Swan E. Micheaux to Charles W. Chesnutt, 24 September 1921 Swan E. Micheaux Stephanie P. Browner Kenneth M. Price Matt Cohen Transcription, encoding, and annotation Ballard, Chaun Anderson, Antje Weakly, Laura K. McMullen, Kevin Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln The New School 2024 The Charles W. Chesnutt Archive
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 Swan E. Micheaux to Charles W. Chesnutt, 24 September 1921 September 24, 1921 Transcription derived from scan of microfilmed original. Western Reserve Historical Society Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers MS 3370 1 1 Correspondence The House Behind the Cedars The House Behind the Cedars (film adaptation) The Gunsaulus Mystery (film) typed letter signed Micheaux, Swan E. Chicago, Illinois Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell) Cleveland, Ohio Unknown Kevin McMullenproofed Laura K. Weaklyreview Antje Andersonannotated; further corrections Chaun Ballard transcribed, encoded
MICHEAUX FILM CORPORATION PRODUCERS & DISTRIBUTORS OF HIGH CLASS NEGRO PHOTOPLAYS 538 SOUTH DEARBORN STREET CHICAGO
FOREIGN DISTRIBUTION BY JOSEPH P. LAMY NEW YORK LONDON PARIS
OSCAR MICHEAUX, PRES W. R. COWAN, VICE PRES S. E. MICHEAUX, SECY. & TREAS
September 24, 1921.
Mr. Charles W. Chesnutt, 1106 Williamson Building, Cleveland, Ohio.
Dear Sir:-

On receipt of your letter of September 23rd, we are enclosing herewith a check for $2.31, protest fee on your note. We noted after the notes had been made that they should have been payable at our bank in Chicago.

The check that I sent you will be O. K. if you deposit it in your bank October 1st, as I have taken particular care to see that the necessary funds will be in the bank.

We thank you for the compliment of "THE GUNSAULUS MYSTERY", and to show you that we are going to do our best to make the "HOUSE BEHIND THE CEDARS" properly, we are issuing $30,000 worth of gold notes bearing interest of 8% payable October 1st and April 1st, due October 1st, 1926. We intend to use this or rather the largest portion of this money to produce the "HOUSE BEHIND THE CEDARS". We wonder if it would be of interest to you to take one or two of these hundred dollar notes, which are first lien on the assets of the corporation, which pay interest of $4.00 each six months, in part payment for the notes you are now holding.

At any rate, we are bending every effort to take care of your notes, and we thank you for your consideration, and we trust that you will find time to write a story especially for us, as we are in need of good material.

Very truly yours, MICHEAUX FILM CORPORATION S. E. Micheaux SM/BA.