Correspondence Sent and Received, (24 folders, 1879-1923)
Archive
Includes miscellaneous letters, including correspondence relating to Latimer’s book on electricity (1890), a letter from his friend the Black activist and diplomat Richard T. Greener, a letter from Latimer’s acquaintance the African American missionary in Haiti, James Theodore Holly, a note from his friend John F. Randolph writing from Thomas Edison’s lab in [West] Orange, New Jersey, and several letters from staff at the Philadelphia magazine Leisure Hours relating to poetry Latimer had submitted for publication. Some letters feature handwritten annotations and official stamps.
Letters from publishers of Latimer’s work, from African American activists Richard T. Greener and James Theodore Holly, and from a friend he had worked with at the Edison firm.
Latimer Family Papers (1870-1996 ) [QPL Full Collection]Items 1880 ca., (1910, 1990-1995)[ Sub-Series]
Business and Patent-Related Correspondence
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Latimer Family Papers (1870-1996 ) QPL Collection
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