March 5, 1964

Fire Department,
Municipal Building,
Chambers & Centre Streets,
New York, New York.

Gentlemen:

This evening from about 6 P. M. on our house at the above
address, 20 East 127th Street, was filled with carbon monoxide
and smoke so thick you could see it on all four floors, seeping
in from the defective furnace and flus in the rooming house
next door, 18 East 127th Street, belonging to Mr. Thomas Pettway,
 landlord) who lives at 206 West 119th Street, New York 26, N. Y.
NO 3-2536. The Department of Health and the Fire Department were
advised of this condition by phone. A similar condition of some
and gas fumes existed on the night of March 3, when the Health
Department was advised by phone and promised to take action.
More than a dozen times since the New Year, we have been troubled
by this smoke nuisance from next door. Very bad on February 22.

The condition described above is not however new this year,
and we have many times consulted with the landlord of No. 18,
Mr. Pettway, concernit it. He and his super, Vernal Carroll
(neither of whom live on the premises) admit there is something
wrong with their heating apparatus, but seem unable or unwilling
to remedy it. As far back as February 3, 1956, this condition of
dangerous gas seepage and smoke emanating from 18 East 127th Street
was reported to the Health Department. A report was again made
in March, 1960, when the Health Department sent Inspector Lawrence
Bey to our premises and he took several tests for air pollution,
finding in our house that day 1.004% carbon monoxide gas from the
furnace next door. (Complaint No 823, signed by Mr. Bey, Badge 517)
In November a similar complaint was made to the Health Department:
Complaint No. 5712, signed by G. Jefferson, Badge 228. Agais in
November 1961, (C. C. 05712). It is now March, 1964, and as yet
this condition is not remedied. Would you be so kind as to inform
me to what city department a householder must appeal or report
in order to get such a health hazard as this smoke and gas
nuissance corrected?

As a tax payer and registered voter, I would appreciate
your prompt attention to this matter.

A Community Fund of Agency

FIRMAN HOUSE

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March 31, 1959.

Mr. Langston Hughes,
20 E. 127th St.,
New York 30, N. Y.

Dear Langston:-

It was indeed thrilling to see you in Chicago after
many years, and a long way from Fort Riley, Kansas.
I still have memories of your reading your poems to
the many hundreds of G-I's who were present.

Well, I'm still in the business of Social Work with
people. As always, there's room for more help and
financial support.

I would like to have you read our brochure, and
enclose a copy. I would like to have you consider
an appearance for our Agency next year during
Negro History Week. We could greatly benefit from
a financial effort which I know you are capable of
providing.

I'll appreciate your dropping me a line soon as to
your reaction.

Again, it was nice to see you in Chicago, and I
hope you had a very fruitful and pleasant stay.

FIRMAN HOUSE IS AN AGENCY OPERATED UNDER
THE AUSPICES OF THE CHURCH EXTENSION BOARD
OF THE PRESBYTERY OF CHICAGO.

ENDORSED BY THE CHICAGO ASSOCIATION OF
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY FOR THE YEAR
ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1959

October 18, 1959

Dear Joe:

Please forgive me for being so long in answering your letter but at the time it arrived I could not give you a definite answer about an appearance for your agency during Negro History Week. I had committed myself to give first choice to another group in Chicago, The American Heritage Association, which contacted me during my concert with Mahalia Jackson last year. They have just contacted me to confirm the tentative agreement so I will be presented by them on February 7th.

It was a surprise and pleasure to see you last winter and I hope to see you when I come to Chicago in February. If you should come to New York, stop by and have a drink with me.

With warm regards, as ever

Mr. William Neal
Executive Director
Firman House
235 West 53 Street
Chicago 9, Illinois

FIRST A. M. E. CHURCH

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA

January 26, 1946

William B. Feakins, Inc.
500 Fifth Avenue
New York 18, N. Y.

Gentlemen:

Just a letter to express our appreciation for the
consideration given us for LANGSTON HUGHES.

We had present on the evening of January 17, four
hundred persons.

Mr. Hughes was well pleased with his audience, and
we were more than well pleased with what he gave us. Kindly
accept our gratitude.

Would you be kind enough to keep me abreast of the
various artists as they travel this way.

