Letter to Mr. Carroll Wilson from Countee Cullen
date: label: Date
content: April, 25 1928
name: label: Written by
content: Countee Cullen, American, 1903 - 1946
label: Signed by
content: Countee Cullen, American, 1903 - 1946
label: Received by
content: Carroll Atwood Wilson, American, 1887 - 1947
label: Subject of
content: National Urban League, American, founded 1910
notes: label: Description
content: A single page letter from Countee Cullen to Carroll Wilson regarding books and a fellowship application sent to the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The letter is composed of typewritten text in black ink on off-white paper. It is printed on Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life letterhead, which reads: [Opportunity / Journal of Negro Life / Published by the National Urban League / 127 East 23rd Street, New York City / Charles S. Johnson / Editor]. Below the letterhead, at left is [COUNTEE CULLEN / Assistant Editor] and at center is [April / 25 / 1928]. It is signed at bottom right, by hand, in black ink: [Countee Cullen].
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Correspondence
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Literature
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
label: Movement
content: Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.31.3
objectType: label: Type
content: letters (correspondence)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (21.6 x 14 cm)