Guide to the Paul Laurence Dunbar Letter MSS.3351
Dunbar, Paul Laurence
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
April 2011
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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Paul Laurence Dunbar Letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.3351
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.05 Linear feet (1 letter)
- Dates:
1905 April 15
- Abstract:
Paul Laurence Dunbar writes from Dayton, Ohio, to Mr. Earl N. Hale, in Dayton, Ohio, in response to a request for an autograph and discusses a recent illness.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Paul Laurence Dunbar Letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
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Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall 2008
Scope and Contents note
Paul Laurence Dunbar writes from Dayton, Ohio, to Mr. Earl N. Hale, in Dayton, Ohio, in response to a request for an autograph. Dunbar writes of a recent illness but expresses much pleasure at recovery and the opportunity to provide the autograph to Hale.
Biographical/Historical note
African American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1872, the son of former slaves. A prolific writer, in addition to poetry, Dunbar wrote short stories, essays, and novels. Through his writing, Dunbar achieved both national and international fame. His work appeared in Harper's Weekly, the Sunday Evening Post, and numbers of other magazines and journals. He died in 1906 at the age of 33.
Paul Laurence Dunbar Letter Box SC0069 Folder 3351.01