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March 13, 1934

My dear Mr. Maddox:

I have your letter of the ninth with the story "Siren of the
waterfront" which you enclosed.

The first question that occurs to me to ask you is, have you
ever been to Marseille? From the story I judge that you have
not and that naturally makes me wonder why did you locate the
scene of your story in a place that you are not familiar with.
Of course, you may have visited Marseille, but there is nothing
in the story to convince the reader that you have done so. One
of the axioms of the writing profession is to write about what
you know, which means that the writer should never risk himself
on unfamiliar or unknown ground.

I am afraid, too, that you have misunderstood my expression of
will ingness to help you. It would do you no good for me to un-
dertake to rewrite your story and I would not have the time to
do it, even if I wished to. And at this point I must correct
you upon a matter in ethics of the writing profession: It is
considered absolutely unethical to submit the same manuscript
to two or more publishers at the same time. A manuscript should
never be submitted to a second publisher until it has been re-
jected by the first.

Now as to your story - I am sorry that I cannot say to you that
it is a good story. The local color that you give it is not con-
vincing and the story itself is too loosely written. The theme,
though not a new one, could be written out in a more closely knit
manner. I am not making these comments to discourage you, but for
the purpose of heightening, if I can, your own standards and your
own estimates of the work that you do.

With kind regards, I am

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Mr. James Weldon Johnson
Fisk University
Dear Mr. Johnson:

Please pardon the belated
purpose herein involved. I had hoped to see
you at Fisk or some point south during
the past several weeks; and namely im-
mediately after your lecture, I wished to
send Comments by mail. It was in
Nashville during the week of Feb. 24-
26, and I did hope to deliver personally to
you the enclosed regarding your
appearance in St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 14.
I watched eagerly for space given
your lecture the following day, Mon, Feb. 15.
The Globe Democrat was meagre; the
Post-Dispatch; I found very meanly
forgetful. The Star-Times was generous.
Do the latter I directed some comment
as to the very fine spirit. I'd given it
up, when one week later I discovered
the enclosed in Every Bodys Column.
I took out that immediately hoping

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in good faith to give it to you. I drove
my employer to the Florida Florida
Country and New Orleans, leaving
Feb. 23. I stopped in Nashville Feb.
24, 25, but did not contact you, nor
Please accept the interest I'm
sincerely forwarding to you. I hope you
many more triumphs and good fortune.

April 10, 1937

Mr. Allan David Mahr jr
1200 E. "B" Street
Belleville, Illinois

Dear Mr. Mahr:

I wish to thank you for your kind letter and for
the clippings which you so graciously sent to
Mr. Johnson.

Mr. Johnson is at the present time confined to
his bed with illness, but with the constant and
efficient care of his physician and nurse I
am sure he will soon be able to resume his duties.
I shall then bring your letter to his personal
attention.

P.S. I have just had a talk with Mr. Johnson who is
still confined to his bed. He has asked me to return
your poetry to you, which you sent him some time ago for
his consideration. It will be quite some time before
Mr. Johnson is able to return to his duties and then
it may be that he will not be able to accept manuscripts
or poetry until after mid-summer.

He has asked me to send you his regrets.

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My dear Sir:

As president of the National Association of Negro Authors, organized in 1893,- I have been urged by the Commission of the National Half-Century Negro Anniversary, to call a meeting of all American Negro Authors in the month of August, date to be given later. Correspondence is solicited in order that a program may be filed with the Commission for publication in their general program.

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Jan. 13, 1934

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August 8, 1935.

Miss Frances Norton Manning,
4521 Malden Avenue,
Chicago, Ill.

My dear Miss Manning:

For several weeks it has been impossible
for me to give any attention to correspondence and
for that reason I am late in acknowledging your let-
ter of July 7th.

I am very much interested in the work of
Mr. Davis. He strikes a new note and I think that he
shows great promise. I hope that his book will be
published and that it will meet with a generous re-
ception and have the success which I believe it will
deserve. I shall look forward to seeing a copy of
it.

Sincerely yours,

JWJ-W

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September 5, 1935

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James Weldon Johnson,
Fiske University,
Nashville, Tennessee.

My dear Mr. Johnson:-

Thank you very much for your kind acknowledgement
of my letter to you regarding the work of one
Frank Marshall Davis.

His book "Black Man's Verse" is now off the press
and a lovely volume it is! Beautifully bound and
wonderfully received. The first edition is most
limited and consists practically entirely of pre-
subscriptions. The second edition is yet to come.
It has limited to a great extent the ability to
send out review copies.

However, the publisher is sending your copy on and
you may peruse it and return it, or you may keep it
and tender your check for three dollars. If you
wish to keep it, Frank will be delighted to autograph
it for you and pay the postage to do so.

