Ans. Oct. or Nov. Will advise definitely this summer.
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YOUNG MEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION

LEXINGTON AVENUE AT 92ND STREET

NEW YORK

FREDERICK M. WARBURG, President

JACK NADEL, Executive Director

EDUCATIONAL AND CLUB DEPARTMENT

WILLIAM KOLODNEY, Director

MAURICE SCHNEIROV, Club Department

HELEN R. STOUT, Drama Department

TERRY HAIMES, Secretary

ATWATER 9-2400

May 5, 1941

Langston Hughes
c/o Alfred Knopf
501 Madison Avenue
New York City

Dear Mr. Hughes:

The poetry Center of the YMHA, organized by Norman Macleod two years ago, and under his direction at present, invites poets to read from their work, and to talk informally at weekly meetings held throughout the academic year. These readings are given on Tuesday evenings. They start at 9 PM., and end at about 10:15 PM. If a poet desires to have the poems he is to read mimeographed, and distributed to the audience, the YMHA is glad to do so. An honorarium of twenty dollars ($20.00) is given to the poet.

We should feel honored if you would accept our invitation to read from your work, and to talk informally on a date to be decided upon in subsequent correspondence. If you prefer a particular month or a definite date, please let us know.

The average attendance at these readings is sixty (60) persons. The age range of the audience is between twenty (20) and fifty (50). Most of the members of the audience have a college background or the equivalent. Although this is a Young Men's Hebrew Association, about half the audience consists of women.

118

FOLKLORE EVENINGS

This card will admit

NAME

ADDRESS

TEL.

to any one of the Folklore Evenings listed on the reverse side
of this card, in the Theresa L. Kaufmann Lounge of the YMHA,
Lexington Ave. at 92nd St., New York City. ATwater 9-2400.

Admission 50 cents.

March 22, 1951

Educational Department
YM & YWHA
Lexington Avenue & 92nd Street
New York 28, New York

Gentlemen:

Enclosed is my check for $5.40. Kindly send to me at the above
address two (2) $2.70 tickets to the Kurt Weill Concert for the
evening of March 31st.

These tickets were ordered by telephone from the Gertsman office
downtown so kindly check with them. They are being held in my
name.

Thank you in advance.

LH/nwv

June 24, 1957

Dear David Lipsky:

According to my count (excluding previews), the performance on Wednesday, July 3rd will be the 50th of SIMPLY HEAVENLY. Also, Dave Martin and I are giving a party for the cast and company as you see from the invitation enclosed. Since my house is not large enough to hold many more people than the company and their better-halves, we are inviting only representatives of the Harlem press, that is Sonny Murrain of the Age; Jesse Walker of the Amsterdam News and Dale Wright of Jet. If they bring photographers as they very well might, we will get coverage in the Negro press. Perhaps you might want to invite other press people, columnists or radio people to the theatre that night. If Jack Walker, Bob Sylvester (Daily News) and Danton Walker have not seen the play it might be a good time to ask them again.

Also, will you suggest to Mr. Enklewitz that it might be a good idea to have some placards of the show, at least for the Harlem community, when it moves into the new theatre.

Best wishes to you, as ever,

January 29, 1959

Mr. Charles Grosser
YMHA
30 Oakley Avenue
Mount Vernon, N. Y.

Dear Mr. Grosser:

This is to advise you that I will be coming to Mt Vernon on Wednesday, Feb. 4th and hope to arrive between 7:30 and 8 P. M.

As I have done at past lectures for the Jewish Center Lecture Bureau, I will bring with me a sampling of my books for display. Will you be so kind as to place a table somewhere near the entrance so that persons may purchase copies if they wish.

I am looking forward to coming to Mount Vernon and meeting you at that time.