[CHESNUTT, Charles (1858-1932)]. A group of 3 items related to Charles Chesnutt, incl. Howard University programs and ALS from Susan V. Chesnutt to head of NAACP Arthur Spingarn.

[GRIMKÉ, Archibald (1849-1930)]. [CHESNUTT, Charles (1858-1932)]. The Pestalozzi-Froebel Society of the Teachers' College Presents Hon. Archibald H. Grimke at an Afternoon with Charles Chestnutt [sic]. [Washington, D.C.]: Howard University, 1909.

4 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. program (vertical crease, light toning). Program from an event held on 14 May 1909 at Howard University featuring an address by author Charles Chesnutt (misspelled here as Chestnutt) and an address by writer and activist Archibald Grimké.

[With:] Memorial Service for Charles Waddell Chesnutt Under Auspices of the Stylus, Howard University. [Washington]: [Howard University], 1933. 4 7.8 x 7 3/16 in. program (light creasing, small chips at edge, minor toning). Featuring addresses by Benjamin Griffith Brawley (1882-1939) and Dr. Alain Locke (1885-1954).

[Also with:] CHESNUTT, Susan U. Perry (1861-1940). Autograph letter signed ("Susan V. Chesnutt") to Arthur B. Spingarn. Cleveland, OH, 14 January 1933. 2 pages, 4 15/16 x 4 in. folded card, with original envelope addressed to Spingarn postmarked 16 January 1933 from Cleveland, toning. The recently widowed Susan Chesnutt writes to civil rights leader Arthur B. Spingarn (1878-1971) thanking him for his sympathies: "thank you both very much for your note of sympathy. Every expression of admiration and affection for Mr. Chesnutt has helped in some degree to lessen our feeling of utter desolation at our great loss."

Property from a 35-Year Collection from the Southern United States