Best wishes for success and good health, I am,

Thursday, May 31 through Sunday, June 3, 1962

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April 30, 1962

Mr. Langston Hughes
20 East 127 Street
New York, New York

Dear Mr. Hughes:

I am writing to ask you for a waiver of your fee for the performance of Black Nativity at the First International Jazz Festival which will be presented Sunday morning, June 3 at the Washington Coliseum.

As you know, this is a benefit Festival for the work of the President's Music Committee, and artists are coming here on the basis of scale plus transportation charges. We have had superb cooperation from the many artists who are appearing, and we are hopeful that you will also lend us your support by agreeing to this waiver. I would like to point out also that only the last act of Black Nativity will be used and, therefore, the narrative portions will be quite minimal.

Could you please be in touch with me at your earliest convenience?

JF:sc

MR. GEORGE AVAKIAN, CHAIRMAN
MR. RUSSELL SANJEK, SECRETARY
MR. GUNTHER SCHULLER
MR. NESUHI ERTEGUN

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MRS. JOUETT SHOUSE

FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH

Telephone DUnkirk 9-1356

2936 West Eighth Street

Los Angeles 5, California

STEPHEN H. FRITCHMAN
Minister

July 21, 1958

Dear Langston Hughes:

Just a word to say that
Simple Stakes a Claim is brilliant and very
much needed. "Duty is Not Snooty" is truly
great writing, amongst the best you ever
did. I'm reading it to a group of Unitarians
in August. (300 delegates to a summer conference)
as something they have never heard before,
I am sure. Congratulations on a needed and
penetrating book, done with extraordinary wit.

If you have anything bringing
you to Los Angeles this year, or later, let me
know a bit in advance. I'd like to present you
to our morning congregation and have you give
a pulpit editorial (short talk) before the
sermon. You have many friends in our large
inter-racial, inter-faith congregation.

August 9, 1958

Dear Dr. Fritchman:

Thank you very much for your kind letter
letting me know that you like, SIMPLES STAKES
A CLAIM and that you have been reading portions
of it aloud to Unitarian groups. I am happy
indeed to have such use made of my work.

I expect to be in Los Angeles, very briefly
in October, but I shall return to the Coast
again in December, and during that month it
is possible that I might be able to come to
your church. If so, I will let you know in
advance. Certainly I remember a very pleasant
experience reading my poems there some years
ago.

Dr. Stepen H. Fritchman
First Unitarian Church
2936 West Eighth Street
Los Angeles 5, Calif.

REV. STEPHEN FRITCHMAN
FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH
2936 West 8th Street,
Los Angeles 5, California.

Wire sent August 28, 1958

Regret engagements in Middle West prevent arriving California before
late October so cannot accept invitation

Langston Hughes

February 7, 1962

Dear Mr. Fischer:

Your note of January 3 regarding
BLACK NATIVITY has just come to my desk,
sent to me by the theatre along with a big
batch of other mail that accumulated there
during my absence. I went to Nigeria the
day after the show opened in December, and
have just recently returned to New York.

As you probably know, BLACK NATIVITY
had an unusual success for a seasonal play.
In spite of being a Christmas story, it was
held over a month after the holidays, and
just closed in late January. Now it seems
to be slated for a foreign tour; and will
become a seasonal presentation in New York,
says the management.

There are no clean scripts available,
the rehearsal scripts being all marked up
so you could hardly make head or tail of
what goes on. New scripts will probably
be typed in due time, and if you still de-
sire one, and will state the reason you
wish it, the agency handling the show can
then send you ~~when~~ (when it is freshly typed),
so kindly write: Mrs. Marion Searchinger,
Ziegler, Hellman & Ross,
65 East 55th Street,
New York 22, New York.

Thank you for your interest.

July 1, 1958

Dear Hugh:

I am just about to go up to the Newport
Jazz Festival for the rest of the week, and the
following week I have another Poetry-Jazz
program, but I will try to reach you by phone
sometime later in the month. Perhaps you
could drop by and I will give you whatever in-
formation I can concerning the problems of
play production which, I assure you, are con-
siderable.

At any rate it will be nice to see you
and I will be in touch with you soon.

Mr. Hugh Fisher
515 W. 111 Street
New York 25, N. Y.

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Mr. Langston Hughes
20 E. 127th St.

NYP.10035

4149 Irving St.
Denver, Colorado,
October 27th 1938,

Miss Frances Wills,
Sec. Langston Hughes,
New York City,

Dear Miss Hughes :

I am delighted to receive your airmail
letter of the 26th at the above address ( kindly note my removal to
this from the one you had -- 2122 Hooker St. ).

