W.E.B. Du Bois Papers

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Abstract

Manuscript and typewritten short stories arranged in two groups: seven "fables" of one to two pages each, and approximately thirty-five longer short stories plus a few fragments. The earliest item in the series is an 1895 story about Wilberforce University, and Du Bois continued to write short stories into the 1950s. The latest stories are written under the pseudonym "Bud Weisob," which may be a too-transparent effort to avoid McCarthy-era blacklisting. Few of these stories were ever published.

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The collection is open for research.

Language:

English

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W.E.B. Du Bois Papers: Series 14. Short Fiction, 1895-1950
1 linear foot

Call no.: MS 312

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W.E.B. Du Bois, 1907.

Inventory of Collection

Series 14. Short Fiction	1895-1950

A. Fables	Undated

Du Bois, W. E. B., The Cat and the Dog		Reel 88: 924

Du Bois, W. E. B., The Man from the Sky		Reel 88: 925

Du Bois, W. E. B., Two Brothers and Their Medicine Horns		Reel 88: 926

Du Bois, W. E. B., Princess Wata		Reel 88: 928

Du Bois, W. E. B., The Bill-Horn and the Chameleon		Reel 88: 930

Du Bois, W. E. B., Ldela (Lizard) and Pakena		Reel 88: 931

Du Bois, W. E. B., A Gola Story, The Exacting Playmates		Reel 88: 932

B. Short Stories	Undated

Du Bois, W. E. B., From A Professor's Note Book		Reel 88: 933
Two untitled stories -- manuscripts
Du Bois, W. E. B., Burghardt University; Some Bits From the Life of John L. Potter, A. M., Sometime Fellow of Johns Hopkins University, Professor of Latin and Greek in Burghardt University; and Some Bits From the Life of John Willis, A. M., Professor of Latin, Greek, and Mathematics in Wilberforce University	ca.1890s	Reel 88: 943
Manuscripts
Du Bois, W. E. B., Fables From Within the Veil		Reel 88: 970
Manuscript
Du Bois, W. E. B., The Reverend Mr. Bond's Assistant		Reel 88: 973
Manuscripts
Du Bois, W. E. B., The Pepper and Salt Club		Reel 88: 990
Manuscript
Du Bois, W. E. B., The Thief		Reel 88: 996
Manuscript
Du Bois, W. E. B., The Princess Steel		Reel 88: 1003
Manuscripts
Du Bois, W. E. B., The Choice of Hercules		Reel 88: 1024
Manuscript
Du Bois, W. E. B., Black Hercules at the Cross-Roads		Reel 88: 1028
Manuscript
Du Bois, W. E. B., For Charles		Reel 88: 1032
Manuscript
Du Bois, W. E. B., A. D. 2150		Reel 88: 1039
Manuscript
Du Bois, W. E. B., The Case		Reel 88: 1044
Manuscript of story published in Horizon, July 1907
Du Bois, W. E. B., The Shaven Lady		Reel 88: 1049
A Manuscript of story published in Horizon, August 1907
Du Bois, W. E. B., The Diamond Earring		Reel 88: 1053
Manuscripts
Du Bois, W. E. B., The Murder of Samuel Greatley		Reel 88: 1064
Manuscripts
Du Bois, W. E. B., Mr. Hedley's Option		Reel 88: 1077
Manuscript
Du Bois, W. E. B., The Countess' Sables		Reel 88: 1085
Manuscript
Du Bois, W. E. B., The Bank Roll		Reel 88: 1103
Manuscripts
Du Bois, W. E. B., The Necklace of Emeralds		Reel 88: 1117
Manuscript
Du Bois, W. E. B., The Case of the Tiffany Diamonds		Reel 88: 1124
Manuscript
Du Bois, W. E. B., The Black River		Reel 88: 1129
Manuscripts and fragments
Du Bois, W. E. B., A Race Riot		Reel 88: 1185
Incomplete manuscript
Du Bois, W. E. B., The Segregation of Tom		Reel 88: 1189
Incomplete manuscript
Du Bois, W. E. B., School teacher		Reel 88: 1196
Manuscript
Du Bois, W. E. B., The Haunted Hill		Reel 88: 1200
Notes
Du Bois, W. E. B., The Crucifixion of God / "The Crucifixion of God the King"		Reel 88: 1210
Manuscripts and notes
Du Bois, W. E. B., Jesus Christ in Georgia		Reel 88: 1221
Incomplete manuscript
Du Bois, W. E. B., The Cocoa Trilogy		Reel 88: 1228
Manuscript
Du Bois, W. E. B., The Jewel		Reel 88: 1235
Manuscripts
Du Bois, W. E. B., Down to Jericho		Reel 88: 1251
Manuscripts
Du Bois, W. E. B., The Black Man Brings His Gifts		Reel 88: 1295
Manuscript
Du Bois, W. E. B., Wilda Is Frightened / Fear		Reel 88: 1303
Manuscripts
Du Bois, W. E. B., The Congo Plot / The Java Plot		Reel 88: 1309
Manuscripts
Du Bois, W. E. B., The Couple in the Drawing Room		Reel 88: 1316
Manuscript
Du Bois, W. E. B., Unidentified fragments and notes		Reel 88: 1322

Provenance

Acquired from Shirley Graham Du Bois, 1973

Cite as: W.E.B. Du Bois Papers (MS 312). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst.