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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

469 items

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, 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, 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

Oscar Micheaux to Charles W. Chesnutt, 30 October 1921

  • Date: October 30, 1921
  • Creator(s): Micheaux, Oscar
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Oscar Micheaux to Charles W. Chesnutt, 28 Feburary 1922

  • Date: Feburary 28, 1922
  • Creator(s): Micheaux, Oscar
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 2

Oscar Micheaux to Charles W. Chesnutt, 18 January 1921

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

Oscar Micheaux to Charles W. Chesnutt, 29 January 1921

  • Date: January 29, 1921
  • Creator(s): Micheaux, Oscar
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Oscar Micheaux to Charles W. Chesnutt, 24 March 1921

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

Oscar Micheaux to Charles W. Chesnutt, 15 January 1922

  • Date: January 15, 1922
  • Creator(s): Micheaux, Oscar
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 2

Oscar Micheaux to Charles W. Chesnutt, 13 November 1921

  • Date: November 13, 1921
  • Creator(s): Micheaux, Oscar
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Oscar Micheaux to Charles W. Chesnutt, 4 December 1921

  • Date: December 4, 1921
  • Creator(s): Micheaux, Oscar
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

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

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

John D. Marshall to Charles W. Chesnutt, 18 November 1921

  • Date: November 18, 1921
  • Creator(s): Marshall, John D.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Warren Logan to Charles W. Chesnutt, 30 November 1915

  • Date: November 30, 1915
  • Creator(s): Logan, Warren
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, MSS44669, box 524, folder Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

Arthur E. Lloyd to Charles W. Chesnutt, 28 September 1921

  • Date: September 28, 1921
  • Creator(s): Lloyd, Arthur E.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Robert Levy to Charles W. Chesnutt, 3 February 1921

  • Date: February 3, 1921
  • Creator(s): Levy, Robert
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Robert Levy to Charles W. Chesnutt, 15 February 1921

  • Date: February 15, 1921
  • Creator(s): Levy, Robert
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Catharine D. Lealtad to Charles W. Chesnutt, 28 October 1921

  • Date: October 28, 1921
  • Creator(s): Lealtad, Catharine D.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

L. L. Winkelman & Co. to Charles W. Chesnutt, 26 September 1921

  • Date: September 26, 1921
  • Creator(s): L. L. Winkelman & Company
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Keppler & Schwarzmann (Behalf of Puck Magazine) to Charles W. Chesnutt, 18 July 1889

  • Date: July 18, 1889
  • Creator(s): Keppler & Schwarzmann
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 2, folder 1

Keppler & Schwarzmann (Behalf of Puck Magazine) to Charles W. Chesnutt, 27 April 1889

  • Date: April 27, 1889
  • Creator(s): Keppler & Schwarzmann
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 2, folder 1

Keppler & Schwarzmann (Behalf of Puck Magazine) to Charles W. Chesnutt, 9 May 1889

  • Date: May 9, 1889
  • Creator(s): Keppler & Schwarzmann
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 2, 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

Georgia Douglas Johnson to Charles W. Chesnutt, 10 October 1922

  • Date: October 10, 1922
  • Creator(s): Johnson, Georgia Douglas
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 2

Frederic C. Howe to Charles W. Chesnutt, 6 November 1906.

  • Date: November 6 1906.
  • Creator(s): Howe, Frederick C.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers 1889-1932, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1-6

Houghton Mifflin Company to Charles W. Chesnutt, 31 August 1922

  • Date: August 31, 1922
  • Creator(s): Houghton Mifflin Company
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 2

Houghton Mifflin Company to Charles W. Chesnutt, 31 August 1921

  • Date: August 31, 1921
  • Creator(s): Houghton Mifflin Company
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Matthew L. Hicks to Charles W. Chesnutt, 10 February 1922

  • Date: February 10, 1922
  • Creator(s): Hicks, Matthew L.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 2

Charles Henson to Charles W. Chesnutt, 17 May 1922

  • Date: May 17, 1922
  • Creator(s): Henson, Charles
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 2

Clara M. Henderson to Charles W. Chesnutt, 10 September 1921

  • Date: September 10, 1921
  • Creator(s): Henderson, Clara M.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Fleta Harrison to Charles W. Chesnutt, 20 October 1921

  • Date: October 20, 1921
  • Creator(s): Harrison, Fleta
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Francis W. Halsey to Charles W. Chesnutt, 15 December 1900

  • Date: December 15, 1900
  • Creator(s): Halsey, Francis W.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Western Reserve Historical Society

Ralph T. Hale to Charles W. Chesnutt, 8 August 1919

  • Date: August 8, 1919
  • Creator(s): Hale, Ralph T.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers 1889-1932, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

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

Chester K. Gillespie to Charles W. Chesnutt, 3 March 1923

  • Date: March 3, 1923
  • Creator(s): Gillespie, Chester K. (Chester Karl), 1897–1985
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 3

Chester K. Gillespie to Charles W. Chesnutt, 9 March 1923

  • Date: March 9, 1923
  • Creator(s): Gillespie, Chester K. (Chester Karl), 1897–1985
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 3

Richard W. Gilder to George Washington Cable, 28 May 1890

  • Date: May 28, 1890
  • Creator(s): Gilder, Richard W.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University

James R. Garfield to Charles W. Chesnutt, 21 March 1911

  • Date: March 21, 1911
  • Creator(s): Garfield, James R.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

C. Gannon to Charles W. Chesnutt, 19 May 1932

  • Date: May 19, 1932
  • Creator(s): Gannon, C.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Harry C. Gahn to Charles W. Chesnutt, 3 November 1921

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

I. T. Frary to Charles W. Chesnutt, 28 September 1932

  • Date: September 28, 1932
  • Creator(s): Frary, Ihna T.
  • 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

The Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. to Charles W. Chesnutt, 23 October 1922

  • Date: October 23, 1922
  • Creator(s): Encyclopaedia Britannica
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 2

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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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
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