Charles W. Chesnutt to W. E. B. Du Bois, 17 June 1926 Charles W. Chesnutt Stephanie Browner Kenneth M. Price Matt Cohen Transcription, encoding, and proofing Swift, Bianca McMullen, Kevin Matheis, Caitlin S. Barney, Brett Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln The New School University of Nebraska-Lincoln UCARE Program 2019 The Charles W. Chesnutt Archive
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 Charles W. Chesnutt to W. E. B. Du Bois, 17 June 1926 June 17, 1926 Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries W.E.B. Du Bois Papers, 1803–1999 (bulk 1877–1963) mums312-b172-i146 Correspondence typed letter signed Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell) Cleveland, Ohio Du Bois, W. E. B. New York, New York Unknown Unknown Brett Barney implemented Matt's corrections Kevin McMullenannotated Laura K. Weaklyname encoding Caitlin Matheisproofed Bianca Swiftencoded and proofed Bianca Swiftencoded and proofed Kevin McMullenproofed Bianca Swifttranscribed, encoded 6/33/59
CHAS. W. CHESNUTT 1105 WILLIAMSON BUILDING1646 Union Trust Bldg. CLEVELAND O
June 17, 1926
Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, c/o "The Crisis," 75 Fifth Avenue, New York.
My dear Dr. DuBois:

I have found it awfully hard work to answer to my own satisfaction the questions you sent me, and I may not have answered them to yours, or in time for you to make any use of what I have written.

To keep from repeating things that had been said by your other contributors, I deliberately forgot all they had written. I have a very poor memory, anyway, and while what I have written may be a poor thing, "it is mine own."

If novels written by colored men were as interesting as The Crisis always is, there would be no doubt of their marked success.

Cordially yours, Chas. W. Chesnutt. CWC/M

If my paper is too long you are at liberty to cut it, judiciously.

C.W.C.