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Paul Laurence Dunbar Collection

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Scope and Content

Dunbar's professional writings, the collection includes first editions of all his known published works including his music with the single exception of a musical entitled Uncle Eph's Christmas, produced in 1900;

the esteem in which Dunbar was held, especially in the city of his birth, as evidenced by newspaper clippings and programs describing ceremonies in which he participated or which were held in his honor, the designation of his home as the Dunbar House State Memorial and the listing of the house on the National Register of Historic Places;

the strong influence provided by his mother, Matilda Dunbar, described in many newspaper and magazine articles;

and, finally, Paul Laurence Dunbar's triumph over the adversities of discrimination, limited financial means and ill health to become a poet of national and international repute.

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