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Ruth McConnell to Charles W. Chesnutt, 5 May 1932

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  • Source Text: Ruth McConnell to Charles W. Chesnutt, 5 May 1932, Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, MS 3370, box 1, folder 6.
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  149 Beech Street Greensboro, N.C. May 5, 1932 Mr. Charles W. Chesnutt 9719 Lamont Ave, N.E. Cleveland, Ohio My dear Mr. Chesnutt

I received the excellent picture which you sent me.1 Many, many thanks for your kindness.

Your's sincerely, Ruth McConnell


Correspondent: Ruth Rebecca Elizabeth McConnell Cousins (1920–1986) was a Black woman who lived and died in Greensboro, North Carolina. She graduated from Dudley High School in 1937, taught adult-education night classes, and became a schoolteacher (retiring in 1976).



1. Chesnutt's essay "The Negro in Cleveland" was published in The Clevelander 5, no. 7 (November 1930): 3–4, 24–27. It was accompanied by a portrait of Chesnutt. [back]

  • Cite (Chicago style): Ruth McConnell, "Ruth McConnell to Charles W. Chesnutt, 5 May 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.corr01429.
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