Tolson, Melvin Beaunorus - Social Networks and Archival Context (original) (raw)
Biographical Note
- 1898, Feb 6: Born, Moberly, Mo.
- 1918: Graduated, Lincoln High School, Kansas City, Mo.
- 1919: Enrolled in Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn.
- 1920 -1923 : Student, Lincoln University, Oxford, Pa.; received A.B. with honors
- 1922: Married Ruth Southall
- 1923 -1947 : English instructor and debate coach, Wiley College, Marshall, Tex.
- 1925: Founder, Log Cabin Theater, Wiley College, Marshall, Tex.
- 1938: Rockefeller fellowship
- 1940: M.A., Columbia University, New York, N.Y.; thesis on the Harlem Renaissance
- 1944: Published Rendezvous With America. New York: Dodd, Mead
- 1945: Omega Psi Phi award for creative literature
- 1947: Appointed poet laureate, Republic of Liberia
- 1947 -1965 : Professor, creative literature, Langston University, Langston, Okla.
- 1948: Founder, Dust Bowl Theater, Langston, Okla.
- 1951: Bess Hokim Award, Poetry magazine, for "E. & O.E."
- 1953: Published Libretto for the Republic of Liberia. New York: Twayne
- 1954 -1962 : Mayor, Langston, Okla.
- 1954: Fellow in poetry and modern drama, Bread Loaf Writer's Conference of Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.
- 1965: Published Harlem Gallery: Book 1, The Curator. New York: Twayne
- 1965 -1966 : Avalon Chair in Humanities, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala.
- 1966: Annual Poetry Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters (National Institute of Arts and Letters)
- 1966, Aug. 28: Died, Dallas, Tex.
From the guide to the Melvin Beaunorus Tolson Papers, 1932-1975, (bulk 1940-1966), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
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associatedWith | Bond, Horace Mann, 1904-1972 | person |
associatedWith | Farnsworth, Robert M. Robert M. Farnsworth papers. | person |
correspondedWith | Flowers, William K. (William Knox), 1916- | person |
correspondedWith | Hill, Herbert, 1924-2004 | person |
correspondedWith | Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 | person |
correspondedWith | Lansdowne, Albert Y. | person |
correspondedWith | Randall, Dudley, 1914- | person |
correspondedWith | Shapiro, Karl Jay, 1913-2000 | person |
correspondedWith | Steinburg, Jacob | person |
correspondedWith | Tate, Allen, 1899-1979 | person |
correspondedWith | Wilson, Ida Frances, 1920- | person |