{"id":36,"date":"2022-04-04T11:33:24","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T15:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/doctorsnotes\/?p=36"},"modified":"2022-04-29T14:37:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T18:37:04","slug":"letter-from-w-e-b-du-bois-to-international-mark-twain-society-june-2-1938","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/doctorsnotes\/letter-from-w-e-b-du-bois-to-international-mark-twain-society-june-2-1938\/","title":{"rendered":"To International Mark Twain Society, June 2, 1938"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-36-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/wav\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/doctorsnotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/04\/great-camp-meeting-4_21_22-3.57-PM.wav?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/doctorsnotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/04\/great-camp-meeting-4_21_22-3.57-PM.wav\">https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/doctorsnotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/04\/great-camp-meeting-4_21_22-3.57-PM.wav<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_129\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129\" style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/doctorsnotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/04\/03GreatCamp.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-129 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/doctorsnotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/04\/03GreatCamp.gif\" alt=\"sheet music of Great Camp Meeting in The Promised Land\" width=\"442\" height=\"144\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Great Camp Meeting in the Promised Land&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gwine to mourn an&#8217; nebber tire,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mourn an&#8217; nebber tire,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mourn an&#8217; nebber tire<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (Sundquist, 496-7)<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-3\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"3\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"To Mark Twain Society\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-2\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"2\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Favorite Things (International Mark Twain Society)\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transcript:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">June 2, 1938\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My dear Mr. Clemens:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">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.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Very sincerely yours,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[no signature]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mr. Cyril Clemens<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">International Mark Twain Society\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Webster Groves, Missouri<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enclosure:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My beat virtue &#8211; grit\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Must worst fault &#8211; sensitiveness\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My favorite address &#8211; Bernhardt\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My favorite actor &#8211; Richard Harrison\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My chief hobby &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">walking<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a motor [car]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My favorite song &#8211; Go Down Moses<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My favorite book (by myself) SOULS OF BLACK FOLK (by another) Three Musketeers\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My pet vanity &#8211; a beard\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Usual time of rising and retiring &#8211; 6 a. m. and 10 p. m.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My favorite food &#8211; Bread and milk\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My favorite drink &#8211; ginger ale\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My favorite sport (outdoor) walking\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My favorite sport (indoor) &#8211; Reading\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My favorite character in history &#8211; Toussaint L&#8217;Ouverture\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My favorite animal &#8211; the dog\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My very earliest memory &#8211; Tongs and the fire place\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My favorite study in school &#8211; History\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My favorite study (outside my native land) &#8211; Sociology\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">June 2. 1938\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mr. Cyril Clemens\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">International Mark Twain Society\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Webster Groves. Missouri<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>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.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. List of W. E. B. Du Bois&#8217;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.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Gwine to mourn an&#8217; nebber tire, Mourn an&#8217; nebber tire, Mourn an&#8217; nebber tire (Sundquist, 496-7) &nbsp; Transcript:\u00a0 June 2, 1938\u00a0 My dear Mr. Clemens:\u00a0 I have your letter of May 22 and thank you for its information. I am returning the blank which you asked me to fill. 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