W. E. B. Du Bois to Charles W. Chesnutt, 28 July 1925 W. E. B. Du Bois Browner, Stephanie P. Price, Kenneth M. Cohen, Matt Transcription, encoding, and proofing Swift, Bianca McMullen, Kevin Matheis, Caitlin S. Weakly, Laura K. Anderson, Antje Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln The New School University of Nebraska-Lincoln UCARE Program 2022 The Charles W. Chesnutt Archive
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 The Chesnutt Archive has two digital images of this letter. This copy (ccda.corr00047) is the transcript of the unsigned carbon copy found in the W.E.B. Du Bois Letters, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries. The other image and transcription, ccda.corr01819, is the sent, signed letter found on letterhead in the Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers at the Western Reserve Historical Society. W. E. B. Du Bois to Charles W. Chesnutt, 28 July 1925 July 28, 1925 This is a carbon copy. The typed original can be found here: Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst W. E. B. Du Bois Papers MS 312 1A: General Correspondence https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b169-i426 Correspondence typed copy unsigned Du Bois, W. E. B. New York, New York Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell) Cleveland, Ohio Kevin McMullenimplemented Stephanie's corrections Kevin McMullenadded relatedItem encoding Antje Andersonannotated, corrected Laura K. Weaklyname encoding Caitlin Matheisproofed Bianca Swiftencoded and proofed Kevin McMullenproofed Bianca Swifttranscribed and encoded July 28, 1925
Mr. Charles W. ChestnuttChesnutt 1106 Williamson Building Cleveland, Ohio
My dear Mr. ChestnuttChesnutt:

Some time ago, if you remember, you promised to act as judge in our short story contest. I am sending you herewith four short stories. Could you possibly read them right off and let me have your judgement of them? I should be so pleased.

I hope this will find you well.

Very sincerely yours, WEBD/KF