He is being received here in a most gratifying way
and we feel he has a real message for his people as
well as for my people. Surely, here is genuis.

Hoping you are in the best of health and thanking you
again for your kindness, I remain,

Sincerely,
Fiona N. Manning

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Thursday, January 14th, 1932.

Mr. James Weldon Johnson,
187 West 135th Street,
New York City.

My dear Mr. Johnson:—

We are having a Fortnightly series of talks on "Books by Critics and Authors" on alternate Wednesday evenings and I have been wondering whether I could persuade you to come up and speak on "Some Negro Writers" or "Modern Negro Poets" or what you will. You know that people up here are tremendously interested in all progressive movements and I am sure that it would mean much to them to have you come.

Of course it is a labor of love, but I believe you know that from your former visits. Do let me hear from you and say yes.

AM-DD.

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March 12, 1936

Dear Mr. Johnson:

This is to introduce Mr. Felix Greene, the representative in America of the British Broadcasting Company. Mr. Greene is looking forward to making your acquaintance, and, through you, to meeting some of your colleagues at Fisk.

Mr. Stevens and I would be personally grateful for anything you might be able to do for him.

With kind regards,

Yours sincerely,

Mr. James W. Johnson
Fisk University
Nashville, Tennessee

JM:HR

FORT WAYNE FORUM
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA
MISS LOUISE PIATT, SECRETARY
1115 WEST BERRY STREET

1043 Maxine Drive

April 29, 1933

James Weldon Johnson
Fisk University
Atlanta, Georgia

Dear Mr. Johnson,

The Fort Wayne Forum was organized last December by a small group of people. In the beginning we engaged only local speakers but were fortunate in several instances in procuring a few exceedingly interesting people from other localities. We feel we have been very successful in the first five months of our existence despite the fact that there are reactionary forces working against us.

We are now considering speakers for next season. Our home talent has been exhausted, and we must and prefer to engage outside speakers for next winter. In this way we feel we can reach, with better results, the many people in this city, who in their hearts, want to be identified with a liberal Forum but who are a bit afraid.

Our treasury is so thin it is almost transparent. We have no financial backing and in these times expect none, but have managed to pay for our hall, stationery, and ten dollars toward the expences of outside speakers from money received in collections each week and from a few contributions by the small group that is sponsoring the Forum.

Because our financial conditions are such, we cannot afford to pay more than ten dollars to our special speakers. However, we feel that Fort Wayne is a fertile field for liberal education and in dire need of just this thing.

This city is on a direct route to Chicago, and can be reached by several railways, and by most of these from any direction. Hence, our outside speakers that we had this year included Fort Wayne on their itinerary en route to some other destination and did not ask their regular fee. Because of our lack of finances we realize that any speaker we may procure for next winter will come under these same conditions.

FORT WAYNE FORUM
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA
MISS LOUISE PIATT, SECRETARY
1115-WEST BERRY STREET

We are anxious to know as soon as possible if your speaking tour for the next season would bring you close enough to Fort Wayne to enable you to stop here and address the Forum under the conditions I have mentioned.

One no longer does things for nothing, and we wish we could afford more for our speakers. However, we would like to impress outsiders with the possibility of liberal thinking here and the Forum's effort to encourage it, and hope that many of the liberals to whom we are writing will be willing to cooperate with us in promoting a Forum of this kind.

Gratefully yours,

May 17, 1933

My dear Miss Marshall:

I have your letter of April 29. The delay in receiving your letter was do to the fact that you directed it to Fisk University, at Atlanta, Georgia instead of Nashville, Tennessee.

I cannot, at this time, say whether I shall next season be in the vicinity of Fort Wayne or not. There is a probability that in the latter part of the fall I shall be lecturing in and around Chicago. Such a tour, if I arrange for it, will be under the direction of the Adult Education Council of Chicago, 224 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. I think the best suggestion I can make to you is that you write to Mr. Fred Atkins Moore, Executive Director of the Council.

Your efforts to establish a forum deserves encouragement.

Miss Monica Marshall
1043 Maxine Drive
Fort Wayne, Indiana

JWJ:fmm

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WELFARE

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April 25 1936

Dr. James Weldon Johnson
Fisk University
Nashville, Tennessee

Dear Dr. Johnson:

It is with a deep sense of appreciation that we
write to thank you for the two BOOKS OF NEGRO
SPIRITUALS which were received yesterday.

In our former letter we told you how badly we
wanted them for our Class 326 but could not make
a purchase for some time to come because of lack
of funds. We have started a good work among the
Negro population here and we are encouraged by
the interest taken by the better educated members
of the race in our endeavor to furnish not only
constructive literature but as well such books
that will tend to heighten a sense of racial
dignity and to foster higher aspirations.

