Gwine to mourn an’ nebber tire,
Mourn an’ nebber tire,
Mourn an’ nebber tire (Sundquist, 496-7)
Transcript:
June 2, 1938
My dear Mr. Clemens:
I have your letter of May 22 and thank you for its information. I am returning the blank which you asked me to fill. Concerning tho contribution to the book of the humor of different peoples, I might undertake a short statement on Negro humor sometime next year. I could not do anything before September first. Perhaps you will write me again concerning the time limit.
Very sincerely yours,
[no signature]
Mr. Cyril Clemens
International Mark Twain Society
Webster Groves, Missouri
Enclosure:
My beat virtue – grit
Must worst fault – sensitiveness
My favorite address – Bernhardt
My favorite actor – Richard Harrison
My chief hobby – walking a motor [car]
My favorite song – Go Down Moses
My favorite book (by myself) SOULS OF BLACK FOLK (by another) Three Musketeers
My pet vanity – a beard
Usual time of rising and retiring – 6 a. m. and 10 p. m.
My favorite food – Bread and milk
My favorite drink – ginger ale
My favorite sport (outdoor) walking
My favorite sport (indoor) – Reading
My favorite character in history – Toussaint L’Ouverture
My favorite animal – the dog
My very earliest memory – Tongs and the fire place
My favorite study in school – History
My favorite study (outside my native land) – Sociology
June 2. 1938
Mr. Cyril Clemens
International Mark Twain Society
Webster Groves. Missouri
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to International Mark Twain Society, June 2, 1938. W. E. B. Du Bois Papers (MS 312). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries. https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b085-i448.
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. List of W. E. B. Du Bois’s favorite things, ca. June 2, 1938. W. E. B. Du Bois Papers (MS 312). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries. https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b085-i449.