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Letter to Harold Courlander from Frederic Ridgely Torrance
March 18, 1939
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
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Typed letter on "The Neighborhood Association" letterhead addressed to Harold Courlander from Ridgely Torrance, the Director of Study of the Negro Theatre in American Drama at the Rockefeller Foundation regarding the Foundation's interest in a study of Negro play material and the Karamu Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio. Torrance inquires about plays by Courlander in addition to his play "Swamp Mud" which was performed at Karamu.
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Catalog reference: 2011.84.2