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Mr Langston Hughes
20 E. 127th Street
New York, New York

November 7, 1960

Dear Ruth:

WONDERFUL to hear from, such a nice
long letter, and that beautiful brochure!
And I'm sending lots of songs and various
books of mine your way today. And will
write you as soon as I get back from Africa.
Packing right now to fly over to Nigeria
for my classmate Azikiwe's inauguration
as Governor-General next week. So this is
just a hasty note to say how glad I am to
get all your good news, and to know you'd
like to use some of my songs and poems.
Please do!

LUHAČOVICE

Náměstí Rudé armády - sanatorium Palace
Площадь Красной Армии — санаторий Палас
Platz der Roten Armee - Sanatorium Palace
Red Army Square - Palace-Sanatorium
Place de l'Armée Rouge - Sanatorium Palace

Thanks for your
Book - I laughed - got
laughed - Cried - got
very angry. I'm having
a fantastic success
in Czech Republic.
I wish all of us
can pass through these
countries. Ruthless

Eko Zd. Jovenc

NOKLADATELSTVÍONIBIS PRAHA

Mv Langston Hughes
20 East 127th Street

New York 35
New York

U.S.A.

Oct. 5, 1964

Miss Ruth Reese
Post Box 1721
Oslo,
NORWAY

Dear Miss Reese:

Your letter with its request for
information about Negro art songs came
while Mr. Hughes is in Europe and I do
not expect him to return until sometime
in November.

However, I should like to give you
the name and address of someone who has
done tremendous research in this area—
Mrs. Margaret Bonds-Richardson, 501 West
123 Street, New York 27, New York.

January 10, 1965

Dear Reese:

Charles McCoy, who was sick in the hospital for several weeks, died today and will be buried later this week from Brown's Funeral Home, 2034 Madison Avenue, New York 27, New York, so I have just learned. He used to speak of you often, so I know he would want you to know.

A Grand M

December 29th 1965

Miss Ruth Reese
Collettsgate 11
Oslo,
Norway

Dear Miss Reese:

Your letter to Mr. Hughes came at a time
when he was out in the Mid-West on a lecture
tour and now he has left for Paris to see
his PRODIGAL SON at the Champs Elysees, so
I am answering in his behalf. Congratu-
lations on the long run at the State Theatre.

As far as the PORGY casting problem is
concerned, I suggest that you tell your
agent to write Frederick O'Neal, the
Negro president of Actor's Equity, who
knows all the Negro artists around New
York. The address is: Actor's Equity
Assn., 226 West 47 Street, New York 36,
N. Y.

For shows with music with small casts,
Mr. Hughes has only one suitable one--
SHAKESPEARE IN HARLEM--I'll send you a
copy when he has more mimeographed.

I hope that this information plus the
materials Mr. Hughes sent you personally
a few weeks ago, will be of use to you.

January 9, 1966

Dear Ruth:

It is so sweet of you to send me the
letter from PAX FORLAG, and I've sent
them three of my books today, along with
the address of my literary representative:

Harold Ober Associates,
40 East 49th Street,
New York, N. Y. 10017, USA.

Should need arise regarding any of my books
or plays, you may give others this address.
PAX might like to publish SIMPLE, already
published in both West and in East Germany,
and will be coming out this Spring in Paris
at Robert Laffont, top French publisher of
American writers, translated by the Haitian
translator of MANDING on Joachim Roy.

We had a rather hectic holiday week---
my 80 year old Aunt being rushed to the
hospital seriously ill the day after
Christmas, and the next day a house guest
from Saratoga, my Aunt's long time friend,
who weighs 250, going to Harlem Hospital
for a check up at the clinic and not coming
home all day. When someone went to look for
her, the hospital couldn't find her. She
was kept there, but LOST in Harlem for 24
hours. Imagine! Reason, N. Y. hospitals are
all overcrowded, so they'd put her and others
on cots in a corridor awaiting an empty bed.

Anyhow, HAPPY NEW YEAR to you, and maybe
I can work out a suggested program for you.
Right now am up to my neck in overdue deadlines
after being away in Africa and Europe so long.

Best ever, sincerely,

Jan. 3, 1967

Dear Langston, [wplc]

Thanks for 1966 and the best
of wishes for a prosperous 1967 from us.
For sometime now I have been trying to get
this Publishing Company to bring out some
of your books in Norwegian.

At last it looks as if they
might do something--I hope so. But Langston
you must say which Book or Books you would
like to come out here first.

I have given them your
address etc. But it might be a good
idea for you to write them also.
Enclosed find a Brochure of this Company.

When are you going to write
something especially for me. Blend up some
Blues, Gospel and Text for me. All the
best to you and yours.