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

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  • Source Text: Charles W. Chesnutt to The Cleveland Museum of Art, 21 September 1932, Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6.
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  September 21, 1932 The Cleveland Museum of Art, Wade Park, City. Gentlemen:

I have not sent in my annual subscription to the Museum because I have been hoping to be able to continue my membership. Things have been breaking in such a way, however, that I find it impossible to do so, and I hereby resign my membership.1

I suspect there are others in the same condition, but I hope not enough of them to seriously impair the valuable work of the Museum.

Sincerely yours, CWC:ES


Correspondent: The Cleveland Museum of Art opened in 1916 in a newly constructed neoclassical building in Wade Park. Chesnutt was a member from 1916 until he cancelled his membership in September of 1932 to cut expenses.



1. The annual membership fee for the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1932 cost $10. [back]

  • Cite (Chicago style): , "Charles W. Chesnutt to The Cleveland Museum of Art, 21 September 1932," The Charles W. Chesnutt Archive, Gen. Ed. Stephanie P. Browner, Matt Cohen, and Kenneth M. Price, accessed December 5, 2025. https://chesnuttarchive.org/item/ccda.corr01045.
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