Correspondence – Langston Hughes (1901-1967)

Containers:

Box 145, Folder 5

Extent:

1 folder(s)

Scope and content:

This folder contains eight items, including Jan Orth Karon's note explaining that Langston Hughes was the cousin of "Response" Assistant Editor, George Love.

There are two postcards from Hughes to Jan Orth, as the editor of the magazine "Response" when she lived in Charlotte. Hughes expresses gladness that she is using his Chapel Hill piece, asks for six copies when it is published, sends her some photographs and biographical information, and mentions his cross-country tour (February 2, 1961). He thanks her for the copy of the magazine "Response / 4" and says it "looks most attractive, and the contents intriguing" (August 4, 1961).

Upon Hughes' return from California, in his letter of March 22, 1961, he thanks Orth for the six copies of "Response / 3" which he will then send to the institutions collecting his work. He describes the magazine issue as "very handsome (and interesting)" and says he likes "the variety and format" very much. He encloses a copy of "Grandma" (not present) for possible publication in a future issue.

Other Hughes items include: an undated photograph; a handbill for "Black Nativity Gospel on Broadway" by Langston Hughes with the typed note "Festival of Two Worlds, Spoleto, Italy, June-July, 1962"; a reprint of a short story autographed by Hughes, "Sorrow for a Midget," published in "The Literary Review" and addressed "For Orth"; an undated advertisement for the record "Tambourines to Glory" with the word "play" circled and with his handwritten note "Goes into rehearsal this week - Theatre Guild. L.H."

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