Charles W. Chesnutt to Carter Godwin Woodson, 22 November 1917
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CHAS. W. CHESNUTT
1105 WILLIAMSON BUILDING
CLEVELAND O
November 22, 1917.
Mr. C. G. Woodson, Editor,
Journal of Negro History,
1216 Y O U Street, N.W.,
Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Woodson:-
I take pleasure in enclosing my check for $1.00 for renewel of annual subscription for the Journal of Negro History.1
The Journal is a well edited dignified, worthy exponent of past and present-day historical facts which might, for the lack of such an organ, be neglected or overlooked. In this respect it meets a decided need, and its literary quality is well up to that of the more serious reviews.
With congratulations on the success of the magazine and sincere wishes for its continued prosperity, I am,
Yours very truly, Chas. W. Chesnutt. CWC:FSACorrespondent: Carter G. Woodson (1875–1950) was a scholar, historian, author, and founder of The Journal of Negro History (now the Journal of African American History) and the Association for the Study of African and American Life and History. Largely self-taught as a youth, he studied at Berea College, earned an M.A. from the University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. from Harvard University. He built a collection of more than 5,000 items related to Black life and history, helped to launch "Negro History Week," and published majors works on migration, religion, and education, including The Miseducation of the Negro (1933).
1. The Journal of Negro History (now the Journal of African American History) was founded in 1916 by Carter G. Woodson, as one of the first journals to cover African American history. Though Chesnutt was consistently a subscriber to the journal, he did not contribute any publications.[back]