It was such a personal delight to meet Mr. Hughes when he was
here as well as to enjoy his splendid artistry in several programs,
that it is a double thrill to know that he is coming west later this
fall on a professional tour. I shall at once see what can be done
for him and Mr. Bontemps both in Denver and adjoining cities. Will
you in the latter connection kindly allow me to handle all the open
time on terms to be worked out with you as to my commissions.

I would like to have from you immediately complete information concerning the program you mention as being given by the two men jointly " HOW STORIES AND POEMS ARE MADE ". First who is Mr. Bontemps what is his background literary and personal etc , etc ? Am I correct in assuming that too is a negro ? Give me an outline of just how they give this program . Mr. Hughes readings of his own poetry when he was here were so admirable that we may wish him to do something on this line also. If you have any circulars about the lectures please send a few.

Also kindly indicate what range of fees are anticipated. I will
of course do my best to work out the most profitable schedule I can
for the two men.

I will get busy with this matter soon as I have your *detailed* advice on the above and other points you may deem of importance. Since Mr. Hughes was here ( in fact that summer ) he went to Europe on a tour that included the Soviet Union and Spain . Possibly he has been back again since that time. Does he give any comment along the lines of any observations abroad ?

Please extend to Mr. Hughes my very kindest good wishes and
warmest personal regards.

As you may know I took some excellent portraits of Mr. Hughes when
he was here . If he does not have others taken since that he prefers
you may wish to order some small glossy prints for publicity uses.

CURRICULUM RESOURCES GROUP

INSTITUTE FOR SERVICES TO EDUCATION
55 Chapel Street, Newton, Massachusetts 02160
Telephone 969-5067

April 14, 1967

Dear Mr. Hughes,

It was delightful meeting you and having dinner on Sunday evening. I spoke with Jonathan Kozol just yesterday and he regretted not having been able to see you, but getting his book ready to meet the publisher's deadline had kept him up several nights, including Saturday.

I thought you would enjoy reading Buchwald's "If Adam Had Been Humble." I had fortunately xeroxed some copies. I am also enclosing a pamphlet, *To Gladly Learn*, which explains our program in detail (see inside cover); a series of new units on *Poetic Structure and Technique*, mimeographed for trial; three old units -- *Negro Poetry* by Arthur Davis, *The Cool World* by Jonathan Kozol, *Chamber Theatre Technique* (mine); and a comment by the coordinator of a summer program in which the poetry unit was used and especially your poems.

I hope you approve of what has been done with your poetry in the new units. We are looking forward to having great success with them. We have written your agent, Harold Ober Associates, Inc., for permission to use "Wake" in a unit called *Color Me Happy*; and we will be writing for permission to use those in the poetry units as soon as the series is completed. The ones that we are sure of now are "Late Last Night," "Little Old Letter," "Sea Calm," "Theme for English B," "Blue Monday," "Harlem Night Song." There may be others in addition, however, by the time we finish. Can you help us get this permission?

I would appreciate your sending me your descriptions of "Frustration," "The Blues" (shoe laces coming untied, etc.), et. al. I, unfortunately, have never run across them.

I hope our paths cross again someday.

Enclosures (10)

COMMENT ON THE TEACHING OF NEGRO POETRY UNIT

A number of people were interested in teaching Negro poetry and had brought
materials with them. Several tried to use the supplement included with your unit,
but had difficulties. The historical approach of the unit didn't seem to work.
Students had by far the greatest interest in the most modern poetry, and for
almost all teachers, "Let America be America Again" and "A Contract" were the
most successful.

The people who had the most success concentrated on modern poetry exclusively. Other Langston Hughes poems worked very well, including "Merry-Go-Round," probably the best, "I Too Sing America," and "What Happens to a Dream Deferred." On the last one, one teacher had a very successful lesson in which she asked the student to describe the kind of person who might be reflected in the different metaphors of the poem. The poem worked well in conjunction with "Raisin in the Sun," which was taught successfully in all of our programs, and presented by four of our six groups to the parents."

Donald Moore
Southern Teaching Program, Inc.
Summer 1966
Yale - New Haven, Connecticut

April 26th 1967

Miss Carolyn Fitchett:
Institute for Services to Education
55 Chapel Street
Newton, Massachusetts 02160

Dear Miss Fitchett:

It was so nice of you to send me so much
interesting material, and I am delighted
to see how my poetry is used. Also, I
found the Buchwald column most interesting.

