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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

Box 145

 Container

Contains 4 Results:

Correspondence – Greeting Cards and Thank yous (3 folders), 2020, undated

 File — Box: 145, Folder: 1-3
Scope and Contents From the Series: This addition to MSS 16077 Jan Karon Papers contains personal and professional correspondence, and greeting cards; files and other documentation concerning the appraisal, purchase, ownership, operations and restoration of the Esmont house and estate by Jan Karon; correspondence concerning Karon's editorship of the magazine "Response," including with Langston Hughes; event and memorial programs; photographs of Esmont, family and friends; invitations; fan mail; correspondence about donations...
Dates: 2020, undated

Correspondence – Declan Haun (1937-1994), 1971-1981

 File — Box: 145, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Series: This addition to MSS 16077 Jan Karon Papers contains personal and professional correspondence, and greeting cards; files and other documentation concerning the appraisal, purchase, ownership, operations and restoration of the Esmont house and estate by Jan Karon; correspondence concerning Karon's editorship of the magazine "Response," including with Langston Hughes; event and memorial programs; photographs of Esmont, family and friends; invitations; fan mail; correspondence about donations...
Dates: 1971-1981

Correspondence – Langston Hughes (1901-1967), 1961-1962

 File — Box: 145, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents This folder contains eight items, including Jan Orth Karon's note explaining that Langston Hughes was the cousin of "Response" Assistant Editor, George Love. There are two postcards from Hughes to Jan Orth, as the editor of the magazine "Response" when she lived in Charlotte. Hughes expresses gladness that she is using his Chapel Hill piece, asks for six copies when it is published, sends her some photographs and biographical information, and mentions his cross-country tour...
Dates: 1961-1962

Correspondence – Invitations (2 folders), 1993-2020

 File — Box: 145, Folder: 6-7
Scope and Contents From the Series: This addition to MSS 16077 Jan Karon Papers contains personal and professional correspondence, and greeting cards; files and other documentation concerning the appraisal, purchase, ownership, operations and restoration of the Esmont house and estate by Jan Karon; correspondence concerning Karon's editorship of the magazine "Response," including with Langston Hughes; event and memorial programs; photographs of Esmont, family and friends; invitations; fan mail; correspondence about donations...
Dates: 1993-2020