It may interest you to know that we have placed
on our next check-list Black Manhattan and the
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man. We have
already on our shelves. Along This Way.

If you have any titles in mind which will forward
our aim, and would be so good as to sug gest them
we will include them in our next order.

Yours for the Master's cause,

Chaplain and Librarian

HPG

A. S. PINKETT, TREASURER

MRS. HARRIET GIBBS MARSHALL, PRESIDENT

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Mr. James Weldon Johnson
Fisk University,
Nashville, Tenn.

My dear Mr. Johnson:

We have been presenting a creative art
series of entertainments. Knowing the desire of
this institution to make a worthy contribution to
the development of Negro music and also remembering
your interest as expressed many years ago in our
efforts, I write to ask you if, some time during the
year when you are passing through Washington could you
arrange to make a talk on some phase of this subject
at one of the programs given during the year at this
conservatory. It could be illustrated in any way you
desired.

Kindly let me know your reply to this request
at your earliest convenience.

I wish you great success in the work that you
are doing at Fisk University. We are indebted to you
for much of the great progress that is being made in
the appreciation of our music and the possibility of its
highest development.

With kindness regards to Mrs. Johnson, I am

A. S. PINKETT, TREASURER

MISS ZETA DYSON, SECRETARY

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MRS. GEORGE E. HAYNES

Mr. James Weldon Johnson,
Fisk University
Nashville, Tenn.

My dear Mr. Johnson:

Thanks very much for your cordial letter
of October 7th. I can understand it is difficult
for you to know at this time when you will be in
Washington. I am wondering, however, if you know
that you will pass through our city any time during
the school year. If so, would it be possible for
us to use your name on a tentative announcement
along with one or two others whom we are endeavoring
to present to our patrons and art lovers of the city.
Of course a short notice in advance would give us
ample time to invite our audience.

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November
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Nineteen-Thirty-Four.

Mr. James Weldon Johnson,
Viking Press,
New York City, N.Y.

Dear Mr. Johnson,

Please accept the enclosed review of your book---
NEGRO AMERICANS, WHAT NOW--- as a token of my respect for you
as an artist and a man. I have belonged to a number of organ-
izations but, as I tell my colored friends here, I am more
proud of my membership in the NAACP than anything else I possess,
except my wife.

Both she and I are great admirers of your "God's
Trombones", which embodies, I believe, some of the greatest poet-
ry written by an American. For our friends, with the assistance
of a colored boy, Theodore Ward, who has outstanding dramatic
and literary ability, we have presented a program of the sermons
with spirituals, which we sing. They have always had a tremen-
dous effect.

With the kindest wishes, I am,

Most sincerely yours.

Music-Art Editor.

January 10, 1955.

Mr. Gail Martin,
Deseret News Publishing Co.,
Salt Lake City, Utah.

My dear Mr. Martin:

Due to my illness during the summer and the pressure of work upon me during the fall, I now have before me a mass of unacknowledged correspondence. I am taking this first opportunity to acknowledge your kind letter of November 13, together with the review of my book, *Negro Americans, What Now?*

I wish to express to you my appreciation for your splendid and understanding review of my little book. I thank you for the thought and space you gave to the review. I am glad, too, that you like God's *Trombones* and that you had the thought to write and tell me so. After all, there come times in a writer's life when he is made to feel that what he has attempted to do has been worthwhile, and those times are very precious moments.

Thanking you again, I am

JWJ:T

April 27, 1935.

Miss Mary A. Marvin,
Box 12,
Lancaster, Mass.

My dear Miss Marvin:

As a result of my illness last summer, I had an accumulation of a mass of correspondence that I have not yet had time to answer or even acknowledge. Your very good letter got caught in that accumulation. I did have an impression that I sent an acknowledgment of its receipt, but I am not sure about it, and for that reason, I am sending this letter on to you.

I am glad that you liked Along This Way, and that you had the thought to write and tell me so. I can see how many portions of the book recalled memories to you, especially memories of a tour of the Atlanta University quartet.

I do not see Mr. Towns often; I don't think I have seen him more than a half-dozen times in the last twenty years, and I don't believe he ever gave me the messages that you sent by him.

I have regained my health, but I find that I must continue to be on guard. I recovered very rapidly at Great Barrington last summer. We are hoping to get back there about the middle of June. If you are ever in that vicinity, please do not pass us by. I should enjoy very much seeing you again.

With kindest regards, I am

Sincerely yours,

JWJ:T

James Weldon Johnson

Glendale, Ohio, Oct. 12, 1935.

Dr. James W. Johnson,

Fiske University,

Nashville, Tennessee.

Dear Dr. Johnson,

Several weeks ago, after we had discussed
the matter together, Sister Olivia Mary, of our staff at
the Mission of St. Simon of Cyrene, wrote you inviting you
to come to our Mission.