In requesting permissions to use my poems
please indicate to Harold Ober Associates
just what books they are taken from, since
sometimes the secretaries there are not
familiar with the published sources of my
work and so do not know where to clear
copyrights without phoning me, and often
I am out of town. The two poems you ask
about enclosed. You probably know that
there is a whole section of children's
poetry is THE LANGSTON HUGHES READER
(George Braziller, New York, 1958).

I greatly enjoyed my brief visit to Boston,
and it was indeed a pleasure meeting you.
With cordial regards.

EN:r
Encl.

Sgt. F. Fitzhugh
Sgt. F. Fitzhugh #35522834
APO 92, 92d Qm Co.,
Fort Huachuca, Arizona

Mr. Langston Hughes,
634 St. Nicholas
New York 30 New York

8/20

Dear Lang:

I received your " Freedoms Plow". Thanks very much. It is really something for all of us not to just keep in mind but to use at our best opportunity in forging ahead. Not unwisely but tactfully. I liked it and will read it over and over until every thought and idea at it's roots is also part of my future planning.

So far several of the fellows have read it and also found it interesting - as I knew they would.

In order to break the monoply that I am experiencing in this army life, I aspire to try my hand at writing a couple of short story experiences. I hope also to knock off a few extra pennies in so doing. Anyhow it won't hurt to try. I can't lose anything by it. I think that I can write something of the style that the New Yorker likes. Do you think that the chances for a soldier would be good?

What do you think about the Negro International Theater? From what little I know about it, it sounds that they are really on their way to doing big things in the field of Negro Drama. They will need a stock of good plays based on contemporary negro life and experiences.
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MRS. HAROLD B. WEST
DR. CHARLES H. WINDERS

May 10, 1945

Dear Mr. Hughes:

When your laundry arrived without a note of explanation I rather
thought you hadn't found time to send a note along about having
it done — so I sent it out for you and it will be ready within
a few days. I'll have it taken to your Indianapolis address —
which will be with *Dr. Theodore Cable, 423 North West Street*.

We find that you can get a bus leaving Bloomington at 8:25 PM and another at 12:55 AM. It will be satisfactory to Dr. Cable for you to come to his home whenever you arrive in the city. If you have a chance to send him a note in advance — it might be helpful.

We are looking forward to having you in Indianapolis. Mr. Walter Bailey of our staff who is sponsoring the Coffee Hour "featuring" you, is also arranging for you to be at the L. S. Ayres Book Department for a couple of hours to autograph some of your books. I understand that an order has been placed by this company so that a large number of your books will be available for sale on this occasion. I hope that this will be satisfactory to you if the arrangements come through OK. The Public Library here is arranging a display of your books at Flanner House the week of your talk here. The Coffee Hour is at 8:30 PM and we are hoping it will be possible for you to meet a few folk informally at Dr. Cable's for cocktails later in the evening.

Will you let me know if any of the above suggestions are not satisfactory?

Miss Williams (Binghamton, New York) told me that she had given you my address here and I'm delighted that you "followed through" so that our agency could have the advantage of having you here personally.

SIDNEY R. FLEISHER

220 WEST FORTY-SECOND STREET
NEW YORK

ARBITER, UNDER THE MINIMUM BASIC AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE DRAMATISTS' GUILD OF THE AUTHORS' LEAGUE OF AMERICA, INC.
AND PRODUCING MANAGERS.

September 15th, 1937.

Mr. Langston Hughes
% Mr. Alfred Knopf
501 Madison Avenue
New York, N. Y.

Re: "MULATTO"

Dear Sir:-

I am going to be in Los Angeles dur-
ing the latter part of September; I shall be in consulta-
tion with picture companies and shall be pleased to ne-
gotiate in my official capacity for the sale of the pic-
ture rights of your play above mentioned, and any others
available for sale under the Minimum Basic Agreement.

If you want me to do this, I shall
appreciate it if you or your agent will get in touch
with me at once so that I may have the necessary data.
This should include a script of the play and a synopsis
as well as an outline thereof, together with information
respecting its stage run; also any suggestions that you
may have as to a star or screen treatment in general.
We must then agree upon a holding price.

For proper preparation, I shall need
the requisite material and data within a few days.

Mr. Langston Hughes
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New York City, N.Y.

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