The poems of John C. Langston, A.B

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  Reminiscences of John Langston [microform] : 1877

  Manuscripts

  Microfilm of the autobiography of John Langston, covering his childhood through 1875. Langston recalls growing up in England and briefly moving to the United States before his father's interests failed and the family returned to England. Langston worked at iron works in Staffordshire and Wales before returning to the United States at the age of sixteen. He writes of working at iron works in New Jersey and Pittsburgh, and of spending the early 1840s looking for work in Missouri, Illinois, and Kentucky. He eventually got hired as a steamer fireman in St. Louis and settled in Independence, Missouri, in 1844. Langston then describes a serious illness he suffered and his subsequent decision to join the Carmelite Church. He briefly covers his time in California, his journey to Council Bluffs, and his decision to join the Mormon Church after much internal debate over the practice of polygamy. After briefly writing of his overland journey to Utah, Langston focuses on the Utah War of 1857-1858, including his time in the Alpine militia at Echo Canyon. He believed that the U.S. Army was "sent out ... with the intent of hanging and killing all the leading Mormons." The last few pages of the volume trace Langston's move to Rockville and his cotton growing experiences through about 1875.

  MSS MFilm 00124

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  The Langston Hughes reader

  Rare Books

  440152

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  Langston Hughes: [autobiographical sketch]

  Manuscripts

  An authobiographical sketch donated by Langston Hughes to a special poetry file, at the request of fellow poet Beulah May.

  mssHM 63817

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  Freedom and citizenship : selected lectures and addresses of Hon. John Mercer Langston ... with an introductory sketch by Rev. J.E. Rankin

  Rare Books

  117344

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  Langston Hughes papers, (bulk 1932-1934)

  Manuscripts

  This collection is arranged in three parts. The first part consists of a pocket diary, manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera to, by, and about Langston Hughes. The second part of the collection consists of photographs and another Hughes pocket notebook. The third part consists of letters, ephemera and photographs primarily by Loren Miller and related to the 1932 Soviet Union trip. Langston Hughes was a close friend of Loren and Juanita Miller. Hughes and Miller traveled to the Soviet Union in 1932 with 19 other African-Americans onboard the ship Europa for a film project that never materialized. The bulk of the material dates between 1932 and 1934, the years that Langston Hughes traveled to and from the Soviet Union and Mexico. There are two photographs from onboard the Europa including a group photograph of 20 of the 22 who traveled to the Soviet Union. There are also two books autographed by Langston Hughes to Loren and Juanita Miller that were transferred to Rare Books in August 2002. These books are One-Way Ticket (RB 606889) and Simple Speaks His Mind (RB 606888).

  mssHM 64070-64101, HM 68429-68442, HM 73900-73977

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  Langston Hughes letter to Beulah May, 1883-

  Manuscripts

  Langston Hughes is one of several California poets who donated items to a special poetry file, at the request of fellow poet Beulah May.

  mssHM 63818