1889-1932, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370

W. E. B. Du Bois to Charles W. Chesnutt, 16 July 1903

  • Date: July 16, 1903
  • Creator(s): Du Bois, W. E. B.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: James Lowell Gibbs collection of African-American documents, 1865-1918, Rare and Manuscript Collection, Cornell University, 4506, box 1, folder 16

W. E. B. Du Bois to Charles W. Chesnutt, 1903

  • Date: Between May 3 and June 27, 1903
  • Creator(s): Du Bois, W. E. B.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: W.E.B. Du Bois Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries, MS 312

W. E. B. Du Bois to Charles W. Chesnutt, 20 June 1928

  • Date: June 20, 1928
  • Creator(s): Du Bois, W. E. B.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: W. E. B. Du Bois Papers, 1803–1999 (bulk 1877–1963), Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries

W. E. B. Du Bois to Charles W. Chesnutt, 21 January 1927

  • Date: January 21, 1927
  • Creator(s): Du Bois, W. E. B.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: W.E.B. Du Bois Papers, 1803–1999 (bulk 1877–1963), Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries

W. E. B. Du Bois to Charles W. Chesnutt, 22 June 1926

  • Date: June 22, 1926
  • Creator(s): Du Bois, W. E. B.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: W.E.B. Du Bois Papers, 1803–1999 (bulk 1877–1963), Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries

W. E. B. Du Bois to Charles W. Chesnutt, 24 December 1924

  • Date: December 24, 1924
  • Creator(s): Du Bois, W. E. B.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers 1889-1932, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370

W. E. B. Du Bois to Charles W. Chesnutt, 24 July 1925

  • Date: July 24, 1925
  • Creator(s): Du Bois, W. E. B.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: W. E. B. Du Bois Papers, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries Special Collections and University Archives, MS 312

W. E. B. Du Bois to Charles W. Chesnutt, 25 September 1926

  • Date: September 25, 1926
  • Creator(s): Du Bois, W. E. B.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: W.E.B. Du Bois Papers, 1803–1999 (bulk 1877–1963), Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries

W. E. B. Du Bois to Charles W. Chesnutt, 25 September 1926

  • Date: September 25, 1926
  • Creator(s): Du Bois, W. E. B.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: The Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 5

W. E. B. Du Bois to Charles W. Chesnutt, 28 July 1925

  • Date: July 28, 1925
  • Creator(s): Du Bois, W. E. B.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: W. E. B. Du Bois Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst

W. E. B. Du Bois to Charles W. Chesnutt, 28 July 1925

  • Date: July 28, 1925
  • Creator(s): Du Bois, W. E. B.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers 1889-1932, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370

W. E. B. Du Bois to Charles W. Chesnutt, 8 September 1924

  • Date: September 8, 1924
  • Creator(s): Du Bois, W. E. B.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: W. E. B. Du Bois Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries, MS 312

W. E. B. Du Bois to Charles W. Chesnutt, 8 September 1924

  • Date: September 8, 1924
  • Creator(s): Du Bois, W. E. B.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers 1889-1932, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370

W. P. Bayless to Charles W. Chesnutt, 14 July 1922

  • Date: July 14, 1922
  • Creator(s): Bayless, W. P.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 2

Walter D. Sayle to Charles W. Chesnutt, 6 June 1922

  • Date: June 6, 1922
  • Creator(s): Sayle, Walter D.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 2

Walter F. White to Charles Chesnutt, 2 March 1931

  • Date: March 2, 1931
  • Creator(s): White, Walter F.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers 1889-1932, Western Reserve Historical Society

Walter F. White to Charles W. Chesnutt, 17 November 1930

  • Date: November 17, 1930
  • Creator(s): White, Walter F.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers 1889-1932, Western Reserve Historical Society

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

Walter F. White to Charles W. Chesnutt, 20 February 1923

  • Date: February 20, 1923
  • Creator(s): White, Walter F.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 3

Walter F. White to Charles W. Chesnutt, 27 August 1931

  • Date: August 27, 1931
  • Creator(s): White, Walter F.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers 1889-1932, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370

Walter F. White to Charles W. Chesnutt, 4 September 1930

  • Date: September 4, 1930
  • Creator(s): White, Walter F.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers 1889-1932, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370

Walter F. White to Charles W. Chesnutt, 6 September 1930

  • Date: September 6, 1930
  • Creator(s): White, Walter F.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers 1889-1932, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370

Walter Hines Page to Charles W. Chesnutt, 14 June 1907

  • Date: June 14, 1907
  • Creator(s): Page, Walter Hines
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Walter L. Flory to Charles W. Chesnutt, 28 February 1922

  • Date: February 28, 1922
  • Creator(s): Flory, Walter L.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 2

Walter White to Charles Chesnutt, 13 March 1931

  • Date: March 13, 1931
  • Creator(s): White, Walter F.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers 1889-1932, Western Reserve Historical Society

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
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