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Letter to Paula Baldwin from James Baldwin

1961

Bebek, Istanbul, Turkey, Middle East, Asia

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A typewritten letter to Paul Baldwin from her brother, James Baldwin in Turkey. The letter discusses Baldwin's entrance into Turkish society and a change in forwarding address. This letter is mostly typed with a handwritten note at the bottom asking Paula to check with American Express in reference to a money order that never arrived.

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Catalog reference: 2011.99.19

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