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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

Charles W. Chesnutt to W. E. B. Du Bois, 11 June 1928

  • Date: June 11, 1928
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: W.E.B. Du Bois Papers, 1803–1999 (bulk 1877–1963), Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries

Charles W. Chesnutt to W. E. B. Du Bois, 1 March 1916

  • Date: March 1, 1916
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: W. E. B. Du Bois Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries, MS 312

Charles W. Chesnutt to Vlasta Vavra, 24 October 1932

  • Date: October 24, 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 Victor K. Chesnut, 4 August 1924

  • Date: August 4, 1924
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 4

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

Charles W. Chesnutt to The Weber-Lind Company, 17 November 1922

  • Date: November 17, 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 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

Charles W. Chesnutt to The Treasurer of Geauga County, 23 October 1922

  • Date: October 23, 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 the Secretary to the Governor of Ohio, 17 September 1921

  • Date: September 17, 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 the Secretary to the Governor of Ohio, 14 September 1921

  • Date: September 14, 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 the Publishers of the Chicago Defender, 19 September 1921

  • Date: September 19, 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 the Editor of Family Fiction, 15 May 1890

  • Date: May 15, 1890
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: George Washington Cable Papers, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane, LaRC-2, box 17

Charles W. Chesnutt to The Cleveland Museum of Art, 21 September 1932

  • Date: September 21, 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 Cleveland Call, 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 Swan Emerson Micheaux, 19 November 1921

  • Date: November 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 Swan E. Micheaux, 27 July 1921

  • Date: July 27, 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, 26 October 1921

  • Date: October 26, 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, 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 Swan E. Micheaux, 23 February 1922

  • Date: February 23, 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 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 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 Swan E. Micheaux, 12 March 1921

  • Date: March 12, 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, 10 October 1921

  • Date: October 10, 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 Samuel S. Rosenthal, Inc., 4 October 1932

  • Date: October 4, 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 Samuel S. Rosenthal, Inc., 28 June 1932

  • Date: June 28, 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 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

Charles W. Chesnutt to S. W. Rutherford, 27 March 1923

  • Date: March 27, 1923
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Carter Godwin Woodson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, MSS46342, box I:5

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 Russell W. Jelliffe, 3 January 1922

  • Date: January 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 Robert Underwood Johnson, 15 May 1900

  • Date: May 15, 1900
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Century Company records, Berg Collection, New York Public Library, MssCol 504

Charles W. Chesnutt to Robert Levy, 7 February 1921

  • Date: February 7, 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, 18 February 1921

  • Date: February 18, 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, 17 February 1921

  • Date: February 17, 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 Robert F. Bingham, 22 November 1922

  • Date: November 22, 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 Richard W. Gilder, 24 April 1899

  • Date: April 24, 1899
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Century Company records, Berg Collection, New York Public Library, MssCol 504

Charles W. Chesnutt to Richard W. Gilder, 19 May 1899

  • Date: May 19, 1899
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Century Company records, Berg Collection, New York Public Library, MssCol 504

Charles W. Chesnutt to Richard W. Gilder, 11 April 1895

  • Date: April 11, 1895
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Century Company Records, Berg Collection, New York Public Library, MssCol 504

Charles W. Chesnutt to Richard W. Gilder, 1 January 1901

  • Date: January 1, 1901
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W.
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Century Company records, Berg Collection, New York Public Library, MssCol 504

Charles W. Chesnutt to Rexford L. Holmes, 19 November 1921

  • Date: November 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 Rexford L. Holmes, 13 September 1921

  • Date: September 13, 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 Radio Station WTAM, 22 June 1931

  • Date: June 22, 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 Plain Dealer Publishing Company, 20 June 1931

  • Date: June 20, 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 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 Oscar Micheaux, 29 January 1924

  • Date: January 29, 1924
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 4

Charles W. Chesnutt to Oscar Micheaux, 27 January 1921

  • Date: January 27, 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 Oscar Micheaux, 23 February 1922

  • Date: February 23, 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, 17 January 1923

  • Date: January 17, 1923
  • Creator(s): Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 3

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 Mildred Chadsey, 21 September 1932

  • Date: September 21, 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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