As we have not yet heard from you, I am
writing to let you know how anxious we are to have you visit
us and speak to our people here. As Sister Olivia Mary
wrote, we hope that you can be with us on February 9th, 1936,
which we observe annually as our Patronal Festival Day.

We would appreciate your early acceptance,
in order that we may proceed with our other arrangements for
the Festival, which will continue throughout the week.

We hope that you will find it possible to
accept, and I am looking forward to the pleasure of meeting
you at that time.

With every good wish to you, I am,

Priest - in-Charge
Mission of St. Simon of Cyrene

413 West 148th Street
New York City

October 22, 1935

My dear Sister Olivia Mary:

Your letter of September 13 addressed to me at
Fisk University has only reached me here in New York within
the last day or so. I am hastening to reply.

I am sorry to say that I shall not be able to
speak for you at the Mission on Sunday evening, February 9.
I am filling several engagements on the trip that takes me
to Cincinnati, and on Sunday, the 9th, I shall be speaking
in Chicago. Nevertheless, I hope that I shall have the
opportunity of visiting the Mission and of seeing and
talking with you; and perhaps at some other time I shall be
able to speak for you.

I have also received a letter from Father
Greenwood and I wish you would let this letter to you serve
as an answer to him as well.

With kindest regards, I am

Sincerely yours,

Sister Olivia Mary
Bethany Home
Glendale, Ohio

October 30, 1926

Mr. William C. Matthews,
149 New Montgomery Street,
San Francisco, Cal.

My dear Matty:

I have your letter of the 22nd.

"The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man" is now out of print, but it is to be republished soon by Alfred A. Knopf, 730 Fifth Avenue, New York. Suppose you drop them a note saying that you wish to secure a copy. Copies of the original publication are now quite rare and really command a high price.
I wish I knew where I could get one for you.

I was glad to hear from you. I hope that
you are quite well and I wish you every success.

With kind regards to you and Mrs. Matthews,

I am

Yours sincerely,

March 16, 1932.

Mr. John Matheus
West Virginia Collegiate Institute
Institute, West Virginia

Dear Mr. Matheus:

On my return from an absence of a week in Washington, I find your letter of the 7th. I should like to come to the West Virginia Collegiate Institute and give the lecture and hold the conference that you suggest in your communication, but I am not at all sure now that I can spare the time to do it. I am pressed not only with my teaching duties but also with some writing which I must finish within a stated time.

There is a bare possibility that I could arrange to speak for you on the night of Friday, May 6th, and to hold a conference during the morning hours of Saturday. I say in the morning hours because it would be necessary for me to leave Charleston on Saturday afternoon. This is merely a tentative suggestion. I am not at all certain that I could carry it out. If I should come, my fee would be $100 and railroad expenses between Cincinnati and Charleston.

JWJ:hb

THE TEMPLE

Harry H. Mayer
3512 Kenwood Avenue,
Kansas City, Missouri.

May 29, 1931.

Mr. James Weldon Johnson,
187 W. 135th Street,
New York City, N. Y.

My dear Mr. Johnson:

It will be a source of much gratification to our American Advisory Committee to learn that you have consented to write a metrical Psalm version for our collection.

I can think of no writer better qualified than
yourself to render into verse the 24th Psalm which, as you
know, is regarded as one of the choicest in the Psalter.

I have just received two superb Psalms from
Dr. Henry van Dyke. He informs me that he spent months
on one of them and often despaired of being able to do
it at all to his satisfaction, but that the other was done
with little effort and in a very short time. I mention
this because you say that your completing your assignment
will depend on the time at your disposal.

I am, Dear Sir, with all good wishes,

THE TEMPLE
HARRY H. MAYER

3512 KENWOOD AVENUE
KANSAS CITY, MO.

October 9, 1931

Mr. James Weldon Johnson
187 W. 135th Street
New York City, N. Y.

Dear Mr. Johnson:

You will probably recall our correspondence
of several months ago with regard to a metrical
version of one of the psalms for our "Twentieth
Century Book of Psalms".

I was hopeful that your poems would be
received by me not later than October 1, although
you distinctly said that your doing the work
would depend upon your having sufficient leisure.

During the next few months I shall be in
New York City in connection with several matters
in which I am interested and if I may, I should
like to call on you personally, not only for the
honor of making your acquaintance but in order
to discuss with you more fully than is possible
by letter, the purpose that we have in view in
our proposed book.

Will you kindly let me know at my New York
address, 12 E. 86th Street, Apartment 1101,
whether I may visit you and at what time. When
I hear from you I shall make everything else of
secondary importance so far as possible in order
to be with you.

With kindest personal regards,

Sincerely and cordially yours,

HHM:JJ