Correspondence

This digital edition of the correspondence of Charles W. Chesnutt offers hundreds of letters, incoming and outgoing, as well as drafts, dating from 1882 to 1932. With letters relating to personal, political, business, civic, and literary matters, the edition illuminates the expansive social and literary network of this prominent African American writer, lawyer, and voting rights activist and sheds light on his times. The edition includes transcriptions along with images of the original documents whenever possible. Our editorial policies can be found here.


Full Introduction to the Correspondence of Chesnutt


Complete Catalog of All Incoming and Outgoing Letters



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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 Booker T. Washington, 16 November 1901

  • Date:
    • November 16, 1901
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, MSS44669, box 39, folder Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

Charles W. Chesnutt to W. E. B. Du Bois, 27 June 1903

  • Date:
    • June 27, 1903
  • 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 Booker T. Washington, 8 October 1901

  • Date:
    • October 8, 1901
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, MSS44669, box 39, folder Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

Charles W. Chesnutt to Booker T. Washington, 13 March 1901

  • Date:
    • March 13, 1901
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, MSS44669, box 39, folder Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

Charles W. Chesnutt to Booker T. Washington, 10 November 1900

  • Date:
    • November 10, 1900
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, MSS44669, box 39, folder Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

Charles W. Chesnutt to John Patterson Green, 7 December 1897

  • Date:
    • December 7, 1897
  • Creator(s):
    • Charles W. Chesnutt
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • John Patterson Green Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3380, box 4, folder 1-4

Charles W. Chesnutt to Booker T. Washington, 29 October 1900

  • Date:
    • October 29, 1900
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, MSS44669, box 39, folder Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

Charles W. Chesnutt to Booker T. Washington, 5 November 1901

  • Date:
    • November 5, 1901
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, MSS44669, box 39, folder Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

Charles W. Chesnutt to Booker T. Washington, 25 November 1901

  • Date:
    • November 25, 1901
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, MSS44669, box 39, folder Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

Charles W. Chesnutt to Unidentified Correspondents, 6 May 1922

  • Date:
    • May 6, 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 William Donahey, 12 May 1922

  • Date:
    • May 12, 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 William Donahey and Mary Dickerson Donahey, 23 May 1922

  • Date:
    • May 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 William Donahey, 6 September 1922

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

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

Charles W. Chesnutt to Mary Dickerson Donahey, 6 September 1932

  • Date:
    • September 6, 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 Edith E. Robinson, 13 September 1932

  • Date:
    • September 13, 1932
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1

Charles W. Chesnutt to William Frederick Mackay, 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 D. K. Cherry, 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

Charles W. Chesnutt to Booker T. Washington, 1 August 1907

  • Date:
    • August 1, 1907
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, MSS44669, box 39, folder Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

Charles W. Chesnutt to Booker T. Washington, 11 July 1907

  • Date:
    • July 11, 1907
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, MSS44669, box 39, folder Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

Charles W. Chesnutt to Booker T. Washington, 3 November 1906

  • Date:
    • November 3, 1906
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, MSS44669, box 39, folder Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

Charles W. Chesnutt to Booker T. Washington, 23 March 1907

  • Date:
    • March 23, 1907
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946, Library of Congress, Manuscript Divisions, MSS44669, box 39, folder Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

Charles W. Chesnutt to Booker T. Washington, 9 October 1906

  • Date:
    • October 9, 1906
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, MSS44669, box 39, folder Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

Charles W. Chesnutt to Booker T. Washington, 1 January 1908

  • Date:
    • January 1, 1908
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, MSS44669, box 524, folder Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

Charles W. Chesnutt to W. E. B. Du Bois, 3 August 1925

  • Date:
    • August 23, 1925
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers 1889-1932, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370

Charles W. Chesnutt to W. E. B. Du Bois, 17 June 1926

  • Date:
    • June 17, 1926
  • 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, 25 July 1925

  • Date:
    • July 25, 1925.
  • 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 W. E. B. Du Bois, 16 September 1924

  • Date:
    • September 16, 1924
  • 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 Booker T. Washington, 12 March 1906

  • Date:
    • March 12, 1906
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, MSS44669, box 39, folder Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

Charles W. Chesnutt to Booker T. Washington, 5 March 1904

  • Date:
    • March 5, 1904
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, MSS44669, box 9, folder Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

Charles W. Chesnutt to Booker T. Washington, 5 February 1906

  • Date:
    • February 5, 1906
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, MSS44669, box 39, folder Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

Charles W. Chesnutt to Booker T. Washington, 8 June 1904

  • Date:
    • June 8, 1904
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, MSS44669, box 524, folder Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

Charles W. Chesnutt to Booker T. Washington, 27 October 1904

  • Date:
    • October 27, 1904
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, MSS44669, box 524, folder Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

Charles W. Chesnutt to Booker T. Washington, 31 October 1903

  • Date:
    • October 31, 1903
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, MSS44669, box 524, folder Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

Charles W. Chesnutt to Booker T. Washington, 25 November 1908

  • Date:
    • November 25, 1908
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, MSS44669, box 39, folder Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

Charles W. Chesnutt to Booker T. Washington, 28 August 1908

  • Date:
    • August 28, 1908
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, MSS44669, box 39, folder Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

Charles W. Chesnutt to Booker T. Washington, 22 November 1907

  • Date:
    • November 22, 1907
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, MSS44669, box 39, folder Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

Charles W. Chesnutt to Booker T. Washington, 1 June 1908

  • Date:
    • June 1, 1908
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, MSS44669, box 39, folder Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

Charles W. Chesnutt to W. E. B Du Bois, 16 July 1909

  • Date:
    • July 16, 1909
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • W. E. B. Du Bois Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MS 312

Charles W. Chesnutt to Booker T. Washington, 28 December 1910

  • Date:
    • December 28, 1910
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946, MSS44669, box 524, folder Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

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 W. E. B. Du Bois, 3 February 1917

  • Date:
    • February 3, 1917
  • 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 Booker T. Washington, 11 August 1903

  • Date:
    • August 11, 1903
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, MSS44669, box 524, folder Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

Charles W. Chesnutt to William Donahey, [11 May 1922]

  • Date:
    • May 11, 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 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 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 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 Emmett J. Scott, 9 July 1902

  • Date:
    • July 9, 1902
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, MSS44669, box 39, folder Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

Charles W. Chesnutt to Emmett J. Scott, 4 September 1901

  • Date:
    • September 4, 1901
  • Creator(s):
    • Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell)
  • Format:
    • letter
  • Source:
    • Booker T. Washington papers, 1853-1946, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, MSS44669, box 39, folder Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

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