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7. Clipping with photo (same as B.I) from the Chicago Daily News. Caption below photo reads "ZNH, Negro author, who is here to present her "Singing Steel," musical sketch of Negro songs "unretouched" at the South Park Y.W.C.A. Nov. 23 and 24. Article Included

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 1

Scope and Content

From the Collection:

Correspondence, newspaper clippings, articles, manuscripts, photographs, miscellaneous personal papers. Correspondence concerning race relations, Hurston's writings and fieldwork, personal matters; manuscripts of articles, short stories, plays; biographical material about Zora Neale Hurston. The majority of the papers have been encapsulated and bound. A microfilmed version of parts of the collection exists.

Collection recently updated with three cassette tapes of an interview of Hurston’s younger brother, Everette Hurston, Sr., conducted by Dr. Lillie P. Howard, Professor Emerita of English and formerly Senior Vice President for Curriculum & Instruction at Wright State University in Ohio, and the author of other publications on Zora Neale Hurston. Another significant addition is Hurston’s short story “Monkey Junk: A Satire on Modern Divorce,” originally published in a newspaper in 1927 and lost to researchers until the early 2010s.

Dates

  • Creation: 1919-2022
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1926-1960

Creator

Access

The collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 6 Linear feet (16 boxes; 1 binder)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English