A. K. A. House,
813 Louisiana street

Lawrence, Kansas
Feb. 7, 1932.

Dear Mr. Hughes:

Delta chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority will be
glad to sponsor a recital in which you read your own poems.
A University town, which happens to be your home town, cannot
afford to miss the opportunity of hearing an artist of national
note interpret his own works. You were not born here, though,
were you?

Mr. Allen Crafton of the Speech and Dramatic Art department of the University has offered his co-operation in making the recital a success. In all probability, it will be held in Fraser hall on the campus. The English, sociology and other departments will encourage student attendance and the town populace will need little urging.

It has not yet been decided whether or not an admittance
fee will be charged but at any rate, your charge of $75 will
be met.

The week of March 6 would be a good week for your appearance on the campus as there are no conflicting activities during that week which would tend to decrease attendance at your recital. Please send me as soon as possible a list of your open dates during the first and second weeks of March.

When will you be in Kansas City and who is sponsoring
your lecture there? We would like to have you here before
you read there, if possible.

I regret that you will not receive this letter until you
arrive in Tuskegee. I do not know where to reach you between
Feb. 6 and Feb. 14.

The members of our chapter have enjoyed reading your
poems in *The Weary Blues* and *Fine Clothes to the Jew* and
*Not Without Laughter*.

Much luck on your present tour.!!

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TULSA OKLA FEB 21, VIA AW NEWYORK NY FEB 22 1944

LANSTON HUGHES

E 51 ST SOUTH PARKWAY CHICAGO ILL.

ALPHAKAPPA ALPHA SORORITY WILL SPONSOR APPEARANCE IN TULSA IN COOPERATION WITH YMCA AND KAPPA FRATERNITY MOST SUITABLE DATE MARCH 17 CAN YOU MAKE TRAIN CONNECTIONS IN ORDER TO REACH AUSTIN IN PLENTY OF TIME FOR THE NINETEENTH SO PLEASE INFORM IF DATE MEETS YOUR APPROVAL SEND PROGRAM FOR PUBLICATION.

MRS S RANDALL, PRESIDENT.

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Epsilon Omega Chapter
Baltimore, Maryland

May 5, 1948

Mr. Langston Hughes
730-5th Avenue
New York City

Dear Mr. Hughes:

The Civic Contact Committee of Epsilon Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, has undertaken as its project for 1948 equipping a playground for Negro children in South Baltimore. At the present time there is no playground or recreational center for Negroes in this under-privileged area. In order to buy the necessary equipment we are planning to hold a bazaar and sell various items of clothing and other personal effects donated by famous persons which the general public will be anxious to purchase for keepsakes.

Your name stands high on our list as one of the famous persons
whoms we are asking to make a donation. Will you assist us in
this project by donating a personal item to be sold at our bazaar?
Some articles of clothing, or jewelry, a toy, a book, a vase --
anything that you believe will serve our purpose. You may be
sure that any gift from you which will help us promote this
worthy cause we will deeply appreciate.

The bazaar will be held June 15. We shall be happy to receive
your donation at your earliest convenience prior to that date.
Enclosed is a self-addressed postal card which we are requesting
you to fill out and mail at the time you mail your gift. This
will serve as a check on items which might possibly get lost in
the mail. It will also help us to identify our donations and their
donors.

May we thank you now for your cooperation and donation.

Yours very truly,

Dollie R. Walker

(Mrs.) Dollie R. Walker
Chairman, Civic Contact Committee

January 23, 1952.

Miss Vernetta McCain,
Chi Chapter, A. K. A.,
Talladega College,
Talladega, Alabama.

Dear Miss McCain,

Thank you very much for your note of February 25th confirming my
engagement for Chi Chapter of A. K. A. at Talladega College on
Thursday, February 23. You did not state the hour, but unless you
advise me otherwise, I take for granted it will be in the evening.
I shall be coming from New Orleans via Birmingham (unless there is
a more direct way of getting to Talladega), probably arriving in the
afternoon on Thursday, and I shall remain overnight, so I would be
happy to meet with English or drama groups, if desired, on Friday.
I will let you know the exact time of my arrival later.

Under separate cover I've sent you publicity material, photos, and
some of my songs. The songs may or may not be used on my programs,
as you like, and depending upon whether you have singers who might like
to perform them. If so, we can have them, or any other music you might
desire, both before and after my portion of the program. Usually some-
one introduces me to the audience, and I read and talk about my poems
and how they were written in relation to American life and the problems of
the Negro and our democracy.

As a rule, there are persons at my programs who wish autographed copies
of my books, so I am asking my publishers to send ahead of me a couple
of dozen copies addressed in your care. Kindly hold these parcels pend-
ing my arrival. And please be so kind as to ask a couple of students
to preside over a book table display at some convenient place either in
the auditorium or near the entrance where persons may examine the books
and purchase them if they so desire.

I remember with great pleasure past appearances at Talladega, and I am
delighted to be coming there again under your sponsorship.

February 23, 1952

Miss Willarena Lamar, Basileus
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Chi Chapter
Talladega College
Talladega, Alabama

Dear Miss Lamar,

I am in receipt of your letter to Mr. Hughes asking whether
it would be possible to meet him at Anniston, Alabama, on February
23rd, rather than Birmingham. Mr. Hughes has already started on
his tour, and since there has been a rearrangement of his itinerary
I find I am unable to contact him about this. Unfortunately, at
this late date, I cannot refer you to an address where it would
be certain that you might contact him.

I am sorry about this, but suggest that you keep the plan
already agreed upon, unless you feel you can contact him yourselves
in the meantime.

With every good wish for a successful engagement,

Secretary to Langston Hughes

May 9, 1963

Dear Mrs. Dorsey:

I would be delighted to have Harold Scott read my poems at the Emancipation Centennial Luncheon without fee. There is no charge for oral readings of poems, usually, and any of mine may be so used at any time without payment. It is only when they are reprinted in commercial publications, that special permission is needed.

With cordial regards and all good wishes for the success of the luncheon,

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

Eta Omega Omega Chapter

Cordially invites you to join them.

in Salute to

Mr. Kivie Kaplan

National Chairman, Life Membership Committee,
National Association for the advancement of Colored People

in Appreciation

For his outstanding contribution in the
field of Civil Rights

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