Charles W. Chesnutt to Oscar Micheaux, 9 March 1922 Charles W. Chesnutt Stephanie P. Browner Kenneth M. Price Matt Cohen Transcription, encoding, and annotation Swift, Bianca Anderson, Antje Weakly, Laura K. Barney, Brett Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln The New School 2024 The Charles W. Chesnutt Archive
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 Charles W. Chesnutt to Oscar Micheaux, 9 March 1922 March 9, 1922 Transcription derived from scan of microfilmed original. Western Reserve Historical Society Charles Waddell Chesnutt Papers, 1889-1932 MS 3370 1 2 Correspondence The House Behind the Cedars The House Behind the Cedars (film adaptation) typed copy unsigned Chesnutt, Charles W. (Waddell) Micheaux, Oscar Chicago, Illinois Brett Barney checked; corrected Laura K. Weaklyreview Antje Andersonannotated, further corrections Bianca Swifttranscribed, encoded March 9, 1922.
Micheaux Film Corporation, 538 So. Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill.
Attention Mr. Oscar Micheaux. Gentlemen:

I have Mr. Oscar Micheaux' letter of February 28th, in which he states reasons why you have not met your notes for December and January, for motion picture rights for "The House Behind the Cedars," according to the terms of our contract. I am of course sorry that you have fallen behind in this matter, as I had been relying on this money. I am willing to wait until April 15th, as Mr. Oscar Micheaux suggests in his letter, but I hope I shall not be asked to wait any longer. This is not entirely my money as I have to remit a portion of it to my publishers.

It is, of course, annoying that you cannot conveniently produce your pictures in the South, which of course is the ideal place to make them. I am afraid that for our generation anything like a liberal or generous attitude towards the colored people is a hopeless thing to expect, down there, and I hope that you will be able to make your pictures under fairly good conditions in the New York studio.

Trusting that I can rely upon your attention to this matter by April 15th, I am

Yours very truly, CWC/FL