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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

Draft letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to Charles W. Chesnutt, 30 October 1926

  • Date: October 30, 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, 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, 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, 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

Draft letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to Charles W. Chesnutt, 18 November 1926

  • Date: November 18, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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. 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, 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, 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, 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

Mary Dickerson Donahey to Charles W. Chesnutt and family, 2 September 1921

  • Date: September 2, 1921
  • Creator(s): Donahey, Mary Dickerson
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Mary Dickerson Donahey to Charles W. Chesnutt, 23 June 1931

  • Date: June 23, 1931
  • Creator(s): Donahey, Mary Dickerson
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 2

Mary Dickerson Donahey to Charles W. Chesnutt, 2 July 1932

  • Date: July 2, 1932
  • Creator(s): Donahey, Mary Dickerson
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6

Harry E. Davis to Charles W. Chesnutt, 17 October 1922

  • Date: October 17, 1922
  • Creator(s): Davis, Harry E.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 2

Harry E. Davis to Charles W. Chesnutt, 28 September 1922

  • Date: September 28, 1922
  • Creator(s): Davis, Harry E.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 2

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

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

Wendell Phillips Dabney to Charles W. Chesnutt, 3 September 1931

  • Date: September 3, 1931
  • Creator(s): Dabney, Wendell Phillips
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 2

Charles B. Curtis to Charles W. Chesnutt, 15 November 1921

  • Date: November 15, 1921
  • Creator(s): Curtis, Charles B.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

George B. Cortelyou to Charles W. Chesnutt, 27 November 1901

  • Date: November 27, 1901
  • Creator(s): Cortelyou, George B.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Western Reserve Historical Society

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

William R. Conners to Charles W. Chesnutt, 16 November 1921

  • Date: November 16, 1921
  • Creator(s): Conners, William R.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

William R. Conners to Charles W. Chesnutt, 19 November 1921

  • Date: November 19, 1921
  • Creator(s): Conners, William R.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Arthur H. Clark to Charles W. Chesnutt, 22 August 1922

  • Date: August 22, 1922
  • Creator(s): Clark, Arthur H.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 2

Mary Ochiltree Chesnutt to Charles W. Chesnutt, 27 December 1921

  • Date: December 27, 1921
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Mary Ochiltree
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Helen M. Chesnutt to Charles W. Chesnutt, 5 March 1900

  • Date: March 5, 1900
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Helen M.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers 1889-1932, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370

Edwin J. Chesnutt to Charles W. Chesnutt, 23 July 1903

  • Date: July 23, 1903
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Edwin J.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers 1889-1932, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Charles W. Chesnutt to Harry C. Gahn, 1 November 1921

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

Charles W. Chesnutt to William B. Pratt, 8 October 1921

  • Date: October 8, 1921
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Charles W. Chesnutt to Mary Dickerson Donahey, 1 November 1921

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

Charles W. Chesnutt to Robert Levy, 12 March 1921

  • Date: March 12, 1921
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, 1889-1932, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

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

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

Charles W. Chesnutt to Alfred Anderson, 3 September 1921

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

Charles W. Chesnutt to Swan E. Micheaux, 23 September 1921

  • Date: September 23, 1921
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Charles W. Chesnutt to William B. Pratt, 19 September 1921

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

Charles W. Chesnutt to Alfred A. Knopf, 20 December 1921

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

Charles W. Chesnutt to Henry Clay Tyson, 20 December 1921

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

Charles W. Chesnutt to Swan E. Micheaux, 16 January 1922

  • Date: January 16, 1922
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 2

Charles W. Chesnutt to Edward C. Williams, 20 December 1921

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

Charles W. Chesnutt to Harcourt, Brace and Company, 12 November 1921

  • Date: November 12, 1921
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 1

Charles W. Chesnutt to Frank H. Baer, 3 October 1922

  • Date: October 3, 1922
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 2

Charles W. Chesnutt to Judson Douglas Wetmore, 28 October 1922

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

Charles W. Chesnutt to Micheaux Film Corporation, 25 September 1922

  • Date: September 25, 1922
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 2

Charles W. Chesnutt to Arthur H. Clark, 1 September 1922

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

Charles Henson to Charles W. Chesnutt, 27 May 1922

  • Date: May 27, 1922
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, 1889-1932, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 2

Charles W. Chesnutt to Micheaux Film Corporation, 28 April 1922

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

Charles W. Chesnutt to Oscar Micheaux, 9 March 1922

  • Date: March 9, 1922
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, 1889-1932, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 2

Charles W. Chesnutt to Editor of the Chicago Defender, 24 March 1922

  • Date: March 24, 1922
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 2
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